Easy ships
Do not go faceon to your enemies and attack slowly with small ships Instead get a small ship and work on getting money When you are getting a very high income buy a small killing ship Attack who you can hate forever Basically be English and attack the French or the Dutch When the English like you find a badly defended ship of the line and take it Then make them fully happy again and repeat until you have five ship of the lines
Easy win
Start by using most of your money on ammunition cannons and get the most amount of sailors Then select quotLeave Islandquot Sail and try to find a convoy with two ships Make sure that they have a close difference of the amount of sailors Use grape shots to take down the sailors and board the ship You will win easily Note Do not fight with less men
Steam ship
Collect 20 artifacts then talk to your wife She will give you a map which will lead you to your own steam ship
Unlockable Ship
You can get a steam ship by collecting all the artifacts
UnlockableHow to unlockSteam ShipCollect 20 artifacts and talk to your wife