Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. OK, let's make an easy start. Which of the following gameplay elements, that existed in the classic game is missing from the new remake?
2. Which of these elements of gameplay are NOT exclusive to the 2004 remake version?
3. In the old version of the game, the "light" sword, namely the Rapier, had long reach but low damage. The "heavy" sword, the Cutlass, conversely had high damage but short reach. The Longsword was in between.
In the new version, each sword has only one difference from the others. Which is it?
4. The first Era of Gameplay in "Sid Meier's Pirates!" is 1600 (whereas earlier versions had 1560 as well). Which of these cities DOES exist on the map in 1600?
5. The Era of 1600 is considered very difficult to play if you're going to side exclusively with the Dutch. Why?
6. The kind of ship you get at the very start of a game relies on the Era you chose to play in as well as the nationality you decide to belong to. However for the most part, you are most likely to get a ________ ?
7. Merchant ships roam the caribbean in great numbers, especially in areas with lots of cities. If you've damaged a country's shipping in a certain area, they'll start sending out Escorts along with the merchants. What's the greatest danger with fighting a ship that has an escort?
8. An enemy ship is closing fast! There has to be a way to slow them down! You must order the crew to load ________ into the cannons so we can damage their sails, Captain!
9. Any ship you capture in the game can be brought into port for repairs, and also to be upgraded with whatever upgrade that port has to offer. Upgrades can do wonders to a ship, making it faster or fire more accurately, and various other improvements. Which of the following is NOT an upgrade found in the game?
10. Jesuit Monasteries, Pirate Havens, Indian Villages and Settlements are all new locations that you can visit in the 2004 remake. You can get special escort missions if you speak to the local leader. Which of the above locations can randomly provide the greatest number of DIFFERENT mission types for you?
11. Another of the new elements in this version is the Romance sub-plot. All governors in the Caribbean seem to have a daughter looking to marry, and if you play your cards right, you might be the lucky man. Daughters can be Plain-looking, Attractive, and Beautiful. Which of these is a benefit to romancing a beautiful daughter instead of attracive or plain?
12. There's also the menace of a notorious womanizer and all-around villain who will kidnap any Daughter you're seeing once you've advanced to a certain point in Romance with her. The dastardly spaniard sails a Fast-Galleon, not a true danger, but you still have to chase him down across the caribbean and defeat him so you can get the daughter back home (and maybe marry her?).
13. Lost Cities are rare prizes, each worth over 50,000 in gold! You'll have to do some serious work to get maps that reveal their locations. Their locations change from game to game, like all other treasures and hidden locations, so you can't just sail to where you found one last time. However the location of lost cities is restricted to one part of the Caribbean - which?
14. I'm not a great fan of memorizing tiny facts, and I even had to recheck the game to come up with the right answer for this question, but to make the quiz a bit tougher, here's a nice tough one:
There are four lost cities altogether, but you can only get map pieces for one city at a time. Each city belongs (well, belonged) to a different ancient Native American race. What is the order in which you recover lost city treasures?
15. In ship-to-ship combat, what was once referred to as Full Sails and Battle Sails in the older game versions is now replaced by Raised Sails and Reefed Sails, respectively. You can click the buttons or press the corresponding key to change you sail states in battle. A ship usually sails with Raised Sails. What are the effects of Reefing the Sails?
16. The new version has a bagful of items that improve different aspects of your performance as a pirate. Each item performs one function, and has a second-level item that does the same thing, but better. However some items are sadly without any function, since their relevant aspects of the game were removed at the last stages of production. Which two basic items are therefore useless in the game?
17. Aside from dealing with strange men in bars (Yes, I'm serious), there are two more ways of getting special items. Which of these is one of the ways to do it?
18. Of the various Spanish cities that litter the Caribbean in "Sid Meier's Pirates!", in our world's history some of these remained powerful and important enough to later become the capitals of the independent nations that arose in the area. Which of the following powerful spanish cities hasn't made it to "capitaldom" by 2005?
19. In land battle:
The Cavalry unit was the most powerful unit in the game's land-combat mode, before final development stage saw it removed from the game. You can still read about Cavalry in the online Pirate-o-pedia, but they will no longer appear in battle.
20. Without a doubt, wind is the most important factor in the game. It determines how fast you'll be sailing, both in navigation mode and in ship-to-ship combat. Wind changes strength and direction to reflect the ever-shifting currents of the Caribbean. When playing the easiest difficulty, wind direction never changes. Where is it always pointing?
21. Another one on weather: Storms in the game range from Mild to Hurricane levels. Winds around a storm are more powerful, granting you greater speed, but if you sail into a storm you risk the chance of severe damage. Sailing into a hurricane always destroys your ship.
22. In the game's information screen, there is a list of the top 10 most wanted pirates in the Caribbean. You can move up the list by either upstaging or defeating the other nine pirates. The top pirate on the list, Henry Morgan, sails a very powerful ship - which ship type is it?
23. The Spanish are the only ones that sail Merchant- and Combat-Galleons.
24. The Indian War Canoe is the tiniest ship in the game, but in the hands of a capable sailor it becomes virtually unbeatable. Aside from its immense sailing performance advantage over any other kind of ship, which of these quirks is unique to the war canoe?
25. My last question is about my favourite kind of ship.
The Ship of the Line is the rarest ship type in the game, and rightly so, because the ship is very very powerful. When certain conditions are met, there is a slim chance that one will appear, and only the non-Spaniards will ever release one. When a Ship of the Line appears, it will always, always be performing this duty:
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