Using deck guns during boarding

[Sea Archer]

Yesterday I boarded a LGV with my Agamemnon. Usually I use the deck guns in boarding screen to lower the moral of the enemy's crew.

This time the deck guns were greyed and couldn't be used during the whole battle.

I installed guns in every gunport. Did I make a mistake, are 4th-rates not able to use deck guns anymore or is it a bug?

[Anolytic]

Agamemnon has 3 decks, LGV has only 1 gun deck.

Gun decks are greyed out because the weather deck guns on an Aga cannot be vertically angled enough to swipe the weather deck of the LGV. This has been how it works with different height ships in boarding for as long as I can remember. IIRC it can sometimes give funny results, like when a Hercules cannot use deck guns against single deck ships, that are same height because the system thinks the hercules has a much more elevated top deck because of it's 3 gun decks in the system. But in the case of Aga vs LGV this makes rather good sense.

Edited January 7, 2019 by Anolytic

[Hethwill, the Red Duke]

On 7/10/2018 at 4:51 PM, z4ys said:

With 2 deck difference its not possible to use fire deck guns. 

Regarding LGV = 1 deck vs Aggamemnon = 3 decks --> 2 deck difference  = no fire deck guns

 

[Sea Archer]

Ok, thanks. I should have sailed more ships bigger than frigates.

Though I would use the second deck's guns then