Broadside shooting
 

I've tried this many many maaaany times......
Whenever I use it, the cannonballs either get shot in the water or high in the sky, thus not hitting the enemy ship..

Am I doing something wrong here or is it a bug/glitch that needs to be fixed?

No it's not you, the coders just have an aversion to spacecraft and are reducing the chances of a pre-emptive alien invasion :) Also called a 'feature' :p

Note to self: DO NOT read Bob's posts while drinking coffee. :D

For now they put out a few Lv 19+ phantom ships that don't shoot back (look around Cuba today)... The thing is they also pay good, so if you get one to mess with, somebody will be along to sink it.... Pirares.

Thanks for the answers all. I appreciate it:)

After one of the last "fixes" the broadsides stopped working right and now they shoot all over the place! Up in the air seems to be the norm these days. They used to work though.

Hope it gets fixed soon then ;)

Just a response to the cuba ships, yes they definitely pay well but I see many players just attempting to sink the ships. I highly recommend shooting down at least two masts first, and then attempt sinking the ship. This will give you maximum cannon reputation points which is 100. If you sink the ship immediately you will get a much lower cannon reputation points, so make sure you bring down those masts first.

Yes, When going along side other ships and shooting your broadside cannons they shoot directly straight up into the air. If you don't sink the enemy ship too quickly you may see the cannon balls come down a few minutes later, quite funny actually. Attempt using your broadside cannons from a distance. I have a galleon ship and have noticed when the enemy ships first get into view I have to turn my ship to the side and use the broadside cannons. The cannon balls get launched extremely far so timing has to be down quite a bit on these now. Hopefully this is not a permanent fix, and hopefully you will be able to go along side other ships once again and use the broadside cannons...

Actually I get 110 cannon points for taking out sails and masts first on the ghost ships.