SID MEIER'S PIRATES! LIVE THE LIFE CHARACTER FAME GUIDE VERSION 1.10 Compiled by Chad Simplicio GameFAQs Handle: Lord deArnise Gamespot Handle: LordDeArnise newgoldenwynde@hotmail.com ***** DISCLAIMER NOTICE ***** Not affiliated with Firaxis, Atari, Prima Games, or any other companies that involves the video game industry. The only web sites that may publish this guide are the following: GameFAQs - www.gamefaqs.com Gamespot, its affiliate - www.gamespot.com After all, ye don't want the federal agents sending their "guards" to your house to plunder on yer assets and lock ye up in a cell to rot. Har! Har! Har! ********** TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Version Notes 2. Overview 3. Fame points quick reference 4. Naval ranks 5. Villians and Rival Pirates 6. Treasure Maps 7. Daughters of Governors 8. Ready to Retire? ********** == 1. VERSION NOTES == 1.10 - December 11, 2004 Updated information from more recent gameplay 1.00 - December 4, 2004 Initial compilation of the fame-building information. ********** == 2. OVERVIEW == How do you want to live your life as a pirate, you handsome devil of an adventure-seeking land-lubber? * Do you want to live a life of plundering on a nation's shipping lines, especially those Spanish Treasure Ships? * How about a life of peaceful trading or treasure-hunting? * Or cleanse the seas some, hunting down pirate raiders, notorious ones, or stopping the natives from raiding ports and cities? * Maybe you want to force Captain Morgan or Blackbeard into retirement? * Or woo those breath-taking beautiful daughters of governors and make them fall in love with you? Whatever you do, land-lubber, the seas are always ripe with gold and goods. So go out there, and live the life, pirate! And when you're ready to retire into a new career, we'll see how much fame you have gotten which will guide you into a new land-lubber life. HAR! HAR! HAR! ********** == 3. FAME POINTS QUICK REFERENCE == Wealth: Up to 24 points. - More land and more wealth = more pts. When you divide the plunder and prepare for another adventure, a portion of what you keep is then placed in a bank that goes towards upping your wealth fame pts. Promotions: Up to 32 points, 8 per nation. - Simple...try to become the regional Duke for each nation, although becoming one for Spain and England is much easier than it is to become one for France and Holland. Promotions can entitle you to a piece of property outside their cities, which can then generate more fame. Named Pirates: Up to 9 points. - Just take down the other top pirates, as listed in the top 10. Treasure Maps: Up to 9 points. - Find those top 10 pirates' treasure. Lost Relatives: Up to 16 points. - Find and defeat the evil Baron, get the map pieces, then find your lost relative. Rinse and repeat as necessary until all four members are found. Lost Cities: Up to 16 points. - Get the map pieces, then find these cities. Romance: Up to 10 points. - Win the heart of a governor's daughter. For the full 10 points, win the heart of a beautiful governor's daughter. Villains: Up to 10 points. - Beat up your family's adversary in swordplay to win a piece of map. Piece them together and go storm his hideout, then beat him one last time. ********** == 4. NAVAL RANKS == Accomplish enough feats for a nation, and the next time you see a governor of a port city, you may be promoted beyond just being given a Letter of Marque that authorizes you to attack their warring European neighbors' ships. The ranks are as follows, from lowest to highest, with their benefits: Letter of Marque - Authorized to attack a nation's enemy ships Captain - Easier recuitment in nation's cities Major - Cheaper ship repairs Colonel - More merchant goods to trade Admiral - Cheaper ship upgrades Baron - Easier recruitment in nation's taverns anywhere Count - Free ship repairs Marquis - Many more available goods to trade Duke - Free ship upgrades Be advised that if you turn on a nation and attack their ships, you'll lose your rank benefits until you purchase amnesty or have a jesuit missionary speak on your behalf, whatever it takes to regain that nation's favor. ********** == 5. VILLIANS, NATIVES, AND RIVAL PIRATES == The Carribean of this era is full of villians and pirates, even the most ruthless pirates to sail and harass European nations of their days are in this game. When you start hearing rumors of their last known location, you can track them down and find their ship. From there, the sea battle begin. Even though the ship can surrender, you'll still have to defeat that named pirate or villian--yes, even the evil Baron himself--in an act of swordplay. Sometimes, you can blow apart pirate raiders or raiding native canoe boats to make the European colony holdings happy.. It's best to have the best possible upgrades for your ship and for your fighting when you face villians and pirates. Depending on your style and tastes, you'll also want a good ship, like a good Brig, or a Frigate, or maybe a Galleon that you captured off the Baron's command. While most villians and evil men sail in Spanish warships, pirates and natives sail in their own. And all of Europe and their Carribean colonists will feel relieved and pleased when they hear a pirate ship go down. ********** == 6. TREASURE MAPS == You can purchase a piece of a map off a traveling smuggler, defeat your adversaries, or get one from governor's daughters. When you do get a complete map or you get a good idea of where the "X" is, you can then sail to the landmark, then anchor off by the shore and lead a land expedition to the spot. When you find where "X" marks the spot, your crew will start digging until you find the treasure. The procedures are the same whenever you're looking for your family, finding a villian's hideout, or searching lost cities with plenty of gold to be found. Find a family member = you're reunited with that one Find a villain's hideout = Storm the walls in a land battle or sneak your way in tofind the villian Find a lost city = Find yourself and your crew a fortune ********** == 7. DAUGHTERS OF GOVERNORS == It takes much more than rank and looks to woo a governor's daughter, it takes wit with sword to beat down rivals in your way to her heart, and good deftness with your dancing feet to woo her. These daughters' appearance can be plain, attractive, or beautiful. The more beautiful they are, the tougher they are to woo. Most of these beautiful women, from recent gaming experience, tend to be Spanish, but there has been cases where you can find beautiful French, English, or a bit more "modest" beautiful Dutch women. Nonetheless, the benefits are useful. You may get valuable information, receive an upgrade as a gift, even map pieces of lost cities, if you woo her alot in the ballroom. Given your options, you may have to do the following: * Impress her with your dancing * Give her a ruby ring or a diamond necklace * Beat her fiancee in a sword duel * Rescue her from her abductor - same procedure as fighting a villain or top pirate on the seas Find clothes that enhances your apperance and she'll see you more often when you're in port. Impress her really well, and the task of winning her heart becomes much easier. -- Dancing -- This is where many pirates have trouble. Here are a few good tips: * Know the dance patterns of a song: The harder the difficulty, the more complex the dance will be. If you can coordinate the right moves that the daughter gives you with the beat of the music, you won't slip, and you may even do a flourish that can really woo her or help you recover fast from mistakes. * Calfskin boots and dancing slippers are good items to have, especially if your main skill is Wit & Dance. Then if you slip up, you'll likely recover quickly enough to not stumble and miss a beat. * Most of all, practice, practice, practice. Sometimes, it's nice to practice getting the dancing down as correctly as you can with plain and attractive daughters, then carry that over to the more beautiful ones. When you do hear that your lovely governor's daughter is abducted and you do rescue her and bring her back home, she will you ask you an important question the next time you are in port to visit her. "My charming rogue, will you marry me?" ********** == 8. READY TO RETIRE? == The ranking is simple when you retire, or health concerns forces you to retire from your pirating ways. The more fame you have, the higher the rank. The game gives you a ranking as well as a summary of your adventures and achievements. If you score high enough, your pirate is entered into the hall of fame, never to be used again. Then you're off to a new game. ********** Copyright 2004, 2005 LordDeArnise, All Rights Reserved