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Kristian95
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 Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:21 am Post subject: Why did they remove the swampy terrain from land battles ??? |
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Way back, in the original versions of Pirates, when you attacked a city by land, there was swampy terrain included. It was a thrill to kill off the garrison after luring them into the swamp!! How come they removed this terrain feature in the remake ??
Any good suggestions ??
Oh, and btw, am I the only one who misses that feature of the game ??
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Vulture
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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I remember those swamps!! They were great at slowing cav units down. You could bog down your enemy in the swamp and do an end around to storm the fort while they were stuck in the muck... However, with the new turn based land combat, It was just not useful any more.
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Kristian95
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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well, the kill ratio of shooting at units in swamps was pretty nifty too.... and that could still be usefull 
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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I'm just glad they did away with that bit where you attacked by sea... seems like you were ALWAYS against the wind.
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Kristian95
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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True, but I still think people should have the choice .... there is a huge bug in the old game (Amiga version) if you attacked Puerto Cabello (next to where Caracas later appears) by sea, you would start your ship in-land and immidiately lose the battle.... grrrr  So that you you just had to attack from land...
Btw, where is Borburata in this version ??? 
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| Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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huh, neat
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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I agree, I liked the swamps. They conveniently slowed down any enemy, and once they were stuck in it, I could advance without problems to the fort. I have to admit, though, that I never quite figured out the land battles in Pirates! Gold, i.e. at what distance the units shoot, how to properly attack etc. The handling was rather weird, the new land battles are a major improvement. |
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Kristian95
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Grimmelshausen wrote: | | I agree, I liked the swamps. They conveniently slowed down any enemy, and once they were stuck in it, I could advance without problems to the fort. I have to admit, though, that I never quite figured out the land battles in Pirates! Gold, i.e. at what distance the units shoot, how to properly attack etc. The handling was rather weird, the new land battles are a major improvement. |
True, the gold version was weird!!
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah the swamps were cool. The land battles are already too easy but if they made it harder but kept it from getting too hard by giving us things like swamps to use to our advantage that would be nice.
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