hehe guys u are realy funny
: listen carefully hendel is right it does depend of your stealth and luck so 2 make it easy 4 u ill give u 2 hints and spare u reading entire forum.
1. stealth - take as large ship as possible and come in sight range of enemy fort then when detected quickly go out of site range
In start stealth will jump insane but if u want stealth 100 u will have 2 grow a pirate beard while doing it
anyway it pays
2. gold
- ah yes the cursed gold ) i was thinking about making a tread 4 this since i saw many newbs got gold problems.
....so i started as peter blood and had that frigate ... beside i had many minuses on skills i filled that frigate with greenhorns
and head 4 the sea.. at start best join the battles of other nations or pirates ofc aim 4 the man of war that can be sold mostly 4
about 500 000 . first few fights might be a problem so u realy need big patience 4 reloading mass of times cause your crew is totaly
out numbered . 1 enemy soldier got health points as 20 sailors so it will be very nice that u alrdy have critical and expert fencing
skill , witch i honestly did not have when i boarded my first mow. i had only critical and iron will 2 reload millions of times
ofc u can get lucky and do it in 1 try sometimes. but in most cases this is the strategy i used. On larger ships u got a kinda
circular but tight stairs on witch u can BUGG the stupid bots so they come 1by1. so u must block there lighter atack and take dmg from
heavier attacks cause u must STAND YOUR GROUND or they get u surrounded and raped fast. so beside standing ur ground u must pushh the
bots forward and somehow push them off the stairs before they push u and rape u.
Note: the guys who made this game kinda made sure that if u go rambo sh*t too often u fail so u will realy need some endless patience and skill ofc anyway result is sick cash in early game. and many other skills progress fast if u are playing rambo style .
But actualy on the long runs u really dont need gold 4 anything atleast not in that amount.
first few weeks i played i just did rambo style boardings and made who knows how many milions since i filled all french money lenders with max pirate loot after a month of playing .
Altho not that easy this is surely the fastest way 2 get so much gold that every time u see a beggar u give him 100 000 cause he wont exept more ( when i offer him 20 milion he say : are u sick or drunk i wont take it something stinks here
)
Well actually there is 1 way that makes more gold than this but is even more difficult
im sure u all know about the gold fleet rumors well ill tell u something ... u dont even need a gold fleet rumor ... i found out that almost every if not than every 2nd big ship armada have gold in there hold. so just get on map when exiting a port and save and attack only the biggest ships on map.. if u want 2 make it easier put on a friendly flag of the nation u attack. move close to the last ship (most payeble board mow first)
ofc u need 2 take the wind in count so it will be easy 4 u 2 board other ships after boarding the first .
i do all my jobs with 1 fully upgraded soleil but if u have more ships they will easily get sunk cause gold fleets are packed with firepower. so on start just get the cheapest 500 gold ship that is hard 2 hit . u board a mow ship and go rambo 14 men vs 700+ on mow
what is good is that bots are stupid on low lvls and wont shoot u too often
(that is the part when u can brake ur pc cause sometimes it can happen that u manage 2 kill 28 soliders (each hp as 20 men) and the last one shoots u like a dog)
those fights can last up to 30 or even 40 mins with out expert fencing and huge luck of not gettting shot
the real problem starts when u board mows that have rifle men . 40 mins of battle and then a guy put u down with 1 shot over the whole goddamn deck) man that will upgrade ur tollerance skill in real life
in any case u will have 2 do some reloading here 2 and make some smart saves.
result is
from 2-5 MILLION GOLD PER JOB
i guess this concludes all the gold questions
My char is a total noob, lv2. I want to make serious money and have un, not "taxi" all those noobs from taverns 
lol
It's way more entertaining this way. Is there an editor to edit my char's capabilities in the currecnt game, without being forced to start a new game? I'd love to boost Diego's Authority (3 atm). I didin't use any mods such as the smuggler mod coz that makes the game too easy.