Cannons DPS and stuff

[ABR]

Hi 

A kind person who can explane the damaged system. for a dummy ?

How do you know what canno is best ? to me it seems that the shop item is better in damage and everything ?. and what is the diffrence in navy guns and medium / long and so on,

and why do you choose the cannons your using and what upgrades and books are the best ?

this is 2 exampels: 

 

18pd medium Gun                                                         18pD Congreve

Base Damaged 104                                                       Base Damaged 94

Reload 53sec                                                                  Reload 48 sec

H 5m                                                                                 H 5

V 14m                                                                               V 14m

Penetration 

50m     124                                                                       50m 120

100m   120                                                                      100m 117

250m   105                                                                      250m 102

500m     85                                                                      500m   82

750m     65                                                                      750m   63

1000m   49                                                                      1000m 47

 

Thank you

 

[GrubbyZebra]

Congreve's have increased splinter damage (more crew damage) and are lighter than the mediums, at the expense of DPS and pen. Up to you if you think they are worth it. Other guns have similar trade-offs, as well.

[Barberouge]

Those old topics give a good introduction to the damage model :

• Damage model 4.0
• Damage model 5.0

This site gathers most up-to-date information about NA, including gunnery data (Game Tools, Cannons) :

• https://na-map.netlify.com/