Daikoukai Jidai 2
Hint: Black market:
Wait until 2:00 a.m. and go to the item shops at theports. The Crusader Sword may be found at the shop at Timbuktu.
Hint: Easy money:
Accept the Collect Debt job in the Venice guild afterstarting a new game. Get the five gold ingots, deposit in thebank, and return to Venice. According to the banker, you havefailed the job and reduce your fame, but the gold will remainin the bank.
Hint: Easy experience:
Locate the weak pirate in Tunis and bombard him whenhe leaves. Challenge him to a duel and weaken him to 50 hit points.After the duel ends, challenge him again to another duel to gainmore experience. Repeat this as needed.
Hint: New ship types:
Place $50,000 a month for five months in the Bristolshipyard to gain additional ship types, including a barge. Place$50,000 a month for five months in the Hamburg or Antwerp shipyardsto eventually get the full-rig ship.
Hint: Better ships:
You can find better ships to fight with in Sakai andNagasaki. The easiest way to get there as soon as possible isto trade carpets and arts until you have around 10,000 gold pieces.Then, buy glass beads in Venice and sell them at the port of Madeira.The beads will cost 2 or 3 gold and can be sold them for about50 gold. In Madeira, buy sugar for 12 gold and sell it at theport of Santa Cruz (1 day of sailing south of Madeira). Buy flaxfrom Santa Cruz and sell it in Amsterdam. From there you can buyglass beads and repeat the process. Do this until you get to 20gold ingots. Then get some balm in Barcelona and cruise to thefar east with a small ship (preferably with rows like a LaReale)with high velocity (such as a Caravella Redonda). First, stopin Nagasaki and invest 50,000 gold at the shipyard. You shoulddo this when you reach the end of a month, as it is faster thatway. When the month changes, you should find an Atakkabunde (cheapand efficient). Buy it and remodel it to only support 30 crewmembers and no cannons. If you have mates that can pilot ships,then buy a couple to speed up things. In Nagasaki, buy silverand sell it in Changan, Zeiton and Sakai. These ports have silkitems; buy some to sell in Nagasaki. If there is no silver, buyporcelain. You will get fair price for porcelain in India -- theclove and pepper are cheap in India and sell for ten times higherin the Far East. Five months in a row, invest 50,000 in Sakaior Nagasaki. When they reach 1000 points in the shipyard, youwill find a new boat: Tekousen. This is the ultimate battle ship.It is row powered, which is good when the wind dies, and can reachup to 20 knots in speed. Remodelling the Tekousen only permitsyou to hold 300 crewmen and up to 100 cannons. Another trick:buy a used Tekousen. It will hold 360 crewmen and 80 cannons.It is easier to maneuver in battle, and it has more speed thana Venitian Galeas. It also has as much cargo capacity as a full-riggedship or even a barge.
Hint: Errol's Plate armor:
Go to the Black Market in Copenhagen to get Errol'sPlate. That is the star class armor, which is even better thePull Mail Armor.
Hint: Crusader's Armor:
Go to Naples at 2:00 a.m. and purchase the CrusadersArmor. It is also star class armor, but it is a lot better thenthe Errol's Plate, which is cheaper.
Hint: Carronades:
Head towards Bristol and invest in both Shipyards andTrade Market. Keep them both invested with the same amount ofmoney, $50,000. After you have gotten the Barge ship, invest oncemore in the Shipyard and Trade Market. Return next month and remodelyour ship's guns. The message "Your in luck, we have a newspecialty today" or something similar should appear. If thisdoes not happen, leave the Shipyard menu and keep returning toremodel guns. The new gun is Carronades. Its attack power is asstrong as a Cannon, and its range is as far as a Culverin. Thisis the most powerful guns in the game.
Hint: Merchant discounts:
The Merchant will always discount the price of hisgoods at the rate of 75.0% of the full price. For example: Ifyou were buying Porcelain for 108, do not pay more than 81. Youwill be able to get this discount even if you do not have a goodbookkeeper. The key to getting this discount is to make sure theport is allied with your country (and also not a neutral port).You do not have to have a Tax-Free Permit, but it will reduceyour price even more. Also, if you have a bookkeeper, they willdo all the work for you. This is a rather short list of the bookkeepers:Esteban Ortega, Jacob Walweik, Antoine Fitch, Benito Gomez, andTristan Seillo.
Hint: Shipbuilder discounts:
Any Shipbuilder will always give a you discount of83.6% of the full price. For example, if a ship costs 10,000 tobuild, you should not pay more than 8,360. He will accept theprice.