no you need pearls to instant upgrade and crystals to upgrade.
1- take one 55 out of ship into storage
2- turn on fiddler2
3- click break and only upgrade one 55 to lv 1
4- go back to fiddler2 make sure replay it only 5 times
5- take off break and resume
if this doesnt help ill try to explain it in further detail.
Also bei mir hatt es eine kanone dazu gezählt nach aktualisierung war die weg und ich hab kistalle und perlen bezahlt also absoluter schwachsin der bug
Seafight cannon bug 08/14/2012 - Seafight - 10 Replies http://youtu.be/yc0amOWBMb8
In this way, armor, and weapons machete shot, you can replicate the shrapnel.
TR3 & US2 Ares Murat ;)