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Old 01-21-2009, 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by OFxZeppers View Post
This as Edward eluded to is going to depend on the captain/sailor. When it comes to NPC ships (NOT SvS), studying your opponents tendencies, ways of doing battle, and then using that information, and your skills to attack them. I seldom NEED to make any "fancy moves", should not EVER need to make any "fancy moves" against NPC ships, SVS is a completely different subject, and most agree the Galleon for example, is not a good ship for SvS.

I do concur, each pirate should go with his/her own heart and choose the vessel that best suits their style/preferences.
I guess you missed this part:

" ...more often its a case of being quick enough to be hard to hit and being a small target rather then any fancy moves to dodge cannonballs."

In essense what I'm saying is that: All things being equal, the sloop being smaller, faster and quicker is less likely to get hit then a galleon. These are inherent attributes of the two ships and have nothing to do with the captain or anything else.

You're quite right, knowing your enemy is important regardless of ship type.