Bug Or feature?

[Sireuri]

So when i was playing tales of a sea hawk, when you have to escape the town with Tobias and Yverneau, you board the ship and set sail only for the fort and 3 French vessels to open fire
Well it was rough at first trying to run but i decided after a few attempts to open fire. ONE round of barrage to the fort allows me to land troops and to my surprise i won
That gave me a mil to start with and running away from the 3 french ships after that was much easier
but i feel like i cheesed.... it so was that a bug or just an abuse of a feature ?

 

[Sireuri]

couldnt figure out how to delete thread so i just reused this one

 

[Grey Roger]

What sort of ship are you sailing? Even a 1st rate man of war shouldn't be able to take down a fort with one broadside!

 

[salonikasurf]

What sort of ship are you sailing? Even a 1st rate man of war shouldn't be able to take down a fort with one broadside!

@Grey Roger it is a French Flushdeck Frigate with 46 off 12lb cannons given as part of the storyline - you then have to give it to the Governor when you get to Jamaica. The only way he could have taken the fort is if it had already been nearly destroyed by the French squadron. I took Saint Pierre once without firing a cannon as the fort was destroyed by other ships before I sailed in - fort in flames icon showed up on the screen as I approached and only had to land troops.

 

[Grey Roger]

That's definitely bugged beyond belief, then. For one thing, why would the French squadron attack the fort which at this point should also be French?