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Ship skills for ESF light round?

WesDoobnerWesDoobner Posts: 761Member Intermediate
General Discussion
Hello captains and lesser ship commanders! I'm trying to get started with ESF for the first time after playing for several years, and I'm curious as to what works best. I'm building a top secret ship for the light round, but I'm wondering if any of the available skills would be useful, or if I should not waste slots on crappy skills and instead focus on just getting the other stats up. My plan is to build the strongest ship I can and blast other participants with broadsides while avoiding head on charges. Would any of these skills help me much? Sea Mine Removal, Direct Hit Prevention or Enhanced Ship Handling?  thanks for any advice!!
May the winds blow you well

Comments

  • purplepiratepurplepirate Posts: 994Member Intermediate
    depends on the ship, pretty much everyone either uses gun boats or roman galleys for light round.
    IGN: Samantha99
  • WesDoobnerWesDoobner Posts: 761Member Intermediate
    I've got a roman galley ticket,  but I was thinking of trying something different to start with. It's a little crazy, but I'm a little crazy too.
    May the winds blow you well
  • purplepiratepurplepirate Posts: 994Member Intermediate
    i personally don't know all the ships that well, but i have played enough esf's that pretty much all i see is gunboats for sniping and roman galleys for melee. can't really comment of how other ships might work as i've rarely ever seen any lol
    IGN: Samantha99
  • CulvernCulvern Posts: 646Member Intermediate
    Direct hit prevention is mainly used by melee ships to head straight at a ship and try to grapple them.
    You mentioned you were looking to use cannons so I would not suggest DHP.
    Sea mine removal is active skill so I personally never use it. But many do, at least in heavy ships.
  • WesDoobnerWesDoobner Posts: 761Member Intermediate
    Hmmmmm. so I may be the only person using this type of ship. Well, if I'm the first person sunk I'll know it was a bad choice! If that happens I guess I'll go to plan B and build up my custom roman galley, if I can get it where I want with just 12 improvements (!?!)
    May the winds blow you well
  • CulvernCulvern Posts: 646Member Intermediate
    The CRG only gets the 10 mods. You cannot get extra ones at the colony.....
    Sadly I thought I could get one extra and my galley is a bit shy of its intended outcome. My bad for not checking first.
  • WesDoobnerWesDoobner Posts: 761Member Intermediate
    Boy, just 10 is it? that's pretty harsh, but I'll live with it if my first choice sucks.
    May the winds blow you well
  • WesDoobnerWesDoobner Posts: 761Member Intermediate
    https://imgur.com/a/nKJCJ
    May the winds blow you well
  • WesDoobnerWesDoobner Posts: 761Member Intermediate
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    May the winds blow you well
  • WesDoobnerWesDoobner Posts: 761Member Intermediate
    jeez

    May the winds blow you well
  • WesDoobnerWesDoobner Posts: 761Member Intermediate
    https://i.imgur.com/LDtyum9.png
    May the winds blow you well
  • crazyhunter2003crazyhunter2003 Posts: 763Member Intermediate
    Is your captain's name Jonas Grumby?

    Is his aide named Gilligan?

    lol
    IGN:JackO'Neil
  • WesDoobnerWesDoobner Posts: 761Member Intermediate
    Nope, I'm the captain, with my faithful aide Liberace. We rolled some fat dude and his little buddy to get this boat.
    May the winds blow you well
  • crazyhunter2003crazyhunter2003 Posts: 763Member Intermediate
    What did you do to the millionaire ,his wife,the movie star ,the professor and Maryann???
    IGN:JackO'Neil
  • WesDoobnerWesDoobner Posts: 761Member Intermediate
    they're in charge of finances, housekeeping, entertainment, engineering and cooking.
    May the winds blow you well
  • patersmith66patersmith66 Posts: 503Member Intermediate
    What did you pick for your grades at 1 and 3? improved durability?
  • WesDoobnerWesDoobner Posts: 761Member Intermediate
    Durability and crew improvements at G1 and G3
    May the winds blow you well
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