Privateers give GG points

[Rusty Edge]

Or Barbarian Privateers

Btw. are there barbarian privateers? There should be. It would add flavor to the game since you wouldn't know if its an AI attacking you or just barbarians.

I have only seen one that I didn't build myself, and I'm pretty sure it came from another civ and there were no barbs left at that point.


Now that I think about it I don't remember barbs with gunpowder in BTS at all, but that could be playstyle.

 

[Underdawg]

I have only seen one that I didn't build myself, and I'm pretty sure it came from another civ and there were no barbs left at that point.


Now that I think about it I don't remember barbs with gunpowder in BTS at all, but that could be playstyle.

It's no unheard of for barbs to have Grenadiers, specially on Terra Maps.

 

[Rusty Edge]

It's no unheard of for barbs to have Grenadiers, specially on Terra Maps.

Thanks. I guess I shouldn't be surprised it's playstyle.

 

[eoghammer]

a little reminder .... You gain GG points when you win a fight against a civilization (no GG points from barbarians and wild beast)
Clearly gaining one or 2 Great General with only privateers requires a good number of privateer (except maybe on an archipelago map) because you need to sink so many boats that you are forced to have many privateers to seeks enemy

 

[zenspiderz]

Privateers plus imperialistic plus tech lead plus victims spam building of caravels equals torrent of GG as I discovered playing Sulieman.

 

[KrikkitTwo]

They generate GG points when you win combats using them. Just like any other military unit.
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Not Barbarian combats

 

[Martock]

I got a kick out of attaching a great general to a few of my privateers. Nothing beats having a few level 8 ships around early in the game. I even named a few of those ships just because they were so damn powerful at that poing. For those of us who aren't warmongers, it's a good, easy, fast way to get a level 6 unit that will allow you to build the west point nat. wonder.

 

[Nooble]

If only the AI was smart to see great general message appear on the same turn his boat is sunk while everyone is at peace and give you a -2 "You sank my battleship". Except for Ghandi who'll assume there's another privateer out there attacking some other civ.

lol that's halarious!