Broken mast sections repair, making demasted ships get their masts back

[Inkompetent]

According to the 9.65 patch notes read like this:

 

 

• Sail repairs now repairs masts (if you did not have broken masts before). Previously, if you repaired sails it did not recover masts HP (if you had them damaged but not destroyed).

 

I interpret that as that mast sections that are not broken (shot off) can get their hitpoints back, but mast sections that are broken (shot off) can not get their hitpoints back. That way a ship can't regain a mast section that has been shot off, but it can increase the health on mast sections that still stand.

 

Please correct me if I am wrong.

 

 

Currently in the game however broken masts can be repaired. Last night I was in a battle against among others a Belle Poule which I shot off the whole main mast on (broke the bottom section). A few minutes later he had his main mast back.

[SKurj.]

it always replaced a mast that was destroyed, not sure how many hit points they came back with.

 

It doesn't say anything about changing the mechanics so that it won't replace a destroyed mast.

[Rudi Starnberg]

The change is that damaged but not destroyed mast will now be repaired, previously only fully destroyed masts benefited from the repair.