Battle Time Length?

[Fisherking]

After seeing the last naval battle video, I am wondering about the damage models they used. Sinking 5 or 6 ships in 5 minutes seemed a bit extreme to me.

Okay, so you want it decisive and quick, but that is a bit too quick. You might think that 10 ships going at it would take twenty minutes to half an hour to slug it out in a single pass down the line.

I think I saw 3 hours fighting conducted in a few minutes. One or two broadsides were enough to sink a ship.

It may have changed, but…

I hate to nerff things without a thought but am I alone in this impression?

[Polemists]

Well I don't "know" ships so I can't tell you what types those were. I can say they did not look like very big ships or the so called "Ship of the Line"

So I'd expect smaller ships to solve skirmishes quicker then larger ones. Mainly do to the fact they are smaller and so a few hits and they start to sink.

[Fisherking]

Well I don't "know" ships so I can't tell you what types those were. I can say they did not look like very big ships or the so called "Ship of the Line"

So I'd expect smaller ships to solve skirmishes quicker then larger ones. Mainly do to the fact they are smaller and so a few hits and they start to sink.

The one ship they showed was a three decker. That translates to Big Motha in ‘Mercian and a First Rate or Second Rate for the British.

There was a second large ship that may have been a 74 gun two decker. A couple may have been smaller ships but even at that it was quick and bloody. The American ship listing and getting ready to sink only took one Broadside that I saw…then the damage went from zero to uh oh. I couldn’t tell her class but it may have been a frigate.

[Polemists]

Are we sure this is anywhere near final and not just the CA guys testing out naval combat features such as sinking and collison physics?

[Fisherking]

We could hope that is the case or that things have been beefed up from that point.

But I don’t see us spending hours pouring shot into a gutted hulk in order to sink it being an option if things have remained as they were in that clip.