MRCTECH4 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 i've completed all the naval related missions however i cannot get full sync on the privateer mission called 'The Giant And The Storm' sink ships by firing on their powder stores how do you reveal said stores? thanx for any help you guys can give Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuzky Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 (edited) Just ram the ships. Buy the upgrade: "naval ram", it will be easier if you destroy their mast and ram. Edited November 2, 2012 by Tuzky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRCTECH4 Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 cheers i'll give that a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quid Squid Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 This person is a genius, worked for me first try (upgraded ram) http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/3180716-post16.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VVh1pCr3am Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I cannot beat this fucking mission with 100% sync. I tried destroying the masts and then ramming in the front, they die. I tried just tapping the RT to do a little damage to show the weak spot, they die. I just can't fucking do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quid Squid Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I cannot beat this fucking mission with 100% sync. I tried destroying the masts and then ramming in the front, they die. I tried just tapping the RT to do a little damage to show the weak spot, they die. I just can't fucking do it. Read the link I posted, you destroy the mast then ram them but hit full stop right before hitting them head on. The man o war will need 2 hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VVh1pCr3am Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) Read the link I posted, you destroy the mast then ram them but hit full stop right before hitting them head on. The man o war will need 2 hits. I already tried that but I'll try again. I'm having more trouble with this than the 100% sync on the tank mission from Brotherhood. Edit: Just got it doing that method. I just needed to calm myself down before completing it because I was pissed off from all the previous fail attempts. Edited November 4, 2012 by VVh1pCr3am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutella Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 That tip doesn't work for me. I still one-ram-them... shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D412k Kn16h7 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I got it by using normal cannonballs. At first I was using fire rounds, but it did too much damage. So I just used 1-2 volleys of normal and it worked. Lucked based? Probably. It only took me 1 retry because of the fire rounds. Good luck to the rest of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutella Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Got it!!!! Needed to immobilize the other ships first. Much easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpinelesS Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) I had fully upgraded my ships so 1 round of normal cannon was destroying them (as was ramming them) The method I used was Switching to grapeshot. I shot the first frigate twice with grapeshot and that exposed the weak spot. The second I shot once with grapeshot, and then once with my swivel cannon, and that exposed the weak spot EDIT: My mistake, the mission I did this on was the rescue, not the giant and the storm. The principle should be the same though. Edited November 5, 2012 by SpinelesS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Ridley Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 This person is a genius, worked for me first try (upgraded ram) http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/3180716-post16.html Thank you for showing me this post! It took a few attempts at timing my stop perfectly, but it worked a treat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer0T8 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 (edited) Fuck this mission. Fuck it hard. I've been going at it for the last 2.5 hours. Can usually get two of the three to reveal their stores, but when I go for the last one... I tap it, blows up. I barely broadside it, blows up. I try just swivel shotting the front, it blows up. Fuck you Ubi for making this more about luck it seems. I'm about ready to give up on getting the 100% achievement because of this mission. Even the tank mission wasn't this hard. ---- Just took me 3 hours to do... none of the tricks mentioned above worked, and having fully upgraded didn't help. I ended up having to full speed ram the man-o-war to expose it's store, then trick the two frigates into ramming me before I could get all of the powder stores in one attempt. Edited November 7, 2012 by Archer0T8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DethHolly Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Fuck this mission. Fuck it hard. I've been going at it for the last 2.5 hours. Can usually get two of the three to reveal their stores, but when I go for the last one... I tap it, blows up. I barely broadside it, blows up. I try just swivel shotting the front, it blows up. Fuck you Ubi for making this more about luck it seems. I'm about ready to give up on getting the 100% achievement because of this mission. Even the tank mission wasn't this hard.I felt the same way yesterday... I tried ramming but it ALWAYS killed the two smaller ships... What I did was cripple the two frigates first with the chain shot. Then I would pull around to the front of the ship and make a complete stop, then I just used the regular rounds on them. The hole was always exposed after the second or third shot. Also to make things easier after crippling the frigates go ahead a cripple the large ship too. (Should only take two direct hits with the chain shot.) That way you can take your sweet arse time dealing with the youngins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer0T8 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I felt the same way yesterday... I tried ramming but it ALWAYS killed the two smaller ships... What I did was cripple the two frigates first with the chain shot. Then I would pull around to the front of the ship and make a complete stop, then I just used the regular rounds on them. The hole was always exposed after the second or third shot. Also to make things easier after crippling the frigates go ahead a cripple the large ship too. (Should only take two direct hits with the chain shot.) That way you can take your sweet arse time dealing with the youngins. Finally got it - had to full ram the man-o-war, then trick the frigates into ramming me. That got the powder stores to appear 100% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirearmsKill Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 This was a pain but was so hilarious when i finally did it. I got the two smaller ships to ram each other head on, exposing their weak points and took them out and then rammed the man o' war and hit its weak spot. All of this with just a drop of health. I felt good about myself after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogue09x Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I lucked out in a similar way. One frigate accidentally fired on the other, then they bumped into each other, exposing the weak spots. Just had to mop up the Man-o-war. Only took a dozen or so replays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VyperJMc Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 This video helped me alot. Disabled all 3 ships' masts with chain shot, then took my time circling them & firing normal rounds into their noses until the powder stores were exposed. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4mB5lc3lSY]Assassins Creed 3. The Giant And The Storm 100% Sync With Commentary. - YouTube[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxyRed13 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 My god, this mission is a piece of crap to 100% on. I went through every single strategy, and every single one of them, I always destroy one of the ships before I can blow up their powder stores. I also tried a strategy where you ram the strangest one (the one in the middle) to show its powder store, then go after the others (either by ramming, broadsiding their bows, or chainshotting then broadsiding), and 9 times out of 10, the game doesn't have my ship sail fast enough to do damage to it. I must have tried this mission about three dozen times by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v Adamm x Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I'm about to give up. I have done this mission 50+ times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbious17 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 This person is a genius, worked for me first try (upgraded ram) http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/3180716-post16.html http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=396108&highlight=powder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v Adamm x Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 This is the most ridiculous objective they could have possibly put on the game. You have to have so much luck to pull off all three in one go. I've managed two 3 or 4 times but just can't seem to get that third. It's a joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E vee dub Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I tried my own ways, swallowed my pride, and this is the best approach, as already suggested. So I confirm it: 1. Use chain-shots to stop the ships. 2. Ram the bow (front) of the ships gently (meaning hit the brakes just before ramming), until the powder reserve is exposed. 3. Quickly us snipe-cannons (LT) to take it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdCokeCan Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 FUCK THIS i done everything else in the game and think i have one nice easy mission to complete and it turns out to be a complete load of shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabba Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Ram the frigates head on on near there front. Make sure not to have the upgraded ram then single shot them with the hand cannon on their weakpoint. Be careful not to ram the side unless your near the tip and never ram twice. The Man of War is the same or use a volley of upgraded grapeshot on their front to reveal the weakpoint. It took me awhile to figure it out, sometimes you get lucky and not need to do anything but shoot with the hand cannon. Upgrade your Aquila, without the better ram and iron hull is also not needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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