Jack Roberts wrote:Dmanwuzhere wrote:You should research the naval battles of vikings while they were far fewer than landbased battles they did happen and they were adept with the ships they crafted and have been attributed with stealing ships of enemies.
Lol an army of vikings of say 300 would be more than one ship and due to wealth being based on size of ships you would have so many ships to blow up that vary from 4 pairs of oars to normally 16 to 20 and the rarer 30 to 39 pairs of oars and the speed of those oars from varying locations in their trek would spell doom for any pirates with sloop or frig.
How quickly could you line up shots with 30 smaller vessels that seem to shoot forward without need of wind while being the recipient of arrows and at closer range spears until finally the proximity includes swords and axes.
At some point your ship would be on fire surrounded by those you feel would be so scared at a boom they could not move
Lol I know I know your pirates would be so fierce and calm with fire arrows and spears that each pirate would just pick up a cannon and stand where needed and fire it like a musket
I thought we were talking about 1 ship, not several. Also, yes, pirates could stand being shot at with arrows and the like. For that I will have to upgrade the amount of ships then....
If you are talking about Vikings you would rarely be talking about one ship the battle of Svolder proved costly to the man who had 11 ships against 70 or so ships.
That was a rarity to have a fighting force in 11 ships it was simply a statement of wealth that proved costly for a legend.
Most Viking forces were huge in ship count due to the differences of wealth in those involved.
