Choosing a LoadoutĪlright you have a captain. It takes a few votes from your crew to enable a mutiny, but then the game selects the person with the most points to take over (needs fact checking). If you think your captain sucks, you can vote for a mutiny from the ‘Esc’ menu. Voice communications are essential for being a good captain.
Also, please do not nominate yourself for captain if you don’t have a microphone. If you are new to the game, and/or don’t have much experience as a crewman, do NOT nominate yourself to become captain. You can press ‘T’ to enable your mouse cursor and click on the dialog box for selecting a captain. If you’ve joined a game in-progress this step will be skipped. The first thing you’re going to do after selecting a team and a boat is vote on a captain if it’s a new game.
After you’ve gotten the hang of that, move on to the Hoy, and then finally the upper deck of a Galleon. This will get you used to firing cannons, repairing, pumping etc. This ship has 5 different locations to repair the sails on the upper deck, and 2 pumps located on the lower deck.įor new players, I recommend starting out on a Galleon, but confine yourself to the lower deck. The upper deck has 2 cannons per side, 2 swivel guns, and 2 anti-sail swivel guns located on the front of the ship. The lower deck has 6 cannons to port & starboard, 2 cannons on the front and 2 on the back. The Galleon has a total of 20 cannons, 16 of which are on the lower deck. The Galleon’s maximum crew size is 13 (or 15 in 1v1 Galleon games). The Galleon has two decks and is the larger of the two ships. This ship only has two locations to repair sails from, a smaller area, and one pump. The front of the ship has two more swivel guns, but these contain anti-sail shot. There is also a swivel gun on each side of the ship. There are 8 cannons along the sides of the ship, distributed evenly. The Hoy maximum crew size is 7 or 8 depending on game mode, 7 in the larger games. The Hoy is the smaller of the two ships currently available. Now you need to join a team, and pick a boat to be a crew member or captain of.Īt the time of writing, there are two types of vessel in Blackwake, the Hoy, and the Galleon. Okay, so you found a server! Well done, lad. The devs have stated more game modes are coming, so keep your eyes peeled for new game types around the corner. Tickets are lost by dying & losing ships. This game mode runs on a ticket system, similar to some other well-known shooter games.