It sounds pretty conclusive that you had some cheaters there.
But it comes to mind that there is possibility that what you were seeing was the difference between round shot and chain shot.
Round shot is fired at the ships hull level, and the chain shot, at the sails.
The range should be the same, but the trajectory arc might give the chain a distance advantage.
We will have to test that, but in any case the chain shot has more immediately visible results at a distance, and that is for sure.
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