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    Default Re: Steam Ships a bit dissppointing

    The other thing I noticed though its harder to verify, is that the manoeuvreability of the steam ships seemed to be worse that the sailing vessels. Which again is contrary to the unit card stats. Mine seemed to have a really poor turning circle which was why they ended up going in circles round the sailing ships, the problem was that because their turning circle was so poor they spent a lot of their time making wide turns which took them out of range of their targets whilst the 6th rates were able to operate on interior lines and blast the hell out of them. As I said earlier 'Red Indian's circling a wagon train sprang to mind at the time.' In the end I found the only real solution was to charge the 6th Rates head on and take the two or three broadsides in order to get in amongst them.
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    Default Re: Steam Ships a bit dissppointing

    Quote Originally Posted by Didz View Post
    The other thing I noticed though its harder to verify, is that the manoeuvreability of the steam ships seemed to be worse that the sailing vessels. Which again is contrary to the unit card stats. Mine seemed to have a really poor turning circle which was why they ended up going in circles round the sailing ships, the problem was that because their turning circle was so poor they spent a lot of their time making wide turns which took them out of range of their targets whilst the 6th rates were able to operate on interior lines and blast the hell out of them. As I said earlier 'Red Indian's circling a wagon train sprang to mind at the time.' In the end I found the only real solution was to charge the 6th Rates head on and take the two or three broadsides in order to get in amongst them.
    They do have that problem on the windward side. They always have. I keep meaning to test them without using sails but in battle I just have not done it.


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    Its a funny thing (in my case) I've never used the steam ships. Once I get 3rd rates I pretty much use them for all the muscle work they work so well. The game AI doesnt usually use anything stronger that I cant take down with a fleet of 3rd rates. I'll have to try some steam ships for myself and see how good/bad they are.

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    Default Re: Steam Ships a bit dissppointing

    You know what?

    There seem to be some changes in the ships post-post-patch!

    Did anyone notice a new download or check steam to see if there was some hot fix added.

    They seem a bit different in battle. The AI has seemingly switched away from galleys and I have noticed some differences moving on the campaign map…

    Or is it older and I never noticed?

    No, I don’t think so… Its different…


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