My Promised Return!!!

headrock · Rigger Posts: 1567 **354 Gold** -

YES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

The Scourge of the Oceans, the Menace in the Water, the bearer of unconditional affection to massive ships with loads of guns, the infamous Devil Chicken has returned to haunt the pages of HoP!

China was great (Except the Chinese are really annoying), but now that I'm back on duty, I have not a moment to waste! I have promised this to many of you for a long time, and so, without any further ado, the BIGGEST BOUNTY EVER.

Note that the game wasn't expecting me to reach that high - it's lacking a comma after the 1 Wink

The greatest thing was that this is the end of an 8-SOL-FLEET game, so it's an all-in-one. Having ridiculous amounts of money (Close to 1.5M) I was able to keep the whole crew content long enough to actually finish all the quests, making this a Triple:
* 1M Bounty
* 8 SotL Fleet
* 126 points.

The hard part, of course was getting the remaining ranks from the English (Who by now were upset enough to sell the queen to whomever catches me).
It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, though. I just sailed off to the Spanish Main and took ALL of it for the Limeys (Phew, the battle of Cartagena was nasty). Apparently owning half of the caribbean finally convinced them to forgive me for killing somewhere between 100,000 to 500,000 English mariners (I'm a sinker).

P.S.
Apparently, capturing enemies instead of sinking them is more lucrative in terms of bounty, so to speed up Bounty collection I had to let one SOL go and capture a War Canoe in its stead. I later caught ANOTHER SOL (This time from the french), and replaced the War Canoe before ending the game. Also, Merchants are less Bounty-Lucrative than warships (of any kind).

P.P.S.
It was only when I switched to killing Spaniards instead of English (Which I haven't done for a Looooo-hoooo-hooooong time) that I realized how much simpler it is to fight their ships. GOD those galleons are great targets for 48-gun salutes (Just thinking about those 48 salvos firing makes my spine tingle). And they don't sink half as easy as merchantmen and brigs.

P.P.P.S.
Soon to receive computer upgrades, so expect some good shots of the 8-SOL in the near future.

P.P.P.P.S.

It's great to be home.

Peace to all (Except in the Windward Islands).
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Blondebeard: "Madre de Dios! Es el Pollo Diablo!!"
<Spanish Guitar Riff>
Guybrush: "Si! He dejado en libertad los prisioneros, y ahora vengo por TE!"

CGM3 · Gunner Posts: 614 **12612 Gold** -

Welcome back, Headrock! Nice timing... I just got this screenshot a few days ago, which I think you should appreciate:

Sometimes, the gods of random selection get it right Mr. Green

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I only do what the voices in my head tell me to do.

headrock · Rigger Posts: 1567 **354 Gold** -

Heh heh heh, now how did you get that to happen? Smile

(Or, more importantly, how do I?)

P.S.
Having two Pollo Diablos would be very confusing. I'm afraid I may have to blast your picture to smithereens (Reflex)
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Blondebeard: "Madre de Dios! Es el Pollo Diablo!!"
<Spanish Guitar Riff>
Guybrush: "Si! He dejado en libertad los prisioneros, y ahora vengo por TE!"