Dancing difficulty....

Kristian95 · Boatswain Posts: 3149 **4687 Gold** -

I have noticed that the difficulty of dancing with the governors daughters seems to be different depending on nationality, your rank with that nation and of course the daughters attractiveness.
Am I all wrong in my observations ??? I'm afraid I haven't made a proper scientific research on it, just my observations this far... especially the rank thing, which I have tried out with an attractive french daughter.
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fossaman · Gunner Posts: 726 **3515 Gold** -

Yes, it definitely depends on the things you mentioned. The rank thing is new with the patch, but I'm pretty sure that the difficulty differences with the attractiveness level were in place in the original.
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Striker · Gunner Posts: 727 **680 Gold** -

The funny thing is that, after the patch, the hardest dances are sometimes with the plain daughters.
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Mycroft Stanyer · Seaman Posts: 146 **2709 Gold** -

I'm unpatched, but one thing I noticed was that at the lower difficulties I could not get the cleavage shot response after any dances. At Apprentice, I never did, and at Journeyman I got it only once, despite how many flourishes I attained.

Then I moved on to Adventurer, and I end up dipping the girl with reliability and frequency. I even attained a piece of the Lost City map from one that I was dancing with for the first time (not even hitched at the time).

And by the by, that map opened the Lost City quest rather early in the pirate's career, before he ever found his first relative nor crossed swords with Montalban (though he was aware of his presence thanks to earlier "cleavage shot" endings with another girl). And whoever "lost" that particular city didn't work very hard at the task, considering I easily found it on the coast within spittin' distance of Villa Hermosa.

Airsaw · Rigger Posts: 1840 **3281 Gold** -

Spain's daughter's clothing mixes with the background, and the floor!
Mycroft, you've been practicing. Maybe you just got better as you went along. Some things can't be helped!

I strongly suggest pressing the button on the beat and getting the little hearts...closer and closer she comes, which on ultra-close makes it a tad more difficult to see! If you get it on the beat, it seems your button press is pivoting the room.

I've got the sound turned down, and I play Grateful Dead tunes mixed with some Jefferson Airplane (love Gracie). This has a surrealism that must be seen to be believed. How in the WORLD I win her favors, I couldn't begin to say. Maybe it's luck...maybe I'm just a born Cassanova!

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Kristian95 · Boatswain Posts: 3149 **4687 Gold** -

Mycroft Stanyer · Seaman Posts: 146 **2709 Gold** -

Kristian95 · Boatswain Posts: 3149 **4687 Gold** -

that's just plain weird!! Maybe rank has something to do with this ???
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Crookshanks · Cutthroat Posts: 268 **336 Gold** -

I've noticed a difference in the difficulty of the dance depending on nationality, attractiveness, and difficulty-level of the game, but not so much with rank. I have not installed the patch, so I don't know what changes the patch brings about, but I haven't heard much favorable commentary on it, so I won't be installing it anytime soon.

Salty Dog · Sailing Master Posts: 10060 **191991 Gold** -

I disagree with that one. In the patch version, the most difficult dance of all is as a Captain with a Plain Daughter. Why? Because you are only a Captain. The patch version is very rank sensitive. The higher your rank the easier the dance. Once you reach Duke, it is like having a pair of Calfskin boots on. Having the real boots and especially the slippers makes dancing much easier.

I really believe the patch version has made dancing easier. Looks to me that you can have more stumbles and still get the hand kiss. No change in the embrace requirements, though.

I see no differences between the nations other than the decorations in the ballroom. If there are any, they would be coincidence.

Keep dancing!!,......Salty Very Happy

Crookshanks · Cutthroat Posts: 268 **336 Gold** -

Well, it would be interesting to test, although difficult because there are a lot of variables to it, right down to the music. The music selection appears to be random to me, no matter what nationality, attractiveness, etc. A lot of it may just be perception with respect to nationality.
I find that I do well with the plain daughters most of the time (ie twirl her around and give her a kiss at the end) vs the beautiful daughters, which I'm able to twirl some of the time, but usually just give a kiss on the hand. I know the difficulty increases with the level you're playing on. Swashbuckler is holy smokes dancing - the music is different, the dances are different. I have not noticed a difference with rank, but again, I haven't installed the patch, so I really couldn't say - but will definitely pay more attention to, because now I'm curious... Smile

Kristian95 · Boatswain Posts: 3149 **4687 Gold** -

I just have the feeling that the higher my rank, the more flourishes I get... maybe it's my head being messed up Razz

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Ruslan the pirate · Powder Monkey Posts: 24 **154 Gold** -

I noticed that I get less flourishes with the attractive girls and more with the beautifull. The attractive girls are slow so when you need to push the "1" or "3" button, which is the best for flourishesh in my opinion, you miss the time when you have to push the button for flourish. The beautiful girls are much faster so you don't have to wait 2 seconds for their move (like with the attractie girls). By the way can you do more than 3 flourishes in a row? Cause I succeeded in only 3 in a row until now (when there are 3 small hearts near the big one).
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Westley_Roberts · Iron Guts Posts: 960 **10339 Gold** -

Personally, I've gotten the little hearts all around the big one, like 7 of them, plus, once, I got a double on the starter, making 8 total. I have heard, or say a screenie of someone with a full double ring of hearts..

So, yes you can get more than 3 in a row, just takes practice..

I personally hate losing all my little hearts at the end, simply because the music slows and stutters for the ending, and messes with the timing of the last movement...ARRrrrrrr.......
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Bloodnose · Powder Monkey Posts: 10 **176 Gold** -

I've been wondering something. The manual says to be good at dancing you have to press the appropriate key on the 'fourth-beat'. From my experience this seems to be true. Either the models or the music will adjust speed to stay in synch. That's a fancy bit of programming!