Hello dear pirates,
Today I would like to talk to you about a topic that is not talked about enough and which I think urgently needs to be changed. I am actually a silent reader and with almost 2000 hours in Sea of Thieves, I mainly turn to PVP with my well-crafted crew on the brigantine.
The brigantine is my favorite ship type and for different reasons. In the last updates over the years, all ships have experienced certain advantages and disadvantages. The sloop needs two chain shots and it doesn't matter much if you have holes in the back, in optimal wind conditions the brig was the fastest ship and when the wind came from behind, only the galleon could overtake and yes, it was also the best ship for me to win against the other ship types. The Galleon is practically a tank and with a well trained crew is practically unsinkable, plus it only has an effect if you shoot at the middle deck if too much water runs in at the bottom. In addition, I think the respawn of the crew members is from 5 seconds to three seconds for the fourth crew member (but I'm not sure about that). - If something is wrong here, I am sorry.
So every ship has its advantages and disadvantages and that's a good thing. Even though the brig was the fastest in the optimal wind conditions, it also had several disadvantages, such as the fact that it almost doesn't matter where you hit the brig, it will have holes (except for the helm, masts,...) and the probability of hitting a crew member is high. But since the last update, I've noticed massively what a problem it is to fight against other types of ships now, because the brig takes a very long time to get going and a sloop or a galleon is hard or impossible to catch up with despite well-managed sails. The other way round, of course, you can now catch up with the brig without any problems as a sloop or galleon. It doesn't matter how badly the sails are set on the ships or whether the galleon only has two out of three sails set - the brig can hardly catch up and can't run away either, and you really notice that.
I don't enjoy fighting the ships at all anymore when I feel like I'm being penalized with both good and bad sails on the brigantine, while the sloop and especially the galleon are barely penalized, if at all.
Here's an example:
A few days ago, I fought a sloop that got away from us. We were able to catch up with them very slowly, but even though the sloop's sails were always the wrong way round, we could only follow slowly. When they tacked, she turned in circles almost immediately, while the brigantine was too slow to tack.
Yesterday and last week I fought galleons several times: we chased the galleons for 40 minutes with perfectly aligned sails, while some of the galleons only had two sails set, which were also misaligned, and we couldn't get close to them.
I think everyone should have the option to run or fight, and that's not possible at the moment. As for the latest update, the brigantine is really at a disadvantage now and I hope this will be changed somehow and I'd love to hear other PVP brigantine players' opinions on what they think of it.
PS: I'm bad at English and hope this is correct in terms of content xD
