1. What type of companions do you use ( such as other Musketeers, Witchdoctors etc.)?
2. What specific companions have you used for best results?
3. What skills do you place at the top of your skill book
4. In combat on a ship, which skills do you use first: bombs, attribute buffing, spikes/traps etc?
4. In combat on land, which skills do you use first: bombs, attribute buffing, traps etc?

sandy20850 on Jun 17, 2014 wrote:

1. What type of companions do you use ( such as other Musketeers, Witchdoctors etc.)?
2. What specific companions have you used for best results?
3. What skills do you place at the top of your skill book
4. In combat on a ship, which skills do you use first: bombs, attribute buffing, spikes/traps etc?
4. In combat on land, which skills do you use first: bombs, attribute buffing, traps etc?

I have an astonishing 82 companions, so the ones I use vary, but here is my best team. My best team is all Swashbucklers, Kawil Doomclaw, Samocles, and Avis Avorious(Eagle Hoplite). They do obnoxious damage amounts and keep enemies at bay while I snipe enemies from WAY WAY back behind my companions. For the best results, my companion team is as follows. Chantal Livingstone, Bonnie Anne, and Lefty. No one ever gets close enough to attack us lol.

What about combat? What skills/abilities do you start off with and how is your spell book organized?

sandy20850 on Jun 17, 2014 wrote:

What about combat? What skills/abilities do you start off with and how is your spell book organized?

As for combat, I have devised a new strategy today actually, one that is more useful to a max level Musketeer.

I have my Bounding Overwatch and my Suppression Fire powers as the first 2 slots. Bounding Overwatch grants all Muskets an extra rank of Overwatch. IE: If your Louis has Overwatch 1, using this power increases its rank to Overwatch 2. If any musket on the battlefield does not have Overwatch, it simply gives them an Overwatch epic for 3 turns. I have my Louis and Chantal with Overwatch 2. So if I use that power, it increases the rank to Overwatch 3. I try to use this power first so that all incoming enemies feel the wrath of being hit by Overwatch by multiple muskets The advantage to this is probably something you can figure out based on my recent post .
Suppression Fire grants all Muskets a Burst Fire epic, which is applied the same way as Bounding Overwatch. My Chantal has Burst Fire 2, so adding a rank makes it Burst Fire 3. This allows her a higher chance of triggering it against enemies already wounded. Following those 2 powers, I have a Sky Spirit, which is a 100% Agility boost buff. Useful for my Muskets to deal more damage. Then I have my bombs which help damage a pack of enemies huddled together. Following that, I also have a mojo blast which is a good alternative to bombs. Then I have my Scatter Spike, which is a power that lays Bear Traps in an X formation where ever you place it. Another good alternative to bombs. In fact, I recommend using them first whenever possible. Then I have some Musket power shots, followed by heals, and then I put my weaker powers at the end. This strategy is more of a patient type strategy, in it may take longer, but it's more reliable in keeping your companions safe.

Another strategy you can use is simply lay out traps first in the path of your enemies, then give your companions a buff while they use theirs if they have any. If your companions have trap powers, have them use it as well. Following this, if the enemies are huddled up, use a bomb power to deal some more damage while your companions focus on taking down one enemy at a time. Any remaining enemies can be taken down by your musket power shots. This strategy is hard to follow at lower levels, but becomes much easier as you progress through the game.

Hope this helped.

sandy20850 on Jun 17, 2014 wrote:

1. What type of companions do you use ( such as other Musketeers, Witchdoctors etc.)?
2. What specific companions have you used for best results?
3. What skills do you place at the top of your skill book
4. In combat on a ship, which skills do you use first: bombs, attribute buffing, spikes/traps etc?
4. In combat on land, which skills do you use first: bombs, attribute buffing, traps etc?

Well, it didn't take me long to figure out that an effective combat team needs a little of each. It's like a football team. If everyone on the team is a quarterback...you're in for a long season. There are several quests and stretches of worlds where having all of one type of companion, regardless of their class, will make it much harder for you to win battles because of the abilities of your enemies. Try beating Rooke with all Musketeers and you'll see what I mean. Musketeers play the waiting game and let the enemy come to them so traps and bombs are excellent first moves. Placing bombs inside traps will cause huge damage and sometimes take out non-ranged opponents before they can even get to you. After you place your traps and bombs it's time to buff or use shields. Then it's game on. Nowadays with my max level Musketeer, the formula I use is as follows. One Musketeer companion with Overwatch, Burst Fire and Double Tap and two melee units (Swashbuckler or Buccaneer) with First Strike, Relentless and Riposte. I have four gear items that provide me with the Valor's Armor power and when I put this on a good Swashbuckler companion it makes them a tank and basically gives them an extra 1,200 or so health points...and I have four of them so lets do the math on that one. I could potentially up the health on a Swashbuckler companion by roughly 4,800 points giving them around 7,000 health. With the damage Swashbucklers are capable of it is hard for any opponent to overcome that. I use this strategy in questing and pvp and it works great in both. Any strategy that works well in pvp will work anywhere because pvp battles, against those the same level as yourself, are usually much harder than any battles you get into while questing. I think Musketeers are one of the most interesting and challenging classes to play. They have good health, but they do low damage. They have lots of multi-target attacks, but they are patterned and can only be really effective in certain circumstances. If you master the Musketeer class, the other classes will be easy for you to play...except for Privateers...they seem to be an animal unto themselves and are truly unique and very flexible.

Though it is mainly based on people's different strategys I would arrange my companions similar to how warriorcreed does and for powers no matter what type of pirate you are I would always put bombs first in order. Then traps and special attacks.

sandy20850 on Jun 17, 2014 wrote:

1. What type of companions do you use ( such as other Musketeers, Witchdoctors etc.)?
2. What specific companions have you used for best results?
3. What skills do you place at the top of your skill book
4. In combat on a ship, which skills do you use first: bombs, attribute buffing, spikes/traps etc?
4. In combat on land, which skills do you use first: bombs, attribute buffing, traps etc?

1: I use aquilan companions that can do close up combat, so they can keep the enemy at bay while i snipe them. It has helped me in lots of fights.

2: I use melee companions for best results. They can weaken enemies at close range, and while the enemy is busy fighting my companions, i snipe em

3: Definitely the bomb skills. They help alot when fighting off large amounts of enemys, and my traps

4: I first use traps. I set the bear trap first. My enemy's have to get across onto my ship, so i set the traps on the planks. Then i use the bombs to cover larger areas.

5: On land i first use bombs. I sometimes place down a power keg, and blow it up when the enemy gets close. But my companion, gracie conrad, has a Mine card, so that helps too.

Daring Destiny Dove - Level 65 Musketeer