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    Fixed Standard Storyline: Second task too hard?

    Bit in a hurry, I hope that's the right one where you are ready to set sail from the port with the Captain.
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    Fixed Standard Storyline: Second task too hard?

    Sorry, I wasn't able to playtest it. I'm a bit busy this week. On Sunday I should have some time. It's mentioned in the journal that the Oisseau should be easy to capture. Maybe this entry should get changed to make it clear that it's better to try a more cunning method? Alternatively giving...
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    Fixed Standard Storyline: Second task too hard?

    Since parry is just holding the key and everything else gets handled by numbers it isn't really in my own hands in a one to one duel to decide how good I am ;) I had no problem to win against the one crewmember while training with him (walloon sword). I just think it's odd that a normal crew...
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    Fixed Standard Storyline: Second task too hard?

    See my edit above. The Oisseau is a class 7 vessel (European barque), my own is class 8. Though regarding to that they should be fairly easy? If you want to keep the difficulty that high on apprentice level I would recommend to let the story campaign start later. Maybe let Nathaniel Hawk start...
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    Fixed Standard Storyline: Second task too hard?

    Oh, that's perfect! At least on lower difficulties that's how it should be imho. I tried to capture the Oisseau on apprentice level and I have to say she has quite the advantage: 2 more cannons for a broadside, more crew but most importantly 4 upgrades in the form of copper plates, cotton...
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    Fixed Standard Storyline: Second task too hard?

    Killing the french captain was easy (he was drunk after all). The guards tried to join in (I guess that's scripted as well), but you can easily run away from them and your officers will follow you. I think just running away makes sense here because there's no gain storywise to fight them because...
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    Included in Build Standard Storyline: Easier Guards on First Mission

    I'm not a beginner myself. I played New Horizons and the storyline before. I'm usually not the one who wants difficulty in a game lowered (especially new games are mostly laughable easy nowadays). But the Hawk storyline is basically the default story of PotC and likely the one beginners would...
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    Included in Build Standard Storyline: Easier Guards on First Mission

    I guess that would be easy enough to handle them. As @Hylie Pistof mentioned, later on you have to fight a couple of guards and maybe this should still be easy as well. The problem lies in the story itself which doesn't give you enough leeway to earn some experience on the side if you take the...
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    Included in Build Standard Storyline: Easier Guards on First Mission

    I'm less concerned about myself here but how a new player will react to this and if it feels right regarding the flow of the game. I think these guards are special guards related to the mainquest, they trigger a scripted event by initiating a dialog with you. Or is that scripted event always...
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    Included in Build Standard Storyline: Easier Guards on First Mission

    I just tried and it works because their daggers have a short range but I loose at least one officer. If possible and easy to do I would recommend to reduce the stats of the French, maybe in the whole town to make it easier for a new player which will likely start with the original campaign to...
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    Included in Build Standard Storyline: Easier Guards on First Mission

    5 to 6 levels would require grinding which doesn't make sense here storywise. The game starts with you fleeing from Barbados to Jamaica to inform the gouvernor that the French captured the city. There the gouvernor forces you to work for him as a conscripted spy for the English Crown to enter...
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    Included in Build Standard Storyline: Easier Guards on First Mission

    Here's a screenshot and the savegame.
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    Included in Build Standard Storyline: Easier Guards on First Mission

    They are the quest ones staying at the door guarding the entrance when I come from the jungle. There's even a scripted sequence where they are coming towards me and I have to explain myself who I am. They will always attack me no matter my answer btw. I can't even just attack them because the...
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    Included in Build Standard Storyline: Easier Guards on First Mission

    Hello. I started in the latest testing build the Hawk main story and I have a huge difficulty problem. I try to enter Barbados Speightstown with two officers on the land route. I'm level 7 with level 2 in fighting. My two officers have pistols and me as well. I wear one of the new leather...
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    Solved Help installing wip version

    Thanks. Just to clarify: I need to download http://www.piratesahoy.net/build/b14_beta4_full.cab and I can put it into my existing main directory and then run the separate downloaded installer.exe?
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    Solved Help installing wip version

    Hello and Merry Christmas to all! Great work you all do! I would like to contribute a bit by testing the latest build if that is of some use. Please, can someone give me a short rundown how to properly install the latest beta build? My actual build is build 14 beta 3.4 (27 Jan 15). Can I just...
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    Mod Release Build 14 Beta 3 Progress

    I had an no active profile error as well after starting the game and trying to load a save game. At first it only showed one profile and then no profile whatsoever. After some initial shock and panicking, a simple quit and restart of the game managed to fix this glitch. Besides that, the latest...
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    Need Help Game has been great, other than maps..

    At first I thought the same as you but maps are appearing. It's just that not many traders have them. I had luck with pirate settlements.
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    GamersGate to kickstart the summer with a massive Sale!

    The action adventure Tortuga - Two Treasures is at a 75% discount right now (2,50€). Might be worth checking out.
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    Solved New to Build 14

    Hello everybody! Great mod! Thanks for all the effort to maintain and expand the stock game that much. It's amazing how much the original PotC game got improved! I'm not entirely new to the build mod, I played already around two years ago. Since then the mod was greatly finetuned, especially...
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