I was hoping the devs could help me in answering my question. I am wondering if troop type matters at all during exploration? I was keeping a mix of troops like I'd use for battle but does that make any difference compared to just using say buccanneers as they are the cheapest? Just wondering how troop losses and battle outcomes are determined on the exploration map.
They do matter, yes. In general it will take the troop's DPS and toughness into account. However, there are certain skills within the skill tree that can boost certain pirates against certain exploration battles (for example, the Buccaneer has the "Rival Raiders" skills which increases the damage they deal to Pirate Ships by 20%). It's best to play around with different pirate configurations and find out which ones work best against different Exploration Battles. It may be that you'll need to increase the skills of your pirates (or unlock new ones) before you can tackle the more dangerous ones. Hope that helps!
Aye I have the buccaneer skill but no others for anything like that yet. I'll have to wait and see how it goes then for what seems to work better.
I noticed that when I was looking at the trees, I think it looks great! Like the dmg boost breakers get against sea monsters. I've only been playing since Thursday but already I LOVE THIS GAME!
