Minimum Crew

[CokeDealer]

I've looked and couldn't find anything, is there a minimum crew level that would be acceptable for ships when you aren't a high enough level to fully take advantage of the vessel? For instance I am a thief and have a Trader Snow but will 40 crew really hinder me?

[Jack Frost]

for traders sailing undercrewed does not really matter, for combat ships it will greatly impact your peformance.

You can sail a victory with 40 people, just dont espect to reload within 10 minuts ;)
Edit: There is no minimum crew you need to have to sail a ship, it will only impact peformance

[TheBlindOldman]

bump same thing here , thinking of just selling for gold...

[CokeDealer]

The Trader Snow has 22 cannons and would make a decent combat vessel but by the time I can fully take advantage of it I would be better off with a Brig or a Snow so I'm unsure.

[Jack Frost]

Originally posted by |BAD| Chris:

The Trader Snow has 22 cannons and would make a decent combat vessel but by the time I can fully take advantage of it I would be better off with a Brig or a Snow so I'm unsure.

trader snow can only field 6 canons ;) (3 on each side)
normal snow has 11 on each side, and then a couple of chasers and rear guns

[CokeDealer]

Ehh the ship even shows 11 cannons per side and then stern and bow cannons.. That seems like a glitch then.

[Mansen]

Originally posted by Jack Frost:

for traders sailing undercrewed does not really matter, for combat ships it will greatly impact your peformance.

Oh it'll matter if you've on the PVP server. It affects your ability to turn and sail properly in combat - Have fun evading an attacker.

[Jack Frost]

Originally posted by |BAD| Chris:

Ehh the ship even shows 11 cannons per side and then stern and bow cannons.. That seems like a glitch then.

Trader snow does not have a different model then the normal snow, it's simply not made yet. I mean the cargo space has to come from somewhere right, otherwise it would be a straight upgrade over a regular snow it it could have cargo space

[Jack Frost]

Originally posted by Mansen:

Originally posted by Jack Frost:

for traders sailing undercrewed does not really matter, for combat ships it will greatly impact your peformance.

Oh it'll matter if you've on the PVP server. It affects your ability to turn and sail properly in combat - Have fun evading an attacker.

I dont like trading in very hostile waters to begin with :) it's true what you say, but i think sailing with a undercrewed trader snow has so much higher profit potential that it's worth it. You can pretty easely capture them anyways

[Mansen]

Originally posted by Jack Frost:

I dont like trading in very hostile waters to begin with :) it's true what you say, but i think sailing with a undercrewed trader snow has so much higher profit potential that it's worth it. You can pretty easely capture them anyways

Someone's gonna do it - You're not going to get Danish Beer to the US colonies, if you're too afraid to do the voyage in the first place. So local commodities will simply flood the cities to the point of being unprofitable.

A great example of this is the flood of Rum in the Danish Capital yesterday. It had so much Rum that the SELL prices had dipped below BUY prices. And will likely continue to do so for quite a while since it just can't consume that much rum.

[Lee]

Danes just can't handle their Rum, whimps.

[Mansen]

Originally posted by Lee:

Danes just can't handle their Rum, whimps.

They definitely arent' drinking enough of it in Christansted, heh.

[Saulz]

IMO sailing with 80% crew is the minimum. Under that and the ship feels very sluggish and the guns take a really long time to reload.

[Mansen]

I wouldn't go below 100% personally - Because you're going to lose crew during battle, making things even worse.

Not enough crew? You won't even be able to escape if things go bad.

[Quineloe]

Originally posted by Mansen:

Originally posted by Jack Frost:

for traders sailing undercrewed does not really matter, for combat ships it will greatly impact your peformance.

Oh it'll matter if you've on the PVP server. It affects your ability to turn and sail properly in combat - Have fun evading an attacker.

Eh, if this game is like any other game, ever, you don't stand a chance in PVP in an unarmed trade ship, no matter how well you prepare.

[Mansen]

Of course you do - You can escape.