New ship class coming with customization: Brig

[Captain Jorden]

Some History of the brig off wikipedia.

A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Brigs fell out of use with the arrival of the steam ship because they required a relatively large crew for their small size and were difficult to sail into the wind. They are not to be confused with a brigantine which has different rigging. In the narrow technical field of sailing rigs, a brig is distinct from a three-masted ship by virtue of only having two masts.



Ok now that you know some history lets learn what the brig was used.

Brigs were used as small warships carrying about 10 to 18 guns. Due to their speed and manoeuvrability they were popular among pirates (though they were rare among American and Caribbean pirates). While their use stretches back before the 17th century, one of the most famous periods for the brig was during the 19th century when they were involved in famous naval battles such as the Battle of Lake Erie. In the early 19th century the brig was a standard cargo ship. It was seen as "fast and well sailing", but required a large crew to handle its rigging. While brigs could not sail into the wind as easily as fore and aft rigged vessels such as schooners, a trait that is common to all square-rigged ships, a skilled brig captain could "manoeuvre it with ease and elegance; a brig could for instance turn around almost on the spot". The need for large crews in relation to their relatively small size led to the decline of the production of brigs. They were replaced in commercial traffic by gaffsail schooners (which needed fewer personnel) and steam boats (which did not have the windward performance problems of square rigged ships).
The Telos, built in Bangor, Maine in 1883, was reportedly the last brig to join the American merchant marine, and was "considered to be the finest vessel of her class ever constructed in Maine". She was wrecked on Aves Island, off Bonaire in the Caribbean, in 1990.

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O.k now lets learn what the in-game brig is...


Light Brig...........................................900 gold

Hull points............................................ ..3900
Speed............................................. .........550
Knots............................................. ............10
Cannons........................................... ...........8
Broadsides........................................ .......5/5
Cargo............................................. .............8
Shipmates......................................... ..........8

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Regular Brig....................................7000gold

Hull.............................................. ..........7800
Speed............................................. .........800
Knots............................................. ............10
Cannons........................................... .........10
Broadsides........................................ .......8/8
Cargo............................................. ............12
ShipMates......................................... .........10

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War Brig.............................................. ...80000gold

Armor: 11,700
Sails: 1,050
Speed: 10
Cannons: 12
Broadsides: 24
Cargo: 16
Crew: 12


This is not comformed on the stats. Except gold.


Learn something new everyday right? Ok have fun getting a cheaper good ship!!!

[akamystic]

Good information.... Now I am even more excited..... Lol.... Hope it hits test soon.

[Sven The Barren]

I like the Customization, i think this update will be really cool, i may even get unlimited back

[Solomon O]

Cant wait to test this out.
- Hands rum to POTCO staff -

[HammyTheSquirrel]

Ooh... a new ship I can use to dominate in SvS! xD This will be replacing my war sloop... likely.

[Captain Gas]

SvS, prepare to meet your DOOOM!
Not really. But, with my friends, we dominate SvS.

[CarribeanThunder]

A War Brig has 12 Broadsides. That's all that is truly known (other than the price, I guess...)

[Dark_Pixie]

Good news, but what are your sources?

[Blackbeard2]

The War Brig appears to have these stats. Taken from the POTCO *****.

Ship Profile

Armor: 11,700
Sails: 1,050
Speed: 10
Cannons: 12
Broadsides: 24
Cargo: 16
Crew: 12
Cost: 80,000 Gold

[Joshua Coalskull]

Originally Posted by Blackbeard2

The War Brig appears to have these stats. Taken from the POTCO *****.

Ship Profile

Armor: 11,700
Sails: 1,050
Speed: 10
Cannons: 12
Broadsides: 24
Cargo: 16
Crew: 12
Cost: 80,000 Gold

Those stats are not official, yet. They were determined based on the relation with the stats of the Light and Normal Brig.

[M0nkey]

BRIG! finally

[CarribeanThunder]

I'm pretty sure the War Brig has 12 broadsides. You can count them if you look closely in the picture I provided (or if you just look at the video, but looking at the picture is less time consuming - your call).

And if you look closely to the bottom of the ship list, you can see the price for it is 80,000 Gold. Obviously, though, these things could definitely change before release, and maybe even during testing (just like the ammo sets for the Bountyhunters changed during testing).

[titanic95594]

Originally Posted by Joshua Coalskull

Those stats are not official, yet. They were determined based on the relation with the stats of the Light and Normal Brig.

Not to be rude to the wiki or anything, but why did they post these "estimate" stats. A little misleading. I thought those were the actual stats. Just saying.

[Captain Jason]

It's to give people a general idea of what it COULD be when it hits test. Nobody knows for sure, but an estimate is a good way to be fairly close to what they most likely will actually be.

[Blackbeard2]

You know what? The War Brig looks a lot more like an actual frigate than the in-game frigate does.

I was just thinking about this...