Blackbeard is a general and captain in both naval and combat modes.

Duty is heavier than iron, yet death is lighter than a feather. Sun Tzu, Chinese general and author of The Art of War. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence. Also, their Government and Generals all have British names. For to win one hundred victories in on one battle is not the supreme of excellence.

They speak in a British accent when you select them.

The flag used by the Pirates is the flag used by the famous pirate Calico Jack.

In the modern day, piracy persists in parts of Africa and South-East Asia. As national navies became better organized and armed, pirates found attacking merchant ships more and more difficult. The pirates depicted in Empire: Total War, however, were historically most influential from 1650 to 1714, commonly referred to as the 'Golden Age of Piracy', plaguing Spanish, French, British, and Dutch ships alike. However when you are choosing your units you have a limited amount of money, adding units and/or experience ranks decreases the amount of money left and thus limits the size of the army you can use. Pirates have plagued seas since classical antiquity. It does have custom battles as far as your army is concerned, not sure if you can choose the computer's units.

This can sometimes create a nuisance for players who have not invested heavily in the Americas, as the spawned militia can outnumber and destroy small armies. In addition to being more numerous, the pirate mob have better stats in everything, including ammunition and accuracy. The Pirates have only two land units: melee-oriented Buccaneers limited to six regiments, and unique Pirate Armed Citizenry, which number at 120, compared to the European Firelock Armed Citizenry who have only 60. They are emergent from more regions than any other faction in the game, as any of the islands in the Caribbean are spawning points for them. Unusually for a minor faction, Pirates are playable in multiplayer, though only for naval battles.Īt the start of the Grand Campaign, they have in their possession two regions: Trinidad & Tobago, and the Leeward Isles. In addition, their unit rosters are completely unique.

The Pirates are a unique faction: they are always at war with all factions, and cannot be negotiated with at all.

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