What's wrong post wipe or why it sucks to solo

[Hodo]

15 hours ago, Sansón Carrasco said:

Captain Perks I use for player trader hunting:

- Fleet Control 1 (can't capture prizes without at least this)
- Prepared (for that early chain shot)
- Area Control (because there's nothing more heartbreaking than missing a tag - very possible with grape - and having the quarry blink out when you're right next to them)
- Rigging Specialist (helps for both offense & defense)
- Double Shot (but am probably going to change to Double Charge or else Fleet 2)

My Privateer is fir/fir with copper plating and 4lb longs. It's still pretty slow (<10kts) when dead downwind, but it's an absolute rocketship upwind (>14kts).
4lb longs are more than sufficient for hunting traders and weigh less than 6lb mediums while having nearly the same performance.
Less weight => more speed => better hunter.

I use the following perks on it:
- Studding Sails (not sure if this actually helps downwind performance on a fore-and-aft ship, but I hope so - need to test)
- Melee Training
- Boarding Parties
- Survival Books
- Pumps

I love the setup, not sure I would use studding sails, it does help downwind but it hurts your best point into the wind.  So kind of a trade off.   And your ship is almost a full 1.5kn faster than me with the wind, my privateer does 8.3kn when running with the wind.   If I ever get another copper plating I will put it on my hunting Lynx... that thing is already stupid fast... and with 6lb longs I can do 14.2kn close hauled, and 11kn broad reach.   

[fox2run]

What about the Naval ACTION perk?

[HoneyBaddger]

@Fengist. They are going to be making more changes in the future. Not sure if you know much of early development. Maybe you should take a break and come at a later day. They 're definitly heading in the right direction in my eyes.

[Fengist]

20 hours ago, airborneguy said:

@Fengist. They are going to be making more changes in the future. Not sure if you know much of early development. Maybe you should take a break and come at a later day. They 're definitly heading in the right direction in my eyes.

And the purpose of this thread is so that, amidst the hundreds of other voices, my concerns are at least stated, whether they're paid attention to or not.