2nd Troop ship for "snakes and powder"

[AshFall]

Well, I played through the british campaign so far. I cant find a way to get a 2nd troop ship for Snakes and powder?

I went back through all my victories, and there was never a troop ship I had captured, sold or had any means of purchasing.

What am I missing?

[tillackt]

That battle allows up to 4 ships of ANY type. You may also be able to buy a transport from the shop. Otherwise just load up and bring whatever fleet assets you have.

[AshFall]

Originally posted by tillackt:

That battle allows up to 4 ships of ANY type. You may also be able to buy a transport from the shop. Otherwise just load up and bring whatever fleet assets you have.

This is actuallly not the case.

This first screenshot shows a mandatory troop transport slot (green), that cannot be filled and prevents starting the mission.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2454002841

This second screenshot shows the admiralty shop, no troop transports have ever been available there (checked after each mission).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2454003206

[kaneeden]

"Land" just means that there you start with the landing party and not your ship at sea. you can use any ship for that as tillackt already said. just "CLICK" that other spot where you have no ship placed in green. The green and blue spots are mandatory. And then CLICK that HMS Ruby screenshot 1 and you can start.

[tillackt]

Sorry when I said 4 ships it’s only 2, but any two ships will do. Preferably put your ship with biggest crew first in line as the second ship comes later as reserves.

Also I noticed you seem to have allocated ships to side missions already which deprives you of using them in battle.

You can fight all your battles first using all your ships, then before going to next stage outfit and allocate ships to side missions. They only resolve at end of stage.

[Sir Samuel Vimes]

Just to give you a option, if you reload a save from the very end of previous chapter the ships on offer will change once you go to the new chapter ( limited change, you won't get 1st rates offered in the 2nd chapter or anything)
might take a few reloads but two troop ships will be in the shop at some stage

[Tragopan]

I did the same thing with side missions. The game doesn't tell you what that "1" duration is. It means 1 "Finish Chapter". AKA the button you hit to get your next campaign battles after you've cleared what ya got. They're meant to be done after you've finished all your battles and are ready to go onto the next stage (make sure to repair/recrew before you go on the side mission!)

Side missions definitely need a little tutorial (maybe just a few text boxes?) within the game, as does the army/fleet management screen if I'm to be honest. If I hadn't come from UG:CW these screens would be a nightmare.

In regards to the required units... you can actually fill those slots with any ships! In either Naval or Land battles! While it may seem jarring at first to use your naval crew for land battles they're actually just as effective as other infantry so long as they have decent weapons. I would merge any units below 100 men together. It is especially important to watch your positioning and to not trade equal fire with the enemy when using your precious, experienced Naval crew. More important for them to survive than it is for them to kill the enemy.

If you are playing on Harder difficulties though expect the enemy to bring 3 perk strong Land Units... since your Naval crew cannot get Land perks they're essentially a baby land unit. Don't let them take the hits.

[Pamparampampamparam]

I really hate being forced to put my valuable crew on the line like this. I'd rather go without them completely.

[pandakraut]

Originally posted by Pamparampampamparam:

I really hate being forced to put my valuable crew on the line like this. I'd rather go without them completely.

You can skip land battles without penalty if you don't want to risk your crew.

[Vasya2423]

Originally posted by pandakraut:

Originally posted by Pamparampampamparam:

I really hate being forced to put my valuable crew on the line like this. I'd rather go without them completely.

You can skip land battles without penalty if you don't want to risk your crew.

Penalty is not getting the reward. For example, from snakes and powder mission player receives (on normal) 25k as a mission reward + up to 30k from captured supplies + cannons.

[pandakraut]

Originally posted by Vasya2423:

Penalty is not getting the reward. For example, from snakes and powder mission player receives (on normal) 25k as a mission reward + up to 30k from captured supplies + cannons.

Oh I completely agree. Skipping the land battles is passing up easy xp, weapons, and rewards. But for players who prefer to not play them the option is there.

[tillackt]

There is a cost to it but you don’t have to risk your good crew if you don’t want to.

You can allocate a ship with rookies and use the land battles to get them XP. Then add them to your ships crew later as reinforcements.

[Arkady2000]

I got my second transport ship at last battle of second chapter (Snatch), therr is damaged spanish merchant anchored at the mouth of the river, some 500 soldiers there but I pound them with buckshots and they surrendered, so I sent boarding party, unrated spanish merchant with 4 troops slots and 30 guns was mine

[the evil one]

Originally posted by Arkady2000:

I got my second transport ship at last battle of second chapter (Snatch), therr is damaged spanish merchant anchored at the mouth of the river, some 500 soldiers there but I pound them with buckshots and they surrendered, so I sent boarding party, unrated spanish merchant with 4 troops slots and 30 guns was mine

Nice. Good capture to grab that one

[Testsubject]

Not sure if you figured it out yet, but you have to click on the second dialog box to be able to place the second mandatory ship

[Ninjasquirrel]

You can get some large transports from the Treasure Fleet mission but you need to capture the Arrogante to unlock the mission.