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Correspondence of Captain John Berry with his fiance,
1st January 1666
Dear Sweethearth,
If i had known how harsh the environment can become in the Carribbean, I would have never set sail in that small boat these sailors call “ship”, as you already know since i set out from Maryland the Journey was nothing but a chain of negative events that made it seem like god had forsaken us. Chased by Pirates, then Overwhelmed by a Storm, I really did not think it could have become much worse. Now after the storm, the sailors made me captain, our former captain died when a mast broke his neck.
Since I saw that this ship wouldnt do any good, i sold it and lingered on in the streets of St. John.
A stranger on the streets begged me to come into a cellar, what looked like a damsel-in-distress turned out to be a murderer that wanted to kill me.
I fought bravely and defeated that wretch, took his money and his weapons, and went to gamble in the
tavern.
After 3 days and 3 nights I managed to aquire enough to buy a 6th rate ship, hired a small crew, mostly the men that were with me in the beginning, and began to pirate my way through the Carribbean.1st January 1667
Dear Catherine,
One year has it been when i last wrote you a letter, and i still dont know if it managed to reach you or if you still clueless what has happened to your Johnny.
If you compare me with the man that you knew with the man I am now, you wouldnt be able to find similarities.
Oh, the amount of people i killed and amount of ships i sunk is beyond count to me, It became like just another day, a day in which I try to keep my crew fed, my chests full of money and my crew morale up.
Bounties are on my head by the dutch and I have to look twice each turn I go, always being aware of my surroundings.
The English praise my endevours and my new ship is a Dutch 4th rate Frigate with 60 guns. Its a fine ship she is and I called her Catherine in your honor.
I went on many adventures and I had many men fall in my name on many boarding battles.
How I am still alive is a mystery to me. I keep dreaming of battles where I seemingly died, only to wake up to see Im still alive and well and the battle is yet to come.
I have made some friends, 2 in fact that stayed alive for a year now and they are now my closest officers that command most of the aspects of my ship.
Officers I mistrust, Id usually keep as bodyguards, you know the phrase, Catherine, keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
I think I will switch to the dutch someday as they seem to have less enemies and are more peaceful people in comparison to the other nations.1st January 1668,
Cathrine,
I cannot remember your face anymore. 2 Years since we saw each other, and every year I spend here I get more terrified by my actions, just like the people around me. I started to only recruit the bad and the unrighteous for these men accept my actions and love the killing. I now own a customized Frigate, I put my wealth into it so it became the fastest Frigate, though only with 42 guns, it still manages to get the job done.
I work for the dutch now, the men I once killed are the men that protect my interests now. Oh the Irony!
The English, you guessed it, hunt for me wherever they see my ship cross sea, it starts to wear me out.
I`m afraid that I will never be able to return to you, all the filth from the various brothels, the blood on my hands can never be washed clean by the wealth I have amassed. I fear that on that day I step on English territory, I will most likely be either executed by authorities or killed by bounty hunters as I try to live a peaceful life.
I paid now my bounty clean so that I can atleast continue my way of life till I get killed. Bounties are a powerful instrument here, one cant understand where all that people come from that want to kill you. But apparently I made alot of enemies over the years.
I could buy a fleet with the treasue in my ship. But the question is: What can a man do, once he can only call his ship his home, and his crew his family?
Sail!
And sail till the sky turn red and the oceans are filled with blood of the unlucky and weak. I am strong, in fact, my crew now calls me John Strong. A man without fear but the fear of himself, is a man not afraid to loose anything anymore. I shall rape and pillage till I can see clear again, until god himself reveals my purpose or until the purpose is revealed through the path of spilled blood and fear.I still will continue to send you my letters and precious gifts, as I will keep my promise.
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Welcome to the Reef Tom!
I am excited for you. I think you have some GREAT experiences ahead of you! I think its important that people play POTC, because then they realize how much better GOF ERAs 2 is.
For open world sandbox play we have them beat a hundred to one.
The only thing better they have going is their numerous quests. COAS has really good stock quests and by next year I believe we will have even more quests than POTC.
Their textures and ships are shoddy at best. They have great locations, but very soon we will have all those locations in ERAs plus all the ones they don’t have. Our world will be twice their size.
I hope you have a great time! My best advice is to become a good swordsman because that will accelerate your character more than any other single thing. Look at my tutorial in our forum here on swordplay. When you get good you can own almost anyone in the game. Often people will give up on learning the controls and only know the basics. That’s like tying one hand behind your back. You need to be able to perform all of the fancy moves your opponents can.
So much more complex than POTC block and slash. SO much more rewarding when you fully learn the controls and can time exactly when you need to strike and block and exactly how much space you and your enemy require to thrust or slash. Very much like the real thing in this aspect. Timing is everything. NOT just tapping the space bar a thousand times. HOW very BORING!
MK
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Well my game is going freakin great! I have never had a better experience with COAS than what I am living now!
It is March 1667. I am playing on Commodore difficulty. I am at Level 32. I have destroyed the Bluebird and have begun the Dutch National Quest. I just finished defeating the English attack on Fort Orange. Glad I played this because it took about 20 plays to defeat them. I am going to re-balance the weapons again.
I have a fleet of seven Dutch Warships. Including two of the new first rates that will be in the patch. I recently encountered two formidable English naval Squadrons. If they had been linked together I would have had a serious fight on my hands. However because there were only two English First raters and one second rate, they were no match for my Dutch fleet of DOOM!!! So here’s some screenshots from my present game. MK
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