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  1. maturin
    Ayup.
  2. maturin
    Most merchantmen would have a more capacious shape in the underwater hull, making them slower even if dimensions, rig and seamanship remained constant. We should be able to build trader's vessels with a speed trim that substantially reduces cargo capacity. Also, vessels like a trader's cutter or (certainly) trader's lynx would have the same hullform as a privateering variant.
  3. maturin
    Or the other way around?
  4. maturin
    Neither Rose, Lynx nor Bounty are/were of similar size to their historical counterparts.
  5. maturin
    No. All merchantmen were armed. A full gundeck is a little excessive for the trader's snow and brig, though.
  6. maturin
    Realism of outcomes, not mechanics. If the day weren't longer than the night, 50% of battles would be night battles.
  7. maturin
    Pretty sure the the T-brig is still benefiting from one of the devs' frequent 'let's give ship X magic bags of holding as a stop-gap measure' patches.
  8. maturin
    Looting is a luxury when you are outnumbered, then. It's not hard to stick close to the AI as they sink, unless you can't withstand their firepower.
  9. maturin
    I think it would get awkward to slow it down anymore. Looting the sinkers does add some stress to the experience, but it's good practice for learning how to stop efficiently.
  10. maturin
    Devs said that the guns can't fire any faster without causing sound problems. As it is, Random is the fastest.
  11. maturin
    Heads up everyone, under 14 minutes without even bothering to board. No carronades either.
  12. maturin
    Yeah, 2 men per 6-pdr is a really harmful for balance. It never should have been applied to anything but maybe the basic cutter.
  13. maturin
    It can't be your fault, because you haven't been bragging about it in chat.
  14. maturin
    Do the math on the number of recent reviews, and remember to factor in the dozen or so alts of LV alone. And the fact that a group of people can flag all positive reviews to get them hidden.
  15. maturin
    Most of the negative reviews are butthurt SORRY scrubs
  16. maturin
    Traverse limits and speed would also make sense, increasing in proportion with speed penalties from cargo.
  17. maturin
    Yeah, could we get a clarification on this? A few guns (4-6 total) for traders makes the game a lot more interesting. Full guns on a trader's snow with no hold penalty is excessive.
  18. maturin
    What the heck does this have to do with the matter at hand? The sheep is DEAD. I still caught them sailing AFK and sank them. Then I dumped all their cargo before the revenge gank arrived. Dead sheep. Dead wolf. Happy revenge gankers. Let's call them cockroaches.
  19. maturin
    For the 367,285th time, the only solution is to tie lower mast HP to broadside HP. Suddenly it's not a zero-sum game of masts vs hull if total dismasting requires damaging the hull first. (>50% hull damage = mast HP and thickness / 2) Otherwise these oscillations in mast HP will go on forever because quite simply, there is no sweet spot. Mast armor class is a bad feature. Masts never should have become invulnerable to damage until at least 500 yards.
  20. maturin
    Most mast shooting is done with entire broadsides, not ranging shots. Which means you can't affect the accuracy there without totally resetting the most basic feature in the game and taking three big steps towards simulator territory.
  21. maturin
    About right from a gameplay perspective, of course. The masts are a lot stronger than in reality. Maintopgallant mast on a 24-gun ship is only 7.5 inches in diameter. Obviously a single hit with a 5-inch ball is going to smash it to splinters, but you would need multiple hits in-game.
  22. maturin
    You really need to look at some paintings. Even frigate duels often resulted in dismasting. I have read a few references to lower masts withstanding multiple shot "through" them, but never so much as the 8-10 hits required by NA. We can safely assume that loss of lower masts was usually accompanied by shredded shrouds and stays from other shot.
  23. maturin
    Happened all the time.
  24. maturin
    These are two things that are not compatible. "New players" do not have expensive Surprises to outfit. They start from scratch and earn their money like a new player. Thus, they only have to to worry about little brigs and the like in the first week. Your experience is distorted by redeemables and unreasonable expectations (Crafting long guns in the first week? Why?) You might as well be saying that "I arrived at Ellis Island penniless last year. Why can't I finance the Carnegie Steelworks yet?" If you hadn't used your redeemables, you would have had >150,000 to play with, just from missions.
  25. maturin
    Did the HP of lower masts even change since the wipe? Thank god the topmasts and topgallantmasts are valid targets now!
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