Ahoy!
Good tactics in theory, looks a lot like the Roman Legion's usual battle line tactic.
As someone else mentioned (and having done it on test several times, and just 5 minutes ago on live) it does start becoming mayhem.
The enemy, as we all know, often doesn't pay attention to "solid" objects and just moves right on through. Thus you will have lots of them getting past your first lines of defense.
The enemy also seem to be tougher. It takes a lot more hits than what you may be used to bring one down.
There are also a LOT, and I do mean A LOT, of gypsy and witchdoctor enemies who cause a good deal, if not most, of the damage. I know from experience with my test avatars and just now with ol' Ben Whalebutler, this to be so. Most of the times I was knocked out was because of spell casting. (example: You shoot/staff/throw into the melee and hit a witchdoctor, who then makes you his "special target" and you don't even know it. All of a sudden your health is dropping and you can't see who is doing it to you.)
That said, this is where daggers come in very handy, and not many people are using them from what I have seen. The thrown dagger can break the attunement of an enemy spell caster. I have sometimes watched for the spell casters and then aimed a dagger at them to stop their spells and stop damage to my fellow pirates.
The pix which have been posted, though great, do not convey the fury and ferocity of what transpires during the invasion. Many times one of my testers would fall back to defend the Mansion when we were overrun. He would fight standing literally atop Edward Shackelby to be healed as fast as possible by Edward, over and over, until the sheer numbers dragged him down.
Be warned mates -- this ain't your normal zombie romp in the park!
