What Level Should I Be At?

[sammyh]

i am on gordon greer and my stats are:
noto:15
iron cutlass: 5
pistol:3
cloth doll:10
small dagger: 2
sailing:10
cannon:5

i will start to work on keeping them at the same lvl.

[Poison elf]

I am one for the saying, never say never.

I agree on the most part what people are saying, slow down and work on skills and such. There is no way anyone is going to do this solo with stats low like that.

If I got skills for the points I paid into them, I think it can be done solo though. Did do it twice solo, before. If I put points into barrage I should get the stats, instead of being forced to work notoriety up to 40 to get the full stats.

You are going to want full stats on canon balls to do this, so that is likely going to push you up to higher levels alone. I would recommend myself in the 30's. Doing all the jewelry and tattoo quests etc. almost puts ya there anyways, while doing the boss battle quests.

Lower stats just means using doll on soldiers, easily done, just more time consuming. Best to work it up to get drain life, so you have two forms of healing. Frigates solo don't do the damage they are doing in crews now. With terrible cannon ball damage I make it to the last set of bridges, and that's with shooting forts twice as much as I should have to.

[Mr.LoveLocket]

I finished the black pearl quest at 26 and my weapons needed work. so i stopped before doing boss until i got all my weapons 15+ then i started working on it and it turned out easier than ever! and at your stats i really think u should stop and work on leveling your doll which is very important. Maybe until your lv 23 you should start gunner so you dont have to run around and sail back and fourth

[davy redflint]

hav a lvl 30 pirate only 10% of the black pearl quest done. just doin weapons and jewelry and tattoo quest. most weapon 15 to 18 except staff 2 and g-nades 11. seeing how far i get with out the pearl quest. lol

[Charlotte Grey]

I'm pretty advanced on everything EXCEPT my cannons. I think on my cannons I'm, what, level 2? And my overall notoriety is 20. And my sailing is 10. I'm pretty good with weaponry, but I'm lagging on cannons. Now that my unlimited access, well, "died", I guess I can work on levelling up my weaponry until I lose my lazy streak and head to Target and buy a pirates online card...

[Swash]

dont listen to them rush through the boss it clears your journal so u dont have stress about needing this and that
i beat boss at lv 26
now my skills are as follows
notoriety: 37
cutlass: mastered (25)
gun : 19
doll: mastered (25)
dagger: 15
grenades: 9
staff: 21
cannon: 20
sailing: mastered (25)
i rarely use my grenades

[Poison elf]

If not to help you on boss battle, I would still consider working grenades with ship battles about to come out. Toughnest with all I could get in it already on the new character.

[Dr. Zeppers]

Originally Posted by Swashbuckler

dont listen to them rush through the boss it clears your journal so u dont have stress about needing this and that
i beat boss at lv 26
now my skills are as follows
notoriety: 37

LOL

Rush, do listen to us. It doesnt seem that this person has even hit level 40 yet on his first pirate yet. Listen to the experienced pirates.

Yes doing the boss battle clears your quest journal, and youll be wanting stuff in it to do from that point forward. Have you seen the cries for more content?

I do not boast about my knowledge or experience like some of the newer pirates. But I have 3 level 34+ pirates, and a totally mastered level 40 pirate to draw my experiences on. I've been around the world in POTCO many many times.

My first level 30 pirate I beat the boss battle fast, and all I had left was leveling... it got boring, I abandoned him, and learned how important it was on the following pirates was to take your time on the quests and to work and level your skills first. It also makes doing the quest 10 times easier.. which is another excellent reason to do it this way. Rushing through the story quest is a quick road to boredom.

[Aliese]

Well, whether or not you rush, you're still going to spend a lot of time leveling if you want to master everything. It's really only a question of when.

Luckily I've grown to like leveling, though, as I'm sure I've said before. When I finally "finished" Ali, I started right up with Piper (she's now a 33 with all skills at 20, and still zip on the BP - LoL).

[Dr. Zeppers]

Originally Posted by Aliese

Well, whether or not you rush, you're still going to spend a lot of time leveling if you want to master everything. It's really only a question of when.

And how much. Leveling weapons first is easier because the reps come faster.

Its true, irregardless, theres going to be some time spent leveling either way.
It was the mundane process of leveling my level 40 pirate that taught me its easier if I level the weapons first. Easier in regards to the amount of time spent on leveling weapons.

[PieR8grl]

UGH - would love some opinions - i think i know but i need a sanity check.

I am a LVL 24, my stats are:

Pirate doll-17
Sailing-15
Steel cutlass-12
Tri-barrel pistol-12
Cannon-11
Dagger-8 (i need to work on)
Grenades-2 (i need to work on)
Teleports: have all 4

And does this heading at the top of my Journal: Story Chapter: The Black Pearl (20%) mean that I'm 20% done? I know that seems obvious . . . Am I too far or not far along enough for my skills. I'm wondering if I should stop those chapter quests and get my grenades and dagger skills up to something less pathetic.

Thanks in advance!

[Dr. Zeppers]

From a direct game questing approach with a goal of mastering your pirate.
(im not a pvp'er)

I think your doing pretty good quest wise if your at/around 20%.

An hours or so work on those grenades at a quiet kingshead... and youll gain a notoriety level, and several grenade levels. But bring a friend for company, and to teleport back and forth for reloads

Other than that i'd say your doing fine. Your already on the right track planning to bring those lower level weapons up to speed. Work on evening up the weapons skills, and continue to mix a little leveling time amongst quest time. You still have weapon upgrade quests coming on the Cutlass, Pistol, Dagger, and Staff when you eventually get that. Also keep in mind when it comes to the boss battle at the end of the quest, Sailing and Cannon skills are paramount (unless you have someone else sail, in which case cannons would be key).

[Jeena]

Mine is-
Notoriety: 26
Cutlass: 13
Pistol: 11
Voodoo Doll: 15
Dagger: 10 (working on this right now)
Grenade: 12 (& this)
Sailing: 14
Cannon: 10

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[Captain Jessie Hawk]

You should always take time between quests leveling up your weapons a bit that will help your Notoriety to go up witch is something you'll need.

Also do other quests such as the tattoo quests, they give great experience in the long run and if you get into a weapon quest even better.

[Swash]

Originally Posted by OFxZeppers

LOL

Rush, do listen to us. It doesnt seem that this person has even hit level 40 yet on his first pirate yet. Listen to the experienced pirates.

Yes doing the boss battle clears your quest journal, and youll be wanting stuff in it to do from that point forward. Have you seen the cries for more content?

I do not boast about my knowledge or experience like some of the newer pirates. But I have 3 level 34+ pirates, and a totally mastered level 40 pirate to draw my experiences on. I've been around the world in POTCO many many times.

My first level 30 pirate I beat the boss battle fast, and all I had left was leveling... it got boring, I abandoned him, and learned how important it was on the following pirates was to take your time on the quests and to work and level your skills first. It also makes doing the quest 10 times easier.. which is another excellent reason to do it this way. Rushing through the story quest is a quick road to boredom.

you could be right ut also beating the boss faster also gives you more time to help weaker pirates