War Sloop worth it?

[Timothy Willis]

yes yes yes yes and double yes. its perfect for staying in back of ships to not get hit, and its sorta tough. its also good to use for cannon skill training

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by Timothy Willis

yes yes yes yes and double yes. its perfect for staying in back of ships to not get hit, and its sorta tough. its also good to use for cannon skill training

Why does it need to be tough if it doesn't get hit? :-) In my experience, the light sloop has generally done better for the speed runs to islands and the "behind the tail" attacking method. I've found the cannon's pitch/yaw/roll/heave to be worst on the war sloop, so I wouldn't recommend trying to level cannons on it. (To each his own, of course.)

When I actually timed short runs from Port Royal to Devil's Anvil, the war sloop was two seconds faster than the light sloop. But in general sailing, it never seems faster, so perhaps I just had too much lag/random interference when I timed it.

The only place a war sloop really shines, is in SvS with a crew of 5. But since you want to be level 40 before attempting serious SvS, you'll have more fun and advance your pirate faster if you skip the war sloop initially.