Haggard Blanc

Same problems from NZ also, what happens to your ship during a disconnect in OW? Does it carry on sailing in the same direction for a few mins?

They can at least be chained 🤣 or even caught/kept up with by another of the same ship/build. I have seen a Requin escape a 3 v 1 of all Requins by running in a straight line, because it is nearly impossible to slow. If you say you can do that in another ship, I'd love to see that (same builds for the ships) and be proven wrong (and accept I am wrong)

But not escape other square riggers... The Le Requin is like no other ship in that it can get away from all ships including another Le Requin. *Let's carry on assuming all ships unmodified

But in the Le Requin you don't need any mods to be able to accomplish out running the enemy, which makes it even worse in terms of risk/reward: go sail an unmodified ship to hunt noobs, if you get caught out: no worries as you only lost repairs. It also seems to be the same few people saying there is nothing wrong with the Le Requin... I have the Hercules DLC and I'm happy to say that it too has issues. A good player of any game realises and admits when something is broken. As for the stats, numbers can hide many things real ingame experience shows. I have given up giving aid to players (besides advice on how to escape) when I hear a call for help about a Le Requin in our reinforcement zone as no ship I have can give aid in sinking one as they just run even from other Requins