Drop the cannons so the Galleon can move faster at the price of firepower.
Drop Cannons on a Galleon for increased speed and manoeuvres
Not a fan, I easily see it just becoming a permanent meta to drop cannons right off the start. Galleon is the only ship to allow a full crew man one side of cannons. Unlike every other ship, they can easily afford to ditch theirs. Most crews I know already don't really run a crew in that way to start, and even if they did, its for only a short duration in specific scenarios. I see player crews not even seeing this as a draw-back at all. Seems like a quick way to make the Galleon stronger without reasonable limitations. I would even add, the current version of the game limits the number of Galleons on a server, so this is a quick way to create a powerhouse ship with little competition to face it considering no other smaller ship can afford to ditch their already limited cannons.
@capn-gucci they galleon is very fast and in the hands of a skilled crew it can out maneuver a sloop
@nabberwar said in Drop Cannons on a Galleon for increased speed and manoeuvres:
Not a fan, I easily see it just becoming a permanent meta to drop cannons right off the start. Galleon is the only ship to allow a full crew man one side of cannons. Unlike every other ship, they can easily afford to ditch theirs. Most crews I know already don't really run a crew in that way to start, and even if they did, its for only a short duration in specific scenarios. I see player crews not even seeing this as a draw-back at all. Seems like a quick way to make the Galleon stronger without reasonable limitations. I would even add, the current version of the game limits the number of Galleons on a server, so this is a quick way to create a powerhouse ship with little competition to face it considering no other smaller ship can afford to ditch their already limited cannons.
Yep, you could drop 4 cannons from the Galleon and still have as much firepower as the next largest ship, have an extra player on top as a bonus, and then zoom around the map faster than everyone else. Not very balanced.
@d3adst1ck Drop all 4 cannons then you’ll only able to shoot from one side???
Edit: It’d be good for balance since then you have only one side the galleon can fire from with the increased speed.
@capn-gucci said in Drop Cannons on a Galleon for increased speed and manoeuvres:
@d3adst1ck Drop all 4 cannons then you’ll only able to shoot from one side???
Edit: It’d be good for balance since then you have only one side the galleon can fire from with the increased speed.
Why would I drop 4 from the same side? I have 8 - I could just drop 2 from each side unless you are saying that you can't do that which you never specified in your original vague idea.
Even if you're restricted to dropping from one side, with the extra speed it wouldn't be hard to run from any ship that is on your cannon-less side and force them to engage you on the strong side.
Something tells me you're getting bored sailing into the wind chasing down a sloop or tackling a voyage...
Kinda just gonna have to deal with all that, sorry to say.
The galleon's greatest strength is its firepower, not necessarily its speed. especially since with a very inattentive/impatient crew, that leads to crashes and fatal mistakes during combat.
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