Playfish Release New Game Pirates Ahoy! - Part 1

Pirates Ahoy is a Facebook game developed by Playfish that brings a player to the high seas to become a pirate. Sailing around the world with crew members, fight sea monsters, locate treasures and go on missions. This quick start guide will provide you with tips to get started playing Pirates Ahoy.

Fight Sea Monsters

A pirate’s adventure never boring. As you sail the seas, you’ll encounter different kinds of sea monsters. From an octopus to a jelly fish and even a rubber ducky. Fighting against them will require energy points. When you achieve victory, you’ll be rewarded with food, coins and even reveal treasure maps. But sometimes not easy to defeat them >.<

Here’s a tip for you :) : Fight as many monsters in earlier levels. You’ll win most of the time. It also rewards you more food than trying to find it on an island or sunken ship. This is a good time to stock up on food to help you replenish your energy to be able to play longer. As you reach higher levels, it will be harder to defeat them and will potentially be a waste of energy.

Earn Ship Badges

A badge is a symbol of what you’ve achieved within the game. You can earn them by achieving certain goals while doing activities several times. Once achieved, you be will rewarded higher valued items which gives you an edge compared to other players.
An example would be earning the “You Dig?” badge. If you use the shovel 300 times, you’ll get a speed boost and dig faster the next time around.

 Take note that you have to change your badge and use what you need the next time you play. If you plan to dig more to try find treasure, then the “You Dig” badge should be used. This is another benefit of unlocking more badges. You can use them in your overall strategy as you reach higher levels.

Rescue and Expand your Crew

Expanding your crew is important as it expands your maximum energy limit for every member you rescue. There are two ways to add new crew members.
You can rescue them if you see one crying out for help during your travels. Another way is to go to the crew panel and add a friend, if an empty slot is available. Both will ask you to request for your friend to join and become a neighbor. If you can’t wait, you can opt to pay a hiring fee instead.

Here's a little tip for you: Since the game randomly selects a friend from your list, it can be a good idea to invest and pay the fee instead of waiting for your friend to accept. You need to fill up empty seats in your ship as soon as they are available. This will increase your energy limit to 10 energy points per friend. The more energy points you have, the more activities you can do to progress faster.

To be continued....