Why can't we all just Sail Along?

headrock · Rigger Posts: 1567 **354 Gold** -

Wheee this is my 200th post, and now over 1% share in this site's posting. My ingenious and highly malicious plan is finally coming to fruition.

But that is beside the point.

What I wanted to ask you guys today is about Fleet Speed. Yes, yes, that upsetting, unstable, unpredictable thing that makes no sense. It is sometimes so frustrating that we choose to sail solo.

Get 8 war canoes (once you get one it should be a snap), then upgrade them all with everything. Now sail out of town and head off in a direction perpendicular to the wind. Going fast, huh? Until, suddenly, your 2nd and 3rd ships start trailing off by just a bit. "C'mon, ye scurvy lubbers!", you yell, but alas, they fall behind, and your ship has to slow down just a bit to get them back in line.

Has this ever happened to you? All ships of the same make and upgrades, but they can't seem to keep up with your flagship at its top speed?

Well frankly it annoys me. It also makes passing near a storm exquisitely pointless. Why speed up if I'm just going to slow down to let the others catch up, losing all the speed advantage I had gained?

Wouldn't it be a better idea that the whole fleet is simply as fast as its slowest ship? If that ship slows down, everyone slows down. In the olden Pirates! days this was the norm - and it worked swell, so why the heck change it?

Is anyone as frustrated as I am about this? Does anyone like it the way it is right now?

Expecting your Cha-Chings, peeps Smile

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LosParaZitos · Powder Monkey Posts: 23 **229 Gold** -

good point im sick and tired of waiting for my other ships even if they are full of crewmembers and fully upgraded ! for different ships i can understand but i got 4 War galleon one is my flag ship and they are full crewmembers and my 3 others a damn too slower than my flag ship ! is there anythings to do about it ?

Wolfwood · Boatswain Posts: 2527 **33917 Gold** -

I don't know if the modders can do anything about this, so I'll move this topic...

That done, I must admit that waiting for those slow ships (even when they are better upgraded than your flag ship) is very annoying. I think the best thing to do would be to just let the slower ships fall behind and NOT wait for them if you don't want to. If they make it to the next town or now is their problem (well, yours too, since you'd lose some cargo and probably some gold).
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pigo12 · Powder Monkey Posts: 27 **85 Gold** -

It could depend because:
- you have only 1 route navigation officer (a special item you should have earned during the game) and this officer is boarded only on your flagship;
- other ships may have few crew and this could reduce their speed.

headrock · Rigger Posts: 1567 **354 Gold** -

If the navigator only improves the flag-ship's speed (and the navigator skill) then this is plain silly and should be applied to all ships. And yes, I've packed my ships up with crew and it doesn't change anything.
In any case the whole fleet should go as the fast as the slowest ship is going, without having to lunge-forward then slow down and wait - it's killing me.
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Howie · Helmsman Posts: 4301 **45890 Gold** -

Howie · Helmsman Posts: 4301 **45890 Gold** -

pigo12 · Powder Monkey Posts: 27 **85 Gold** -

the navigator hyphotesis can explain why in a fleet of ships with the same characteristics there are ships that go slower.

According this hyphotesis you could improve your fleet speed (you your fleet is composed by ships of different types) taking the lowest ship as a flagship.

However I always try to avoid to take too longer a galleon or some other trade ships since they make me nervous.

Howie · Helmsman Posts: 4301 **45890 Gold** -

pigo12 · Powder Monkey Posts: 27 **85 Gold** -

if you sail with 4 own ships you have space for only 4 other new captured ships; this could necessitate you

a) to sink new captured ships
b) to go more frequently to a city to sell unwanted captured ships

I prefer sail with only 1 ship (war sloop usually) in order to have more space to take captured ship until I find a safe harbor where to sell my goods.
More risk but possibly more reward.

gordon_nicoles · Swabbie Posts: 78 **478 Gold** -

Airsaw · Rigger Posts: 1840 **3281 Gold** -

It's because you're such a far superior commander any ship you command can't help but go FASTER than normal. See? You have normal skippers on the other boats, so don't fault them if they aren't:

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Emmerson · Swabbie Posts: 105 **1743 Gold** -

Striker · Gunner Posts: 727 **680 Gold** -

It might have something to do with the other ships having minimal crew. I wonder if the ships would all have the same speed if they all had the same crew.l

Emmerson · Swabbie Posts: 105 **1743 Gold** -