Sid Meier's Pirates! Dance 4/4 Normal #004 (Swashbuckler)

Dancing with the beautiful daughter of an English governor. This is a medium speed dance with 66 steps in 80 bars. I get 33 flourishes out of 66 (50%) possible which is about average for me. I make 2 mistakes but i manage to do 19 flourishes before the dance is over and it is by far enough to make the result "perfect" and the reward is to make the evil Marquis Montalban spawn in a random port or a random piece of a map to a Lost City.

Dancing Patterns (8 bars each):
X.3.X.3.X.3!X.3! - 4 2 0 - Basic Pirouette Right
X.1.X.1.X.1!X.1! - 4 2 0 - Basic Pirouette Left
1.2!1;2!1.2.1!2! - 8 4 1 - Expert Pirouette Left
X.1.X.1!X.1!X.1! - 4 3 0 - Basic Pirouette Left
8.2!1.1!2.8.3!3. - 8 3 0 - Advanced Marche
1;2!1.2.1!2.1!2! - 8 4 1 - Expert Pirouette Left
3.2!3.8!3.2!3.8! - 8 4 0 - Expert Pirouette Right
1.2.1!2!1.2!1!2! - 8 5 0 - Expert Pirouette Left
X.8.1.1.X.8!1!1! - 6 3 0 - Basic Marche
1.2.1!2.1!2!1.2. - 8 3 0 - Expert Pirouette Left

Numeric Keypad:
4 Glisse Left
6 Glisse Right
8 Marche Forward
2 Marche Backward
1 Pirouette Left (or 9)
3 Pirouette Right (or 7)

X means empty, pause, no step but still counts for 1 bar timing-wise in its pattern. The 3 numbers are counters for steps, flourishes, missteps in each pattern.

Type: 120s 1 hand behind the back
80 bars in 120s = 1 bar per 1.50s
Speed: Medium
Patterns (8 bars each): 10
Bars: 80
Steps: 66
Step Activity: 83%
Missteps: 2
Step Accuracy: 97%
Flourishes: 33
Biggest Flourish Streak: 3
Average Flourish Streak: 1.6
Flourish Accuracy: 50%
Average Flourishes per Pattern: 3.3
Flourishes since last Misstep: 19

Result: a kiss and wondrous tales of Montalban's whereabouts or a fabled Lost City. 3 Romance points.

You will only be given map fragments if you already have Montalban in your quest log. You can exploit Montalban's spawning port by keep dancing until he spawns conveniently near you (Load Arrival). If you already have one fragment of a map to a Lost City, it means the city is spawned. You can then keep dancing to see the other fragments (Load Arrival).

I'm not using Calfskin Boots or Dancing Slippers. Calfskin Boots allow you to be half a bar too late with the correct manouevre. Dancing Slippers basically allow you to skip one full bar but you must then get the next manouevre in the correct timing. The correct timing is always on the one-beat. This is approximately at the end of each hand gesture when her hand reaches its highest point. A Flourish occur when you hit the correct manouevre exactly on the one-beat. Each dancing pattern is unique and is identified by the direction of the first step. Basic patterns always have a pause before the actual step.

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[Brwni]

nah, i've actually got like 3 rings in a row, its not that hard... and yes it only helps happines growing and maybe sometimes the "reward" maybe better or worse...

[Thrym865]

@Brwni Yes, you are right about the 3 rings, I noticed it in another Pirates! video. Still, it's hard getting the first step in the 2nd and 3rd ring right because you kinda have to guess the correct move. The patterns might be easy once you know the first move but you have very little time to react without any dancing boots on swashbuckler. Especially the 12121212 can be tricky due to the viewing angle. Rewards are determined by her beauty, the result and your current quest log.

[howag69]

what happens when u get a whole ring of flourishes?

[Thrym865]

@howag69 Nothing that I know of, all though in most cases, it will bring her happiness to the max. I rarely get more than 8 flourishes in a row. I think 2 rings (16 flourishes) is the most you can have at a time.

[simonnor]

can u use the mouse when you dance?

[Thrym865]

I don't know. I always play with the keypad. I think a mouse would be too unprecise because you really need to be fast (I move my finger to the next button in advance).

[xxXRaymoondoXxx]

@ErkTheBoss707

Your comment is retarded "wtf is, fuckin nerd"

Next time think before you post.

[teatime90]

These are very peaceful pirates it seems :o

[Alghifari12]

this is only swashbuckler or for any difficulty?sorry for bad english

[KrautGoesWild]

@Hynnin11 Well there´s gotta be a reason for us seadogs to look `em up - Arrrrrr!

[125pussinboots]

i hate the danceing it hell