Ships

[ChrisF1987]

Can anyone write a brief discription of all the ships included in the game?

[Privateer0]

Why? The in-game manual already has pretty good ship descriptions. Is there anything in particular you would like to know?

[Privateer0]

In case you don't have the game, but are wondering, there are 6 ship classes.

Snow - tiny, weak ship good for raiding villages for captives and scouting.
Schooner - small, short-range and relatively weak, but the fastest ship in the game.
Sloop - pretty powerful short-range ship.
Brigantine - weaker than Sloop, but stronger than Schooner, this ship is liked by many for its decent speed and long range.
Frigate - a large, powerful warship that still has a hope of catching most enemies.
Galleon - vastly more powerful than any other ship in the game, but so slow that it can hardly catch anything besides other Galleons.

[Jabberdau]

Not true, the galleon can catch almost anything. It all depends on the Captain and the skill of the crew. Try it and be amazed...

[sethwbcl91]

Frankly, I think the Galleon is not that good. I always send it on raids and it always gets caught. I have good success with schooners, brigatines, and sometimes frigates...