ok i was questing with a buddy and i told him that i only train a companion when i can get 2 lvls from one training tome. he says that puts me at a disadvantage because my crew is still underdeveloped because they are not at my pirate's lvl. i on the other hand have no problems getting thru the game this way. it works for me and saves my gold.

now that i think about it i'm curious to see who else does this. or am i just an oddball.

Victoria Kirk

I do almost the same thing. My first mate I keep at my level. The first row I promote when I get one level for a tome. The rest I promote when I get two levels per tome and I do just fine. It is doable to keep them caught up with you in the beginning but once you have more than two rows and the price starts getting higher around level 20, it just gets too expensive to keep them level with you.

Honestly, I think that you should just worry about how you think and how you do things on the game. So what if you do that, it just makes you different. Plus, you are doing good in the game and you are saving money so don't worry about it.

I got my all my companions to 64 and stopped because for now its the last level when they can get more talents

selfyself on Nov 9, 2013 wrote:

ok i was questing with a buddy and i told him that i only train a companion when i can get 2 lvls from one training tome. he says that puts me at a disadvantage because my crew is still underdeveloped because they are not at my pirate's lvl. i on the other hand have no problems getting thru the game this way. it works for me and saves my gold.

now that i think about it i'm curious to see who else does this. or am i just an oddball.

Victoria Kirk

Hey there Victoria,

I think it is a pretty good strategy and one that I somewhat use myself. Generally, if I am winning battles pretty easily, then I don't bother training any companions and just stock pile the points. Once the battles start to become nail-biters with the outcome uncertain, then I begin to train. I concentrate on my first mate and the first 2 or 3 rows of companions. I also try to train the companions that have the nice promotion quests. Usually, since I have waited a while, (I have even been as much as 10 levels above top 2-3) when I do train they are moving up by 2 sometimes 3. The downfall of course is you don't get access to them gaining new epics and talents as soon.

I don't know if anybody else has encountered the same thing as I have, but I began to notice that when all of my companions on the first page are all near each others' and my pirate's level, it seems that the companions that appear in battle are much more random and I don't seem to get as many in the top 2 rows showing up for battle, exc. 1st mate. When I train top 2 or 3 rows much higher levels than the rest, I much more regularly see them appear in battle (although it does stink when I get one of the ones that are much lower). In my experiences it seems that the more companions I have near my pirate's level, the percentage increases that I will get a more random draw- from a larger selection of companions.

Also, in the rare case that I happen to get a much lower level companion show up, as long as my pirate and my first mate (+ 1 more, if 4 companion battle) are close to the level of the enemy combatants, I never have a problem winning the battle.

But that is just what I like to do, everyone is different and employ different strategies. Just like kingerny.... said, you should just do what feels right and works for you. There is no right way just have fun with it.