The brigantine needs an upper and lower deck. Right now there's a mechanic where if your boat is hit above the water line, you won't take water in immediately. However, since the brigantine only has one deck, it takes in water immediately no matter where it's***t. Even the sloop has a small upper and lower deck. I've noticed that the brigantine ends up being the weakest combat ship despite its double cannons because of this. Hopefully there's something we can do as a three man ship is fun.
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TITANIUMS0LDIER
should look like this the helm is a bit higher and it has more decks