Brongar
Mariner
posted 10-03-09 04:14 PM
EDT (US)
4 / 12
Yeah but that was 1 vs 1 .... if there was 10 on each side the micro management would kill you... and then the 1st rates would still get opportunistic shots on the frigates... At the end of the day that's how English sunk the Spanish armada innit?:P
halberd
Mariner
posted 10-06-09 01:17 AM
EDT (US)
8 / 12
The problem is that it was so easy to win. All I had to do was cross the T downwind and the first rate couldn't do a thing about it.
KroNicK
Mariner
posted 10-07-09 01:56 AM
EDT (US)
9 / 12
May I ask what battle difficulty you were playing when that battle occurred Halberd?
USAspecops
Mariner
posted 12-15-09 05:05 PM
EDT (US)
11 / 12
It is mainly a numbers thing. In the real world you could pull that off so long as you were faster and more agile. In reality you could not out range them but you could turn faster so if you would turn faster then them they could never bring their broadside to bare and then you only had to deal with the chasers. You can hurt what you can't catch. A sixth rate could stay on the front and slowly chip you down. Though it would most likely be a draw because a 1st would never surrender to a 6th. The best the 6th could hope is to imobilize the 1st and make a get away. This is why 1st traveled with frigates.