Why does cannon recoil make my ship drift even while anchored these days? Literally pushed my own ship out of a winning position via firing my own cannon, and I don't recall that always being a thing.
Cannon Recoil
@hiradc You're correct about enemy cannonballs and especially blunder bombs being able to push your ship around.
However in my particular situation, I had just one-balled the guy and sent him to the ferryman. I then anchored myself in a prime position where I continuously bombarded him with about 15 cannonballs... it was going great. The only problem was, I was aiming with the right side cannons at a slight rear-right angle which caused my cannon recoil to push my own ship forward and to the left like a jet engine vector thrust; out of angle of the enemy.
Then while trying to fix my situation, my wheel gets tripled, I get de-masted, and then he circle around and gets a lucky one-ball on me that wins the game for him.
I tested it again at an outpost without raising the annchor, and your own cannon shots do move your ship quite a bit. A lot more than I ever recalled it being able to do so.
@olde-grim-jack interesting, will have to check it out. I guess it's quite niche situations where it becomes noticeable
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