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something curious about the corvette

Merciless Mark

Build mod - Master Gunner
Storm Modder
Has anyone noticed it is very similar to the HMS surprise, both the movie and the real life ones? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wp" border="0" alt="whistling.gif" />

The hull shape and the railings are very similar to one another, as is the steering position. you will also notice that the rigging of AoP's corvette.
You will also note that AoP's corvette has almost exactly the same rigging as the Surprise, a 6th rate frigate.

its just so damn similar, i have a hard time beleiving it is a conincidence.

but one thing is certain, the Corvette is definatly based on the designs of a 6th rate frigate, with a few problems, too small, too many guns for a ship of that size or any 6th rater. so her guns says shes a 5th rate, but her size and rigging and appearance says shes a 6th rater.

oh yes, and she has way way way to much crew to be a 6th or a 5th rate ship.

still the resemblance is striking <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wp" border="0" alt="whistling.gif" />
 
<!--quoteo(post=164542:date=Sep 30 2006, 07:41 AM:name=Merciless Mark)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Merciless Mark @ Sep 30 2006, 07:41 AM) [snapback]164542[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
Has anyone noticed it is very similar to the HMS surprise, both the movie and the real life ones? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wp" border="0" alt="whistling.gif" />

The hull shape and the railings are very similar to one another, as is the steering position. you will also notice that the rigging of AoP's corvette.
You will also note that AoP's corvette has almost exactly the same rigging as the Surprise, a 6th rate frigate.

its just so damn similar, i have a hard time beleiving it is a conincidence.

but one thing is certain, the Corvette is definatly based on the designs of a 6th rate frigate, with a few problems, too small, too many guns for a ship of that size or any 6th rater. so her guns says shes a 5th rate, but her size and rigging and appearance says shes a 6th rater.

oh yes, and she has way way way to much crew to be a 6th or a 5th rate ship.

still the resemblance is striking <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wp" border="0" alt="whistling.gif" />
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Ah, but pirate ships always had larger crews than normal vessels did; maybe Akella is allowing for that?
 
still, even pirate crews need to give room for physics, if you look at the scale of the ship in relation to the crew on deck, you will see its impossible to be crewed by 3-500 men <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wp" border="0" alt="whistling.gif" />
 
Physics, Smysics maximum crew fer a Corvette is 220 <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" /> What would ye say ter yer favorite lass if she said te ye aftrwards, Oh! by the way, yer angle was off by 15 degrees. I'd quickly answer, Heh! I'm jest in this fer the fun O' it <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/razz.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":razz" border="0" alt="razz.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> . Anyhow Jest captured one in a lucrative Sea Battle an Probly fastest ship in the game, Enuff fire power with 24LB Iron cannons and quick enuff ter run if need be, grow'n quite fond O' this fine ship <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
The max crew for a corvette may be 220 men, but the max crew for a lugger is 106 men and I've seen a lugger with 711 men crew.
As most of the man-0-wars have only 100-200 men crew.
This is one of the great disbalances of the game - make few escorts, buy yourself a schooner and on the first colony siege capture yourself a man-o-war (or battleship or anything you want)...
 
well not all the ships, the Frigate just needs a tweak to not carry 24 pounders, and a small crew tweak.

otherwise shes pretty consistant with a 4th rate frigate, just a 100 men too many
 
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but the max crew for a lugger is 106 men and I've seen a lugger with 711 men crew.

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In this game?!?!

If you saw a lugger with 711 crew it is no wonder why the pirates chasing me always outnumber me in boarding parties.
 
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Physics, Smysics maximum crew fer a Corvette is 220 <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" /> What would ye say ter yer favorite lass if she said te ye aftrwards, Oh! by the way, yer angle was off by 15 degrees. I'd quickly answer, Heh! I'm jest in this fer the fun O' it <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/razz.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":razz" border="0" alt="razz.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> . <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

LOL!!! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />
 
<!--quoteo(post=164779:date=Oct 1 2006, 05:32 AM:name=ScottsBlood)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ScottsBlood @ Oct 1 2006, 05:32 AM) [snapback]164779[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
<!--quoteo(post=164655:date=Sep 30 2006, 06:47 PM:name=Handel)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Handel @ Sep 30 2006, 06:47 PM) [snapback]164655[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
but the max crew for a lugger is 106 men and I've seen a lugger with 711 men crew.

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In this game?!?!

If you saw a lugger with 711 crew it is no wonder why the pirates chasing me always outnumber me in boarding parties.
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Well, this was a record, but I often see luggers with 200-250 men on board.
 
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