Best rank 3 ship?

[ImperialCDR]

So, I've been playing this game for a while now in a rank 4 war schooner (18 guns, 103 men, ~1500 deadweight) and I'm pretty close to 65 navigation on my main character. This creates two questions:

One - Do I need a navigator with 65 navigation to operate my ship without penalty, or is one not required if my character has 65 navigation?

Two - What is the best tier 3 ship that finds a balance between cargo space, crew and guns?

 

[ad5ian]

I used a polacre, one of my favorite overall ships. A xebek could be nice too, probably , but they are very rare, also looks too much like an eastern ship and not like a Caribbean thing.

My fav ships are normal frigate (2nd class and overall), polacre (3rd class), war schooner (4th class), sloop (5th class). I don't use 1st class.

If you have good navigation skill, you should also have those perks like fast sails etc till skilled seafarer. If you don't have those, your nav skill doesn't meant that much, so you'll still need a navigator with those perks. I have those perks because i wanted 'scourge of the sea'. Best perk in the game.

 

[ImperialCDR]

Thanks

 

[Sorabis]

My favorite tier3 ships a fast corvette with 20 pounders. If you can find the right one with 15+ speed, 3000+ hold and 20 x 20 pnd cannon, great balance of speed, firepower, and hold space. Plus with around 200 crew, good for boarding and manageable crew wages.

And great remodel from aop version. Wish I could custom texture tem though.