Airship Asunder - Final Battle Lost

[Ocho Cat]

Here's some YouTube raw footage of me summoning the Pirate King too early, with a weak ship and poor defenses. This is how you lose a Beacon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVSOYSW0IWE&feature=youtu.be

[Ocho Cat]

Here are some defensive tips, to avoid this situation:

1. Get a bigger ship by joinng a faction or tackling a big pirate ship in close combat. Range three is needed. Sit on castles for range 4!
2. Ensure you have Snipers in your towns, and of course plenty of ammo. More snipers shoot better, so pile them on.
3. Ensure you have sailors on your vessel, again more sailors is better as they help with manuvering and accuracy.
4. Castles are needed in each town, to ensure everyone can shoot.
5. It is good to surround your city with the Beacon with a ring of defensive towns. Don't let the population drop below 200 at any time, or the Pirate King leaves! Pile on people to ensure this doesn't happen, overload the city.
6. Get more ships, park them near your cities as guards or patrols. You need many more guns on the targets than you see in this video.
7. More ground defensive traps like woods you can light on fire can really push the enemy back.
8. Of course, remember a ton of soldiers can always tackle targets in close combat. If you can stuff a ship with about 400 soldiers you might have a chance at close combat with the Pirate King. Close combat prevents magic spell casting - Soldiers are good for dragons and horrors too!