Give a firing range

[GeneralGeldenhuys]

I like a practising range for my cannons. Do some exercises to make my shots more precise and learn the cannon ranges like the difference between long cannons and carronades.

[Ruthless4u]

We have single shot with the space bar for ranging shots.

[GeneralGeldenhuys]

Originally posted by Ruthless4u:

We have single shot with the space bar for ranging shots.

Yeah, but you know, a little practising does help before facing your enemy. To miss a ship several times, just to adapt your aim, can cause your ship to sink.

[Delta-9]

Thats what the free cutter is for..Practice till your hearts content, without fear of losing anything.

[~CaptTermite~]

Some numerical distances of targets would be very useful.

[johncage]

you mean from that laser range finder they used back then? should be standard issue on the cutter.

[Hethwill]

Use the enemy ship masts as elevation references.

Example of ranges I use a lot, at 100 yards Deck, 250 half main mast, over 300 top mast and at 500 top gallant.

At 600 yards and over you can start using the name label as reference.

No real REAL real need for any modern range sights.

[Mansen]

Originally posted by johncage:

you mean from that laser range finder they used back then? should be standard issue on the cutter.

To be fair we already have this thanks to the radar in the corner of the game. It's easy to rangefind using this.

[Galileus]

Originally posted by Mansen:

Originally posted by johncage:

you mean from that laser range finder they used back then? should be standard issue on the cutter.

To be fair we already have this thanks to the radar in the corner of the game. It's easy to rangefind using this.

At the range where minimap comes to action you shouold be able to shoot with your eyes closed . Let's not witch hunt here.

[Mansen]

Originally posted by ShRv|Galileus|NotNavalActionDev:

At the range where minimap comes to action you shouold be able to shoot with your eyes closed . Let's not witch hunt here.

Let's not ignorantly spout nonsense either shall we? Carronades don't stand a chance of hitting anything outside of the radar, and for medium and longs you still have the bigger minimap overview of the battle.

[Galileus]

Originally posted by Mansen:

Let's not ignorantly spout nonsense either shall we? Carronades don't stand a chance of hitting anything outside of the radar, and for medium and longs you still have the bigger minimap overview of the battle.

You still don't need the minimap to aim. If you're honsetly taking your range using a minimap, you're seriously terrible at this game.

I snipe masts with 32p carros at this range. Try to go against me with your "radar rangefinder" and I'm going to explode your ass :)

As for bigger map - it is scale able and has no range taking tools. Good luck.

Anything else you think is unnatural advantage? Existence of UI maybe? The fact that people are better than you? Because seriously, if you are getting salty about people using radar to find range... it's sad, mate. You should be putting two broadsides into their ass in the time it takes to actually aim using that "trick"...

[Mansen]

I never said you needed it - I merely pointed out that you have rangefinding tools in the game.

[Galileus]

Originally posted by Mansen:

I never said you needed it - I merely pointed out that you have rangefinding tools in the game.

You also have masts. You can count the distance in masts.

Or you can use dispersion markers of 100m and 250m. If you want to. But hey. Mast counting is good too :D

[Mansen]

To each their own indeed. :)

[Oldman Deuce]

Originally posted by ~CaptTermite~:

Some numerical distances of targets would be very useful.

It will also be a crutch. What next? JDAMS? GPS? Autoaim?

Learn to aim. That's it.

[GeneralGeldenhuys]

Before the thread derails, I like to have a practising firing range. To learn the different cannons accuracy, range and shooting arch.

Everytime when I get new cannons on the ship, they shoot differently and mostly I misses the target and have to flee.