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    Period correct ships

    I am reevaluating a lot of what i thought would be the case - the La Couronne is a good example of how quickly things moved in the period. The following are French ships of the line (that i could find) of the 17th Century La Couronne - 68 gun war Galleon - 52 metres long + 10m bowsprit, 14.3...
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    melee improvements

    Period weapons would be nice, but i wouldnt say there was a very large evolution in the sword over that period. Right now there is a different issue -either you choose to turn the weaponsmod on and have something like 8 different conditions of each sword (cluttered inventory) - which, with all...
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    Period correct ships

    My nautical knowledge is not brilliant either, but wikipedia helps and you learn bit at a time. It is sufficient, i think, to realize that these ships improved greatly over the course of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and evolved in style. I will start making a list on what i find during...
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    Period correct ships

    Hi everyone, another topic, this time on the ships that appear in the different time periods. I know that many ships are already restricted in terms of the period when they will appear, but I wonder with ship packs and an ever expanding roster of ships, if these restrictions shouldnt be more...
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    melee improvements

    On the longbow, I will say only this and it is that it could not penetrate plate armor except that of the softest kind or at the shortest range. Its a very powerful and exceptional bow, but its still only a bow. The crossbow and firearm were effective against armor, the crossbow more so than...
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    Thankyou! and Ship Berthing

    Off topic but lately, ever since i attacked and boarded some French warships off Hispaniola (I am playing Tales of Chevalier and am neutral with France) and was opened upon by the French fort there (and at Tortuga) I have been unable to approach any French fort without it opening fire, despite...
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    melee improvements

    Rapiers did not 'win'. They were never an effective military weapon, they mainly became popular as a weapon for gentleman who saw combat in rather more romantic terms than it was Consider this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapier These weapons were developed alongside theories of fencing that...
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    Thankyou! and Ship Berthing

    The actual upgrades and their effect (and its randomness) are set in internalsettings.h, if that helps In my experience though, some ships are bugged even without upgrades. Its probably a closest point thing
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    Boarding Mechanics

    Im at level 15-20 (dont remember) and 6 melee is not enough. All mine have 10 and all the fighting perks. I also make sure they are at least mid-high level (20-30); theres no point trying to level up a low level officer and level makes a big difference. I also keep the same 3 around, so that...
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    Boarding Mechanics

    You know, honestly, i never lose a boarding battle, or any melee battle for that matter, these days. Not even officers - I have three regulars who accompany me and have for the last 15 levels. I am surprised if any melee battle brings myself or any of my officers to 60% health. I could take on...
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    Ship Upgrade

    On the Xebec, youre probably right as the Barbary corsairs, sometimes known as Ottoman corsairs, are regarded as evolving the Xebec from Galleys. However, they operated from North Africa - Tunis, Tripoli and Algiers - which had just come under Ottoman rule in the 16th century. Their attacks were...
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    Boarding Mechanics

    Boarding difficulty is intricately related to the melee fighting in POTC which is limited to begin with. And the sword fighting and boarding are so arbitrary that even if you dont succeed, youll likely be cursing poor luck of the draw and be seething with frustration rather than thinking 'well...
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    Boarding Mechanics

    Im looking in Program/Battle_Interface/battleinterface.c at the moment. I think thats a good place to start
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    Boarding Mechanics

    Hi everyone, ive had another idea id like to look at. Ive been pondering how to 'improve' boarding and by improve, i mean making it more difficult to board vastly superior ships. Ive concluded that aside from more crew in the boarding battle etc, the easiest way is to simply make it more...
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    Seafaring fantasies

    On that incident, note that there were only 22 holes in the hull, while there were 133 holes in the sails, 16 damages to the masts and spars and 148 in the rigging. In other words, the vast majority of Turkish shot was directed at the sails. Given the Turkish guns were huge, we may infer that...
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    Ship Upgrade

    For reference, here are their stats Bounty: Edinburg Trader When i first looked at this I didnt know the "if (!bArcadeMode)" stats were the realistic stats. So i said the Bounty was faster when it was not. Looking over the differences again, about the only thing that puzzles me is; Bounty...
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    Ship Upgrade

    Its a very simple fix, I just wanted to know if that was intended or if the bounty was meant to be more special or something. I can obviously make them identical in my game but if theres not much reason for the difference maybe it should be fixed in the main build too
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    Released San Felipe 1690

    And can i just say what a marvelous ship the treasure galleon is - my favourite so far!
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    Thankyou! and Ship Berthing

    Thanks i will try both those things. You cant really test this by upgrading in port and sailing out because upgrades take time to apply and when you sail out of port the wind has very likely changed. Reloading after applying at sea is fine, maybe both in conjunction will be best.
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    POTBS Free Trial

    I played this in beta while on holidays in europe and really wanted to like it, but just couldnt. It took every reason i played POTC and ruined it; Physics based ship combat with cannonballs that fly through the air and disperse, hitting whatever is in the way, with realistic accuracy and low...
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