How to Trade fer the Sketch ye Need

Arr pirates!! Ye gotta be a little bit smart if ye wanna get all the sketches ye need! A lot of the times the one ye need be not available in the market - so what do ye do? Give up? No way! Ye can trade 2-ways or 3-ways or even more complex to get what ye need and I give ye an example below of a 3-way trade that I did so ye can learn and get smarter with yer Discoveries!

So what happened was I had 2 times Sketch number 2 fer Dragon Eye in me Haven. This be never good cause ye don't want to be stuck with any sketches actually. Gotta use all ye get and have nothing left - that be the best way!

So I had to trade me Sketch #2 but there was no pirate trading what I needed, so I had to get smarter and this be also what I suggest ye do. Below ye see - what ye gotta do is work backwards. Look what ye can get fer the one ye have, then look for all the other options and see if ye can make a combination. So here I traded me #2 fer #5, then, at the same time, I send me own #5 fer a #3 and I also, at the same time, sent me #3 Sketch fer the #6 - the one I needed.

What happened was I "lost" #2, #5 and #3 and then I received after about 5 hours #5 (same), #3 (same) and #6 - the Sketch I needed! Masterfully done :) and now ye know the trick ye can do the same - I wish ye success in yer Discoveries! (Did ye already know this trick? write in the comments)

Defense Misdirection Warning

Arr pirates!! Here I be warning ye to be careful of the new game changes where it be showing ye the attack and defense values of all the units. First of all I think the change is very nice and it looks good, but be warned! - have a look at the picture below of the Grenadier's defenses - ye see that the new interface or the patch update is showing the Grenadier with a defense of 170 which actually be his top defense rating versus Mercenaries and Fleet, but the Grenadier be having a defense rating of 130 points versus Pirates and Armada, so be careful with the 170 displayed value - it be seriously misleading information if ye not 100% wise about the game.

And here below me show ye as well the information on our dear Bonnie's Beauties and the Skirmisher - ye see the displayed defense values are 20 and 30 but actually against fleet and armada they be much lower especially for Skirmisher at 16 points which is half of the displayed 30.

So to conclude I think the new interface is very nice and maybe they should not change anything but ye must be careful not to psychologically fall into the trap of miscalculating the defense points as it might lead to a lot more then ye losing a couple of barrels of Rum!

100k+ Resources - My Record Find

Arr pirates!! Remember I be telling ye to scout aggressively with yer Flying Dutchmen looking fer some juicy targets to raid in between of yer enjoyment of drinking barrels of Rum? Well here be my victorious day as I found my record fat and juicy full of gold and lumber and Rum resources Haven and I want to share this with ye to give ye inspiration to look harder and find good targets for yer pirate crew to raid!

Ye Raid Based on Yer Imagination

Arr pirates!! Ye may be thinking I put a strange topic "Raiding based on yer Imagination" but this be true I bet ye 10 barrels of Rum on it.

Ye see when ye start out ye be super happy raiding small Havens and getting 1000-2000 resources without any fight. Ye can even grow big doing that 10 times per day, but here I am to tell ye that ye better grow yer imagination because there is a lot more out there to raid than 1000-2000 size Havens!

And to prove it to ye I be putting below just some examples from me recent scouting and ye know what? I am even sure there are targets a lot better than these!

(by the way I don't always scout with 7 Flying Dutchmen, I did just this time and i felt like 7 was a good number as I was ready to plunder and raid these :P)

In Manufactory 1 Hour is Most Efficient

Arr pirates!! When ye get yer Manufactory building ye will be able to manufacture GEARS which are used to train very evil pirates like the Duellist which is the first unit available in the Manufactory after ye research Code of Honor.

Anyways, here ye see on the picture I have analyzed for ye lazy Rum drinking bums which option in the Manufactory be the most efficient in the production of gears and the answer is the 1 hour option is the most effective since ye can build up to 12,000 gear per day with this option and all the others are producing less per day, so if ye be an active pirate ye be wanting to make use of the 1 hour if gears be yer target!

Be Aggressive in All Actions in PTOF

Arr pirates!! Here ye be reminded or given confidence to put some ARRRR in yer actions! Be strong, be confident and be a true Pirate!! Arrr!!

Send lots of scouts, yer Flying Dutchmen got no use sitting and blowing hot air. Send those rascals out and let em die if need be.

Do ye see a blockade belonging to yer enemy? Don't be lazy - liberate that Haven, every slap ye can give to yer enemy is a slap worth a barrel of Rum!

Do ye see a shipmate in danger? Send yer defense and give em a hand. They be helping when ye be looking into a thousand cannons pointed yer way!

And raid, raid and then raid some more. Gold, Lumber and Rum are not going to appear magically in yer Haven, ye gotta take it with force!

Increase Galleon Capacity by 20%

Arr pirates!! Fer those Rum drinking traders who haven't yet taken advantage of this, here I be explaining ye how to increase yer trading galleon's carrying capacity by 20% and more using idols.

Ido-what?? Ya, me know, me also knew nothing of idols when me started pirating and drinking Rum, but here be the secret fer ye:

1) Ye need Idols. These ye can get in the global missions which we regularly have. Here fer example the one that finished just at end of March was giving the rewards:

So ye see, fer gathering 80 of those Monk's Habits for the Global Mission ye get the reward of 100 Idols and the good news be that anyone almost can achieve this.

Now that ye know where to get Idols we go to the next step:

2) Ye go to the Smuggler's Den and on the menu, on the top right side there be a button "IDOLS" - click that and ye be taken to a sort of a shopping window where you can spend yer hard earned pirated idols.

3) Ye select GALLEONS and purchase 2 times for 100 Idols to increase yer galleon capacity by 10% and then again 10%, which be actually more than the 20% i said.

Now ye see that there be other choices as well, for example fer the Duelist ye need to spend 100 idols for the sketch, but there be no point in getting that if ye are not advanced enough to be training them. So in the beginning invest in yer trading capacity and later earn more Idols to spend more!