A long break

The long break from pillaging is finally over, even with 1 more paper to go, I've gone back into the seas making transportation and attended elite pillage led by Kaiak and another one with my hearty.

Took a big step towards my chalice of blood (while people are already getting bowl of blood) as Kaiak earned us a KB in just 2 battles and another 2 KB earned with my hearty's pillage. They are just too pro. Still in the midst of bidding my commodities so the transportation will be in another few days.

Holiday special - Bilging Final Chapter

To obtain bigger combos then a bingo, you will need to look out for a row with only 2 shapes, covering all of the 6 columns which can make a 3x3 on itself(as marked by the 2 arrows at the bottom 5th row). From this prerequisite, you start to build your combo by looking at the top of the row and bottom of it.

Of course, this puzzle has already a sea donkey in place by changing the middle 2 pieces of that row. Usually this wouldn't be the case, so you have to manually build it first by carefully shifting the the pieces above that row to get the best puzzle you can, before starting to build the bottom.

Building the bottom is much more easier than building the top, cause when you break pieces below the row, the row wouldn't be affected. From this puzzle, you can try to build a Vegas by breaking those small pieces marked by the circles. Of course if you will only get a Vegas if you are in luck. Therefore, it will be easier if you find the prerequisite row as high up the puzzle as possible, so that you can see where is the required piece for you to get the vegas, and you can shift it accordingly.

This should be all the information you need to know to get a higher ranked Ultimate. Enjoy your bilging.

At Last, Back into the Vast Sea

I've finally found some time to set sail on my sloop today after something like 10 days without sailing.. Damn the workload, so many things i cannot do caused me my time to go out to the sea. Though today was a short trip of 5 battles, it was still quite fun to go out to relax abit from my studies. The only sad thing is I didn't get any KB.

Anyway, the tutorial will be on pause for a while, since it takes more time to write on that then to talk rubbish here. I also need to find more materials for certain puzzles.

For swordfight and rumble, I dont think I'll be able to say much on them and perhaps the best way is to go to YouTube to find videos as they'll teach you how to do them. Maybe when i find some useful video then I'll post them here too.

Too much work..

Seems like the maiden voyage for the new War Brig, the Dangerous Spot will be postponed to a later date due to the heavy workload I have from school.. Shd be setting sail around the 1 wk break in 2 wks time.. Hopefully

An interview with special guest: Kaiak

Oldielord: Today, I'm very honoured to have with us, Mr. Kaiak, The Ultimate Crafter, with a total of 11 Ultimates trophies, and the current captain of the crew "Fourplay", and the lord of the flag of "Naughty Collectors", to give us some pointers on how to get incredible for alchemistry. So Kaiak, how you usually get incredible in alchemistry?

Kaiak: erm.. everytime try to put in at least 4 colours (at least 2 secondary) lor, if all secondary colours then 3 also can (high 2 stars nia, have reach 3 stars)

Oldielord: So what other things do alchemist need to look out for when they are alchemizing?

Kaiak: start with a secondary colour, then make it pass through as many of those overlapping tubes de as possible, aft tt easier to get the other colours

Oldielord: So you're saying we should start making the secondary colour first, and make them go pass those tubes that overlap so that we can make full use of all the tubes.

Kaiak: Exactly.. Each time fill one of each colour usually enuf, try to make sure tt after u fill le next turn at least 2 secondary colours are avail to fill.

Oldielord: Oh, so you're saying that we need not fill 2 bottles with the same colour, but should try to fill bottles with different colour. Guess that's what is between me(the noob) and you(the pro)

Kaiak: That's about all. You will be able to get incredible all the times if you are able to do those that I said above. Just by following these rules i've set for myself, i was able to hit a high rank of third.

Oldielord: Ok, thanks Kaiak for the pointers. There, The Great Kaiak, has taught us how to play alchemistry his way. Now hope you people out there are able to fill more 3-stars bottle.

Disclaimer: Dialogue by Kaiak are cut and paste of what i asked him on msn. I've only added 1 word "exactly" to 1 of his dialogue during the tutorial. His concluding dialogue is written by me too. All tutorial materials are from Kaiak, and if you think it's not useful, reflect directly to him and dont come find me, cause I'm just a legend alchemist.

Gunning

This is the last duty puzzle that i havent covered.

For this puzzle, whether you find it difficult or not depends largely on your mouse and how well you use it. Basically, you just have to fill the guns with the 3 items(gun powder, rag, and the cannonball) in the same order. If you make a mistake, then you need to load the gun with a pail of water to wash the gun.

To be able to load the guns faster, you should use the maximum of 2 moves to form a loop for the items to go in a roundabout fashion, and the last move to load the gun. So load the gun 1 by 1. It's easier to fill guns on navy missions than to do it on pillages as on pillages you will need to wash the guns before you can fill it again. So if it's rating you are looking for, just go for any of the navy mission and it should work well for you.

Next time will be on crafting puzzle: alchemistry. Material provided by Kaiak the Ultimate Crafter.

Carpenting

Carpenting is used for reducing damage on board the ship, the puzzle will give you 4 holes which vary from size and shape. In the middle, they will give you random pieces to work with on the 4 holes. I used to think this was the most difficult to play puzzle, but in the end this puzzle gave me my 2nd ult after shipwright.

To do well in Carpentry, you'll have to know how to hold your pieces and used up those funny looking, unwanted pieces without making the hole booched. Usually to do this, you will want to start of using your best pieces for the smallest holes, at the same time, work on 1 of the adjacent hole(left, right, up, or down. Not diagonally across). This is because when you fin 2 holes which are adjacent to each other, the other 2 holes will come out, so that you will have 4 holes to work with.

So, what do we do with the other 2 holes? Just throw all your unwanted pieces when working on the 2 holes to this 2 holes. When you have gotten your 2 masterpieces out of the 2 holes you work on, you can use the pieces that come to repair the holes with those holes with the unwanted pieces and put the unwanted pieces to the 2 new holes. This will usually work well, unless the 2 new holes are small holes, then it will be more difficult.