When battling at sea, attack your opponent's sails with Chain shot. (Without a sail, the ship becomes less mobile.) Once the sails are tattered, switch to Grapeshot and pound the deck. (This will slay most of the crew.) After a few strikes, sail alongside the ship and issue the grapple order to begin boarding.
Cutthroats Build a large crew
Port at any seaward town and give the crew orders to take prisoners before returning to the ship. Once they have come back, send them out again. (The prisoners will be pressed into service and added amongst the ranks of the sailors.) Repeat as often as necessary.
Cutthroats Quick Marine Build Up
All you have to do is attack a port. When you do this, the number of marines will either double or triple(try not to keep more than 300 or your food and rum supply will be consumed quickly).
Make a million or more
Start in 1635 and travel from port to port and recruit as many marines as possible (100) whilst heading south-west go to cayman islands and attack select put all marines in last option area once on land take prisoners but not back to ship keep taking prisoners and decline terms the town will surrender you will get an option to sell prisoners click it then click cancel the money you are rewarded for defeating them will go up each time you offer to sell them and cancel
(the more houses you raid the more the multiplier
also raid the treasury but not governers mansion)
(having 100 muskets will speed up process rapidly)
Silver train and treasure fleet
To attack the silver train and spanish treasure fleet you will need to be at the bottom af the map near the town above panamar late october early november they cross trade lanes at that point (after 1650) before 1650 they are often late and sometimes early but hardly on time.
Cutthroats Battle tactics...