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Privateer Skill Changes

By Keith Cross on May 02, 2008

The Pirates of the Burning Sea official site has been updated with another installment of their devlog series which looks at skill changes in version 1.4 of the game. Today's target is the Privateer.

If you havent read about the general skill changes, check the start of the first devlog in this series. You can find it here.

One of the common complaints about Privateers is that they have skill options they want to take, but they are forced to invest in paths they dislike to get a specific skill. Sanctioned Piracy is the usual culprit. Now, Sanctioned Piracy is a free skill that Privateers receive at level 15. Weve also done some restructuring and adjustments to make more chains viable.

In the process, we removed the following skills from Privateers: Grease the Wheels, All or Nothing Shot 1, No Quarter, Stealth 1, Hide Crew, Maneuver 1 and Defense 1. Here are some of the new Privateer skills to replace the old ones:
Sturdy Rigging – Tier 3 Agility: Provides a passive boost to mast integrity. ~12.5% mast integrity
Agile Tactician – Tier 4 Agility: A group buff similar to Battle Doctrine. 1% resist, turn, damage, accel