Barricades Suggestion and other mods like it that might have more than one use.

[Sir Texas Sir]

Barricades right now in game give you a bonus to Melee and firepower for boarding.   Shouldn't this also give you crew defense bonus from grapping and such too?  Cause that is what it pretty much does is protection on the deck for them to hide behind and shoot from.

 

I was thinking about this cause it seems the meta now is to grape folks crews down just encase they are boarders.   Well if some one was board fit or even if just a trader with a edge against Pirates/Privateers (see I pick on our guys too) to keep them from boarding and graping there crew should get a bonus to defense against such things like grape shot on a broad side.

 

I'm pretty sure there are a few other mods that might have other cross over from boarding to ship battle and such that could be useful ways to give ships more a rounded build instead of them being strictly all COMBAT or all BOARD Fitted.  This would go great if we can ever get a Musket/Sharp shooter action while in ship combat that if your close to each other and have Marines they can actually shot a few crew off each other ships.  This would be a good way to deter some of the small boats that love to stern camp the bigger ones that might have marines (or just traders with them).

Edited September 24, 2016 by Sir Texas SIr

[Cpt Blackthorne]

Good point.

Perhaps some of these upgrades that have duel or triple benefits should actually have that use divided up and another perk/upgrade should be created for the other benefits...? Barricades, I'd suppose would not need to be divided, because it makes sense that this would give a bonus during boarding duel and also grapeshot.

[Hethwill, the Red Duke]

Obviously. Same with extra hammocks as they were rolled and lined up the rails for increased protection more often than not.

 

I'd say protection during boarding againt firepower on a defense & brace stances.