The collision detection of ships has always been bad for large ships when boarding.
For small ships it ranges from no problem to only being a problem when trying to get away clean after a boarding.
For large ships it can make boardings very difficult to nearly impossible while in a battle while you circle around trying to catch that spinning ship while being shot at by other ships.
For really large ships like HMS Victory it gets crazy. One time I was sailing the Victory into Martinique. She was as far to the right of the channel as I could get her as there was a brig and a yacht leaving port. For a wonder they stayed on the other side of the channel but it did them no good as they both got hit, turned 90 degrees and took damage.
The large Spanish galleons are like that too and can clean out a harbor with ships spinning until they sink. For that reason I stopped sailing them years ago.
I don't know if this problem is getting worse or I am just noticing it more, but sea battles are no longer fun.
For small ships it ranges from no problem to only being a problem when trying to get away clean after a boarding.
For large ships it can make boardings very difficult to nearly impossible while in a battle while you circle around trying to catch that spinning ship while being shot at by other ships.
For really large ships like HMS Victory it gets crazy. One time I was sailing the Victory into Martinique. She was as far to the right of the channel as I could get her as there was a brig and a yacht leaving port. For a wonder they stayed on the other side of the channel but it did them no good as they both got hit, turned 90 degrees and took damage.
The large Spanish galleons are like that too and can clean out a harbor with ships spinning until they sink. For that reason I stopped sailing them years ago.
I don't know if this problem is getting worse or I am just noticing it more, but sea battles are no longer fun.