Sailing by COMPASS

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

Again, I ask: do the new tutorials on the test servers, explain the compass any better than the old one? Or is it the same Tia Dalma "destiny" thing?

I haven't made a new pirate on test but I have a pretty strong feeling that she doesn't explain it any better.

P.S. That boss battle pause is something I try hard not to do. If I pause to wait for everyone to get on a cannon I end up getting damage from the forts.

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

I haven't made a new pirate on test but I have a pretty strong feeling that she doesn't explain it any better.

P.S. That boss battle pause is something I try hard not to do. If I pause to wait for everyone to get on a cannon I end up getting damage from the forts.

The pause is before the frigates, not after. I've seen no difference in damage from the forts from going slow (but I've seen over a hundred lost because people rush...especially at that point.)

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

P.S. That boss battle pause is something I try hard not to do. If I pause to wait for everyone to get on a cannon I end up getting damage from the forts.

The other major reason to pause, is that most people (rightly) find it very rude.

Whenever I've soloed the BB, (22 times) I've stopped after the officers to get coffee, etc. After the frigates and the first three bridges were defeated, I'd normally be at around 92% hull remaining. So no, rushing gains you nothing (but an irate crew.) Checking the timestamps at http://photobucket.com/POTCO again, it looks like I waited three minutes before heading out that time...

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

The other major reason to pause, is that most people (rightly) find it very rude.

Whenever I've soloed the BB, (22 times) I've stopped after the officers to get coffee, etc. After the frigates and the first three bridges were defeated, I'd normally be at around 92% hull remaining. So no, rushing gains you nothing (but an irate crew.) Checking the timestamps at http://photobucket.com/POTCO again, it looks like I waited three minutes before heading out that time...

I wait once the officers are finished off but I expect everyone to know where their cannon is once going up against the forts.
From what I've seen, if you wait three minutes after the frigates have been finished off then the forts will do quiet a lot of damage to you.

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

I wait once the officers are finished off but I expect everyone to know where their cannon is once going up against the forts.
From what I've seen, if you wait three minutes after the frigates have been finished off then the forts will do quiet a lot of damage to you.

Indeed, as I said before, I mean before the frigates, after the officers. Guess my clarification was more confusing than the original statement!

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

Indeed, as I said before, I mean before the frigates, after the officers. Guess my clarification was more confusing than the original statement!

Also, good pictures of the pearl. I use the method I see in your pictures. I'll usually stay close to the right so I'll only have one fort attacking me. I can then go up to the front of the pearl and finish off the other fort without taking any damage.

I think the hardest part is having to go past the first set of forts before you can do damage to the next.

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

Also, good pictures of the pearl. I use the method I see in your pictures. I'll usually stay close to the right so I'll only have one fort attacking me. I can then go up to the front of the pearl and finish off the other fort without taking any damage.

I think the hardest part is having to go past the first set of forts before you can do damage to the next.

Thank you. Yes, there are as many different methods for doing it, as there are captains. I just tried to spell out what worked for me. The only time I have trouble with the frigates & first three forts, is when there are more than 8 people in the crew.

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

The only time I have trouble with the frigates & first three forts, is when there are more than 8 people in the crew.

I'm going back to the difficulty sysytem. This reminds me of The Dogfather's guide on toontowncentral. He's figured out a difficulty system for some of the bosses.

I wonder if there's any difficulty system for the boss battle. If so it would be hard to measure.

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

I wait once the officers are finished off but I expect everyone to know where their cannon is once going up against the forts.
From what I've seen, if you wait three minutes after the frigates have been finished off then the forts will do quiet a lot of damage to you.

From what I noticed once again on Angel Daggerfury's "BB Island" thread, fort #1 in the diagram above, does the most damage of the three, but only if the Black Pearl moves into position. So shooting fort #1 first, THEN moving the Black Pearl over for #2 then #3 seems to result in a little less damage. But again, with smaller crews, the frigates and the first three bridges don't do any more than nominal damage. (Again, time for coffee is after the officers, before the frigates! :-)