What is your Sailing Build?

[Ortega]

Originally Posted by another pirate

I am curious what kinds of different builds there are out there for sailing? I am working on figuring out my own build and thought it would be nice if there was a place for people to see what works for others.

I am pretty sure you get 26 points on this skill because you start with 1 point on left broadside and 1 point on right broadside at lvl 1. Then you get 1 more point per level to lvl 25 for an additional 24 points.

Here is a template you can use. Use 0/5 if you did not take the skill at all.

Left Broadside (1/5)
Right Broadside (1/5)
Full Sail (*/5)
Come About (*/5)
Open Fire (*/5)
Ramming Speed (*/5)
Take Cover (*/5)

Windcatcher (*/5)
Tacking (*/5)
Treasure Sense (*/5)
Taskmaster: (*/5)

Total (*/26)

Notes:

Here is my planned build:

Left Broadside (5/5)
Right Broadside (3/5)
Full Sail (1/5)
Come About (1/5)
Open Fire (0/5)
Ramming Speed (1/5)
Take Cover (0/5)

Windcatcher (5/5)
Tacking (5/5)
Treasure Sense (0/5)
Taskmaster: (5/5)

Total (26/26)

Notes: I put 1 in full sail and ramming speed simply for a short burst of speed. Nothing more. Not sure how usefull come about is but it looked worth 1 point. With a gold cap of only 60K, not sure how useful treasure sense will be so I skipped it. All 3 other passives seemed critical to max. The remaining points went on broadside damage. Rather than go 4 left and 4 right, I decided I would try and use left more and maxed it.

That is mine. What works for you?

Full Sail is awesome, for one, it lets you catch up to ships(especially useful for getting to flag ships, before someone gets it first), and it can get you out of trouble.

As usefull as Full Sail is, that goes tripple for Come About. That one skill can allow you to finnish the enemy off, even if you're outmatched(I don't know if there are more levels to that skill, but unless it lowers the wait time alot, lv 1 is pleanty) , and just like Full Sail, it can allow you to dodge trouble.

Note: use those together, and nothing will beable to catch you.