Skills for New Characters (New UWO Players, Please Read)

Laviol · October 2017

Not exactly crazy, if everyone grinds out most of the crafts without it then they will have to regrind management.

Also it is required for the factory.. yes i know manchester is far off but Rank 13 management for 18 cannons or carronades isnr easy to get to.

HelloAll · October 2017

R3 storage is easy. Just afk fish and then convert

crazyhunter2003 · October 2017

who will be able to use 18 gates early on???lol

btw,there are so many crafting and production skills to grind,by the time we open carrib i doubt peeps will be maxed on many of them.plenty to grind on

HelloAll · October 2017

Well that’s not true. I had r20 casting and needed management to use the furnace to make 18’s.

crazyhunter2003 · October 2017

you had r20 casting but not all other skills of yours were r20 were they?

i did mngmnt grind making raisins into wine,any production skill works

HelloAll · October 2017

My point was management skill is not only needed for ship skills.
It is needed to use the furnace

Laviol · October 2017

Heavy Galley 0/13/30 4 broadsides 72 max cannons base.

Wont take long getting there

crazyhunter2003 · October 2017

but will you get casting to r20 before carrib? and btw you did not say,was it refined r20?

HelloAll · October 2017

It was refined. And I managed to do that still before reaching r10 management. And I was running management along side it all the way.

Laviol · October 2017

Like i previously stated Management only recieves prof from Great successes WHILE sailing. Not while sitting in ship anchored. You have to be moving and gettibg GSs. That is why it takes so long to grind management

theedgedemon · October 2017

i agree that steering should be near the top on this list, also sail handling is important, as passives they will rank on its own... in time.

i also suggest surveying, sailing without it can be hard.

you need ARMS as soon as possible that skill only ranks when you battle on the sea against similar or stronger enemies so if you start at level 60 you have to kill only FCVs to get any prof at all.

pieratthe · October 2017

Well i for one will get arms/navi/mangement as soon as i hit 20/20/20 Also remember the ship ur sailing HAS to have a skill on it inorder for those 3 to tank. Just a bought or built shipyard ship won't work unless u've modded a skill onto them.

WesDoobner · October 2017

fishing, cooking and storage are my main crafts. Rank 15 or higher fishing is pretty cool with the multiple tunas and such. I've sewed when I had to but never made anything like cannons. I hope I don't have to go there.

crazyhunter2003 · October 2017

likely there will be plenty of casters around

aceman39 · October 2017

I like sewing I can make sails and nice clothing

seapiratedeluxe · October 2017

High trading skills makes almost all crafting very easy and quick. I was always the top skilled merchant that i knew of and always heard about how bad the grind was. I didnt see it that way because i was rank 10 in everything trading and much higher with the correct job slotted for the task.

Theres no rush, but i would highly recommend working up your trading skill first, then start crafting hardcore later on.

crazyhunter2003 · October 2017

mineral trading & wares trading go hand in hand with casting

Airhaun · October 2017

After Gunnery, what is your opinion on 2nd pick? Accuracy or Ballistics?

aceman39 · October 2017

Both

Airhaun · October 2017

If you had to pick one.

aceman39 · October 2017

Ballistics first then Accuracy then if you want the trifecta I would get reload as a third one

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx · October 2017

What about Search. Isn't that important?

aceman39 · October 2017

Yes but Airhaun was asking about mari skills

crazyhunter2003 · October 2017

forget reload,get penetration,as your gunnery ranks up your reload time speeds up

Watchkeeper · October 2017

Remind me please, how many skill slots do you start with?

crazyhunter2003 · October 2017

iirc we start with 14 or 15 slots and gain more as we gain lvls.

we get a bunch of languages ,most of use dump them to make room for other skills and use B/L & notes

ZimXero · October 2017

Alright, here is my personal priority list, which shoul apply to new players too. (note that i created this from memory so, did not remember the exact skill names)

accounting	priority
caution	priority
collection	priority
fishing	priority
repair	priority
ship handling	priority
Steering	priority
storage	priority
surveying	priority
survival	priority
sword	priority
TRADE food	priority
Arms management	early
Body Language	early
Management	early
Navigation	early
TRADE art/spice	early
TRADE gems	early
TRADE luxury	early
TRADE ore	early
archaeology	option
assault	option
ballistics	option
biology	option
casting	option
ecology	option
Firefighting	option
frugality	option
geography	option
guard	option
gunnery	option
Leadership	option
pathology	option
penetration	option
Pet Training	option
procurement	option
recognition	option
Rowing	option
search	option
sociability	option
sword mastery	option
theology	option
TRADE arms	option
TRADE fiber	option
TRADE metals	option
treasure	option
unlock	option
aboardage	late
astronomy	late
evasion	late
marching	late
merhcandise knowledge	late
Persuasion	late
plunder	late
Salvage1	late
Salvage2	late
TRADE munitions	late
TRADE wares	late
traps	late
wining and dining	late
art	skippable
Bow1	skippable
Bow2	skippable
guard/assault,tactics (BOW)	skippable
handicraft	skippable
sewing	skippable
tactics	skippable
TRADE dye	skippable
TRADE fabric	skippable
TRADE fragrances	skippable
TRADE medicine	skippable

Roiber · October 2017

You don't need any skills. After you spend years of grinding and refining them, they will just wipe them all out again. So much wasted time....

pieratthe · October 2017

This is what i did, i took out a notepad on desktop, then went to ivyro, made me a list of all the skills i wanted. then i took and removed it down to 51 which is total u get from levels + maybe we still get that +1 from astronomy. also remember u have 5 bookshelfs and also 5 skillnotes, but i didn't worry about that as much. then i removed all but those 51 skills, then i moved them around in an order as to what was most important for me to grind first. I personally plan on being a pirate, but i also want to get the good adv stuff from quests so i need a good bit of adv, and of course spice trading/nanban skills as well as crafting/sb and relative trade skills for the crafting/nanban. it took a bit but after i did it i was much more confident in my direction of play. Your playstyle will determine what skills, like one posted don't need reloading, well until my gunnery/balllistic's/accuracy is max refined i will be needing reloading, then i can actually delete it completely. Same with the skill merc knowledge. Once u have the r2 trade techs u can delete that skill it's not needed. Sociability is actually needed if u plan on doing lots of trade for your money. It assists u with accounts when doing haggles.

Rothmeare · October 2017

Imo they should just do away with skill slots and everyone start with all the skills like most other games and MMOs. This would alleviate the issue of lacking skill slots to get that wanted skill. Would be especially helpful to the players new to the game which always complain about not being able to get a skill because they don't have a skill slot.
I do feel they should still keep the favor system in place though. Perhaps even do away entirely with some of the more useless skills like wining and dining, reloading and provisions.

Skills for New Characters (New UWO Players, Please Read)

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