Gunboat Armada v Constitution

[MajorGosnell]

With 7 Gunboats and a Snow we managed to destroy a player pirate constitution

Surprisingly the most damage we took was from colliding with each other.

 

[thomas aagaard]

show rather well why we need marines to fire their muskets and enemy ships... IRL getting that close would be way to dangerous for gunboats.

[maturin]

Now imagine if the gunboats mounted 24-pdrs and 32/36-pdrs like they should.

[angriff]

Now that is funny.. too bad it isnt real.   Sad most of my friends broke up their gunboats saw no value in them.

[Sir Texas Sir]

Now that is funny.. too bad it isnt real.   Sad most of my friends broke up their gunboats saw no value in them.

The funny thing is if there is an event that you have to have them happen and all those folks that broke theirs up suddenly find they don't have a ship for the event lol

[SheepDip]

Was it an undercrewed grey Conni with no mods ??

[SeaMist]

I'm surprised he didn't turn and fire or ram the gunboats. Just sailed on and let you pick him off. Personally I would have tried to run a few of you over and capsize you. And broadside used when perhaps single shot would have been more accurate. But then I only play PVE so what do I know lol.

[Ledinis]

The funny thing is if there is an event that you have to have them happen and all those folks that broke theirs up suddenly find they don't have a ship for the event lol

Meh, enough people can craft them already, so not really a loss if you ditched yours  

[Sire Trinkof]

I'm surprised he didn't turn and fire or ram the gunboats. Just sailed on and let you pick him off. Personally I would have tried to run a few of you over and capsize you. And broadside used when perhaps single shot would have been more accurate. But then I only play PVE so what do I know lol.

Their is a too huge difference of turn speed in NA, between small and large ship, and between frigates and SOL, making any large ship an easy pray for one or a group of smaller one, who can literally stay behind the Stern, for more than an hour of fight.

Completely a-historical.... But a SOL is doomed in a 1V1, versus a competent frigate captain.

[MajorGosnell]

To Be fair,he was undercrewed,and he didnt use grape,soe it was rather easy,i have another video of the Le gros that we sunk,that captain put up more of a fight i will upload it ttonight.

[Sir Enfield]

Ah yes, The Nautical equivalent to death by a thousand cuts. 

[mikawa]

What if 100 gunboats were sailing towards an enemy coast? Would be a quite terrifying view, wouldn't it?

[Fuzzyhead12]

Their is a too huge difference of turn speed in NA, between small and large ship, and between frigates and SOL, making any large ship an easy pray for one or a group of smaller one, who can literally stay behind the Stern, for more than an hour of fight.

Completely a-historical.... But a SOL is doomed in a 1V1, versus a competent frigate captain.

and that gap will be bigger thenn accleration based turning hits

[MajorGosnell]

Personally i hum the jaws theme when we are attacking big ships.