Very Important Lessons (VIL's)

[Basil Dreadflint]

Timothy Dalton, the undead Gypsy Boss on PDf back beach, has become the favorite pincushion of the game. Even at level 39, using 4 weapons at level 24, but with low skill levels, I am still earning 250 + rep every single time.

[Basil Dreadflint]

It's hard to start over again, especially on your fourth pirate. You always reach for weapons, or skills, that you haven't earned yet!

[katarakyan]

dont try to teleport, jsut to escape, when fighting it will never happen .......kinda ..... lol

[Edward Edgemenace]

VIL: Never make your gunners switch cannons. The 9 second penalty for them to switch is three volleys of fury, that you lose, just to miss with your other side's broadsides.

[Edward Edgemenace]

VIL: Careful with your whispers! If you whisper to one pirate, then to another within three seconds, it won't tell you, but it will revert to whispering to the pirate you were previously whispering to! The first indication you get that something is amiss, is after the whisper has been sent to the wrong pirate!

Likewise, if someone you are whispering to, changes servers or logs out, chat will revert to the last other chat (for example, CREW) that you were using.

[Edward Edgemenace]

VIL: If you have one (or more) friends on board level 10 or lower, LAND THE CARGO. They need the gold. (Don't be like me, and sink!)

[Edward Edgemenace]

VIL: When you start a new pirate on TEST, do not purchase any "tonic" or "remedy" potions, only "holy water," "elixir" and "miracle water" until you are level 10 notoriety, or else you will drink something too weak, when you press "T."

[Basil Dreadflint]

This is for all those people who just got on the test server:

If you spend too much time on TEST, you let your current ingame pirates get lazy! LOL

[Crazypirate]

VIL: If you are going to go on vent make sure you remember to plug in your mic or you feel real stupid when you notice it is unplugged the next day. **** (Saturday)

[CaptainGreenGene]

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[Edward Edgemenace]

VIL: When changing graphics options (low/medium/high/custom) it does not always require you to logout after saving changes. Log out and back in anyhow!

[corndog20]

VIL: With every new D update the only thing that you can count on are more crashes and drops...

[Edward Edgemenace]

VIL: When you shoot the masts off an NPC ship, that ship moves slower. When you shoot holes in the sails of an NPC ship, that ship moves slower.

But when you shoot the masts off an SvS ship, it loses the weight of its masts...therefore goes faster. (Mostly true for war sloops, but sloops and light sloops, too.)

If you shoot holes in the sails of a light sloop in SvS, it will go slower...only until its mast is removed (at which point it goes faster than it could, with the weight of the mast.)

[Edward Edgemenace]

VIL: When someone whispers to you, you can reply by typing ALT-Enter (Mac users: Option-Enter) instead of typing F then waiting for panel to open, then clicking guild button, then waiting, then clicking online, then trying to find them to click on them, then waiting 5 seconds for the user info panel to appear, then clicking the whisper icon, then moving the mouse down inside the chat window, then waiting another two seconds before starting typing.

VIL: Is you want to be added to a ship's crew, say "crew me please" in local chat, so that the captain can just click your name in the local chat window, without zooming in and looking around on the ship for you.

[Ghostcannon]

If you really want to do the Grenade quest alone, just search the barrels and creates that you think are easy for you...then switch servers and re-search the same spots..keep switching servers and searching the same spots until you completed it all by yourself.