In practice she eats ammo like crazy, has a much worse damage dealt to damage taken ratio than ships that can avoid fire which means her thick hull is mostly just extra expense to repair, and if I let the AI handle her while I sail something else in the squadron it's strategy seems to be '1. On paper the biggest crew and most guns sounded like a good idea. Simply put (and this may juts be a matter of style) maneuverability seems to beat firepower every time and she has almost no maneuverability. IMO anything more sluggish than the Dutchman may as well not be moving, so I glided right past here into First rate territory figuring at that point more guns and more crew is what makes a ship that big and sluggish worth having.įor First rates, I only have the Santisma Trinidad, and I've been under-whelmed. The Queen Anne's Revenge might be better, splitting the difference between those two ships at least on paper, but my gut tells me that she'll be awquardly placed in that spot where in practice you'd be better picking whether you like trading broadsides or scooting though shoals better and go with the Dutchman or Constitution respectively rather that taking the compromise. Maneuverability just beats firepower too handily. I like her, but frankly I pretty much always use Constitution instead. She can also (when upgraded) run down just about any ship you'll find in the wild.įor big ships, I only have the Flying Dutchman. IMO she's close enouhg in firepower to a Man Of War to almost qualify for the Big class, but she's more agile than real warships.

She is very agile, capable of out maneuvering pretty much anything that she doesn't win a broadside trade with, and able to sail around shallows and islands to run the enemy aground and finish them with the moartar (the same way Corvette fans beat everything).

I would recommend her to anyone looking to get a premium ship, especially if they're looking to only buy 1 premium ship ever. She's not quite as fast as La Sphynx but she is still faster than anything that isn't steam powered (and when upgraded beats the NPC steam corvettes), can row into the wind, and has a better broadside and more crew making her IMO a better all around ship, especially for piracy.

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