Uncharted Waters New Horizons

Ernst. In my oppinion he doesn't have all that much to do besides making a map. All the other characters drag you around too much. You either get chased by Spanish or other fleets like every time. Which means a lot of preparation before you can finally do other stuff.

It's fun to make Ernst a skilled swordfighter and gunner. Make money, sail around the world about 100 times to get all the ports at maximum rates. Make some of the countries poor and get redicilously large amount of ingots from 'rich' countries when you take down their merchant ships. :p

It's just too bad ya can't freeze time sometimes because it already takes about a good year or 2 to sail the world, stop in every town.

As for the crew.. I think it's fun to take any reliable pirate (if any) on my journey. Ofcourse they need to have the appropiate skills like Gunnery + Navigation.
There are some nice ones allong the coasts of Africa and in the Carribian at the start of the game, kinda.

And ofcourse it's fun to have Idin Leis and Khayr Ad-Din in the fleet as well. But also Ulgi Ali, Mohammed Syarook, ... etc.

Some others are sometimes quite hard to get because they aren't too often vagebond sailors when you defeat them. Or willing to go with you.
Like, Vittorio Dorio, Victor Russel, Raphael Selran, Palah Abdul, ...

Post edited by: moenbase, at: 2007/06/10 21:38

My least favorite character would have to be Catalina. She's a certifiable nutjob who commits murder and treason based on an unsubstantuated rumor that she heard in a bar. To avenge her brother and fiance she racks up a four digit body count of innocent sailors who had nothing to do with their deaths. She also lets the pirates talk her into kidnapping Lucia. She's not only evil and crazy but she's stupid too.

Hello, everyone. I'm a newcomer to this board, but I've been playing UWNH for quite a while now. I have three favorite characters:

I love the insane amount of money you can make as Ali, which allows you to build some kick-ass fleets, and wreak havoc on the economies (and fleets) of the other countries. And having the might of the Ottoman treasury at your disposal is not bad at all either. Something I'm not so fond of, though, is having to go all the way to Istanbul for a tax permit which is a hassle when you're trying to run the Europe-Africa-India-Japan route before your last permit expires. And his scenario can be quite annoying, too. For God's sake, if the dear girl wants to be a waitress in Basra, let her be! 😉

I like the freedom Ernst's scenario gives you. As long as you don't go to Chang-An, you're basically free to roam. What I don't like so much is that you can't visit the japanese ports until pretty late in the game, so you have to wait to get your Tekkousens and your cheap silver.

I like Cat because:

A. She's a hottie

B. She kicks some serious ass, and

C. She's a psycho nutjob with a hell of a grudge! B)

True, having the Spanish Armada hounding you all the time isn't that much fun, but once you get the hang of it, you can whoop their behinds with your hands tied.

The other characters I haven't really played as much, with the exception of Joao's scenario, which annoys me to no end, what with Rocco and his stupid antics. Also, being nagged for the millionth time about finding Atlantis makes me want to get all Khayr ad-Din on someone's posterior. Speaking of old Redbeard, I used to loathe the big bully and his pal Idin Leis, but once I managed to smack them around and get them on my lineup, I found they're really all soft inside. They just had troubled childhoods, the poor dears.

Cheers!

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