Port royale 4 tips and tricks series#

Make sure your opponent is somewhere near you. Your opponent will usually only approach your ship if it can fire on you, but its maneuvering isn't perfect. one battles, it will not approach your ship closely enough for either the Crossing the T or Fish-tailing to work. If your opponent is more cautious, as often happens in one vs. If your ship is much faster than your opponent, use Fish-tailing to avoid getting too close. Avoid pulling up alongside your opponent because it can still fire. You may want to use chain balls to slow your opponent down. If your opponent is fleeing, and your ship is faster, follow it and use Fish-tailing attacks from behind. If you understand Fish-tailing, this will be simple. Since your opponent is following you, you have a greater effective range, so you can be fairly close without being hit. If your opponent is as fast as or faster than you, use the wind to your advantage if possible or use chain balls to slow your opponent down. Repeat as long as you can maintain enough distance to avoid your opponent's fire. Fire and turn right until your ships are parallel again. You might only need a 45 degree angle for this. Now turn left until you see the red crosshairs. Your ship will be positioned a bit to the right of your opponent, or left if you had turned left initially. Fire and turn left until your ships are parallel again. a Ship of the Line) behind and traveling in a parallel direction, turn to your ship's right until the angle between your ships is about 90 degrees. If your opponent is following about a ship's length (e.g.

Port royale 4 tips and tricks series#

This is essentially a series of 'Crossing the Ts' strung together. This tactic is useful at the start of battles when you and your opponent approach each other. Take advantage of this situation by firing and turning away. If your opponent is headed directly toward your ship, and your ship is traveling in a perpendicular direction, your cannons on one side of your ship are in a position to hit your opponent while your opponent's cannons can't do anything. If your opponent's ship has a medium or deep draft, you can try to lead them over rocks so that they slow down. With some practice, you may be able to destroy military convoys without taking any damage. They can also execute hit-and-run attacks because they're fast enough to escape. An all-Military Corvette convoy works well because it travels as fast as any other convoy on the Caribbean map and can therefore chase down other convoys. If you're using them to attack military convoys, avoid adding non-escort ships because you will lose those if you lose a battle. Your convoys should have 1-5 escort ships. You should stick mostly with Military Corvettes, though. Military Frigates are nearly as fast as Military Corvettes, but they're tougher and better against slow ships. Ships of the Line are sometimes useful because they can hold 200 sailors and are fast going with the wind. The reason is speed: you will often fight several powerful ships with just one ship, so you'll need to stay ahead of them if you want to win. The best ships to use are Military Corvettes and Bonus Ships.