+5% penetration

[Captain Lust]

Does anyone use penetration upgrades for OW PvP? Are they worth using for 9pders? The percentages you get (3/5/6/7) seem kind of minuscule for a permanent slot...

[Jean Pual Vilvenue]

I have 20% increase in penetration. 4 mods total.

[William Death]

It really depends on what guns you are using and what you want to do with them. Stacking penetration mods can be quite useful to make demasting viable again (I really hope they fix the mast thickness values soon), or make it easier to do at different ranges.

It can also make your ship more dangerous at range since you can sometimes penetrate the enemy's ship while they cannot dent yours. 

Another advantage would be allowing you to do more damage at various angles (think of it as a way to make your enemy have a harder time bouncing shots).

[Captain Lust]

21 minutes ago, Jean Pual Vilvenue said:

I have 20% increase in penetration. 4 mods total.

Sounds like overkill tbh... depending on the ship. I don't think its worth using 1 ship knowledge slot for 2% pen...

[William Death]

2 minutes ago, rediii said:

demasting is good right now in my oppinion. 

My main problem with it right now is that, for many ships, you cannot demast the lower masts of that ship with the same guns the ship carries at 250 meters, sometimes not at all (even at point blank). This is due to the fact that the cannons the ship carries cannot penetrate the mast thickness of that ship.

I found that the thickness values post patch (the big patch/wipe in May) were fine, it was the HP that needed a significant buff to make the demasting less OP (because it would take longer to do).

Taking off topmasts and topgallants feels about right, but the lower masts are way too thick on most ships, IMO.

[Captain Lust]

1 hour ago, Willis PVP2 said:

I found that the thickness values post patch (the big patch/wipe in May) were fine, it was the HP that needed a significant buff to make the demasting less OP (because it would take longer to do).

I think one of the high gods of demasting @Liquicity said something similar...

Edited July 24, 2017 by Captain Lust

[Jean Pual Vilvenue]

1 hour ago, Captain Lust said:

Sounds like overkill tbh... depending on the ship. I don't think its worth using 1 ship knowledge slot for 2% pen...

4 Treatise on Making Saltpeter took a while to get.... worth it to me.

[Liq]

5 hours ago, Captain Lust said:

I think one of the high gods of demasting @Liquicity said something similar...

lol pls there are far better peeps out there at demasting ^^

and yeah I think buffing HP is the way to go. stop messing with thickness please.

I would had to do the math to figure out if it'd be worth it to get pen. modules, since Im mostly using a surprise. Think it wouldnt change much tbh, when only having 1-2 mods

[Fluffy Fishy]

There's something a bit fishy about the idea of someone called captain lust wanting to know more about penetration

[Zoky]

9 hours ago, Captain Lust said:

The percentages you get (3/5/6/7) seem kind of minuscule for a permanent slot...

I say nerf them to 1% or 2 % and put additional 20% crew requirements on them 

[Hethwill, the Red Duke]

4 minutes ago, Zoky said:

I say nerf them to 1% or 2 % and put additional 20% crew requirements on them 

Funny enough, and not spending any sarcastic remarks, I envision the "knowledge" or "permanent" possibility in superior gunpowder of having the gunpowder tied to actual having to have the specific gunpowder in the ship, same as Carpenters / Northern actually need repairs you know