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aristarkos
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 Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:41 am Post subject: Speed Trials |
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With fully upgraded ships, a navigator, and a barometer, I sailed from Santa Catalina to St. Kitts and back again three times. I noted and averaged the number of days it took. Because of good and bad luck with the wind direction and storms, the results are prone to error perhaps as much as 4 or 5 days. Here are the one-way averages with the ships I used.
Frigate... 90.80
Ship of the Line... 92.15
War Canoe... 65.30
Mail Runner... 64.45
War Canoe with Ship of the Line... 82.95 My main interest was to see if there was a speed difference between ships of the same class. The manual states that both the Frigate and the Ship of the Line are "Fast" which seems to indicate that they are equal in speed and I think they are. Same goes for the War Canoe compared to the Mail Runner. The War Canoe and the Ship of the Line together were significantly faster than the Ship of the Line alone.
Of course, this does not completely take into account the "best points of sailing" or turning radius for each type of ship. Plus, speed isn't everything ... but, if you're looking for the fastest, I'd say the War Canoe, Pinnace, and Mail Runner are all equally "Very Fast". |
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Guardacostas
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:05 am Post subject: |
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If you can catch them, war canoes are useful against other war canoes and other small ships (especially the ones with 1000 gold pieces on board  ) |
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rupertlittlebear
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:15 am Post subject: |
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| Guardacostas wrote: | | If you can catch them, war canoes are useful against other war canoes and other small ships (especially the ones with 1000 gold pieces on board ) |
I use war canoes to capture and sink the Ships of the Line |
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sparticus
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| Guardacostas wrote: | | If you can catch them, war canoes are useful against other war canoes and other small ships (especially the ones with 1000 gold pieces on board ) |
Using a War Canoe I defeated a Ship Of The Line - took a while - but with the speed and quick turns - SOTL was no match.
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ExtraCrispy
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, the sotl was controlled by AI. |
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sparticus
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:30 am Post subject: |
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| ExtraCrispy wrote: | | Yes, the sotl was controlled by AI. |
Was still a long battle though. |
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ExtraCrispy
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:17 am Post subject: |
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Also depends on the wind. The sotl can actually be faster in the right wind conditions. In swash the wind is much more random though. |
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sparticus
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:00 am Post subject: |
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| ExtraCrispy wrote: | | Also depends on the wind. The sotl can actually be faster in the right wind conditions. In swash the wind is much more random though. |
Nah !
I can beat a SOTL with a War Canoe - just give me 30 Minutes of game time... |
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ExtraCrispy
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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Or you could load up a sotl with maximum crew, board ships without having to start sword fights. |
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rupertlittlebear
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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| sparticus wrote: | | ExtraCrispy wrote: | | Also depends on the wind. The sotl can actually be faster in the right wind conditions. In swash the wind is much more random though. |
Nah !
I can beat a SOTL with a War Canoe - just give me 30 Minutes of game time... |
slow poke
I can name that tune in one note. |
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sparticus
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:36 am Post subject: |
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| rupertlittlebear wrote: | | sparticus wrote: | | ExtraCrispy wrote: | | Also depends on the wind. The sotl can actually be faster in the right wind conditions. In swash the wind is much more random though. |
Nah !
I can beat a SOTL with a War Canoe - just give me 30 Minutes of game time... |
slow poke
I can name that tune in one note. |
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ExtraCrispy
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:48 am Post subject: |
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Rupert is an overpriced Microsoft product? |
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Mr. Blue
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:35 am Post subject: |
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Overpriced microsoft product. Is there any other kind?
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sparticus
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| Mr. Blue wrote: | | Overpriced microsoft product. Is there any other kind? |
| ExtraCrispy wrote: | | Rupert is an overpriced Microsoft product? |
Or a really old Bear
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ExtraCrispy
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr. Blue wrote: | | Overpriced microsoft product. Is there any other kind? |
Yes the arrr! type. The type that will get this thread locked if we talk about it. |
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