War Sloop Downgrade from frigate?

[Samantha Wildhound]

i love the war sloop, isnt meant to be armored anyways, but having the same amount of broadsides, and armor as a normal frigate, as well as great speed, doesnt place it as a downgrade in my eyes.

ive sank every ship out there with a warsloop, and probably taken a few hits or none at all, compared to if i tried to use the same tactics with say a war frigate.

its all on how you sail. making the whole "best ship" debate dubious at best.

you might like a war galleon..i think theyre slow and use less. but then again, ive seen my friends use them much more effective than me, and they compliment me on how i can evade being hit in the sloop, so in the right hands, any ship is a good one for their particular style of play.

i have all three, and the only time the wg sees use is mass money making (floating well armored gun platform)
and the frigate is a great all rounder and good for crews/teamwork. but when im serious about sinking/repping as fast as possible, im using the sloop

so whatever i feel is worthless, i can have someone tell me, and usually prove me otherwise so umm...every ship is good imo.

[Steely Jim]

I love my war sloop; and, the more I sail it, the greater my preference for it grows. I do also own a (medium) frigate; I do like it for parked cannon training (because I have to return to the helm less often with cannons covering all but my rear arc). I think I would also probably prefer to use the frigate to train potential crew candidates, just for the extra protection the frigate provides.

So far, I have used it exclusively as a solo sailor. I would add agility/minimal ship profile to the advantages of the war sloop. Frigates and galleons perform fine in stop/start evasion tactics, but the sloop shape opens up some more opportunities to use "spin-in-place" and moving/tacking maneuvers. The movement and combat speed of the war sloop is definitely nice too though.

I'll agree with what the other sloop sailors above me have said, it will depend on what tactics you personally enjoy using when sailing.

If you look out across the ocean, and see a number of discrete tactical positions that you could use to switch between helm and cannon to take out preferred ships in some relatively high traffic areas without sustaining much damage on your own vessel, then the war sloop might be for you.