Influence
Influence is the ability of a ship to claim buoys and score points in a blockade. Each ship type has a different number of pirates needed for influence. On subscriber oceans, this many pirates aboard must be subscribers. This number is not the same as the number of pirates a ship needs to effectively function in a blockade.
| Type | Min. # for Influence |
Influence Diameter |
Squares Influenced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sloop | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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Cutter | 4 | 2 | 5 |
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Dhow | 4 | 2 | 5 |
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Fanchuan | 4 | 2 | 5 |
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Longship | 5 | 2 | 5 |
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Junk | 6 | 4 | 13 |
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Baghlah | 6 | 4 | 13 |
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Merchant brig | 7 | 4 | 13 |
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War brig | 8 | 6 | 29 |
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Xebec | 10 | 6 | 29 |
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Merchant galleon | 13 | 6 | 29 |
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War frigate | 17 | 8 | 49 |
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Grand frigate | 29 | 10 | 73 |
Patterns
If the minimum number of pirates for the ship type has been met, the ship will influence blockade flag buoys in the following pattern (verify). Since there are 6 different influence diameters, 6 ships icons have been used in this graphic to represent each diameter. A ship icon indicates that any ship with that influence diameter, or greater, would influence the square if the ship were located in the center of the pattern.
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