Determined defender now requires attacker to have 30% more crew to overcome stiff resistance.

[A N D I]

Hey,

since the new patch came, i think the game, especially the PvP fights with more people became more interesting.

 

But the new determined defender thing with 30% more crew required is bad imho.

Because of that, if both have the perk, and are stuck next to each other, they cant board each other eventhough they might want to.

 

Also 30% is quite a lot - for example a very cramped boarding fitted first rate with 1300 crew is not able to board another 1st rate if that one has the perk. In Portbattles BOARDING-Fitted ships are completely useless now.

 

Since the game is often saying it wants to be realistic, why dont you (devs) just delete the determined defender perk?

 

in history, the redoutable was going to board the HMS victory (850 crew) but failed - Redoutable  (550 crew )attempted to board her, but they were thwarted by the arrival of Eliab Harvey in the 98-gun HMS Temeraire, whose broadside devastated the French ship.

 

Another things with the determined defender, if you  (devs) dont want to delete it, you should lower the amount of crewpercentage the attacker has to have more.

 

i liked the 1 more necessery, but me (and others) could also live with maybe 10% or just deleting that perk.

 

Best wishes

 

Andi, a person who loved to board people!

 

 

Edited August 29, 2020 by Andi421
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[Henry Long Castle]

I was always asking why there isnt a determined attacker to counter that (stupid imo) perk. I also love boarding, sure it might need a rework. Pew pew is nice but sometimes boring and unrealistic (repair mods/books and other things).

[Liq]

Windshadow mechanic 

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[Despe]

i think that with new mechanics is needed make boarding more difficult. In my opinion, boarding is totally OP and only should be posible if you demast first the enemy ship, but is only my opinion. With determined defender only in one more crew the "B" of PBs would mean "boarding" and not "battle".

Edited August 30, 2020 by Despe

[Despe]

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Edited August 30, 2020 by Despe

[Despe]

1 hour ago, Henry Long Castle said:

Pew pew is nice but sometimes boring and unrealistic

boarding in game is much more unrealistic, i guess.

[Henry Long Castle]

4 minutes ago, Despe said:

boarding in game is much more unrealistic, i guess.

Yes I agree, but so is printing a new ship every 20 mins or so. I think that determined defender is a result of some ridiculous boarding mods (muskets mostly). I would like to see all that gone or nerfed along side the removal of determined defender.  

[Nixolai]

57 minutes ago, Henry Long Castle said:

Yes I agree, but so is printing a new ship every 20 mins or so.

Every game has healing, it just makes the game more playable.

[Henry Long Castle]

4 minutes ago, Nixolai said:

Every game has healing, it just makes the game more playable.

Yes but again, it makes no sense being able to build a new ship every 20 or so mins. That is not enjoyable, the base repair amount of 25% or so with the perk should be enough.

Edited August 30, 2020 by Henry Long Castle

[Nixolai]

36 minutes ago, Henry Long Castle said:

Yes but again, it makes no sense being able to build a new ship every 20 or so mins. That is not enjoyable, the base repair amount of 25% or so with the perk should be enough.

Wut.. have you tried reparing without mods? Mods only give a upper hand, and makes your 200 hours grinded ship last a little longer, which is a thing that is enjoyable.

Is it WOWS were you can like rep 90% of firedamage? please correct me if im wrong.

[Henry Long Castle]

20 minutes ago, Nixolai said:

Wut.. have you tried reparing without mods? - Yes I dont mind but rep mods are a must in port battles unfortunately
Mods only give a upper hand, and makes your 200 hours grinded ship last a little longer, which is a thing that is enjoyable. - Exactly why these mods are extremely good and should be nerfed among other things imo. 

We cant be talking about how boarding is broken when a ship that is almost sunk can just pop a repair and be as good as new a few mins later. 

Its like that scene from Monty Python only that the Black Knight is growing new arms and legs, "tis but a scratch" 
 
 

 

Edited August 30, 2020 by Henry Long Castle

[Henry Long Castle]

P.S. 

10 minutes ago, Nixolai said:

makes your 200 hours grinded ship last a little longer

with proper management, your ship doesnt last a bit longer, it can last entire battles and just keep repairing

[Nixolai]

I would rather do one extra trade run to get a repair mod, rather than doing 40 hours just to get a new ship i lost, cus i was not allowed to repair...

[admin]

15 hours ago, Henry Long Castle said:

Yes I agree, but so is printing a new ship every 20 mins or so. I think that determined defender is a result of some ridiculous boarding mods (muskets mostly). I would like to see all that gone or nerfed along side the removal of determined defender.  

we will balance it over time - 30% is probably too much

 

[A N D I]

1 hour ago, admin said:

we will balance it over time - 30% is probably too much

 

Thats good to here! 10% might be an amount a lot of people can live with i think. Sure it needs to be tested and stuff - I just wrote that because that 30% is, as u said, to much. It kicks the boardingfitted ships out of the game - some ships are made for boarding, others for fighting and shooting. The one for boarding looses in fighting while the boarding one will defeat the pew pew ship.

 

best wishes

 

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, admin said:

we will balance it over time - 30% is probably too much

 

20% more reasonable imo . 

Portbattles arent giant boarding fests anymore, way more fun like this. 

Also; @Andi421 boarding is still viable its just not a way of defeating someone with the same amount of crew right at the start of a battle.

Edited August 31, 2020 by Je maintiendrai