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Pirates also carried muskets which, need I remind you, are effective up to 500 yards.
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This may be a bit dumb reply to the upper post, but lets try :P
Pirates are pwning because they look moar steampunk AND a pirate ship has around ten cannons and about twenty pissed old creep guys who shoot them with thair muskets. [quote author=Dusty12