Soloing the Cannon Defense Minigame - Pirates of the Caribbean Online Fansite & Forums

CarribeanThunder · #1 06-20-2010, 12:25 AM

Well, I had just lost a CD game after reaching round 14ish, and I went back in to try again. No one had come until later in Wave 9 - meaning I was soloing it all the way until then. To add to that, I hadn't lost ANY treasure along the way - I assume it's like an Invasion, where, if there are more people, it gets harder.
My question is, if any of you have tried going at it alone, how far have you gotten?

Here's the screenshot:

Beorn · #2 06-20-2010, 12:29 AM

I have played it solo more often that not, and yes, it is harder when more people join in. I don't really pay attention to the wave number that I am on, just my cannon level. As for that, the highest I have gotten is level 13.

Nate Swordwalker · #3 06-20-2010, 12:36 AM

I have not gone on test since it came out. I am using a different laptop and cannot load test while on it. Will get on tomorrow... maybe Monday. See you at the cannons!

--Nate

CarribeanThunder · #4 06-20-2010, 12:36 AM

The highest level I've gotten to, I believe, was around Lv16 - though, I'm not sure if it was EXACTLY Lv16, but close to that. I'm big on cannoneering, you know.

ruisen2000 · #5 06-20-2010, 01:48 AM

What cannon ram is that?

Jackfiresteel · #6 06-20-2010, 04:11 AM

wow I cant believe they are now making us allies with the navy to destroy our own ships. Huh crazy world.

MacIronhawk · #7 06-20-2010, 05:41 AM

Aye, ye scurvy pirates, join us and ye get a cool uniform to impress yer fellow lads.

Seriously, if you can beat cannon defense all the way to the end(I'd guess that's once you have all the amo), then I think we should get a free navy uniform. Now that'd be awesome.

CarribeanThunder · #8 06-23-2010, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ruisen2000

What cannon ram is that?

Gunner's Cannon Ram.

The farthest I have now gone alone is Wave 30. Someone came later on, and I got disconnected at Wave 32. I swear he was speed hacking because those cannonballs looked bunched up and he was barely reloading. But I don't care anymore.

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Dolnor · #9 06-26-2010, 10:54 AM

I be a landlubber...I can't get past Wave 9.

CarribeanThunder · #10 06-27-2010, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Dolnor

I be a landlubber...I can't get past Wave 9.

Don't worry, mate - you'll sooner or later get used to the controls and you'll get better at it. It took ME a while to get used to the controlling and handling ( Ok, maybe not too long

but it took some time ).

***wmah*** · #11 06-27-2010, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Jackfiresteel

wow I cant believe they are now making us allies with the navy to destroy our own ships. Huh crazy world.

And what exactly have we been doing on Port Royal invasions?
Answer: helping the navy.

MacIronhawk · #12 06-28-2010, 04:03 AM

Thunder, do you have any strategys to share? I've only been able to get to wave 15, and my accuracy throughout the whole battle was around 48-54 percent.

Also, do you know how you got the gold cannon?

Matthew Sternrage · #13 06-28-2010, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by CarribeanThunder

Gunner's Cannon Ram.
I swear he was speed hacking because those cannonballs looked bunched up and he was barely reloading.

Impossible. During the first of testing of cannon defense, Disney made the cannons to be able to reload within about half a second to reload 6 cannonballs.
I found two videos of Cannon Defense, the cannonballs are being shot fast. Besides, the Bandits are going a bit fast, so the Navy made special cannons that fire twice as many cannonballs than the ship cannons, and twice as fast.

Cruise · #14 06-29-2010, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew Sternrage

Impossible. During the first of testing of cannon defense, Disney made the cannons to be able to reload within about half a second to reload 6 cannonballs.
I found two videos of Cannon Defense, the cannonballs are being shot fast. Besides, the Bandits are going a bit fast, so the Navy made special cannons that fire twice as many cannonballs than the ship cannons, and twice as fast.

I watched that video and a couple of others which appear to be typical games of Cannon Defense. But I do believe that there must be some hacking going on as some of us were in a game with one of the players who appeared to have scatter shot before the 2nd wave - which I believe would be nearly impossible. The rest of us were shooting more or less the same amount of shots and this fellow was shooting 5 times as many shots as the rest. If it is not speed hacking, it must be some sort of hack.

CarribeanThunder · #15 06-30-2010, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

Thunder, do you have any strategys to share? I've only been able to get to wave 15, and my accuracy throughout the whole battle was around 48-54 percent.

Never noticed what my accuracy was.

Tips: ( I put as many as I could to help you out )

If you have very little gold left, forget all the other ships - take out the ship that has the very last bit of gold.

Also, naturally, a Sloop of any kind should usually be taken out first - but Light Sloops are always before Sloops. ( Note: If you get Firestorm, shoot it at a single Light Sloop and it, as well as any other Light Sloops around it, will go down.

Never shoot two Mines in the same spot - either one of them or both of them explode.

Try to ignore Barrels, as, while you're shooting, you'll most likely hit them without even trying. However, if there are quite a few, you should take them out.

If you get the Scattershot ammo, use it when ships are really crowding each other - however, in the event that there's only one ship with the last bit of gold you have, forget Scattershot and finish that one out with Round Shot.

Personally, Round Shot is the Ammo I used throughout the whole thing, although in some cases, you will need to use something different. Rarely though, Targeted Shot comes in handy ( Or never at all ).

Cannon Rams that increase Rapid Reload are possibly your best friend here - they might not make such a huge difference in reload speed, but they are great to have.

Optional: Play some calming music ( Or music that you like - could even be a song or background ambience from a video game that you like ).

Also, do you know how you got the gold cannon?

The Repeater Cannon, I believe, was earned when you reach Lv20. Though, to be honest, I'm not truly sure what it does - maybe makes shooting faster?

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Originally Posted by Matthew Sternrage

Impossible. During the first of testing of cannon defense, Disney made the cannons to be able to reload within about half a second to reload 6 cannonballs.
I found two videos of Cannon Defense, the cannonballs are being shot fast. Besides, the Bandits are going a bit fast, so the Navy made special cannons that fire twice as many cannonballs than the ship cannons, and twice as fast.

I'm still not sure about that - the way the cannons were somewhat bunched together and all, but whatever.

And yes, I know they reload really quickly, but to me, it seemed pretty fast.
And it was quite suspicious how midway through Wave 32, I got disconnected, even though my internet was fine ( And it was the kind of disconnecting when your internet breaks, and the game kind of freezes - nothing takes damage and such. The average Test disconnecting is an automatic "You have been disconnected" notice ). I could most likely be wrong, but it seemed strange.

Also, about that video - so that's where the Tortuga Cannon Defense guy is.....