In Manual battles where you control the ships there are three options, attacks that sink your enemy, attacks that reduce the crew of your enemy, and boarding attacks which seize control of enemy ships. If you choose Automatic I am not sure how much this trait will hurt you and with the limited amount of combat in the Spanish campaign it likely won’t make much difference for you. This can be useful in free play sandbox mode but in the limited combat from the Spanish campaign it likely won’t help you much.Ģ0% weaker in boarding fights In Port Royal 4 there are two types of combat Automatic and Manual. Is able to order vessels which he has defeated in battle This is a nice perk that will let you order some ships that would not be available to you normally. Later in the game a large battle convoy can cost about 13k (or more) per day just for the crew if you can cut that in half you could be saving upwards of 200k per month on just that one convoy. Since there is little fighting in the Spanish campaign this bonus will be mostly loss. A captain is required since you need a command point to use the Pirate Barque.Ĭrew costs reduced to 50%: This is a really nice bonus as the crew on convoys that can attack is a huge expense. You will also start with a captain their skills and level are random so some will be helpful others not so much. I should probably mention that only ships with guns can attack in Port Royal 4 so a regular Barque is just a unarmed merchant ship so you start with the tools to attack others. It can hold a little less than a regular Barque but it does have 24 guns on it. The Pirate Barque is a nice little bonus to start you get an extra ship. Starts with a pirate Barque and only 50% loss of fame for piracy: The piracy loss perk is nice so you don’t take as many fame hits but you won’t likely do much pirating during the campaign. This isn’t Sid Meir’s Pirates! but play how you like. Losing fame is not good as you will need it for most of the tasks your given so you can’t afford to be giving any away. Overall this is a helpful perk.ĭouble loss of fame for piracy There are two types of attacks in Port Royal 4, legal attacks against a country during wartime using “Letters of Marque” and piracy which let’s you attack convoys of your own or other nations when not at war. You need fame to hire captains, unlock different production buildings and perks from the viceroy and to purchase administration rights to a town. Gain 5 fame points at the beginning: This is a flat one time bonus at the start of the game granting you an extra 5 fame points. During the Spanish campaign there is no war they might make you buy one for one of the tasks but that’s it. This is a huge discount if you plan to attack other countries as the letters are only good during a war and you have to buy them over and over as wars stop and start. Letters of Marque are 90% off: These are commonly several hundred thousand gold and scale with your wealth. There are few problems you can’t just throw money at. There are some aspects of the campaign that will be more difficult as the Merchant class but the bonus for trade and resulting increased wealth will generally more than make up for any short comings the class has. If you’re not interested in the classes you can skip to Objective 1 tasks due by June 1572 – December 1572 The Merchant ClassĪs this game is mostly about trading I would consider the merchant class to be the easy mode of the game especially in free play sandbox mode. This only works if you keep clicking the right or left arrow to cycle through the choices if you go back and forth the sex does not change. If however you want to be female or male and get the opposite sex just keep clicking through the classes the next time you come around to that class it should be the opposite sex as the last time. As a side note as you are selecting your class they will sometimes be either male or female there is no difference to how the class plays regardless of it’s gender. Let’s take a look at each of the available classes. The tutorial stages will help get you started but skipping them is possible. The Spanish campaign serves as a long tutorial for the game and teaches you many of the basics of how the game is played. There are four available classes to play during the campaigns they are Merchant, Buccaneer, Pirate and Adventurer.
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