Quote Originally Posted by Murmandamus View Post
Were you using chain shot by any chance? Chain shot gets fired up into the rigging in order to try and rip it all down. Round shot goes down into the hull, and grape shot gets aimed at deck level.
That problem's with both chain and round.


Quote Originally Posted by Murmandamus View Post
How about the fact that the defenders have a strong defensive position? From what I've seen, most of the fighting takes place below decks. Storm a building in a land battle and you also take heavy casualties. A building is a lot more open than in a ship. Once boarded they seem to be pretty much a fight to the death, so morale might not come into play.

Try using more grape shot before attempting a boarding :)

Grape shot seems to have almost no effect. Oh, sure, it might kill 4 or 5 each time, but if I sit there pounding away at them with grape shot for ages, they just respond with round shot and sink me.