NO or PR?

[JackBlackP54]

I think that the Privateer is really hard to play.
You need to be really good at timing your unpredictability skills.
If you want to turn fast you can't do max damage and you not have your resistance up.
Also you can't have sail resistance and armor resistance up at the same time.
Always watch your morale! Don't swap unpred. skills too much...
The NO is easier to play in my opinion.

[Rhino93]

Originally Posted by JackBlackP54 I think that the Privateer is really hard to play. You need to be really good at timing your unpredictability skills. If you want to turn fast you can't do max damage and you not have your resistance up. Also you can't have sail resistance and armor resistance up at the same time. Always watch your morale! Don't swap unpred. skills too much... The NO is easier to play in my opinion.

/agree i have 1 year playing this class and really hard to play exactly , managing moral ...

[Gulena]

IMHO Privateer has top the ships worse top the ships of other classes. A class conceived for 1vs1 as a result weakest on damage (it is not enough guns and bad speed of a recharge), weak repair, weak protection, a long recharge skills. Average manoeuvrability. If think to shoot from 2 boards, be going to have an unwrapped stern. Result - Privateer in 1vs1 the whipping boy by the poor ships. And after all at other classes soon will appear still 1st and 2st reits.
All my friends say that at privateer there are no chances against them.
The balance of classes-disgusting, and FLS doesn't think that that to change.

I will be glad, if can prove the return.

[DerHuhnTeufel]

Originally Posted by Gulena IMHO Privateer has top the ships worse top the ships of other classes. A class conceived for 1vs1 as a result weakest on damage (it is not enough guns and bad speed of a recharge), weak repair, weak protection, a long recharge skills. Average manoeuvrability. If think to shoot from 2 boards, be going to have an unwrapped stern. Result - Privateer in 1vs1 the whipping boy by the poor ships. And after all at other classes soon will appear still 1st and 2st reits. All my friends say that at privateer there are no chances against them. The balance of classes-disgusting, and FLS doesn't think that that to change. I will be glad, if can prove the return.

Worst ships? The Intrepid and Achilles are both amazing ships, to say nothing of the Vengeance, which is the best close-range ship in the game. Then there's the HMC, which is always welcome to port battles, if a bit expensive.

As for damage, the privateer is not in bad shape at all. They don't have much reload, but they have the highest raw damage bonus in the game. Their armor repair may only repair armor, but it's on a 4 minute timer, which I'd much rather haven than the Bucc's or CT's repair.

The thing about the privateer is that it's only good at one thing at a time, while most other classes can do several things. If you aren't any good at juggling unpredictabilities, you won't be any good at the class.

[Gulena]

HMC The best that can be at a privateer. Compare it with 'Wenden' Third Rate(Navy), 'Treason' Pirate Flagship (Bucc), 'Couronne' Mastercraft Galleon (FT) What it is better?

And FT with 'Capricieux' Mastercraft Frigate can kill Preevater with HMC.

[Fripwud]

Originally Posted by Gulena HMC The best that can be at a privateer. Compare it with 'Wenden' Third Rate(Navy), 'Treason' Pirate Flagship (Bucc), 'Couronne' Mastercraft Galleon (FT) What it is better? And FT with 'Capricieux' Mastercraft Frigate can kill Preevater with HMC.

lol, HMC ist the BEST frigate in the whole game dude. You must not compare it with ships of the line. Also you can't say, if a SOL is better than a frigate or oposite, because it depends on role and situation. Of course a HMC or even a CapMC can beat a 1st rate in 1v1. Of course 6 1st Rates should be able to insta spike at least 2 frigates before they even come into effective range.

But that's a whole other story and we also talk about completely different price classes.

Concerning your last argument, that a FT in a CapMC can beat a HMC, I must disagree and correct it for you in that way:

A FT in a Cap MC can beat ANY unexperienced player in ANY class in ANY ship! But this counts not only for a FT in a Cap MC, but for every class in almsot any lvl 50 ship tbh.

Especially from all nat classes e.g. the privateer is the most dangerous vs a bucaneer. And of course a priv also can beat any other class.

Conclusion: Learn to play instead of spreading out half truths on the forums...

[Gulena]

Great. Here only in PvP of privateers it is not enough. And almost all in groups.

HMC WAS the BEST in game to nerf.
The unique class not causing problems in 1vs1 is other privateer

[Ikaspirit]

Originally Posted by Gulena Great. Here only in PvP of privateers it is not enough. And almost all in groups. HMC WAS the BEST in game to nerf. The unique class not causing problems in 1vs1 is other privateer

If you are doing 1vs1 with HMC you should stop doing 1vs1.

And yes NO > Priv.