leveling up canons

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by drakmal

is there any tips to doing this? im at lvl 14 canons and it just seems to take for ever to get rep for it. get on average 20ish rep a kill. sometimes ill get 60-100. but rarely.

I think you want the Sailing Reputation Chart.

Once past level 12, you can use thunderbolt to hit ships way outside of your compass range. Once hit, they come straight at you, making the masts trivial to strip away.

A spot that I used to practice my aim (have I mentioned I hate using the mouse?) was launching from Padres del Fuego but not sailing out. Just park there in a frigate (any class) and take pot shots until you learn how to aim cannons with mouse. They approach but rarely engage in battle, when you are still parked.