Throughout my CoAS experience, I have been plagued by sadly inexperienced crews and their lack of fighting ability. I have almost no experience modding the game, and some of these suggestions might be impossible, but just in case:
Exercising the great guns: In the novels, an at least weekly activity for Jack Aubry's crew. I think it might be possible to create a new kind of ship with very high hit points, but nearly nonexistent speed and maneuverability, and no crew walking around on deck, made to look like an empty floating cask or barrel with a flag attached.
With an expenditure of planks, timbers, or the like, the player can have one appear some short distance from his ship, and fire on it just as he would fire upon any other hostile vessel. This should be more expensive than just spewing broadsides into the horizon, and work much more quickly on the crew's gunnery skill. However, this would only be useful to those of us who enjoy role playing and authenticity, since you could just as easily go and attack some small enemy merchantman.
Exercising the small arms: Soldier/ crew's combat skill increases,but with some penalty: the reduction of morale, for example, due to the tedious practice. It could also be accompanied by an expense, to pay for the expended powder and bullets.
This next one is probably impossible, or at least impractical:
Jury rigging destroyed masts W/ extra planks and sailcloth. Whenever a mast went by the board, carpenters would have to replace it with improvised rigging, such as an extra spar and some sailcloth. This would add some authenticity to the game, but again is probably highly impractical.
complaint: new version cmod some weapons don't match names and descriptions, many are looking more like fantasy weapons (like the pole axe, it used to look like an authentic boarding axe) also period book names would be nice.
I'd also like to request that Stephen Maturin be added as a recruitable officer, or even playable character, since he was an intelligence agent in the books, highly skilled with the pistol and blade. It just doesn't seem right that when I'm playing as Jack Aubrey that I don't have him as my surgeon.
Exercising the great guns: In the novels, an at least weekly activity for Jack Aubry's crew. I think it might be possible to create a new kind of ship with very high hit points, but nearly nonexistent speed and maneuverability, and no crew walking around on deck, made to look like an empty floating cask or barrel with a flag attached.
With an expenditure of planks, timbers, or the like, the player can have one appear some short distance from his ship, and fire on it just as he would fire upon any other hostile vessel. This should be more expensive than just spewing broadsides into the horizon, and work much more quickly on the crew's gunnery skill. However, this would only be useful to those of us who enjoy role playing and authenticity, since you could just as easily go and attack some small enemy merchantman.
Exercising the small arms: Soldier/ crew's combat skill increases,but with some penalty: the reduction of morale, for example, due to the tedious practice. It could also be accompanied by an expense, to pay for the expended powder and bullets.
This next one is probably impossible, or at least impractical:
Jury rigging destroyed masts W/ extra planks and sailcloth. Whenever a mast went by the board, carpenters would have to replace it with improvised rigging, such as an extra spar and some sailcloth. This would add some authenticity to the game, but again is probably highly impractical.
complaint: new version cmod some weapons don't match names and descriptions, many are looking more like fantasy weapons (like the pole axe, it used to look like an authentic boarding axe) also period book names would be nice.
I'd also like to request that Stephen Maturin be added as a recruitable officer, or even playable character, since he was an intelligence agent in the books, highly skilled with the pistol and blade. It just doesn't seem right that when I'm playing as Jack Aubrey that I don't have him as my surgeon.
