Ability to deploy boats when taken aback or in calm non existent winds?

[Destraex]

Would there be any point having the ability to deploy boats at all to pull your ship out of trouble?

 

[AKPyrate]

From what I've heard, they don't plan on having any scenario with wind calm enough to make this tactic useful.  Although it would be realistic, it would severely hamper game play.  Some realism concessions have to be made in order to keep the interest of as large a community as possible, and it seems like calm winds is one of them.

[Destraex]

Well it would be a valid tactic in any wind going against it

But yes I can understand.

[admin]

Like Sid Meier once said - half of the gameplay is in your head. We discussed this last year actually, we know that this could happen and this is in game mechanics but not visualized. For example your ship can very slowly turn with no sails, as if there are invisible boats with anchors pulling your ship. 

[Henry d'Esterre Darby]

Well it would be a valid tactic in any wind going against it

But yes I can understand.

No ship is going to attempt to row into the wind, most especially in a battle.

[Destraex]

If you have no sails and the enemy does you would

[Johny Reb]

If you have no sails and the enemy does you would

No, I doubt it. If you are demasted you are either side locked and dueling it out or you are surrendering. Launching boats full of men when demasted and under fire by a rather large ship is fantasy.

[Destraex]

i cannot disagree. Was the only scenario i could think of that remotely made sense.