New to ETW a few questions

[Valion]

Hello there i have a noobish question

Do newer rates of ships replace older ones? Can you still build old ships late game? like the 5th rates? i ask coz i noticed sakers get replaced by 12-lber Foot Artillery in the recruitment list.

If i allow the 13 colonies to become the United States will they eventually build the USS Constitution?(yes i have the DLC)

I can't for the life of me find a use for Brigs., can more experienced players tell me what you use them for?

Thanks in advance!

[Monsieur Alphonse]

1. No. You can build them all even during the end game. A sixt rate is a smaller lighter ship then a first rate. You simply uses them different. First rates are the heavy hitters of your fleet and flagships that win you your sea battles. Sixt rates are good for raiding and souting.

2. If they build the right dockyard they will build one. And you can capture that one.

3. Brigs are worthless. Just a waste of nice trees.

[Valion]

Many thanks for the info, and lol so i'm not the only one who finds Brigs worthless xD

[Fisherking]

The only reason to build a brig is that if you get it close to an enemy ship, chances are very good that it will blow up and take it out with it. Galleys will often do the same thing. But expecting to fight with them is a whole other issue.

[Valion]

So brigs are good useful as "Fire Ships"?

Btw I'm hating alot on the Galleons.. bloody overpowered heaps of wood with absurd amount of cannons and crew.... thank god it moves like a turtle but it's front guns still wreak havoc >.<

[Fisherking]

They may prove useful but it is hit and miss. They can be as dangerous to you as to the enemy.