This is an idea I have had for a bit. I have thought for a long time, that the size 9f the crews for each ship have been....wrong. I reckon, they would all be more complete with 1 extra crewmember each. The sloop with 3 crewmates, the brig with 4 and the galleon with 5. It just makes alot more sense in my opinion.
Ship Crew size increase
So the only benefit I could see this having is making ships a little more manageable if your crew mates are either 1) inexperienced or 2) incompetent. I'm not so sure this would be a solid improvement due to organized teams being all the more fierce with the addition of another crew member. Imagine a Sloop being able to both: be steered, firing its cannons, and have someone boarding you all at the same time. That's a nightmare to me.
Topic has been covered a few times recently.
Crew sizes are designed to ensure that you can't do everything on the ship all at once - especially during combat. They are designed so you have to priortise what you need to do to encourage communication/coordination between crews. The better communication/coordination - the better chances you have of success!
Simply adding additional crew members to make up for inexperience/incompetency isn't a solution.
@iceman-d18 said in Ship Crew size increase:
Simply adding additional crew members to make up for inexperience/incompetency isn't a solution.
Amen.
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