Bring WINDCATCHER back please!

[Edward Edgemenace]

Additional data:

Tortuga to Padres del Fuego, no full sail, no ramming speed, light sloop.

Rank 0 windcatcher: 3 minutes 35 seconds.
Rank 5 windcatcher: 3 minutes 41 seconds.


Even more dramatic: two pirates.exe running side by side.

Edward Edgemenace level 40, sailing 25, windcatcher 5. Ship: white warrior light sloop.
Edward Edgemenace level 10, sailing 5, windcatcher 0. Ship: white warrior light sloop.

Logged into both from linked accounts (identical configuration file.) Launched both from PDF on a quiet server, backed up so they were exactly side-by-side pointed at Isla Cangrejos. Pressed up arrow within one second of each other. Edward 10 took sail damage from a revenant, a centurion and a storm reaper. Edward 40 took only minor hull damage. Edward 10 beat Edward 40 to Isla Cangrejos by 37 seconds.

[Arioch]

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

Additional data:

Tortuga to Padres del Fuego, no full sail, no ramming speed, light sloop.

Rank 0 windcatcher: 3 minutes 35 seconds.
Rank 5 windcatcher: 3 minutes 41 seconds.


Even more dramatic: two pirates.exe running side by side.

Edward Edgemenace level 40, sailing 25, windcatcher 5. Ship: white warrior light sloop.
Edward Edgemenace level 10, sailing 5, windcatcher 0. Ship: white warrior light sloop.

Logged into both from linked accounts (identical configuration file.) Launched both from PDF on a quiet server, backed up so they were exactly side-by-side pointed at Isla Cangrejos. Pressed up arrow within one second of each other. Edward 10 took sail damage from a revenant, a centurion and a storm reaper. Edward 40 took only minor hull damage. Edward 10 beat Edward 40 to Isla Cangrejos by 37 seconds.

As stated before this is a very very old issue and I personally did tests just as these months ago to determine that yes windcatcher is honest to god "BROKE"
and it just so happens it became worthless probably within weeks of SVS coming online and functional.

As for leadership skill not working? The skill works perfectly fine as long as it is used strategically. For any other skill besides broadsides you need to wait for the skill you want to "boost" to be at least 75% charged already and when you hit the leadership button all skills get a 25% boost in charging if you have a skill that is boosted with leadership and not fully charged as soon as leadership wears off you lose the 25% boost and it goes back to where it would normally have been.

Leadership is best used as an emergency "ace in the hole" in order to either give you an extra shot of broadsides or bring take cover up real fast or recharge skills in order to run for the hills etc. it takes a long time to charge so better to be saved
to give you an advantage.
Never tested it but I imagine if you used leadership then stopped and repaired the ship it would speed up repairing ? dont know never tried but worth looking into.