For the past two weeks, I’ve been republishing Garbad_the_Weak’s “Ship of the Week” column (with his consent, of course!) and the Awstats numbers suggest that they’ve been well-received despite lack of comment. Of course, there’s no telling how many readers I’ve gained from the PotBS community and how many readers I’ve retained from the EVE Community after the recent shift of focus (I lub u gais!!!).

Thanks again to Garbad_the_Weak for agreeing to have his articles reposted for the sake of drawing attention to the unique dynamics of Pirates of the Burning Seas’ robust ship combat/PvP system!

Continuing his ‘Ship of the Week’ reviews column, this week we look at Garbad’s treatment of the ‘Tigre’ Sleek, a L50 Huge Scout ship carrying 36 guns and a standard compliment of 335 crewmen.

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So, being a noob sucks, right? And sucking pretty much sucks, y’know? Well, it’s why there haven’t been a lot of fun-to-read battle reports about skirmishes or me hunting in the red like the way I used to write about hunting lowsec in a Wolf (BEFORE the speed nerf/AF buff patch, aka Quantum Rise!). I know that I have the equipment to go out and do it, but I haven’t got the player experience to go with the equipment.

I’m like the noob who buys an account that can fly motherships and buys enough ISK to get an officer-fitted mothership and does not understand, for the life of him, how the hell he STILL got ganked in Amamake. Except I didn’t buy gold (or an account) and I’m not trying to sail the PotBS equivalent of an Aeon, I’m sailing what I suppose could be compared to a Vagabond (fast, maneuverable, doesn’t hit very hard but gets the job done… in the right hands). But there are two primary differences…

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Last week, we rehashed Garbad’s review of the "Garbad’s Ship of the Week – ‘Conquistador’ Sleek Frigate". This week the ‘Deliverance’ Heavy Frigate is under scrutiny as Garbad examines each of its strengths and weaknesses with an eye toward how best it can be employed in the various combat scenarios a captain is likely to find himself in on Pirates of the Burning Seas.

While not technically a part of the “Ship of the Week” article, I’ll also include a short discussion of the differences between Open Sea (OS) PvP and Port Battle (PB) PvP in which the Heavy Deliverance was used as an example.

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Actually, they’re calling it a ‘Vision Statement.’ But the end result is the same: a clear definition of what sort of game experience the Flying Lab Software developers intend to create with Pirates of the Burning Sea. This sort of thing is what we begged CCP to give us for MONTHS with regard to EVE-Online but which, to the best of my knowledge, they still refuse to do. But to be fair, it’s easy to understand why a company would hesitate to make such a declaration.

Things change, after all. Markets shift. What is popular today may be anathema tomorrow and when you’re dealing with such a remarkably fickle (yet remarkably loyal at the same time) consumer base as MMO gamers, the risk of alienating one group or another is dangerous indeed! But FLS has delivered.

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After a brief correspondence with Garbad_the_Weak, aka Antigua Pirate “Noble Savage” (among other names), I have been given permission to repost his Ship of the Week Series here with the goal being to bring attention to detailed analysis of the many differences in ship types and the tactical strategies that sensible captains might employ while commanding them.

In some of these posts, Garbad focuses on one ship while in others he compares one ship with another. In all cases, the original forum post will be linked so that should the reader choose to do so they may go and read the discussions that followed. Of course, you’re always welcome to leave comments here as well!

Thanks again to Garbad_the_Weak for agreeing to have his articles reposted for the sake of drawing attention to the unique dynamics of Pirates of the Burning Seas’ robust ship combat/PvP system! I’m pleased to present the first of the series: ‘Conquistador’ Sleek Frigate

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