how come chain shots take out cannons?

[Slaists]

Whenever I use chainshots, I end up eliminating about 1/3 of the enemies cannons in the process of getting the sail down to zero. Meanwhile, despite losing guns, the enemy ships' hulls stay healthy.

Is that accurate? I thought, chain shot was supposed to carry chains quite high rather than penetrating the gun-decks...

[Durallan]

depends how the shot was aimed and if the enemy ship may have been just out of range or moved away from the firing ship so instead of hitting the sails they sailed across the deck. Don't really know, I haven't noticed chain shot taking out enemy cannons

[A Very Super Market]

Well, they wouldn't be particularily bad at taking out cannons, so I'm guessing that for whatever reason, they were aimed too low.

[Hooahguy]

believe it or not, the waves matter. a lot. if you press "insert" when in a sea battle with small ships (it gives you a first person view), you will see that when the ship is moved higher because of the waves, the shot goes higher. when riding a wave down, your shots tend to either hit low or miss.

[Didz]

Well your basically talking about two cannon balls joined by a bar of iron, so it will cut through men just as effectively as rigging if it hits at the correct angle, and would probably be able to dismount a gun.

But I suspect the most likely cause is actually stuff falling on the deck from the rigging and knocking the guns off their carriages. To be honest as long as its not causing a lot of hull damage I'm not too bothered if it destroys guns and kills crew as well as the sails, as I only really us it as a prelude to boarding or when I'm hoping to earn some prize money.

[al Roumi]

Well your basically talking about two cannon balls joined by a bar of iron, so it will cut through men just as effectively as rigging if it hits at the correct angle, and would probably be able to dismount a gun.

But I suspect the most likely cause is actually stuff falling on the deck from the rigging and knocking the guns off their carriages.

You think that degree of detail would have been modeled??

If only...