How To: Use Basic and Advanced Combat Techniques

@dcbiscuit02 said in How To: Use Basic and Advanced Combat Techniques:

It’s a shame that most players don’t bother to actually sword fight and just use the blunderbuss since, you know, it’s the blunderbuss.

I tend to prefer sword and flintlock just because the blunder's range is too close for comfort trading off accuracy for potential damage. A skilled sword player can be quite harsh to a blunderbuss that's missed it's mark as you can get 3 to 4 good slashes in before they are reloaded and by that time many a player will go into panic mode to attempt to heal up rather than take the second shot.

Few techniques that may need mentioning

Spearfishing
sword lunging a shark just before it strikes stuns it out of its attack.

S k e e t i n g
using a blunderbuss/blunderbomb/cutlass charge to throw a player into the air purposely restricting their movement so u can take a finishing shot.

Silent board Boarding while cutlass blocking muffles the boarding noise

**Out of sight out of mind **
Players can't aim straight up or down meaning their is a small safe zone under and above them this trick is mostly useful in the water for reloading and eating.

This is great. Im going to spend a few hours on some of these techniques. Thank you.