cannons

[klysto]

I have a question about ship cannons. My frigate had a max of 40 cannons but after many battles i noticed now i'm at a max of 29 cannons even when i'm fully repaired. Is that a realistic feature that was put in on the build 12 or a bug?

 

[Long John Silver]

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Ahoy Thar klysto, and welcome yer be tew these forums. Yers be a fine question tew be sure...during some skirmishes with the Enemy, you'd be notice'in that you might lose a cannon or two when hit with the Enemies Iron. They comes up in the little messages that continually run in your top left hand corner. Afterwards, when yer see Port a'gin..yer be havin ter put your Guns to right, at the local shipyard See? When Yer tew be givin the Options during speakin with them Land Lubbers ( shipwrights ) they offer tew be fixin your guns instead of the ship. Choose this option and buy the same guns you already have installed on your ship, and they will replace any missing cannons due to Damages in battle, this is cheaper than a full replenishment or upgrade.....You can also improve yer guns with this and upgrade, dependin on yer ship type and how heavy it be. In the F2 screen you can click the "Ships" tab, then choose your ship from the 4 screens, if you have more than one, and then in the top right area, next to your characters/officers picture, choose "Guns" or "Cannons" This will show you your guns on that particular ship, and it will give you a break down of What type of cannons?, How heavy they are ( eg. 12 Pounders ) and how many Forward (Bowchasers), Stern Guns, and Left and Right Braodsides. It might say (eg. 4pdrs 2/2/18/18 ) if it is a total of 40 guns, and they are all there. Yours will proabaly say something like ( eg. 4pdrs 1/2/14/12 ) for a total of 29 guns, so in this case your missing one gun forward, four guns on the left, and six guns on the right. Remember the caliber of your guns, and choose the upgrade from the shipyards, go to that type of cannon.....or Caronades, what size you remembed and you can fix only those guns with the install tab. If you choose to upgrade with a heavier gun, that will be more expensive.

Hopes this answers yer questions, and Smooth Sailin tew yer

 

[Petros]

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<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":gday" border="0" alt="hi.gif" /> Klysto

I'd have to ask you what do you mean by "fully repaired"

If you mean ship hull and sails, either by your crew or at a shipyard, that is not enough.

Over time your crew will also repair some damaged cannon carriages to get them guns back in action.
Some cannon barrels might get damaged and that is beyond the crews ability to fix.

At the shipyard you have the option to Change/Repair cannon.
Choose the same cannons you have now and you will be charged only for the replacement of missing cannon to bring the number back up to 40.

Choose to replace your guns with a different type and you will be charged for an entire new 40 gun set.

 

[klysto]

thank you both that worked out for me, smooth sailing and lots of plunder for you both.

 

[Petros]

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Arrghh!