War Sloop worth it?

[BigJohn]

In response to the original question, I would not get the War Sloop, if you've reached 20K, why not keep going? Continue to build on rep and gold, Get the War Galleon - sail to the back of Padres and pick up some Royals, you'll get your 40K back no bother. War Sloops are good for one thing, PVP, even then unless your crew has good cannon rep, lightning and Fury, then a War Sloop is at mercy of a good War Frigate Captain - like me, lol.

[Gobob789]

If you're aiming for the best ship to complete quests, this is the one I would recommend. It isn't the best for taking down the larger warships, but it is great for getting point A- point B in my opinion. That is, unless you have all the teleport totems; in that case I would save for a larger warship.

[titanic95594]

Well that depends what your needing you see War Sloops are poor on cargo but very fast if your looking for both buy a War Frigate for in between or War Galleon for plunder!

[Buck Seahawk]

War Sloops RUUUUUUULE!

[JM Ohara]

For me personally, I skipped the Sloop. I have a regular Galleon that I happily sailed with all the way to level 15, using it to take out even the monsters, the Colossus, Dreadnaught, Behemoth, Death Omen, and Juggernaut. At 15 I got the War Galleon. It paid for itself in just a few short weeks! I went from making 700 a run to over 1000 every time! I sail solo a lot. To me the about only difference between the Gallon and the Frigate is running around the stairs to get to the cannons. Speed is about 1 knot different. Big whoop. The Frigate turns faster but this can be compensated with skill points in taking, or the come about maneuver.

While I don't disagree the Galleon makes a big target, it's armor makes up for that. I've taken hits from Death Omens with very little damage. I can't say the same for the Frigate. I did finally buy a War Frigate with money mostly from the Muertos quests. I prefer it with a crew. I sold my Sloop to get it. The Sloop was too low, making it hard to adjust for crew used to sailing the higher up ships like Frigates and Galleons. The Sloop did not seem any faster or more maneuverable than the Frigate, and so was pretty much useless to me. The other thing that makes a sloop useless is when that thing takes a hit it takes it HARD. Next to no armor, next to no cargo, last in line for me.

That said it really does depend on how you sail. If you like the cut and run attacks and don't mind going in far more often for cargo drops and repairs, go for the Sloop. If you're a solo sailor who likes to hit em hard with little damage and lots of cargo go Galleon. If you tend to small crew sailing (4 or less, not including you), front guns on a Frigate are pretty much unmatched. In the end it's all a personal choice really.

[gingeeann]

It all depends on your preferences. I like the frigates and sloops regardless of class and the way I sail reflects this. My little pirate just hit 20k gold and sailing level 15.... I plan on buying the war sloop, today. I am level 29 and will get the voodoo staff soon and then i will power level for the war frigate.

[toanuju22]

Well , I'll revise my opinion.

I would buy the Sloop O'war first and max out the cannon skill round shot, and already you will have a ship with hard attack power, then if you want even more damage max out broadsides for your sailing skill and max out barrage for cannon skill, if you want a super fast sloop for questing or just running away from explosives, max windcatcher and full sail as well.

Then with all this taken into affect, you can sink a Ogre or Monarch in 1-2 broadsides.
Even if Sloops don't hold much cargo, their ability to return to port quickly makes up for it's lack in cargo, meaning you can fill with up 14 pieces of cargo, return to port, make sail again all in the same general time it would take a Galleon O'war to make 1 run leaving you with 28 cargo instead of 18 cargo.

And as far as I know , there is only 1 ship that can top the Sloop O'war, and that is a Frigate O'war, with their array of cannons, but still the Sloop O'war is a great ship to buy and I recommend to get it as your first war ship.

[Dog000]

War Sloop isnt very good against NPC ships. You don't get much money and in fact they get easily sunk. But in my opinion they are the best in SVS. However, if you want cash with a war sloop u have to put as much skill points u can in task master, so you get nice cargo. My friend and I got 1000 gold plunder with a war sloop yesterday-including 2 diamonds and several rubies using full task master. But if you have lvl 15 sailing, you don't have enough skill points to put. I think you should wait for war galleon *_*

[KeeperOfTheCode]

I favor the galleon for a good haul personally, but most of the time I will go for a sloop. You should see what I can do with it! There have been many an occasion I have fired a broadside at a ship which "Far out-matches me". They fire their broadside, and I simply slide out of the way.

Like it was said earlier, it's all a matter of preference. Not just preference though, but style of sailing. I like I have said earlier, can fire a broadside standing still, and then slip out from under the enemy broadside without a scratch.

A friend of mine, with a galleon, can actually fight offensively! All he does is fire broadsides, over and over, while sailing circles around the enemy ship.

[kageroumaru]

well i loved the war sloop for the fact i can dodge.... i love sailing alone with it...

OPINIONS ON THE CLASSES:
SLOOP: GREAT FOR SPEED, DODGING, AND HIT AND RUN ATTACKING LIKE I DO ON pvp FOR LAUGHS....
GALLEON: (MY SHIP atm): EXCELLENT FOR CARGO AND TAKING HITS.. I LOVE DOING THIS ALONE... ITS FUN
FRIGATE: (WORKING UP FOR THIS TO GET ALL 3) ONLY GOOD IF YOU HAVE A CREW OF AT LEAST 4-6.... I CANNOT DO ANYTHING IN A FRIGATE WITHOUT A CREW...



this is my opinion on the ship classes..... i will in fact have all 3.... i will use the sloop for traveling and just for regular battles..... i will use the galleon for quick money as the frigate if i have a crew with me(i have ppl in my list who love me and love to sail with me )