Best ships to use

[StukaGruppen13]

Which ships are the best to use?

[Cowardly Camper]

From what I understand, later years you can get a steam corvette that's simply called steam corvette. According to another user, you have to play or click past the date of 1829 to be able to find/purchase a steam corvette.

[Void646]

i like the flying dutchman the best

[ApocRNG]

tbh, any ship will do if you have mortars c;

[couldntgettheusernameiwanted]

My favorite all-purpose ship is the War Galleon fully upgraded. It's fast and nimble enough to keep up with even the smaller speedier ships if you make sure to be at Full Sails NOT Battle Sails and give your crew rum. It's sturdy enough to go toe to toe with the larger Man O'war and 2nd-rate's and if you're very carful even 1st-rates. If you're good with mortars you can capture even the most heavily defended ports and take down all ships with one War Galleon. They make for very well defended trade ships as they have so much cargo capacity.

The War Galleon requires more hands on management of the various points of sailing when going after significantly smaller or larger ships but it can handle everything and the increased micromanagement of every point of sailing is actually a fun challenge. I enjoy the game mechanics a lot more when I'm using the War Galleon.

I captured my first 1st-rate with two War Galleons. The second War Galleon was just for the crew I needed. Took out the sails with chain shot then mortared the 1st-rate till the hull was severely weakened then very carefully approached the back of the ship where there are no canons being careful not to get boarded to take out the crew with Grape shot. Once it surrendered just loaded up crew from both Galleons plus had a second fully loaded ship on hand if I ran out of munitions.

Second favorite ship for me is the Man O'war but it just feels too sluggish and way too slow to turn especially upwind even alternating front and back sails. Smaller ships can outrun and outmaneuver you sometimes without you even getting one broadside in. Less cargo capacity means less ammunition when going up against larger ships you need to chip away at. The limited capacity is particularly frustrating when attacking ports. I usually have room to spare for additional cargo I might pick up or trade with my War Galleons.

Corvette's are a lot of fun too so long as you're not looking to capture larger ships though fully upgraded you'll have enough crew to capture a War Galleon. Corvette's can outmaneuver and sink about any ship and stocked primarily with mortars can even take ports.

[ManicMuncher]

So as the game progresses and new maps are bought, new ships open up? I am currently at the point where I need to buy the Bahamas map to continue, and wonder for farming ships to prepare myself for the next stage, what is best? I currently have 5 galleons, a war galleon I got from buying the town building upgrades in the store, a schooner which I cannot find in any port ( which is stupid, they need to make it so that any ship you have shows which port it is in, not just the ones you get by beating pirates), a snow, barque and corvette. The war galleon is almost fully upgraded, the corvette too. Should I just focus on corvettes now?

[Alin Alexandru]

Originally posted by ManicMuncher:

So as the game progresses and new maps are bought, new ships open up? I am currently at the point where I need to buy the Bahamas map to continue, and wonder for farming ships to prepare myself for the next stage, what is best? I currently have 5 galleons, a war galleon I got from buying the town building upgrades in the store, a schooner which I cannot find in any port ( which is stupid, they need to make it so that any ship you have shows which port it is in, not just the ones you get by beating pirates), a snow, barque and corvette. The war galleon is almost fully upgraded, the corvette too. Should I just focus on corvettes now?

Yes new ships appear as you progress in the game.If you are about the buy the Bahamas map you should keep the ships you have and make sure you can afford to keep all of them.Also to find that schooner just look on the map and find a port which says that you have ships in that port and then click on it and check what ships is in that port.

[ManicMuncher]

Originally posted by Alin Alexandru:

Originally posted by ManicMuncher:

So as the game progresses and new maps are bought, new ships open up? I am currently at the point where I need to buy the Bahamas map to continue, and wonder for farming ships to prepare myself for the next stage, what is best? I currently have 5 galleons, a war galleon I got from buying the town building upgrades in the store, a schooner which I cannot find in any port ( which is stupid, they need to make it so that any ship you have shows which port it is in, not just the ones you get by beating pirates), a snow, barque and corvette. The war galleon is almost fully upgraded, the corvette too. Should I just focus on corvettes now?

Yes new ships appear as you progress in the game.If you are about the buy the Bahamas map you should keep the ships you have and make sure you can afford to keep all of them.Also to find that schooner just look on the map and find a port which says that you have ships in that port and then click on it and check what ships is in that port.

Tried that, even sailed from port to port and cannot find it

[CHR3S]

Originally posted by StukaGruppen13:

Which ships are the best to use?

1st rate slow but good firepower, 2nd rate medium Speed and Medium Firepower, Korvette (Brig) fast you gotta use tactics though.

[couldntgettheusernameiwanted]

Originally posted by ManicMuncher:

So as the game progresses and new maps are bought, new ships open up? I am currently at the point where I need to buy the Bahamas map to continue, and wonder for farming ships to prepare myself for the next stage, what is best? I currently have 5 galleons, a war galleon I got from buying the town building upgrades in the store, a schooner which I cannot find in any port ( which is stupid, they need to make it so that any ship you have shows which port it is in, not just the ones you get by beating pirates), a snow, barque and corvette. The war galleon is almost fully upgraded, the corvette too. Should I just focus on corvettes now?

Corvette is one of the best ships you can get early on and it holds up late in the game but if you've got the war Galleon nearly fully upgraded too use the corvette to capture some other ships to sell off so you can finish upgrading the War Galleon maybe capture a second. With two fully upgraded War Galleons you'll have the crew you need to capture 2nd and 1st-rates (provided you've got the map of Florida) and more versatile ships for any act of piracy or trade.

[76561198044356137]

I prefer Galley much due to its maneuverability even against the current on a much slower speed though around 5. Have much more man than a Corvette, 158 crew, but it dont have a stern cannon. I don't really like the over hyped First Rate, yes plenty of cannons and crew, but you do need to get into range to board or fire, trying capturing a Galley with First Rate, impossible. Having finished the game I just moved around now in a Flute, plenty cargo space and if you upgrade it all and add treat your crew to some RUM, the Flute actually outruns any in game ships even the Corvette. try it out !

[Cowardly Camper]

Flute is likely the best trade ship in the game. Any ideas how much money you make? 1st rate blitz boarding against a 2 ship port can net around 5k - 7k per run. Might be nice to get a comparison.

[76561198044356137]

well Flute are basically left at the ports for profit maximization, you know how that goes, switching ports and buying etc etc. A single Flute gross out more or less 5k, unless its a special order or smuggling job, then it might gross out at around 10k. No boarding blitz unless its another Flute or Barquentine, that's around 3k given or take.

[Cowardly Camper]

Sounds fairly balanced then.

[76561198368089481]

Whrong chois the fastest ship is full upgraded xebec

[Alin Alexandru]

Originally posted by RadicalSolution-WAR:

Whrong chois the fastest ship is full upgraded xebec

No,it isn't.The fully upgraded Steam Corvette is the fastest one.The Xebec can reach 13 knots when sailing with the wind whereas the steam corvette can reach 15 knots.The fastest ships when fully upgraded are the Galley(14 kn),the Corvette(14.5 kn) and the Steam Corvette(15 kn).