need help with gunning?

ara · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:24 am Post subject: need help with gunning?

i was on a navy ship working on my gunning because it had gone back down to the dreaded grand-master level and i needed it back up to legendary (ult would have been ideal, but i just don't have the patience some days).
while i was there, this girl working the other gun kept on getting booched while here i am getting excellent and incredible. she asked me how to do the darn puzzle so i explained.
i realized that there may be members of the crew that are having difficulties with this puzzle and i want you to know that i am more then willing to help you out.
i can put a guide here on the forum, but it won't have screen shots due to my poor computer skills, but i can explain it so that it can be understood.
it would, however, be much easier to ask me in game where we can go on a navy ship and practice =)

if you are having difficulties with an aspect of gunning and don't need a whole explination, feel free to ask here and either i or another experienced gunner can answer your questions =)
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Thebb · Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:02 am Post subject:

I love some help with gunning. Very Happy

Although I've heard (and used) quiet a few different tricks/ways to gun, my gunning is still erm...lacking so I must be doing something wrong Confused

It probably would be most beneficial if you could just explain the whole thing anyway

And speaking of getting help with certain puzzles, now that I have my 'official' officer ranking back I would really really really like to start training Smile

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ara · Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:59 am Post subject:

ok, i will try to verbalize here, but if it sounds confusing - it's not ment to be. again - i don't have screen shots, so, if someone wants to just put a few up on this post, it can help to talk about them here as well.

ok:
bear in mind that the pieces will move in a clockwise direction at all times - so, don't try to make the pieces move in a counter clockwise direction because you will just be wasting time and energy.

so -

if a piece is moving in ~~~> this direction and hits a wall or object, it will move in
l
l
V this direction.

if a piece is moving in
l
l
l
V this direction and hits a wall or object, it will move in <~~~~ this direction.

if a piece is moving in <~~~~~ this direction and hits a wall or object, it will move in
^
l
l
l this direction.

if a piece is moving in
^
l
l
l this direction and hits a wall or object, it will move in ~~~~> this direction.

does that make sense?

ok, so what i suggest when you are first starting out gunning is to take your finger and put it on the barrel. you read right - take your finger and put it on your computer screen over the barrel. now(hit pause or "p" or the escape button to pause) take your finger and move it over to the right hand wall (just like a piece would move) and follow around the board in a clockwise direction and following the way a piece would move (so, when you are coming down to the right bottom corner - if there is nothing there to stop you - where would the piece go?). the first few times this will take a long time to do. as you become proficient at this you will not need to pause the board - i do this with my eyes in about 3 seconds.

when i look for a board, i look for a board that i only need to redirect the pieces 1 or 2 times and use the remaining arrow to direct the pieces into the cannon. i also look for a board that i can make the pieces go around all 4 cannons in a continuous mannor.
i will only use a 1 or 2 arrow board for a sloop, but anything larger and i will also use boards where i can only get 2 of the cannons in a loop (or if korr really needs it, i'll loop around only 1 cannon).

does this make sense? like i said, if someone can post some screenies of gunning boards this can make it alot easier.
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deeg · Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:54 am Post subject:

These links where really useful for me in learning to gun:

http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/Gunning
http://www.strangebreezes.com/corsairs/gunning/
http://wickedpirates.com/tutorials/guntext.html
http://www.ctyalcove.org.nyud.net:8090/~elizabeth/Gunning1.avi (warning 70MB video!)
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Whoosy · Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:15 am Post subject:

Thanks, Ara, that was a good tidbit about looping around only 2 guns on larger vessels. I had been doing that anyway, but I
wasn't 100% sure that it was a good practice.

So, Korr shoots alot, eh? Now I know why Pauling asked me if Korr had taught me to bnav...but I bet Korr hits a lot more often
than I do. Embarassed

(edited for clarity)
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ara · Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:05 am Post subject:

see, i got good at gunning when i gunned for udu on his pillages and i was like - this is sweet - i can keep up with udu and everyone says he's the hardest to keep up with.
so, full of myself as a gunner, i offered to gun for korr. HA!!!
i get this tell from korr during the bnav - ara, try to keep up, i really needed that last cannon loaded.

but i fixed you korr - i can load an average of 3 a turn =P sometimes 4 if i have a good board =P (and teal - shush you =P )
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deeg · Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:24 am Post subject:

I sometimes get bored gunning for Teal, Scary or Andikan (or the like) because they fire maybe 1 ball every other turn. The majority of them hit, but I'm falling asleep! I'd much rather gun for Korr any day.
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andi_kan · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:15 pm Post subject:

Carrol · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:14 pm Post subject:

Took me friggin AGES to get an Incred today, but I FINALLY got it.

1 mroe Incred trophy to get, and it's the one I've been dreading....
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kasper · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:08 am Post subject:

Aww Korr - ya seeem a bit put off by the tone of yer post.
Ara tells me I shoot like Korr.
Is this not War? [when trying to max a brigand?]
Then shoot like war!! Rawr!!
Besides, how else do we keep fresh fish for the crew, but shoot the water full of holes!
Let the Cabbies pick up the Redneck fish kill & a feast will be had!!
Every once in a while I even accidently hit a Kraken & a great celebration ensues.
So when Ara or others suggest i shoot like Korr, i beam when compared to such a pirate.

Edit1: ease of reading
Edit2: thank you Deeg for posting those linky's
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