Bring WINDCATCHER back please!

[Edward Edgemenace]

Way back when, a long long time ago, on my first unlimited pirate, I got Windcatcher. I did not measure how big of a difference it was, but MAN I got to Driftwood Island fast. Rank one windcatcher was noticeably faster than plain sailing. The next two points I also threw onto windcatcher, as it was so fantastic.

Today, windcatcher does nothing. It is fashionable to blame everything on Ship vs. Ship, so I will. It is all SvS' fault! It is all SvS' fault! :-)

Ahem. Anyhow, it would be nice to have windcatcher do something once again. In this morning's race, when I was far out ahead of the pack, I apologized for having rank 3 windcatcher. Someone immediately pointed out that they had rank 4 (and were far behind.) Someone else then confessed to having rank 5.

I tested the speed of launching my light sloop from Port Royal (no turns, no full sail, no ramming speed, no nothin) and at the minute, pressing the up arrow (heading directly to Devil's Anvil.) Fifty two seconds until I saw "Drop Anchor."

I tried it again on a baby pirate (level 5 sailing - windcatcher unlocks at lvl 6) and got the same exact result - 52 seconds. Different boats have different speeds, but windcatcher is now being ignored. C'mon, 12% faster should be AT LEAST six seconds faster. Not, um, zero.


So, I have a little trouble blaming this directly on SvS. But, I'll try anyhow. It does explain how those ****s were able to outrun me.