Emma
05-11-2013

cannons or carronades are best for pene, depending on your gunnery/reload skill. Any fleets with high dura are best for grinding this, because one-shotting low dura boats slows the grind down. Maroona and Eczuma fleets out by nassau seem to rank this pretty well. Somebody I'm sure will come along in a moment and (rudely) tell me how wrong I am, and that's fine. Par for the course anymore on this site.

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Capn.Jack.Swallows
05-23-2013

I need this to battle grind?

Nicola
05-23-2013

no need, accuracy or ballistics are a lot better to just grind -better both-

Claudia
05-23-2013

Accuracy, Ballistics, and Penetration should be used while grinding IMO... if you dont grind penetration while battle grinding, then it wont be sufficient level later on...

you want a well rounded approach, and those three skills give you balance

Miyo
05-23-2013

it depends, not all use penetration because not want pvp, just be able to fight. Also, while gunery, accuracy, ballistics and reloading are based on effective shots (so low damage, rapid fire guns can be used), penetration skill is related to the damage done. Penetration will raise very fast with high accuracy/ballistics and high power guns while raising levels, and while grinding arms skill.

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Misun
07-20-2013

best way to grind?

Ming Mei
07-20-2013

the more damage you do the more prof you get per shot, cannons (as opposed to carronades or rapid-fires) are generally used to grind this.

Liza
07-20-2013

the above post is WRONG the prof does nog to off damng.... all cannon skills are per shot fired the only thing is you have to do x amount of damg per shot to get the prof for that shot the skill prof does not go off how hard you hit I have tested this with RF carros HP and cannons all cannon skills go per shot regaurdles of the amount of damng you do but with the higher rank penetration r14 you need to hit at least 230 damn to get the prof for that shot this is proven threw facts and testing my sell and with many others

Shirin
07-20-2013

Penetration is the only cannon skill that is raised by DAMAGE DONE, not number of hits like others... You need to reach a certain broadside damage to start gaining proficiency.
But, "cannon" isnt needed... caronades are better to grind this skill, carronade higher rate of fire and range will allow more "good damage shots" over time, and will help others skills. A combo of accuracy/ballistics/penetration will make all cannon skills raise very fast

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Junchul
11-09-2013

the best way to grind this is accuracy reloading pen it gives 1 prof per shot so reloading allows you get get the shots off faster

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H.-Gazi
09-17-2017

The minimum damage you've to deal in order to gain proficiency was in my experience about 25+ (can differ per npc, did mine on black sea against Sinop fleets). When you park and shoot with npc, make sure to make the right distance.

The refined effect allows the additional effect more likely to be applied from the type of shot you use.

Kind Regards,

[CA]Huseyin-Gazi

Guilder
02-26-2020

Some unlisted boosts.

+1 Hat:
Scalawag Hat

+3 Outfit:
Martial Arts Master's Clothes

+2 Gloves:
Claw Gauntlets

+2 Shoes:
Knight Sabaton

Guilder
02-28-2020

Also,

+3 Outfit:
Morgan's Coat

goncalo
08-04-2023

Cloth:
Fairy King's Clothing +4 Fairy King's Clothing +4 (and +2 Evasion, +2 Rowing)
Brave Warrior's Armour +3 (and +3 Accuracy, +2 Evasion)
Maiden Knight's Armour +3 (and +3 Accuracy, +2 Evasion)
Superior Brave Armour +3 (and +3 Assault, +3 Evasion)
Rong Fu Armour +2 (and +3 Accuracy, +3 Surgery)
Commander Plate Armour +2 (and +2 Evasion, +2 Ballistics) - need Battle-scarred Hero Tittle.
Crimson Cuirass +2 (and +3 Steering, +1 Evasion)
Improved Prince of Navigation's Official Clothes +2 (and +4 Accuracy, +2 Ballistics)
Improved Voyager's Work Clothes +2 (and +4 Accuracy, +2 Ballistics)

Accessories:
Broach of Accomplishment +3 (and +2 Tactics, +1 Arms)
Godly Bracelet +1 (and +1 Evasion, +1 Guard)

Boots:
Superior Brave Greaves +3 (and +3 Sniping, +2 Rowing)
Boots of the Hero of the Frozen Sea +1 (and +2, Reloading, +1 Assault)

Weapons:
Celestial Globe Staff +3 (and +3 Accuracy, +2 Detonics)
Executioner's Sword +3 (and +3 Ballistics, +1 Detonics)

Benjy
06-01-2024

Hello!
Following what was mentioned by H.-Gazi . . .

I have been doing cannons skills grinding in the Black Sea with "Sinop fleets"
These are some observations that I have made:

1. There is a minimun of damage requiered to gain proficiency for penetration, as Gazi said, should be 25.

2. I recommend you to use 2 differents sets guns at the same time. I combined Rapid-fire (18) [Reload speed 8] + Cheminee (18) [Reload Speed 4]. The point is to have cannons with different loading times so you should be able to shot every 2~3 seconds or even faster (Depending of your gunnery/reloading skill) so you get more skill proficiency is lesser time!

3. I recommend you to grind with the Sinop Fleet that are x4 NPC, cuz they do a lot of repair, so you have more time to grind before you kill all of them. These NPC uses a "La Mort" ship wich is a 27 base armour ship and you can do more damage compared to other npc ships. (Row ships usually have lower armour compared to normal sail ships)

4. Highly recommended to use Improved Gun Port + Reloading + Skill Notes Usage Long Permit to improve your skill proficiency gain. If you manage to get Epistle of Skill Use (Allows you to use 4 skills in PVE battles) try to use Reloading+ Accuracy + Penetration + Ballisitics at the same time!

5. Stay close to the npc you are aiming, this is to maxize your damage, plus if you are too far away you will have to see the damage you made before shooting again (You will figure it out what I mean)

6. I recommend you to use gear that augments any of the skills for cannons, even oxford skills so you can get higher amounts of damage necessaty to gain proficiency!

7. A any kind of UWC turtle ship can also make this an easier grind!


These are a few recommendantion to grind this skill! I am not a native english speaker and I know I made a few mistakes trying to explain myself, any correction will be welcome!

Have fun ^-^