A Typical Cruise

[Black Bart]

Our new brig, the Clipped Bounty, was finally finished in April 1654.  We stocked it with plenty of food and cutlasses and told Mr. Teach to cruise in the local area.  He finally rounded 'em all up on June 25 and set off.  He was gone a long time and I started worrying about getting those messages of doom.  But he, the crew, and the ship finally made it back to port on September 5.  

This is a list of the 14 encounters he had along the way:

* Spanish Galleon - he got away
* French Snow - collected $600 and 3 cannons
* French Brig - stole $300, 1 cannon, recruited 1 pirate, and snagged 3 wealthy captives
* English Fluyte - grabbed $900, 2 cannons, and 5 wealthy captives.  We also "hired" one pirate
* Spanish Flutye - lifted $1200 and persuaded 2 wealthy captives to come along
* French Galleon - he slipped away
* Spanish Brig - earned $900
* Spanish Merchant - took $300 and 3 wealthy captives.  One pirate decided to join us
* English Merchant - got $300, 2 cannons, and 5 wealthy captives.  Accepted the application of another pirate
* Pirate Schooner - they got away.  SOBs.
* French Frigate - he took off for safer ground
* French Frigate - he escaped again
* French Merchant - claimed $600, 1 cannon, and 3 wealthy captives.  One crew member wisely decided to turn pirate
* French Merchant - snagged $900, 2 cannons, and 2 wealthy captives

The total comes to:

$6000
11 cannon
5 pirate recruits
26 wealthy captives

Now that's what I call a nice haul.  I love reading the logs of my ships after they take a cruise and consider it my favorite part of the game.

[Fidel_of_the_internet]

Veeeeeeeery nice haul maty.

[Captain Captive]

Do you like the brig too?
On one run in a 5danger 5 treasure with Teaming english AND French I came back with, get this, 20,000 gold 22cannons 20captive 5where skilled 12 pirates and 15 wealthy captives! thats why I love the Brigatine!

[Jebus]

The brig always seems to me to come back with the biggest hauls.  I think my biggest so far has been 7350 gold, 5 cannon, 18 wealthy captives, 7 recruits, and the discovery of a Spanish trade route.  And all on her maiden voyage, too.

Needless to say, I think she sank on her second voyage.

[Black Bart]

Do you like the brig too?
On one run in a 5danger 5 treasure with Teaming english AND French I came back with, get this, 20,000 gold 22cannons 20captive 5where skilled 12 pirates and 15 wealthy captives! thats why I love the Brigatine!

That's an awesome haul.  I can't match that, but I'll sure try over the next few days.

Most of my record hauls seem to be with frigates though - most money ($8400), most cannons (25), and most pirate recruits (11).  That was in a different game.

Brigs and frigs... hmmmm, I like 'em both.  Frigates hit harder but are slower.  Both can haul in some serious prisoner counts and lots of dough in high traffic areas.

[Pinstar]

This is the offical Brig fan club right here.
My best was 15600 gp, 12 wealthys 3 skilled, 13 recruits, 12 cannons. With a French tradeing route and a spanish trading post discovered.

[Black Bart]

I hereby withdraw my membership in the Brigantine Fan Club.

In my latest game, I built 4 brigs within five years.  All four were sunk.  I also built 3 schooners.  They all lasted until the end of the game - including my first one, which ran 40(!) missions.

I still like brigs, but I've learned my lesson:  they need protection in rough seas, especially when the crew is relatively green.

[Marlow]

My brig record so far:

38 (not a typo) recruits, 8 rich captives, 4200 gold, 8 cannons. I hereby join the club.

[TJ]

I have been a member of the Brigantine fan club, but I was playing Campaign mission 11 (The Treasure Fleet) and Charlotte starts the game with a Frigate.

The local area where I was cruising was "Teaming" with Spanish. I had run a couple of cruises using "Board'em" and suffered heavy crew losses, but at the same time it filled the ship with all 26 cannons. For the next cruise I sent it out in "Pound'em" mode. Get this for results.

No crew dead

No ship damage (No repairs necessary)

28 Encounters
- 2 were from Patron nation
- Was outrun by 7 vessels (Merchant, Snow, Schooner, Sloop, Naval Sloop, Brigantine, & Galleon)
- Choose to run away from just one Galleon
- 18 Ships plundered:
        5 Merchants
        2 Fluytes
        2 Snows
        1 Schooner
        2 Brigantines
        6 Galleons (!)

The take:

$20,400
5 Recruits (It was set to "Selfish")
34 Wealthy Captives
3 Skilled Priests
2 Skilled Blacksmiths
1 Distiller
1 Engineer
1 Tobacconist
1 Skilled Wench

I have new respect for the Frigates as long as they are set to "Pound'em"

[Pinstar]

That was one lucky cruise then.
For me
Frigate: fully staffed
Full load of cannons
Entire crew gunnery skill: 5 (I had the special master gunner and trained anyone who wasn't a 5)

Area: Very heavy spanish, very heavy french, teeming english. 2 trade routes and a settlement.


Ship sunk. I still scratch my head as to what did it

[Fidel_of_the_internet]

spanish gallon

[Pinstar]

Fine, I'm going to try another game in which I have a Gallion, fully staffed, full of cannons, 5 average skill and set to pound 'em. If THAT sinks, I'm gonna be very upset and probibly abandon cannons.

[Marlow]

Got another amazing haul: only about 4 pirates due to greed, but 10 cannon, $10500, 30 wealthy captives.

[Captain Captive]

ARR fellow pirate the way you get a brig to kick! is(dont tell)
(Very obvious) When you get it train the crew to.....
If on board em =Swordsmen, muskets and seamen ship
Pound/ harras cannons+muskets+ seamen
and as soon as you can do the others
and ARGH get the men some peglegs, hats and ARGHITY some Parrots

[Black Bart]

Another cruise story - this one not typical.

I commissioned the Snow Troubled Gator in April '51.  It has survived 5 years and 30 missions.  This is not exceptional; probably two-thirds of those have been the usual snatch & grab missions.

But some of the cruises have surprised me, especially the last one, where it took on everything in sight - and won:

* French Fluyte - $1200
* Pirate Sloop(!) - $900, 5 pirates
* English Fluyte - $900
* Spanish Galleon(!!) - $1350, 3 pirates, 2 wealthy captives, skilled wench
* French Galleon(!!!) - $600, pirate recruit, 2 wealthy captives, skilled cook
* French Galleon(!!!!) - $600, 2 wealthy captives, skilled wench

For those of you scoring at home, that's $5550, 6 wealthy captives, and 3 skilled captives.  Try doing that with your snow sometime.

So far the Troubled Gator has picked up $25,200 in loot and I still have 3 1/2 years to go.

[FatScaryGuy]

I'm gonna join the Brigantine club. I in my current sandbox game (ruling for 30 years, have 10 left) I have a fleet of 3 ships: 1 schooner and 2 brigs. I've trained the brigs crews up to elite status, and I've barely every lost a ship. One has been around for so long that I think it earned me over 50,000 in all. My average gold per cruise and is around 5000(rarely get anything below 4000). The reason for this is that all of the areas around my Island are full of french, english, and spanish acitivity.

[Jebus]

I've trained the brigs crews up to elite status

Just out of curiosity, what's considered elite status?

And welcome to the Brig club, it's good to hear that your brigs are doing well.

[FatScaryGuy]

Just out of curiosity, what's considered elite status?]

Heh, just something I made up. I guess you could consider it when your ships average weapons skills is around 4.5 and higher. Or you could do it on an individual basis and try to get each crewmember to 5 in every category. In one of my sandbox games I did this and they are a pretty tough bunch. I can send them into 5 cannon areas with only 1, maybe 2 losses sustained.

[Fidel_of_the_internet]

WOW!!!AMAZING!!!!

[Mercator]

Here was one I just got. I'm quite amazed at it.  Not even a full crew was on board. And I lost nobody.

In case you don't want to count them up yourself.

 - 29 Captives total. Within that, there are 2 shipwrights and a skilled blacksmith

 - 21 cannons

 - 14 recruits

[Fidel_of_the_internet]

Idea

50 captives- 10 welthy 4 skilled rest reg

30 cannons

20 recritus

1 misson

Win and get fame and glory

[Corpral Captain]

Yarr me maties. I have a new stratagie
First, I sent a brig and 2galleons out same place same time.... As you know they cruise together. Brig catches them Galleons get em. Although I am still a brig man, Ive also taking down 3galleons in a cruise with my 3brigs, The Star, Gold Chest, and the one the only the*drumroll* THE MAIDEN SNATCHER

oh ya you know what it does

[Severous]

An old thread but some good results in here.

Nothing so spectacular from me.  This is my equal best 'Raid for captives' result.  9 captives.

Lost Officer Eddy though.  


Edit: 5 Raids for captives later and the haul was 10 captives from just one raid. All female, without loss of any of my crew.

[Sea Scourge]

Arrrrr, a dark day indeed. RIP Eddy

[Shorty]

Hey Jebus

Elite status is consindered in each skill (4.5-5.0)

Im here for questions