Assassin's Creed 4 new gameplay

[QUOTE=Rose]The reason to do the fleet stuff is it gives you more maps, and also money for trading. (regular and diamonds) A cool thing is though sometimes at sea you can run into one of your ships being attacked when they're coming back from or leaving for a mission and you can help them out.

Also you might have made your fleet to good. It helps to have a schooner and a couple frigates and brigs for the lower rated missions to open up the higher rated ones. because if you send your man o wars in all the time, you'll wind up spending more money repairing than you need too. I mean you'll win regardless but you can save some money that way.[/QUOTE]


So if it opens more maps, does that mean it's possible that's why I have a treasure map telling me there's a treasure in the middle of open water? Perhaps the map opens up to put something there?

That's a good point about the cost of repairing the man o' wars. When I had my fleet started at first, I was a bit more diverse. And I considered the cost of repairs, but I determined that I can make more diamonds off of not repairing Man o' Wars, and instead replacing them as they wear down with other ships, because scrapping them out of your fleet yields tons more gems. It does feel like an old RPG. I've liked it so far.

Haha, I did 0% of the fleet stuff. I thought it all had to do with online stuff.

[QUOTE=Thorpesaurous]So if it opens more maps, does that mean it's possible that's why I have a treasure map telling me there's a treasure in the middle of open water? Perhaps the map opens up to put something there?

That's a good point about the cost of repairing the man o' wars. When I had my fleet started at first, I was a bit more diverse. And I considered the cost of repairs, but I determined that I can make more diamonds off of not repairing Man o' Wars, and instead replacing them as they wear down with other ships, because scrapping them out of your fleet yields tons more gems. It does feel like an old RPG. I've liked it so far.[/QUOTE]
Yep that could be why, I think mine did the same thing as yours. Until like sequence 11 you won't have seen all of the world.

Ah that's a good point! I didn't think of that. I think that the fleet stuff is actually interesting because it yields valuable maps, some cash, and really isn't time consuming what you get.

The fleet stuff is so tedious, I just hate that you need to do it to get the 3 extra maps. they're the only things I need left to get 100% on the collectibles.

Then I have to do all the naval missions, then 100% a few sequences.

I've been in the habit of checking into the captain's quarter almost every time I board my ship to check on what I can buy or what I need to look for, like more metal or wood or whatever. Up to recently, that was plenty, but as I'm running out of things to work toward to buy, I started doing the fleet stuff. I started just sending one thing out, but now I'm sending out every possible thing I can every time I check in, and do any of the naval battles that are there.

I'm pretty much cleaning it up before I start playing from mission to mission.

Anyone find a white whale, I haven't ran into one yet.

[QUOTE=Anti Hero]Anyone find a white whale, I haven't ran into one yet.[/QUOTE]
Yep. If you're on PS4 I can share the location with you, what's your GT?

[QUOTE=Rose]Yep. If you're on PS4 I can share the location with you, what's your GT?[/QUOTE]


I've found two white whales, but need a third one to finish off a costume or something. And I can't find them now. If you can send it to me. I'm Thorpesaurous on there too.


I finished the Vane mission last night which got my boat back. Stripped that plot of land clean. Then went to Africa after the Sage, finished that mission, and had to go back to wipe out that plot of land.
After that I figured I'd try my hand at the legendary ships again, and though it took a few tries each, I managed to take out three of them. Took that money and threw it at my home base. Probably something I should've done earlier. But I can feel myself getting closer to really maxing things out. I think the last thing I have left with the Jackdaw is Fire Barrell Capacity. It's only like 4K, with a few hundred bits of cargo to do it, but I need the plan for it, and right now I'm supposing it's behind this tiny chunk of beach that the game won't let me access at the moment that I have a treasure map for.

[QUOTE=Rose]Yep. If you're on PS4 I can share the location with you, what's your GT?[/QUOTE]
:( Negative, I'm on PS3.

[QUOTE=Thorpesaurous]I've found two white whales, but need a third one to finish off a costume or something. And I can't find them now. If you can send it to me. I'm Thorpesaurous on there too.


I finished the Vane mission last night which got my boat back. Stripped that plot of land clean. Then went to Africa after the Sage, finished that mission, and had to go back to wipe out that plot of land.
After that I figured I'd try my hand at the legendary ships again, and though it took a few tries each, I managed to take out three of them. Took that money and threw it at my home base. Probably something I should've done earlier. But I can feel myself getting closer to really maxing things out. I think the last thing I have left with the Jackdaw is Fire Barrell Capacity. It's only like 4K, with a few hundred bits of cargo to do it, but I need the plan for it, and right now I'm supposing it's behind this tiny chunk of beach that the game won't let me access at the moment that I have a treasure map for.[/QUOTE]
Okay I'll add you tonight. I might have only gotten 2 out of the 3 whale locations. I think I wound up buying the last skin I needed. I might have found it later though.
[QUOTE=Anti Hero]:( Negative, I'm on PS3.[/QUOTE]
Damn you!!

The social events, are they uplay or normal game play... that might be something to do with it. I've never even had Royal Convoy pop up on my screen now that I've investigated the matter.

I[I] think[/I] normal, that you can share via uplay.

I think I only wound up getting one royal convoy. And that was because I was strapped for cash so I just decided to pillage.

[QUOTE=Rose]I[I] think[/I] normal, that you can share via uplay.

I think I only wound up getting one royal convoy. And that was because I was strapped for cash so I just decided to pillage.[/QUOTE]


I've had two or three Royal Convoys. I think they pop up by talking to the bartenders who'll whisper where they are to you.

[QUOTE=Thorpesaurous]I've had two or three Royal Convoys. I think they pop up by talking to the bartenders who'll whisper where they are to you.[/QUOTE]
That makes sense, I think you're right. I added you, if you don't have the last whale I'll see if I can find it soon.

[QUOTE=Rose]That makes sense, I think you're right. I added you, if you don't have the last whale I'll see if I can find it soon.[/QUOTE]


Thanks. I've had some trouble accepting friend requests, just because I don't notice them.

I finally just bought the last whale skin. I'm accrueing money at an absurd rate now because I have nothing left to buy, but I'm still taking down ships to fill out my fleet. I need to buy one last fleet dock, and I think I'm done with everything that's not found in story.

I just finished memory sequence 11 last yesterday morning, and it feels like everything is finishing up.

I finally beat it over the weekend. I'm at like 97% synch. The only Abstergo challenges I'm missing are 100% it obviously, and the kill 5 guys in ten seconds affected by a smoke bomb. I feel comfortable enough in it that I don't think I'm going to trophy hunt. 100% each mission just sounds exhaustingly annoying.

I do have the season pass, and as such got a break on the Adawale story add-on. I played for a few minutes after beating it, and will probably procede to beat it this coming week. But after finally crossing the finish line in the main story, I just couldn't stomach starting over without all the upgrades at that particular moment.

[QUOTE=Thorpesaurous]I finally beat it over the weekend. I'm at like 97% synch. The only Abstergo challenges I'm missing are 100% it obviously, and the kill 5 guys in ten seconds affected by a smoke bomb. I feel comfortable enough in it that I don't think I'm going to trophy hunt. 100% each mission just sounds exhaustingly annoying.

I do have the season pass, and as such got a break on the Adawale story add-on. I played for a few minutes after beating it, and will probably procede to beat it this coming week. But after finally crossing the finish line in the main story, I just couldn't stomach starting over without all the upgrades at that particular moment.[/QUOTE]

I'm at 96% synch after beating the game, I 100% the last 3 sequences and I only have a couple of missions where I have 100% synched them, but those are the annoying ones.

I remember the mission where you have to skin a crocodile and put 3 to sleep while following guards in a swamp or something, that ones gonna be a pain in the ass.

Haha wow! I think I was at 65% when I finished the storyline and sold. I do plan to buy it again in the summer if I have time or whenever they bundle up the DLC with the game.

Interested to see how good the DLC is.

[QUOTE=nightprowler10]Haha wow! I think I was at 65% when I finished the storyline and sold. I do plan to buy it again in the summer if I have time or whenever they bundle up the DLC with the game.

Interested to see how good the DLC is.[/QUOTE]


I'll let you know what I think of the DLC. So far it seems largely like more of the same. I do like Adawale's animations better and he seems more fun to play with. He uses a machete and I like his combos more.

So far there's been a couple of different side missions. Freeing slaves mainly, which is really a re-skinning of the freeing pirates to join your crew stuff in the main game.

[QUOTE=Le Shaqtus]I'm at 96% synch after beating the game, I 100% the last 3 sequences and I only have a couple of missions where I have 100% synched them, but those are the annoying ones.

I remember the mission where you have to skin a crocodile and put 3 to sleep while following guards in a swamp or something, that ones gonna be a pain in the ass.[/QUOTE]
That's actually not a hard one, just skin the first croc you put to sleep and remember to turn on eagle vision every now and again. You do have to play a bit of catch up though if you did it the way I did. You can also skin one while they've stopped to talk by one of the campfires but that's a bit harder to pull off because you have to then get around the guards at the fires and back on course.