Solved Pirate Attack

[Ben Coats]

Hmmmm this is puzzling to me:

ussually i do a character under England or France, but decided to do Barbossa as a Pirate, normally when i do a french/english character, and i see a battle of say french vs. spanish, i join in and capture the spanish ship and the french/english ships dont attack me. well when i was doing Barbossa, i saw a battle of 1 pirate vs 1 spanish, so i came in, i never fired on the pirate ship (didnt fire my guns @ all) just went strait for the spanish ship, boared and captured it, THEN after i exited back to sea, the pirate ship i came in to help out attacked me, so i got close, boared and took that one as well, then went strait to bermuda store, sold the goods of both ships, went to shipyard, repaired, and sold those two ships, BUT why in the 1st place did the 2nd ship attack me, if i was already flying under the jolly roger?

 

[Walter Kennedy]

Its normal- they always do - it doesnt matter. Even while flying the Jolly Roger this will happen.

 

[Ben Coats]

thats sooo STUPID! Ty tho. SMH. , k my next question, how much ammo should i carry? i ussually carry 1000 powder
800 nipples
500 grape
500 cannonballs
(never carry explosive shells, less i know im goin to take a fort)

what do ya'll prefer to carry?

 

[devilkingx2]

pirates are like gangs, they aren't allies with each other unless they are explicitly stated to be such

 

[modernknight1]

It all depends what level I am and what perks I have. Early on I use lots of Nipples and bombs. I run away a lot and hope that I can hit them enough to save my bacon. Once at about level 15 with cannon perks and high gunnery skills, I use mostly balls and about 600 grape aboard. Balls take out enemy guns the best once you have accuracy. They are also better then nipples at bringing down masts once you learn to manually shoot a tad over the red reticle. The grape is there for the obvious close fight before boarding.

MK

 

[Post Captain]

I can get away with as little as 600 round shot and 300 of everything else while cruising for prizes with Constitution. As long as you're not getting into any engagements with vessels of a similar size, that should be fine. I usually carry lighter, but still reasonably sized guns, as well. It allows me to sail faster due to the reduced weight.

 

[HundertzehnGustav]

how much ammo should i carry? i ussually carry 1000 powder
800 nipples
500 grape
500 cannonballs


on a "frigate" like that,
333 crew =
600 weapon,
600 medecine
and suppliesfor 30 days of food and rum (normal rations)

what does she have... depends on Gun caliber... what you are sailing against (rob a city? find prizes? randomly shooting pirates?...?) i assume some 50x20lbs cannon, and sailing without a goal... cruising around and make money.

2000 powder
800 ball
600 grapes
600 chain
1200 bomb

that gives me the ability to apply my favorite tactics.
-use ball and chain to cripple big (dangerous!) ship sails at long range
-use bomb to attack small convoys of small or medium ships, knock them out quickly
-enough grapes to mass murder enemy crews in an up close fight and take their big transport ship without crew loss.