Me and my crew have played a considerable amount of time in each ship, and it seems as though the brigantine goes the fastest. Is this true? Or is this a placebo effect?
Is the Brigantine faster than the sloop and galleon?
@space-oddity No need to nerf the brig. You can man it solo - plus on the horizon you look scarier ;)
A sloop can out turn both ships - just sail close to and around an island (Devil's Ridge spring to mind) and those chasing you will soon turn into rocks or shallow waters
I caught up with a brigantine while being full wind and they seemed to have the right sails.
the sloop is faster in headwind than a galleon, a galleon is faster in other situations.
I think the brigantine must be half way, faster than a full wind sloop, slower than a galleon. In headwind the brigantine will be faster than a galleon but slower than a sloop
By cons the brigantine to the best acceleration of the game
This is really frustrating, why is the Brigantine faster than the Sloop? I had a lot of loot in my Sloop and a Brigantine caught up on me in no time, eventho we both were against the wind. When I saw they were catching up, I turned the ship to catch the wind with the sails. As soon as I managed to get to full sails, they did too and passed me by so fast it looked like a Ferrari. A 3 vs 1 battle followed, they won and they got all my loot.
I'm growing a bit tired of this game: if you play solo you can't do any kind of raid because you always get outnumbered, if you play in a random crew of strangers, there's always gonna be at least one crew mate who doesn't agree on what to do. There's really only one option left: go in with friends, which is not always possible, for me is not possible at all since all my friends play only on PS4.
I'm p****d.
I also noticed this and ran some awfully inaccurate and 100% error filled experiments in game. Lol. The Brig has faster acceleration for sure but technically the Galleon is still the fastest in terms of top speed but it sure takes a while to get going. Also, you guys are all correct about the wind being a major factor. My biggest issue with the speed of the Brig is actually the time it takes to come to a complete stop when you raise sails. It's insane. It just keeps going. I'm getting used to it but man have I had some super awkward friendly collisions during skeleton battles.
Well, I think it's in-between the two, it could be the length and size of the boats that differentiate how fast it goes. However, I can tell you this, the Brigantine (IMO) has the longest break system. Because, even when you are a good ways away from and island, it will still coast along while the anchor is down. At times, our Brig hit the island or outpost.
@enrico-117 Because the sloop has one sail, the brig has two, so the Brigantine is going to catch more wind than the sloop.
@space-oddity COMPLETELY AGREE!! I am so tired of bored legends that have nothing to do other than go after solo sloops.. it is toxic and frankly unfair. There is literally no way to outrun it and how are you supposed to beat a ship with 3 people to your 1. NERF THE BRIG AND GIVE LEGENDS SOMETHING TO DO!!!
Just out of courtesy here is a more indepth detailing post regarding the speed of the different ships classes ingame under this post:
https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/72611/brigantine-is-faster-than-both-sloop-and-galleon/11
And yes I do agree with Elekta Cage that they should put in stuff tailored only for PL Athena 10 players to do, instead of only pvp'ing left for them.
I do hope everyone that feels this way is writting a letter to Rare about giving PL athena 10 other things to do!
But then again, like different developers from Rare have said a million times on different streams: ''The majority of our player base is not yet PL Athena 10's, therefore making new content for the athena 10 and PL's is not our first priority, but with time when the majority player base becomes a part of the PL 10(meaning that the balance stick tips over so that there is more PL 10's then none PL 10's) then we will look into it. For the time being we look at where the player base is and make content from that perspective''. AKA ''milking the cow'' as long as they can through new players/none PL/none athena 10's instead of the players who has been playing/dedicating the longest time into the game.
Facts but thats how it is.So please do write a letter to them about bringing in stuff for the PL athena 10's to do other then sinking and killing people. Typing on the forums is one thing, but written directly to them will ''hopefully'' bring this issue to a lighter and starlet place in there minds.
See you all on the seas and keep wind in the sails all - New and old players alike ;)
If a Brig is chasing you while you have a sloop it seems like the only thing to do is force them to make mistakes. That's the only way I outrun them. Make them run into an island or beach themselves on a sandbar. It's super difficult and half the time it will end up biting you, but you can't go against the wind forever. My advice is to go to shipwreck bay and weave in and out of the island. They'll either get bored chasing you or hit part of the island.
@hunty-guy In most instances, the Brig is the fastest ship in the game. The only time it isn’t is when going against the wind - then the sloop is the fastest.
Maybe this has changed, but around the time the brig launched I did race an allied one with a galleon and very slowly pulled away. Also have to keep in mind the galleon gets tossed around at sea much less than the other two, so it's a little easier to keep at full speed when you have wind.
More recently, I raced a sloop with a brig. While we should have tried an upwind race too, we found that with wind the brig is as fast or slightly faster than a sloop with just the back sail down.
Yes, the Brigantine is the fastest ship. Here is the proof done using maths by a game design engineer. Trust the scientific method if you want the truth. Ask people's opinions if you don't.
@elektra-cage said in Is the Brigantine faster than the sloop and galleon?:
@space-oddity COMPLETELY AGREE!! I am so tired of bored legends that have nothing to do other than go after solo sloops.. it is toxic and frankly unfair. There is literally no way to outrun it and how are you supposed to beat a ship with 3 people to your 1. NERF THE BRIG AND GIVE LEGENDS SOMETHING TO DO!!!
I solo full Briggs all the time in my sloop... I also out run/out maneuver them all the time.
Because pirates act like pirates in a pirate game, they're toxic??
You sound like the toxic one to me.
OK this is my opinion on this.
Statistically the sloop is the fastest ship in headwind. The galleon is the slowest with headwind and brigantine is the middle ground. With the wind its the other way around with the galleon being the fastest and the sloop being the slowest, the brigantine being the middle ground.
Now I feel that the brigantine has the fastest acceleration with or against the wind, while the other two ships are the same within both situations of being with or against the wind.
The reason why I feel that it is, it's because I mainly use the galleon with a dedicated crew. When a brigantine is either trying to outrun us or chase us, if we have just started to go with the wind, the brigantine for maybe 5-10, the brigantine is accelerating faster than the galleon until it reaches its max speed, then the galleon will then outrun it because its faster with the wind.
When I was in a sloop doing a quick athena for a friend literally today because I have maxed out the athena rep, just before we arrived at the island to get the athena, a brig started to chase us and the first thing that I did was to try to outrun it against the wind, however the brigantine still caught up. I Don't know how if the sloop is faster in headwind but my guessing is the brigantine acceleration is just better.
Overall I would say the brigantine is the best ship because of the reasons it was added in certain circumstances. It's speed overcomes the sloop weakness of being versatile with speed in different situations either with or against the wind, and has decent amount of cannons to defend and propel attacks but you can initiate one as well as the one thing I hate about the galleon. Its manoeuvrability is just as good as the sloops but not better, just nearly as goos. Its just better really to outrun a galleon against the wind or chase a sloop while still having the fire power to sink a sloop and defend against a galleon crew and could still sink one if the crew know what they are doing.
The brigantine I feel should be use like someone said before in this forum, it should really be used when doing either speed runs or maybe one tall tale without the hassle of having a big crew on a harder to control ship like the galleon. You can use it for pirating but plan your strategy if going against a galleon crew though. Its fast and manoeuvrable and still can do damage. But I still prefer to use the galleon, I definitely hardly lose to much crews when I play with my crew. On a sloop though maybe, in a brigantine I will just be even more careful and try to plan ahead. But the brigantine is faster against the sloop with the wind but not against the wind. It probably just has a better acceleration compared to the other ships. But if the gap is wide enough you should slowly start to outrun them.
Sorry for this essay. Please give me an A* for this 😂😂😂.
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Wow. 11 month necro. Good job matey!! @DeckhandsOn a lighter note it's nice to be reminded of a few familiar names who no longer play.
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