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    maybe it was cap'n jack sparrow and his crew out to get yer galleon? those guys never lose! ;)

    having said that, the first brig I ever built in my prussian campaign was called Atlantis! seemingly thinking this was cool I then proceeded to defend myself from swedish aggression. I believe their ship was an indiaman so thus easy to take on you would say. I board and my men get them to surrender. As this happens my men all rush to jump aboard my ship... which starts sinking? I'll never forget this bit, the Admiral had boarded with the rest of his men, he turns around notices his ship sinking and runs the to the side of the indiaman jumps off the deck onto the sinking deck of the atlantis apparently it was a long enough fall to kill him! because he didn't get back up and I thought... wow. This guy just killed himself to get to his ship! Anyway it seems that Atlantis decided to magically sink back to the ocean floor to lie there to wait for an intrepid group of explorers to find it again 10 thousand years later... (if you don't know what I mean here, nevermind ;) )

    I figured well i spose thats what i get for having a ship called Atlantis!
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    Default Re: Being boarded by 7 men

    Quote Originally Posted by Durallan View Post
    Anyway it seems that Atlantis decided to magically sink back to the ocean floor to lie there to wait for an intrepid group of explorers to find it again 10 thousand years later... (if you don't know what I mean here, nevermind ;) )

    I figured well i spose thats what i get for having a ship called Atlantis!
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    Why does anyone bother with boarding? If I want to capture ships, my procedure is dismast, dismast, dismast. By the time youve dismasted the enemy fleet, most of their ships will have surrendered. For those that havent, pull up ships fore and aft, and fire grapeshot at them until they do surrender.

    Am i missing a trick here that makes boarding useful? Or are people just doing it for fun?

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    Default Re: Being boarded by 7 men

    I just pound them with roundshot. With 4th-rates and higher, they can mostly survive the beating intact, and not start sinking out of nowhere.
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    Default Re: Being boarded by 7 men

    I never board, unless a ship is routing and I might have a hard time getting enough fire on it to surrender.

    Do you use any particular methods to dismast ships? I try to fire chain sometimes but I find it just rips boring holes in the sails.

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    just thought I'd tell you guys this, and yes a stargate fan

    for the first time I've come across a MUCH superior navy!
    Okay, Playing as Prussia, I bought Goa off of my allies the Mughals so I could have a repair haven in india, Mysore my Incredibly long time trading partner decided theyd had enough of my alliance with the Mughals and declared war on me. A pirate fleet had attacked me in the ivory coast, with my fourth rate I captured 2 pirate galleons. I then sent this fourth rate and the 2 galleons to Goa to be repaired. unfortunately the port was damaged and I was unable to repair them. the next turn Mysore blocks my trade route to the Mughals, costing me 16000 gold a turn! enraged I send my fourth rate and 2 galleons around the southern tip of india, There's one mysore ship close by I attack it. It's a fourth rate and I capture it easily, it was rather damaged. I then send my damaged fleet onto the blockaded port, but I see them approaching a Mysore Fleet. I figure oh ok that'll be easy just a bunch of brigs for sure...

    My Fleet:
    2 Fourth Rates
    2 Galleons

    Mysore's Fleet:
    2 Second Rates, Battleships of the line!
    2 Third Rates
    4 Fifth Rates
    2 Bomb ketch's
    1 Sloop

    I was utterly amazed. I was Outgunned, Outmanned and Outnumbered. I could have retreated but what prussian retreats?? I decide to attack. Unfortunately the enemy fleet were downwind. While this meant that that they would have had to sail long and hard to attack me, I figured I would sail towards them to try and start ruining their sails. Bad move, once those second and third rates got in firing range they actually decided to start attacking me instead of chasing after me, and it turned into a very messy battle and I lost both my fourth rates, and the galleons retreated. Lesson learnt. Good thing the army I'm sending has my best navy guarding it!
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    Default Re: Being boarded by 7 men

    Quote Originally Posted by Dead Guy View Post
    I never board, unless a ship is routing and I might have a hard time getting enough fire on it to surrender.

    Do you use any particular methods to dismast ships? I try to fire chain sometimes but I find it just rips boring holes in the sails.
    It pretty much most of the time just rips holes in the sails, since to demast them you have to hit the masts at least once, just keep shooting and eventually you'll see their masts falling down and then mysteriously disappearing.
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