Sailing Skills....

[Stormrunner]

Originally Posted by Pirate Rose

I notice a big increase in Royal chest drops when treasure sense is max'd. Of course, it doesn't work every single time for every run. But on average, you get a lot more royals.

Seriously, I'm trying to understand the reasons for maxing out Treasure Sense. So you get more Royals and bigger treasure drops? That might serve you well in the short term, but over the long haul? Once you reach the game cap of 65,000 gold, the size of any treasure drop becomes meaningless. And even if they increase the cap again, how difficult is it to earn coin? Not very, in my experience.

My first pirate has only one point on Treasure Sense, and I'm debating even adding another. He has bought practically everything he can in the game so far (minus the War Sloop and Level 15 Staff) -- and is currently carrying around 30,000 coin in his pocket. Even once the customization updates happen, I'm not seeing a lot of extra expenditures there.

My second pirate recently had Treasure Sense unlocked, but didn't take it because he was maxing out his gold as it was. He's already bought all of weapon upgrades he can (less the Level 15 Staff) and doesn't have a War ship yet (but soon will -- which will thankfully reduce his $$$). He just bought a regular Frigate he didn't need, just so he wouldn't lose any more money, and has started to carelessly throw coins on the table when playing poker. (He usually ends up winning big anyway.)

Everybody's style of play is different, so there is no one right answer. But, personally, I don't think I'll end up putting more than two points on Treasure Sense (if that). Spending the points on broadsides, ship maneuvers & skills just makes more sense to me. After all, if better skills enable me to sink more ships, doesn't it all balance out in the end?