I think what was screwing me up, I was going by what my character had In their left hand and right hand dictating what was my port side(left) and broadside. Shield on left hand and spellbook on right.
They have the Shield in their Right hand when facing North and East.
A very good observation!!
I use classic client,i preload portside and starboard side, then fire main front cannon several times with UO assist. Basically you need to preload and ready sides for firing,before you go and seek out a new victim ship,I stay with merchant ships big and small,kill their whole crew and loot for resources. Not worried about karma that a few dragons wont cure. Make sure you have make macro keys set for saying "fire starboard broadside" and "fire port broadside" work everytime. Just make sure your ship Is lined up with other ship.
Is there anything valuable on merchant crew corpses ? I never killed even one , they are so peaceful.
nothing major average 450gp and once In a while a decent item,but pretty rare,might come down to luck. I think the tukuno ships give out the best rare resources(verite,valorite,frostwood,bloodwood). I love those ships,they take more damage. easier to kill. Also use a orc ship,deal more damage to them.
Then you're a thief not a pirate..
I tried both mage and mystic , with orc spell book , sure. It hits , also putting RC on beacon is fun. But my current setup is thrower with orc slayer soul glaive + 4*120 bard in the middle of ship running Provo healing buff +bard have 2 unicorns for self defense. I turn on second buff when killing beacon after guards are down. Soul glaive throws 11 tiles. So no need to use rowboat (I saw some players are using them by unknown reasons)
None that I know of, but you don't have to stand by the cannon till it finishes going through the process, just click to start and move on to the next cannon, it will continue as long as you don't leave the ship.
OMG Petra no way!!!!I too am directionally challenged when sailing. Here's how I sorted it.
Cannons can be dyed when in place by taking a metal dye tub aboard and using it on the cannon in situ (the colour is lost though if you re-deed the cannon)
On all my ships I have dyed the port side cannons purple and the starboard side cannons blue. So if I want to fire the purple cannons the command is 'fire port broadside'
Here's a very short read on which is which.
For me, it's because my mom was a first-grade teacher. I'd sit behind her and she'd say "everyone raise your right hand" and she'd hold up her left because ... first graders LOL
That's really a great Idea!! That makes It so much easier to remember specially when you been consuming large quantities of alcohol.I too am directionally challenged when sailing. Here's how I sorted it.
Cannons can be dyed when in place by taking a metal dye tub aboard and using it on the cannon in situ (the colour is lost though if you re-deed the cannon)
On all my ships I have dyed the port side cannons purple and the starboard side cannons blue. So if I want to fire the purple cannons the command is 'fire port broadside'
I too am directionally challenged when sailing. Here's how I sorted it.
Cannons can be dyed when in place by taking a metal dye tub aboard and using it on the cannon in situ (the colour is lost though if you re-deed the cannon)
On all my ships I have dyed the port side cannons purple and the starboard side cannons blue. So if I want to fire the purple cannons the command is 'fire port broadside'
This is how pirate binding pole should look like
Does it turn when the ship turns? or is it permanently that way no matter which way the ship faces? Try taking it home, lock it down in the house, turn it with the decorator tool then put it back on the ship.
it will turn to face east and south depending on the direction of the ship
You can lock down in house turn with tool
First I'd try to rotate the ship in suitable direction then mount the wheel.
