Battle Mechanics Question - Who Fires First

[Donald Trump]

I am pretty sure SoTL has more sail points.


Sail points should decide the hit.

[Shadowood]

The formula states "Cotton Sails" not "Sails Points". What the heck is sails points used for? LOL

[Donald Trump]

Maybe sail points is used to decide who hits first, idk.


Maybe sail points = Ship base speed.

[Shadowood]

Maybe sail points is used to decide who hits first, idk.


Maybe sail points = Ship base speed.

This can't be either as a Howker has a max of 30 sail points and a Cutter has a max of 30 sail points. Cutter is clearly faster.

[Donald Trump]

How is ship base speed calculated?

[Shadowood]

How is ship base speed calculated?

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Base Ship Speed = Base Ship Speed + ( Base Ship Speed * 3 * Cotton Sails / 100 )
Ship speed = Base Ship Speed * ((Current Crew / Max Crew) + 1) / 2
Final Ship Speed = Ship Speed + (Ship Speed * Double Hammocks / 100)

CJ won't release the exact numbers for BASE SPEED you have to figure them out on your own. However, he did confirm in an old post that a Howker base speed is 21.

[Shadowood]

Based on some rough math, the cutters final speed is more then 11 points over the SOLT in speed. Even with a Favorable Winds, the Cutter should have gone first in this case. Unless my math is wrong, which could for sure be the case!

[Shadowood]

I have moved the topic to "Bugs" to hopefully find a explanation.

[Donald Trump]

Base Ship Speed = Base Ship Speed + ( Base Ship Speed * 3 * Cotton Sails / 100 )


Well that ain't very helpful.

Assuming Cotton Sails is 5 (or anything really)

That is like x = x + (x*3*5/100)

x = 0....

x will always be 0

Base Ship Speed would always be 0

[Shadowood]

Base Ship Speed = Base Ship Speed + ( Base Ship Speed * 3 * Cotton Sails / 100 )


Well that ain't very helpful.

Assuming Cotton Sails is 5

That is like x = x + (x*3*5/100)

x = 0....

Edited the post above.

CJ won't release the exact numbers for BASE SPEED you have to figure them out on your own. However, he did confirm in an old post that a Howker base speed is 21.