PirateRandomGuy on Dec 28, 2013 wrote:

This all depends on the way you prefer to fight. My opinion is...

1.- All depends on strategy. Musketeers have many types of gun shots and it depends if we use the right one at the right time. It also likes to lay traps, which can do 3x,4x damage and enemy is likely to step on it. Musketeers prefer long-range combat.
2. - By far, the fastest and can move a long way on the battle board. It also has this 'jump' ability to go past obstacles. Quite low/medium health, light armour but has a biggest attack. (Just like the storm school) The companions are quite good but can be a disadvantage to long-range pirates.
3. - It is just like the death school and the myth school. It can summon minions too. The range for this class is the best. Some spells can be casted anywhere on the board, some close range magic too. I've been playing wizard101 too so I don't quite like the repetition. Quite low health though and companions aren't that great.
4. - More like the balance and life school of W101. It can cast spells to support companions. Medium health. Medium armour. Low attack. I wouldn't recommend it. It may have the most companions, BUT they might not be good ones.
5. - Just like the ice school (Strong and sturdy) Medium attack, high health, high armour. However, low agility and ability to move that far on the board. I don't quite like the way a buccaneer fights too.

Welcome to the message boards Pirate Random Guy. You have a good grasp of what these pirates can do but they can be made much more powerful with the right secondary training.
The privateers do get a lot of companions and one of them is the strongest I have seen. The necromancer pig. I have had countless players see mine in action and immediately go buy one from the crown shop because they were so impressed with his power and high damage he inflicts. Privateers are generally too busy helping their crew to attack, so they don't need a lot of high attacks. They can easily get them by farming the right bosses for non auction gear like Assassins Strike and it is handy to have it there just in case. They are at their best buffing and protecting their very strong crew members that really make it all about the team and not the pirate.

I'm getting tired of people undermining privateer because we have low damage. First of all we have average damage and get 3-4 assassins strikes. So people who say that are just plain wrong. Second of all we are much to busy buffing (Speaking of which, one of our buffs INCREASES damage and 4 that add armor plus some accuracy and dodge. We have many more buffs besides these.) to attack much anyway. When we do we are usually buffed to the brim and attack with assassins strike. Whenever I scroll over peoples damage when I am comparing my stats to theirs my damage is always pretty good. I may be one in a million but I seriously doubt that. Also for people who say witchdoctors fizzle a lot that is not true. I think your just thinking of wizard101 and are assuming witchdoctors fizzle. I have never seen a witchdoctor fizzle.

PirateRandomGuy on Dec 29, 2013 wrote:

They have more companions, but you will need more training points to support them, which can be a disadvantage to the user.

Not really. I'm a max lvl privateer and all my companions (minus a few bad ones.) are in the 60's. Mostly 63 and up. I have also hit max gold a couple times. It's so easy to make money in Pirate101 it's not that challenging too spend money on practice points. Besides in PvP you bring your best companions and they are usually lvl 64 and up. So I don't see this as a disadvantage. Although we do spend a little extra time getting gold but this has no effect in pvp or against computer enemies.

For those of you who have said "THERE ISN'T A GREATER CLASS THAN THE REST", your right. it simply matters wether or not your own strategies are good enough, how high of a lvl you are compared to who you fight, etc. That is my opinion.
-Stormy Talon Hobbes lvl 50 swashbuckler

P.S. i really enjoy playing as my swashbuckler, just with musketeer weapons, privateer healing powers, witchdoctor powers, and buffing all of my companions and getting them to be more tough.

Interesting topic, sure pirate class have their advantages and disadvantages from time to time.It's really hard for me to decide witch is pirate class is the best,although I played my Buccaneer a lot and not much with my Musketeer. I really like my created characters a lot,but this ranking is only my opinion so here we go.

1.Buccaneer - For it's legendary strength,endurance and defense.Usually Buccaneer are not speedy,but my own is faster then the typical Buccaneer witch make her special.Also it's also great if brute force is your kind of thing or want to progress rapidly this class is the deal.

2.Swashbuckler- For it's legendary speed,acrobatic skills jump over objects and sneaky skills.I tell you this class is fast and in my opinion best armor piercer class.If close combat,but speed is your thing instead,well this class is the ticket to your adventures.

3.Witchdoctor-For it's magic skills and high magic resistance,and interestingly high health. In my experience it might be the most challenging class of the five,but with a lot of practice and will it will make a great pirate think of it as your wizard pirate.If physical skills is not your thing or what the ultimate challenge, your in luck pirate this class is it.

4.Musketeer-For it's high speed,dodging skills and long range damages.This class often hit twice or more and not to mention the best trappers in my opinion. So you like to surprise your targets,look no further this class is it.

5.Privater-For it's high defense,healing abilities and it's varieties of useing weapons.This class is unique,when comes to dueling it can use both long range and short range weapons.Usually I go for strength since this class have high defense.So if magic and physical skills is your thing, this class is for you.

There is my ranking,please keep in mind it's my opinion and thanks for reading.

In my opinion I believe it all depends on strategy and your liking of that class.

Lv.65 Privateer

ideally, yeah, all classes would be equal. but if you have alot of experience with p101, you know that that is not the case. i have a maxed swash, and am working on a level 46 priv. right now. fighting as a privateer is FAR easier than it was as a swash, because the buffs are great, the sheilds are great, and the heals are great. if you believe all the classes are equal, walk into the brawling hall and ask "which class is best?" the overwelming answer will be "Privateer", except for those that are overconfident in themselves. so, basically, privateers are top dog.

Matthew Walker 65
Sly Sloan Silver 46

Witchdoctors are the only class with relentless.
We can turn you around, I've charmed a swashbuckler and she used an assassin strike on a companion.
We have a reckless frenzy - chain lightning, the most I've seen was 15 chains.
We have Great Juju.
We have three mourn songs that only fits witchdoctors because of our spooky talents and will.
We have two powerful sword attacks - watch out swashbucklers, musketeers, and buccaneers for these ignores armor.
Our heals are as good as privateers
We can summon an army - one skeletal pirate, a musketeer skeleton, a skeletal dragon, and a five skeletal army, with vengeance strike.
Oh yeah, and if you got lucky, we can shadow step, heal, and mourn song.
Finally, we are just too powerful.

Golden Chris Silver - Level63...WITCHDOCTORS, UNITE!
P.S. I have defeated a level 28 privateer when I was level 23, so, we can purge magic your companions, . Watch your companions that lost their lust die in a distance
P.S. Watch us get healed or buffed by you after being charmed.

Bloodcross74 on Jan 25, 2013 wrote:

Basing this on PvP...

1. Privateers/Witchdoctors (There's a debate between them) vs

3. Musketeers
4. Swashbucklers

5. Buccaneers

Dead-Eye Jeremy Wright 50
Dead-Eye Jeremy Wright 39

Buccaneers shouldnt be last they are good

Puppylove1021 on Aug 1, 2013 wrote:

Swashbuckler all the way! They have the largest amount of damage! Get a heal from Privateer and Ghostwail from Witchdoctor and you are a tank! Witchdoctor is second for me, then Musketeer is third, Privateer is forth, and last is Buccaneer.

Dreaming Jill Underwood level 33

It all depends who your fighting each class has its weaknesses and strengths like muskets and witches would obliterate swashys because of their range

anthony mistblade on Mar 17, 2014 wrote:

I say swashbuckler because
1. We have extremely high damage
2. We can kill anyone easily
3. As for healing, I feel Bonnie Anne is enough as everyone does before me
4. We have ranged attacks, and can train traps from the musketeers roost
5. With the right gear, we can have awesome armor and damage with quite a bit of health
6. We can be hidden
7. We can attack a musketeer in a round because of our running range on the board
8. We can hit multiple enemies at once, poison them and make them bleed
9. We get Sarah Steel, who is the best of the treasure hunters
10. I've never had trouble in cool ranch whereas all my friends of all classes seem to
11. We have extreme dodge rates and get riposte and first strike, and we have grand shadow dance as well
12. Our trainer is awesome (read Morgan Lafitte's back story)
13. We can also train heals and get it from gear
Tip for swashbuckler should train the glancing blow thing, then you will have a better set

My list:
1. Swashbuckler
2. Privateer
3. Witchdoctor
4. Musketeer
5. Buccaneer

I shall try to prove each one of these wrong as a witchdoctor.
1.True
2.Not everyone. Ranged people can destroy you as they can slow you down. Don't forget about the buffs of a privateer.
3. Sometimes bonnie anne's heal is not enough.
4.Same with most other classes (Not buccaneer)
5.Same with all the classes.
6.And you can get out of hidden too you know.
7.Take it to minium 2. They're traps.
8. True but same with a witch (Curse)
9.The best treasure hunter is a player, not a compainion
10, I haven't got in any trouble.
11.Privateers buffs make up for your dogde as well as people can reduce your accuracy. Riposite and first strike are good though.
12. A class isn't better by having a good or bad teacher as long as it teaches.
13.Other people can have heals too.

Ultimatemagic1 on Mar 18, 2014 wrote:

I shall try to prove each one of these wrong as a witchdoctor.
1.True
2.Not everyone. Ranged people can destroy you as they can slow you down. Don't forget about the buffs of a privateer.
3. Sometimes bonnie anne's heal is not enough.
4.Same with most other classes (Not buccaneer)
5.Same with all the classes.
6.And you can get out of hidden too you know.
7.Take it to minium 2. They're traps.
8. True but same with a witch (Curse)
9.The best treasure hunter is a player, not a compainion
10, I haven't got in any trouble.
11.Privateers buffs make up for your dogde as well as people can reduce your accuracy. Riposite and first strike are good though.
12. A class isn't better by having a good or bad teacher as long as it teaches.
13.Other people can have heals too.

Just a few more points
3. I now have a ton of heals
6. Not if you're careful
7. Agreed, but 2 is really good
9. Treasure hunters are the companions that you get when you fight ratbeard for the will, there are 5 treasure hunters for each class: Sarah Steele, Barnabus, Louis (crab harpooner), Water mole, Private Exeter (or whatever his name is)
10. Well, I know many who have, and all my swashbuckler friends haven't, to be honest
11. We can train dodge buffs and keep our dodge at the max, and then there is El Toro's buff..
12. I know, but she is awesome anyways
13,4. Yes but Swashbucklers are degraded for their low health and weak defences with no heals and no range, I am just saying that we can have good defences, heals and range if we play the game right,

Everyone has their own opinion anyway!
Witty Orion Underhill

All classes are awesome and I think that they are all even.
Buccaneers: They are strong, can withstand physical damage, and attack relentlessly.
Musketeers: They can attack multiple times, can attack from a range, and attack multiple enemies.
Privateers: They have high health, allot of buffs, and the most companions.
Swashbucklers: They can jump over obstacles, attack multiple enemies multiple times, and have high dodge.
Witchdoctors: They can use hoodoo, they can summon minions, and attack multiple targets.