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What is your favourite unit ???
Buccaniers any day mate!
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 68%  [ 40 ]
Pirates (of course!) yarrrrgh :)
5%
 5%  [ 3 ]
I'm a lover of both :)
22%
 22%  [ 13 ]
I just hate land battles!
3%
 3%  [ 2 ]
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Kristian95
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:35 am    Post subject: What is your favourite unit ??? Reply with quote

Basically you have two types of units in land battles:
Ranged units (buccaniers)
Melee units (pirates & officers)

Which are your favourite ?? Are you a ranged or melee pirate ?? Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My favorite unit is the Calvary.

Soo tasty.
Just add woods for extra flavor.

Other than that, just love lots of Buccs. Stand off and splatter the opponents.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just ahd to go for Buccaneers here...
I just love it when an enemy unit approaches my pirates, while my buccaneers are hiding in the forest...
And when they get into my firing range...i wipe them out one by one with the buccaneers!

Btw, interesting poll here, "Pollmeister" Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Buccaneers all the way. If I could I would go into battle with just my officers and the rest being buccaneers. I love pinning down the enemy in a bottleneck and wiping them out one by one as they come through. Twisted Evil The only problem is that if the enemy closes with you...
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

basicaly, in battle, i hope to shoot at the enemy the first few turns and hide in the woods, then shoot/slash the enemies up the rest of the time
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

PUNiSHER wrote:
Btw, interesting poll here, "Pollmeister" Very Happy


Thank you Very Happy glad you like it Mr. Green
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Although the Buc's Do have the Firepower, you must combine them with the Pirates (Ground pounders) for close quarters defense. Without them, ranged battle would be nullified once the enemy ground pounders reach your Buc's.
My take on liking them both.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder how come the AI often keeps it's units in ranged combat with my buccaneers even though it could close for melee and rout them!!
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bothe the buccaneers stand there all helpless then the enemy approaches the buccaneeers open fire then the pirates flank them wiping out the enemy. Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mister Poll Meister, my favorite unit is the Buc's mainly because I can just stand up on a hill behind some rocks and blast the advancing enemy. The enemy, being that they are quite stupid keep charging at me and I move back a square and keep blasting them to bits. Then let the pirates finish them off in a flanking attack.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like that tactic too Smile Especially since you are sure to decimate the enemy troops when you use your bucs Wink
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You got to give it up for both troops. The Bucaneers are great for picking off armies before they get close but they are too weak to take on the troops coming in especially Cavalry units. So there is advantage to having the Pirates.. The strategy I use, I find them both very useful and my land battles very successful with my strategy. Of course everyone has their own strategy and maybe just bucaneers would work but it would result in more loss of troops if that was possible cause eventually 2 cavalry units will be on top of your troops agains the harder most prosperous cities.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll prefer the bucaneers over the pirates and officers, all you got do to is to place the buccaneers in forrest or on a hill, then wait for the enemy, take out their guard and cavalery units and the town is yours. The pirates and officers can cover the flanks and keep the pesky infantry and indian units away. That way I won with 200 Pirates over Havana and Cartagena (500 Soldiers). Cool
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

logan3333 wrote:
I'll prefer the bucaneers over the pirates and officers, all you got do to is to place the buccaneers in forrest or on a hill, then wait for the enemy, take out their guard and cavalery units and the town is yours. The pirates and officers can cover the flanks and keep the pesky infantry and indian units away. That way I won with 200 Pirates over Havana and Cartagena (500 Soldiers). Cool


Yup, taking advantage of the terrain is half the victory!! Reminds me of the slaughters I did in the old version, luring the spanish into a swamp and then gunning them down from the forest Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:23 pm    Post subject: favourite units Reply with quote

Gotta be the Bucs! I always put them on the high ground - preferably in the trees and just rain bad news down on the enemy. I always move them to higher terrain.
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