Rumbo
Chieftain
Been having fun playing Pirates and have just discovered this forum. Lots of good advice and tips here. Love the MODs too! Would like to see more done with the wedding- a total social extravaganza, run into pirates, and other govs. and their daughters (controlled by the peace treaties, of course)...
I appreciate the sailing and battle characteristics of the Sloops. Believe me it scared the pants off me when I ran into Blackbeard east of the Florida Keys. My sloop was almost fully upgraded- almost, hmmm. Well, I kept away from his broadside best I could, sailing behind or ahead, turning and fireing: like an ant knawing away, a little at a time. I hurt him badly, but he was closing in. My crew numbers were down but the sloop was in better shape than the Frigate. He had almost twice the crew though. As he got in close to board, I let loose and took down his entire rigging. When he boarded, I couldn't believe it. He surrendered the ship, No 1 was taken out... a really good day to have a sloop, lol.
Nevertheless, I've found that the 90 ton Frigate is the best all around vessel to have. If ya can't hit a Sloop, royal or otherwise, with a 40 gun ship- suptin's wrong! Sure the wind can hurt in some instances, but just line up that first broadside and it's toothpicks for the sloop, whether you're going for the hull or for the sails. Personally, I like 'em to get up real close- boom, dead in the water @ about 0 to 1 knots.
The Ship of the Line will appear from time to time. It has advantages and a downside too. With the SO'L closing speeds can be 18 to 24 knots in the right wind. You have a crew of up to 450. The armament is 48 guns- not too shabby. However, crew numbers seems to make the difference for me, as to whether or not I keep the SO'L.
Unless I am in a sack-the-city mode, I like to have 100 to 120 crew members, because I can keep them happy. yes, they grumble but they work and stay on. It's too lean for land war, unless I find a city with 60 soldiers; but, for sea action the lean crew cannot load 48 guns fast enough to be viable in battle and stay the action.
So, faced with a choice about which ship to keep, with a crew of 102, I kept the smaller of the two. With the 90 ton Frigate, I could operate in battle conditions with 78 men at 100% speed; the load and ready to fire time for the SO'L crew allotment of 24 crew members, on the otherhand, was too little and too slow. It put me at a disadvantage in battle. Time to get 1800 in gold- so SOLD!
As for the sword fighting, I always take the opposing ship's crew down to (1) if the ship doesn't raise her colors, especially in the case of the two evil villians, lol. The size of the crew is everything in determining the outcome of the duel with these two characters, or so it seems.
I appreciate the sailing and battle characteristics of the Sloops. Believe me it scared the pants off me when I ran into Blackbeard east of the Florida Keys. My sloop was almost fully upgraded- almost, hmmm. Well, I kept away from his broadside best I could, sailing behind or ahead, turning and fireing: like an ant knawing away, a little at a time. I hurt him badly, but he was closing in. My crew numbers were down but the sloop was in better shape than the Frigate. He had almost twice the crew though. As he got in close to board, I let loose and took down his entire rigging. When he boarded, I couldn't believe it. He surrendered the ship, No 1 was taken out... a really good day to have a sloop, lol.
Nevertheless, I've found that the 90 ton Frigate is the best all around vessel to have. If ya can't hit a Sloop, royal or otherwise, with a 40 gun ship- suptin's wrong! Sure the wind can hurt in some instances, but just line up that first broadside and it's toothpicks for the sloop, whether you're going for the hull or for the sails. Personally, I like 'em to get up real close- boom, dead in the water @ about 0 to 1 knots.
The Ship of the Line will appear from time to time. It has advantages and a downside too. With the SO'L closing speeds can be 18 to 24 knots in the right wind. You have a crew of up to 450. The armament is 48 guns- not too shabby. However, crew numbers seems to make the difference for me, as to whether or not I keep the SO'L.
Unless I am in a sack-the-city mode, I like to have 100 to 120 crew members, because I can keep them happy. yes, they grumble but they work and stay on. It's too lean for land war, unless I find a city with 60 soldiers; but, for sea action the lean crew cannot load 48 guns fast enough to be viable in battle and stay the action.
So, faced with a choice about which ship to keep, with a crew of 102, I kept the smaller of the two. With the 90 ton Frigate, I could operate in battle conditions with 78 men at 100% speed; the load and ready to fire time for the SO'L crew allotment of 24 crew members, on the otherhand, was too little and too slow. It put me at a disadvantage in battle. Time to get 1800 in gold- so SOLD!
As for the sword fighting, I always take the opposing ship's crew down to (1) if the ship doesn't raise her colors, especially in the case of the two evil villians, lol. The size of the crew is everything in determining the outcome of the duel with these two characters, or so it seems.
