Check out the following movie posted May 17/07 showing the character customization options, travelling in open seas mode, walking around town, discussion of melee combat styles, and first ever footage of the boarding action.
Things to note:
- fricken amazing amount of character customization (I am still waiting to see screenies of non-pirate clothing - but have read that the same degree of customization exists for the European factions)
- combat styles:
1. florentine = defense (sword and dagger dual wield)
2. fencing = offence (biggest damage)
3. dirty tricks = focus on disorientation/forcing offbalance
- boarding - multiple smaller ships can grabble and board the same target, thus having much greater success against ships with larger crews
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