sloop speed.

[ragtagpiracyguild]

i know the sloop is the fastest ship but is there a speed difference between the light sloop, full sloop and war sloop?

[Raven Night]

Yes, but other factors come into play as well.

Generally, the light sloop is the fastest ship in the game, with the war galleon being the slowest. Here they are in order, from my own testing...I do not pretend to be some sort of expert....


light sloop
sloop
light frigate
war sloop
frigate
light galleon
war frigate
galleon
war galleon

That is from testing with other players, all at the same speed level.

Now, that said, many things can effect speed of course. There are a few talents that increase speed, as im sure you well know.

Generally, if you want to go fast, stick to sloops. I go out solo in a sloop and do well for myself, avoiding most if not all damage by menuvering. Cargo is low, but the overall payout solo is the highest.

For a large crew and plunder, I suggest a galleon. Very slow, but not so bad with a full crew...you can usually put down an enemy ship before they can damage you too much. Has the highest armor and the biggest hold.

If you have a smallish crew and are grinding for Exp, then the Frigates are your best bet. Good deck gun coverage, largest broadsides, otherwise balanced.

My ships are a sloop and a frigate...i use the frigate when I want some plunder and have a crew.

[Samantha Wildhound]

Yes there is a speed difference, due to the ships size (i.e, light sloops smaller than sloop, and war sloop is larger than both, seemingly about the same length as a normal frigate)

someone also mentioned (i cant forget who sorry) that the sail points on the ships ratings were an indicator that lower was better, meaning faster.

anyways having been playing with a new character and using the light sloop i was amazed how fast (and bumpy) the ride was, and how certain skills i had in my other pirate really made a difference (tacking for one) made me feel like i was trying to parallel park my dads old buick when i was trying to broad side ships.

the normal sloop seems a little slower but still fast enough to keep ahead of even higher leveled frigate ships, and galleons are notorious sea turtles anyways, but i have not even put any points into windcatcher, so i can see that until the "sail enough in a straight line" for max speed kicked in..the phantom almost caught up lol.

but basically if you are going to remain with a certain ship type and utilize skill points to your advantage, it all evens out in the end, as my war sloops built for max speed, but weak broadsides (but heck filled with maxxed lightning users, its a heavy hitter just the same as any war ship, with speed that can turn on a dime)

so in the end, its your choices that decide what your ships gonna be capable of.

[Hile]

The sail points just indicate how much damage they can take before being destroyed.