Quote Originally Posted by hoof View Post
Let me guess: You're playing on Hard or Very Hard battle difficulty. I've never seen this behavior in Normal difficulty.

If you aren't playing Hard/Very-Hard, ignore the below.

I, too, have a pet peeve about stuff I've seen as a result of the game. More than once I've seen someone talk about something wierd (like a sloop boarding their 4th rate and winning), only to find out that they're playing hard or very-hard. It's like they want the "prestige" of saying they play on the harder difficulty levels (as if "Normal" was wimping out or something), but they don't want the AI to get certain advantages (like in melee combat, which lets a sloop capturing a 4th rate). The game gives *huge* advantages to the AI in hard/very hard, not just in firepower or morale, but in little details like reload speed for line infantry, or the ability for square-rigged vessels to sail up-wind at a reasonable rate (which does make the AI *harder* to fight <G>). Do *not* assume that anything you see in very-hard is "normal", or anything other than a cheat to help the AI be harder to fight.

Ok, rant over. Sorry, Slaists, you just triggered my rant, it wasn't directed or intended at you.
Nope, my battle difficulty is on normal.