You need fame to hire captains, unlock different production buildings and perks from the viceroy and to purchase administration rights to a town. Gain 5 fame points at the beginning: This is a flat one time bonus at the start of the game granting you an extra 5 fame points. During the Spanish campaign there is no war they might make you buy one for one of the tasks but that’s it. This is a huge discount if you plan to attack other countries as the letters are only good during a war and you have to buy them over and over as wars stop and start. Letters of Marque are 90% off: These are commonly several hundred thousand gold and scale with your wealth. During the Spanish campaign they get the bonus of not needing trade licenses for Spanish ports but will have to pay to trade with other nations. So the Buccaneer class is basically billed as a Privateer with some advantages to help during the legal combat covered by “Letters of Marque”. As the first campaign every class gets a bonus allowing them to trade with any Spanish port without a license thus the Merchant class brings almost no upside to the first campaign. Merchant conclusion: The Merchant doesn’t need trade licenses to trade with the other countries, that’s convenient at the start but hardly a bonus to write home about. The only ships that cost fame in the campaigns are the top tier ships and you wont even need them for this campaign. Sometimes that risk reward is worth it others it’s more about convenience.Ĭombat vessels will cost twice as much fame points: Again as there is not much combat in the Spanish campaign this doesn’t make much of a difference. However if you were in free play mode this perk allows you to trade even during wars. Is able to trade with all nations, even at war: This perk will not come into play during the Spanish campaign as there are no wars. They also scale with your wealth as you progress with the game so it’s not uncommon for these to cost tens to hundreds of thousands of gold later on for the non-merchant classes. During the Spanish campaign you can trade in any Spanish port without a trade licenses but they start at 50,000 gold each for other countries ports. The merchant class gets these for free but any other class will have to buy one at each town they wish to trade. There are few problems you can’t just throw money at.ĭoes not require a trade license: In Port Royal 4 in order to trade with a town you must have a license. There are some aspects of the campaign that will be more difficult as the Merchant class but the bonus for trade and resulting increased wealth will generally more than make up for any short comings the class has. If you’re not interested in the classes you can skip to Objective 1 tasks due by June 1572 – December 1572 The Merchant ClassĪs this game is mostly about trading I would consider the merchant class to be the easy mode of the game especially in free play sandbox mode. This only works if you keep clicking the right or left arrow to cycle through the choices if you go back and forth the sex does not change. If however you want to be female or male and get the opposite sex just keep clicking through the classes the next time you come around to that class it should be the opposite sex as the last time. As a side note as you are selecting your class they will sometimes be either male or female there is no difference to how the class plays regardless of it’s gender. Let’s take a look at each of the available classes. The tutorial stages will help get you started but skipping them is possible. The Spanish campaign serves as a long tutorial for the game and teaches you many of the basics of how the game is played. There are four available classes to play during the campaigns they are Merchant, Buccaneer, Pirate and Adventurer. When starting out a new campaign you have to choose a class to play as, your choice will not alter the campaign however, the class you choose will make a significant difference to your play style during the campaign. Click the continue button to begin the Spanish campaign. If you have yet to complete the Spanish campaign it will be your only option available. To get started let’s open up Port Royal 4 and click the Campaign button. Upon completing the campaign you will unlock the English, French and Netherlands campaigns and can choose to complete any of those in any order you would like. The Spanish campaign is the first and only campaign available when you first start the game. This guide will take you step by step through the first campaign in Port Royal 4.
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