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I can confirm that fireballs still sink flagships, but only when used at the wrong time and on the wrong part of the ship. I still regularly use it when solo boarding, but I'm only rank 1 and I use it for the specific purpose of burning the sails off the masts from a distance. Unfortunately, that means if I'm sloppy and hit the deck when the ship is low on hull points, then it will sink.
Getting troops to come out on deck before/after grappling has been made progressively less reliable, but it seems to me that sometimes taking a few potshots at stairs, at the banisters around forecastles, near the helm, and at cabin doors especially. However, they really seem to change it around a lot; there were a few weeks when I could swear that other than taking out the helmsmen it didn't matter how many you took out, you'd still see the normal amount once aboard.
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