Ship of the Line Question

Pirate Girl · Powder Monkey Posts: 9 **465 Gold** -

Do Ship of the Line ship appear in apprentice level? If so, where is the best place to find one? Thanks.

rupertlittlebear · Helmsman Posts: 4434 **10381 Gold** -

duong · Powder Monkey Posts: 13 **80 Gold** -

I think you can find one on the easy level, but it might take awhile. Just hang around an English, French or Dutch port and attack all nearby ships of that nation. But you're better off on higher difficulty.

Rock · Cutthroat Posts: 410 **7607 Gold** -

Hey Rupe, is there an echo in here??

To quote Airsaw.... Muhhahaha.
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Asmodina · Seaman Posts: 156 **1397 Gold** -

Try the Antilles (St. Martin, St. Kitts area) if you haven't changed nations there yet and attack anything that moves that is not Spanish nationality. Sooner or later somebody will send a SOTL after you.

I've also found that the Caracas/Curacao/Maracaibo area is a good place if you have changed nationalities of Caracas and Maracaibo from Spanish.

I had two SOTLs in apprentice modus, one after 7 years and another after 13 years of game time. But I was heavily picking on the English (respectively French) at that time.

Striker · Gunner Posts: 698 **680 Gold** -

Just don't sink any governor's ships. Only wealthy cities produce SotLs.

headrock · Rigger Posts: 1512 **354 Gold** -

Don't have much to add except today I finished ANOTHER "capture 8 SOLs" game. 1660, Rogue difficulty. It's possible with Journeyman and Apprentice too, the difficulty seems to have no effect on the frequency of SOL captures. Only playing style does.

P.S. there are several of my posts on how to increase the chance of finding an SOL, or how to set up a game where SOLs are produced with enough frequency to capture 8 of them.
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Striker · Gunner Posts: 698 **680 Gold** -

Dirk Struan · Swabbie Posts: 121 **2440 Gold** -

Asmodina · Seaman Posts: 156 **1397 Gold** -

rupertlittlebear · Helmsman Posts: 4434 **10381 Gold** -

headrock · Rigger Posts: 1512 **354 Gold** -

I've never seen SOLs spawn out of a non-wealthy city, and I've seen more than a few of them (SOLs, I mean, not non-wealthy cities). However, a certain percentage of them came from off-screen, so who knows. I always thought it was Barbados. Wink

By the way rupert, enemy ships spawn escortless from cities regularly - it's only the cities that are specifically upset with you (because you've been hurting them specifically, either by direct assault or by attacking their outgoing merchant shipping) that send out escorted ships. Simply put, a trade-route with more risk factor tends to see more escorted ships.
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I R Pirate · Powder Monkey Posts: 45 **1116 Gold** -

yeah i got a Ship of the Line ship in apprentice level, new war ship it was... donno where it came from

Strange · Swabbie Posts: 56 **2194 Gold** -

I've seen a SOL come from a Prosperous and Wealthy Citys

Strange · Swabbie Posts: 56 **2194 Gold** -

I've found a good place to hang around to find a SotL is the Tortoga, Port-de-Paix, Leogane, Peite-Goave Area. (probably only in the 1640, 1660, & 1680, otherwise there's too few cities in the area) usually they have a few settlements or missions in the area, so you can kill time while waiting for one to appear and keep the cities at prosperous/wealthy while you're waiting.