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[oldtimegamer]

Awesome game.

I remember getting addicted to this when I was like 9. D/led it the other day and been playing it virtually since. A real hoot. I swear those treasures are hard as hell to find sometimes but otherwise the game is pretty easy. Just remember to save often.

I remember from a long process of elimination that the French are the best nation to be because Bordeaux (hometown) guarentees you a good liquor/arms run to St Petersburg or even Glasgow. They tend to often be enemies of a lot of other nations though, so be ready to fight.

Best ships are the Fourth Rate and the East Indiaman (of course). East Ind. has 700 tons cargo but Fourth Rate is faster, has better cannons and still has a decent 600 ton cargo hold. Always pick the diplomats up if feasable - they pay nicely, dont weigh anything and score you lots of loyalty.

Unless youre looking for treasure or nobility points there is no real need to venture outside Europe. I usually do the following run:

Stockholm (buy opium)
Amsterdam (buy opium)
London (buy opium)
Bordeaux (buy opium)
Bilbao (buy opium)
Marseilles (sell opium, buy arms)
Canary Islands (sell arms)
REPEAT - makes a good 25k a run with a Fourth Rate.


Recommend the download. Sure, it gets repetitive at times and the combat blows, but everything else is in top order. Plus its aged pretty well IMO.


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Osk @ May 3 2006, 12:37 AM) [snapback]228016[/snapback]</div>

loyalty is practically only gained by the fellow countrymen, either on a mission or needing escape, I believe, though im not sure about the last. Sometimes you get attacked when you exit a port with such one aboard. Notice that honor drops if you engage those in combat

Honour is in about every traveler you take with you, though those asking for free passage give more honor points.

Nobility is regulated a lot by visiting previously unknown harbors and by taking the non paying passengers, not sure about that last though
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Loyalty also comes from trading with ports of your nation. My regular trade routes involve both Marseilles and Bordeaux (I play as French) so my points usually reach about 80 by the time to level up.

Funnily enough, I dont think you lose many loyalty points for attacking your own nation. I remember my first mate once got me out of autopilot and straight into a French Merchant causing him to attack me. I killed him (naturally :P) and suddenly I had French ships attacking me wherever I went. I must have sunk 50 French ships and I think I lost about 5 loyalty points.