ship repairs may be game breaking...

@eam-samaraka I've posted before about how OP the planks are. One shot will sink an afk ship (looking for treasure on an island for example). But if anyone is on board you can hit the ship 8 times and do no damage. Usually we run out of cannonballs before the fight is over. This needs to be fixed. Running and repairing are way too strong but if they nerf them too much griefing players will be a huge problem.

It's a war of resources, which draws out combat (which in this case is good, because it's fun). You either have to hit them a bunch of times very quickly so they don't have enough time to repair, or make sure you have at least 51% hit rate, so they run out of planks and have at least at least one hole.

Luckily, combat is extremely fun, so the fact that a ship battle can last up to an hour (which is the longest I've ever had) only makes each battle seem much more important and intense.

@explosiveboby @daftPirate @FireTadpole7469

Unfortunately your assumption is false. Shooting a ship in the same place twice leaves only one hole. You cannot tell from the outside which holes have been patched and therefore don't know which places to shoot again. Unless you wait several minutes between each volley it is quite possible to run out of cannonballs before they run out of planks. Even with a 51%+ hit rate. Additionally I believe there are some hits that won't create a hole. Like the top of the captain's cabin. Not to mention the entire middle deck of a galleon could be full of holes without any effect if the bottom deck is patched.

@quixoticfolly I have been in multiple situations where an enemy hit the same spot twice (only after it had been patched the first time) and a hole being created, as if the plank had been torn off.

@firetadpole7469

@quixoticfolly said in ship repairs may be game breaking...:

You cannot tell from the outside which holes have been patched and therefore don't know which places to shoot again.

I normally max my Cannon ball storage (300) have all cannons loaded (8) and each crew member carries (10) cannon balls each. I've never run out of ammo in a ship fight. Micro managing storage is really crucial in the ship combat, but you're right it's resource wars not an actual fight.

@lumi35345 Simply cutting plank storage by 80% would achieve the same thing. Personally I'd prefer "repair kit storage" and a different animation. Galleon carries 20 repair kits, small ship only 10 repair kits. Each repair kit looks the same in hand as currently, but the application animation is changed to stuffing sailcloth into the hole while holding the plank one handed, then hammering the plank on, and finally brushing it with tar. Maybe make the full process 30% longer than the current patching.

@cann0n-f0dder13 you don't even have to shoot it they detonate when hit by ships

@grandmasterlynx I've sailed through a lot of storms and rarely get hit by the lightning. Probably one lightning hit per storm I've sailed through on average.

Funny, I see ships sinking ALL THE TIME.

Yes, of the crews are both well-coordinated and stocked up it can take a while. While repairing, that person can not fire cannons. If you are landing shots well, you can easily get enough holes in a ship that they'll need a couple people repairing and then also bailing. More than 5 holes in a side? They need to go back and restock planks before they can continue, while the water rushes in. And hey, if you happen to hit the same place that is being repaired, or anywhere else that a crew member happens to be, you can send them to the Ferry for a little bit while their ship is taking on water. Let's hope they don't hit any rocks because the sails are down and no one is looking.

Planks aren't OP because we ALL have access to them. They are just part of the game. Although I do think this is a good argument for Rare sticking with 4 person crews.

@eyesodd I like your idea. Another person in another thread commented that perhaps after one hole being repaired three times it could not be repaired again, so you'd have to bail water and run for the outpost.