I don't know if this is intentional or not, but there doesn't seem to be any good reason why you don't take damage from exploding barrels underwater. And its overpowered currently. To the point where combat between two experienced crews is starting to devolve more into most of the people fighting in the water to bring barrels to each others ships instead of actual ship combat.
Gunpowder Barrels should damage you under water
@dekeita
Yeah this and boarding in general is a bit to easy. Makes normal ship combat kinda pointless. Would be much cooler if you have to use hooks and ropes instead of the ladder to enter the other ship.@maximus1978 I think its arguably easier to defend against boarding without hooks or whatever because I can just watch two ladders, and blast anyone in the face if they board my ship, but being able to easily put holes in my ship with no risk to yourself if I'm not down there I think is making it a bit to preferable an option, and its not that fun having teams just constantly throwing everyone in the water to fight each other.
Where as if your liable to kill your self if you don't swim away and then shoot it, that would at least create a lot more room for alternate strategies because if the ships are moving it won't be that practical to land a gunpowder barrel outside their hull without killing yourself, which of course they will just repair.
Side note though, I think damage from canon balls when your in the ship repairing could be upped a bit, again to facilitate more ship to ship combat.
@dekeita I agree to that. I think there needs to be some balancing done to how harmful cannon balls are v.s. gunpowder barrels.
@anoka-tim I had this happen once because I was on the surface of the water when i dropped the barrel, but it 100% wont damage you at all if you are totally submerged
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