If you could have any new set of ships in POTCO what would they

[Dan_OB]

Originally Posted by toanuju22

i mentioned a east indiaman, they are the type of ship the black pearl is

here is how the order could go

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Mostly the idea back in the 17s-18s was to get cargo were it needed to go as fast as it could in scene war ships were actually slow except for the Frigate and East indiaman

In ship design there are trade offs. If you want a ship that hauls a lot of cargo you are going to sacrifice speed, like the gallon. If you want speed you are going to sacrifice cargo capacity like the sloops. If you want a fighting ship you are going to want armor and cannons, which will slow the ship down and limit cargo space. So while a frigate maybe fast for a war ship and faster then most cargo ships it is not going to be as fast as a sloop or schooner.

Yes, many ship types served multi-purposes but what I was going for was to have 3 different ship designs in each class that best fit into these catagories:

Fast ships: Ships designed for speed and manuverability. less armor and cargo space like the sloops in the game. Frigates maybe fast for warships but not in the same league as sloops, schooners and such

War ships: Ships designed to fight. lots of armor, lots of guns, like the frigate in the game. Some clarification here; A ship of the line is not a ship design but rather describes the biggest most powerful ships available. The real life man o' war was a ship of the line. Frigates where smaller. Vasa is the name of a particular ship, not a class of ships.

Cargo ships: Like the galleon in the game able to carry large amounts of cargo but slow, less maneuverable and limited in fire power. The East Indiaman was primarily used by The East India Trading company to haul cargo. It's use as a warship was limited and there is no way it would be ranked above a MOW as a warship, so it fits here. And it maybe fast compared to other cargo ships and many war ships but not compared to sloops, schooners, cutters and the like. The Flute or Fluyt, on average was smaller then the galleon. The Indiaman was larger then both.

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