Activity – Ben – Pirates with Ben

El Tiburón replied 7 years, 6 months ago

This fleet looks awesome, I’d really love to see it in action.

Due to my limited supply, I only own the Pandora which I of course, love. She is my best Pirate treasure ship and I typically toss Gentleman Jocard (PotC) on her deck to offset the standard Helmsman or Explorer. I can only do magic with to which I own, ya know.

Hands down though, and all credit to you and the community, Darkhawk II is a gem to behold, and top of my wish list. I always use her Spanish sister, La Joya Del Sol because you can’t go wrong with a deep pocket to store your keys, gunpowder, gold doubloons, tricorn, barrels of rum, etc etc.
- Ben replied 7 years, 6 months ago
  
  @El Tiburón: Thanks, I think it could perform well.
  
  The Pandora is excellent, and underrated precisely because of the Darkhawk II. Since the Pandora is 1 point more for 1 less mast and less firepower, she’s kind of like “the poor man’s Darkhawk II”. But I like her about as much because the Darkhawk II is overpowered. 🙂 I actually stand by my philosophy that putting +1 cargo crew on extremely high-cargo ships can be overkill. Even with 2-3 crew, you’ve got a lot of cargo for gold. I’d rather put that crew on a different ship to make her a hybrid or make a crew setup work. Although I also happen to think those crew are a bit overrated and probably only worth 2 points, though there are some cool things you can do with them. (such as with flotillas)
  
  Indeed, the Joya is simply incredible. Though also OP in my opinion, so I try not to use her too much outside of competitive play nowadays. When you’ve played a LOT, you tend to get a little tired of people using the same great ships over and over again.
  
  Thanks for commenting!
  Ben

El Tiburón replied 7 years, 6 months ago

I have never used flotillas, even though I have a few. When they are in tow, the ship that is towing is still reduced to S for her movement correct?

I’m going to have to try them out next game.
- Ben replied 7 years, 6 months ago
  
  @El Tiburón: No, you can find the keyword in the Master Keyword List.
  
  Flotillas are somehow still underrated even after my praise of them. Incredible firepower boost for the cost.
El Tiburón replied 7 years, 6 months ago

Haha thanks for going easy on me, I should have known that and should have looked there. A rookie mistake on my part.

Cool, so I really am going to give it a whirl. Much appreciated!
- Ben replied 7 years, 6 months ago
  
  @El Tiburón: Indeed, I highly recommend trying out flotillas! They’re versatile in that they can assist fast gold runners for defense or dramatically increase the overall firepower of a towing gunship.
  
  Ben

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