Cheat for easier start

[Vic]

I found out how to cheat my way to some better starting money/gear for completely new games..

Step 1. Sell everything, engine, guns, fuel and supplies.
Step 2. Accept the 'Little Gift" from the Blind Bruiser.
Step 3. Sell it all.
Step 4. 'Desperate Measures' - Choose the 'Make a sacrifice to Storm', Get more fuel.
Step 5. Sell the fuel --> go back to step 4.

Step X. Profit! Once you have 200 echoes, buy the gun for all your money.
Step X2. 'Abandon ship', you'll be 'Lost with all hands' without ever even leaving London.
Make sure you take the 'Rival' legacy option to keep your new gun.

Also, it's kinda funny, sometimes when you abandon ship you'll end up in another port, even when docked in London..

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Apart from the Lost with all hands in London and ending up in another port when choosing 'Abandon ship' in London, I'm not sure if the Devs can or should do anything to fix this.
Maybe the 2nd tier guns could cost more than 200.

You could also sell everything you have, die and choose the 'Salvager' legacy option to get 50% more starting money than you had before.

Sometimes you legitimately want to retire though, it would be nice if there were more options for this that didn't require you to either write a book or kill yourself.

[this first-draft dream of mine]

You can retire any time as long as your lodgings are townhouse or better; if you haven't achieved your ambition yet, this is counted as a draw. This information is viewable in your lodgings.

I also didn't really find guns particularly important to me in the early days, and didn't bother upgrading until I had over 15k echoes, so unless you're very combative, the echoes sound more useful.

[Ac3_Jackson]

Originally posted by SKRIEK:

You can retire any time as long as your lodgings are townhouse or better; if you haven't achieved your ambition yet, this is counted as a draw. This information is viewable in your lodgings.

I also didn't really find guns particularly important to me in the early days, and didn't bother upgrading until I had over 15k echoes, so unless you're very combative, the echoes sound more useful.

Fairly much agreed. And on the point of this discussion, I don't even know if I'm more disappointed in the prospect of the diliberate cheat, or the fact that it's not even being used to max effect, just sail between London and Hunter's keep about 10 times give or take and you have a scion legacy for both the gun and 50% of funds or 100% of funds...

And don't even try to call that economically infeasabile, you get two provisions (40 echo cost) for free at hunter's keep, plus the memories of distant shores for your kid, plus the port report's fuel. And this all before any of the pirates loot. After you get 5 memories, you wouldn't even need to spend fuel anymore, just sit in the dock until SAY.

P.S. if any Devs see this, and it hasn't been implemented, it might be a good idea to allow a given gift to increase 'zee feavor' only once. If this is already a thing and I just missed it, fantastic, thanks for the game.

[Vic]

For someone with very limited knowledge of the game, with this cheat you won't even have to leave port. To be honest I just posted it to get the developers attention.

[MobySlick]

I don't see how it's a cheat. You invested time using built-in game mechanics and got some form of return on your investment. Maybe it's an unresolved exploit, if the devs didn't intend it to be possible. Cheating would have to involve some kind of hack or third-party action. I know this might be a pedantic distinction but I don't like seeing the word cheat thrown around, it's kind of inflammatory.

[Wlerin]

Considering how much effort this requires, compared to how much more you can get with minimal effort just sailing into the right ports, I don't see this as an exploit.


Also you should definitely make a sacrifice to Salt instead. Teleportation is awesome. Nevermind that you'll never be able to return.