Leadership Skill ?

[paulsbro]

Guys - could you clarify a question pertaining to the Leadership Skill category and/or the ability/frequency of officers available.

I've been surfing walkthroughs/cheats/hints/tips/FAQ and I'm getting conflicting info.
* one said in a cheat = set all skill categories to "9"
* another said you can set the others(..not Leadership) to whatever you like, but leave Leadership at "1"

The reason given for "1" was: more officers available and they grow with your character.

As my game stands, I have only Lionel Mariner snd Ed Fortman(?).
I need better officers and some with good sailing stats.
I'd like to have some female officers; ok, I'm a guy and prefer a nicer view

I'm not finding any officers since I moved Leadership to "6"..
I believe Lionel was added at "1" and Ed at "3".

Some background: I'm physically disabled and the enemy AI is tougher than I can handle without being a bit overpowered vs where I'm at in the game.
As a friend from the Tech forum has mentioned: "The game gets harder".
So, I'm trying to get everything a good as I can so I can hopefully make it thru 2/3-3/4 of this game.

Which comes back to my thread ?.
* should I keep gong with with "6" in Leadership ... will I get some good officers in due time (...still in Oxbay) ... I can't go on till I feel my party is looking as good as I think it will need to be
* should I start over ... keep Leadership at "1"(...bank points to pump it up when I feel my party is acceptable)

I play 6hrs each day, so I have time to wait it out or start over.
I'd like to keep going, as I have nice weapons, but if I can't add good officers, no point in running around in the jungle ... I've already amassed $700,000 just saving damsels in distress

How exactly does your Leadership level affect the frquency of officers available for hire ?
Do I need to move to a new island, or can I just stay in Oxbay and wait till the game spawns new officers ... not sure how long in game hours(..day/night cycle) before new officers pop up ... think I gone 2 cycles and more characters have poopped up in town; by Oxbay-Greenford sign in jungle and by that large stone off the right passage out of town = none were officers(... many were women with swords, but only offered advice + men who were selling stuff)

Any clarification/help/hints/tips etc is appreciated.
Thanks !

 

[paulsbro]

Guys - nevermind; found some officers.
None showed up for a long time, then a bunch popped up ?

Even found a female officer who shadow fights(... explained in my newbie ? thread).

 

[Sherlockzor]

lol good luck but don't get your ship wiggeling without waves if ya know what me mean <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

 

[paulsbro]

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lol good luck but don't get your ship wiggeling without waves if ya know what me mean <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />
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CptYuke - well, I'm up to 6 female officers.
But, they dress like Amish women and my character will not reply "ok" to any proposal
So, I don't see any wine/women/song.
I'm badgering Pieter to add wine/women/song to Build 13

 

[Sherlockzor]

you can do that yourselff <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> but i can't explain it as good as pieter can

 

[Pieter Boelen]

You can find wine every now and then. And you can buy it at the Quebradas Costillas brothel. You need to enable the brothel in BuildSettings.h using the ENABLE_BROTHEL setting and a new game is required when you change that setting. There are women there as well, of course. And as far as the music is concerned: There is some nice music to be heard in taverns. I recently added the Two Hornpipes track from Dead Man's Chest there as well, which fits really well in the taverns as well. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />