Interview

[Fisherking]

They could be Fleuts. They will probably appear in the game as a merchant ship for the Dutch. If I remember correctly they were the first shIps to be mass-produced to a standard blueprint, and made cheaply to increase profits. If so it makes them a good candidate for a researchable technology.

The ships lines do look like it, but I have never seen a Flute pictured with a jigg mast after the mizzen. The stubby mizzen mast is a characteristic of that ship type.

[Sir Beane]

The ships lines do look like it, but I have never seen a Flute pictured with a jigg mast after the mizzen. The stubby mizzen mast is a characteristic of that ship type.

Perhaps the distance model for the ship is less accurate than the up close model? Or maybe the ship is a merchant ship that has been modified by pirates or commandeered as an emergency war vessel?

Or maybe we are getting carried away over-analysing a throwaway screenshot.

[Fisherking]

Perhaps the distance model for the ship is less accurate than the up close model? Or maybe the ship is a merchant ship that has been modified by pirates or commandeered as an emergency war vessel?

Or maybe we are getting carried away over-analysing a throwaway screenshot.

They have said 25 ship types in game.

Some of these will most likely be different gun rates in some of the classes.

I heard how many land unit types in the game too. But that was in the German video and I have forgotten. All I remember is “gosh! That is a lot!”

Sorry for analyzing the ship type too much…it is a hard habit to break. It comes from my old line of work…and maybe from to many submarine sims…

It should be fun for you to figure out what the 25 ships are though. You might even go back to ships and boats and things that float…

[Marten]

For me the ships are looking like galleys ("peregrine galley") or some of the yachts from this age. Anyone ever seen a picture of the "Royal Caroline" or equal ships? They were used as fast cruisers between England and the colonies in 18th century.

The hull seems a bit long for a Flute (overall proportions ...). Or it is the CA answer No. 236 for intrusive questions: "It's from a old build - we changed all ships 34 weeks ago"

[Fisherking]

For me the ships are looking like galleys ("peregrine galley") or some of the yachts from this age. Anyone ever seen a picture of the "Royal Caroline" or equal ships? They were used as fast cruisers between England and the colonies in 18th century.

The hull seems a bit long for a Flute (overall proportions ...). Or it is the CA answer No. 236 for intrusive questions: "It's from a old build - we changed all ships 34 weeks ago"

It could be some kind of galley but the jigg mast throws me.

It seems a little slender for a flute and I must say I was going on the rigging.

They are not ship rigged. They look like merchant men and the shot could be early Jamestown.

They are ships with stubby mizzen masts and even shorter jigg masts and a very high poop. I guess we may find out some day.

It wouldn’t be the first time I miss identified something…

[Marten]

It could be some kind of galley but the jigg mast throws me.

It seems a little slender for a flute and I must say I was going on the rigging.

They are not ship rigged. They look like merchant men and the shot could be early Jamestown.

They are ships with stubby mizzen masts and even shorter jigg masts and a very high poop. I guess we may find out some day.

It wouldn’t be the first time I miss identified something…

Nope, you are right about the merchant man. I knew i've seen one of these ships anyhere ... here it is:

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images..._59.534.23.jpg

Pieter Bruegel painted it, so it was a real used ship type. Description is: 2 ships of war and a 4 masted merchant.

[Lusitani]

Nope, you are right about the merchant man. I knew i've seen one of these ships anyhere ... here it is:

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images..._59.534.23.jpg

Pieter Bruegel painted it, so it was a real used ship type. Description is: 2 ships of war and a 4 masted merchant.

Thats a "Nau" in my country...i suppose a Carrack in english.

I suppose that different denominations for certain ship types can make it all a bit confusing. For instance Marten spoke of galleys...but those werent used on transoceanic voyages...a galleass perhaps (thats basically a galeon or a carrack with oars also) but i still find that unlikely.

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