Ship of the Line, where and how to find it ?

[Fr_kill_MCM]

In my early years of playing this gem I once, came across that ship, having harassed and pissed off the French during all my game.
Basically, I got owned by it on Swashbuckler difficulty , I couldn't even get to close combat with my Flag Galleon. I got destroyed and never could find another one in my playthroughs.
I'd be interested to know if any of you have a concrete idea of how to make one spawn, the Sid Meier's Wiki doesn't have a solid info on this either ( link : http://sidmeierspirates.wikia.com )
For these who wouldn't know, it's said to be the best ship in the game.

[EM-10]

http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/915017-sid-meiers-pirates/faqs/35640 here is a guide on them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-Su1YXQYek

I suggest listening to this while you hunt for it.

[Fr_kill_MCM]

Thanks mate, <3 Mastodon btw but I prefer to speed things up usually,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4MpEetWvpg
The guide looks like one of the best I read so far.

[Qtip13]

try taking it fast by boarding with a sloop of war or roayl sloop. those ships can close fast and do a lot of damage with out getting hit!!!

[Citronvand]

Well, first of all you should know that the Spanish doesn't have it, since they don't have any frigates. Secondly, it spawn as a "New Warship". It's not easy to get one but I suggest you harass a nation (not Spain) and look for "New Warship"s.

You should know though that if you're playing on a higher difficulty (Rogue, Swashbuckler) the enemy gets speed bonuses so a frigate, which the Ship of the Line is, is usually too slow to catch the smaller ships. On my latest Swashbuckler run I went with a Royal Sloop.

There's a guide soley for the Ship of the Line here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/915017-sid-meiers-pirates/faqs/35640

** SOLs are only spawned by NON-SPANISH nations. In fact, the Spaniards will
NEVER spawn a Frigate of any kind.

** SOLs spawn only when any one non-spanish nation has placed a bounty on
your head, of what APPEARS to be no less than 30,000 gold pieces. You
may see different SOLs belonging to more than one non-spanish nation
in a single game. Also, the importance of Bounty has not been
entirely proven.

** SOLs, like all other "New Warships", spawn to protect a certain shipping
line that has been terrorized by enemies, including mostly yourself.

** SOLs spawn in this way from the city of origin for that particular trade
route, so hitting merchants going from city A to city B will
eventually spawn a New Warship going also from city A to city B (but
there's no guarantee it'll be a SOL). This is not related to the
Pirate-Hunters, which will spawn if you attack friendly shipping in
the area regardless of destination or origin.

** SOLs will ONLY spawn from a "Wealthy" city, and no less. It seems like
city population is also an important factor, as well as "national"
prowess, I.E. a stronger nation seems to send out more SOLs, but
since the game provides no hard data on this, there is no way to
accurately confirm this.

** SOLs seem to come more frequently if you are playing in 1680, averagely in
1660, and much less often in 1640. So far, there have been no
sightings of one in neither 1600 nor 1620, but it is unknown if they
can actually spawn in those eras or not.

** SOLs are NOT sent out to meet you like Pirate-Hunters, they're simply sent
out from one city to another, so they're not going to chase you down,
and you have to be present in the area to spot them and chase them
down instead.

[ezwip]

I've always had good luck finding a ship of the line. I just harass the English and it's only a matter of time before one shows up.

[Zalzany]

Wow some serrious necro, but I got so meissues, ship of the line is not a frigate... Its the opposite its a battleship. Its like calling the Yamato a cruser... A frigate is a lighter much less powerfull ship that sacrafices hull strength and gun placements for speed and manuvrabilty.

[Fr_kill_MCM]

Originally posted by Zalzany:

Its like calling the Yamato a cruser... A frigate is a lighter much less powerfull ship that sacrafices hull strength and gun placements for speed and manuvrabilty.

Exactly, the point of the SOL is being the most powerful there is, the flag galleon is cool but can easily be found, thanks to Montalban Marquis.

[Doomtoham]

The ship of the line can just show up. I had been raiding the french, then an english SOL suddenly shows up. Explain that. I had just gotten admiral rank with the english

[Elbmek]

Capture Blackbeards Frigate, fast, versatile and deadly

[Rabbit CoCo]

For a sea pirate.........more speed is better than more cannon.

Originally posted by Fr_kill_MCM:

....thanks to Montalban Marquis.

We all should give his dead body a kiss to say thanks.