Michiel the Ruyter

I see a lot of good suggestions and some are way too crazy. I generally don't like overpowered things, and especially ship knowledge books (collections) cause you don't lose them. The most expensive and good stuff the best players will get and the casual player will only suffer more. I think it's important every upgrade, ship knowledge book and perk has it's value and it's not redundant. The same for woods, Teak and especially combined with White Oak (T/WO) is way too popular. I think all the bow figures need a (slight) buff, apart from the Phoenix. Elephant bow figure - Reduce penalty of speed - 2.5% » - 1.5%. Gazelle bow figure - Increase speed + 1% » + 1.25%. Katherine bow figure - Increase turn rate 2.5% » 3.5%. Lion bow figure - Reduce cannon reload time - 2.8% » - 3.5%. Rattlesnake bow figure - Increase cannon ball penetration + 2% » + 2.5%. Thor bow figure - The magic hammer. I think repair time reduction is good, but heavily increase the stats: - 2% » - 10%. Whale bow figure - Increase water pump bailing + 5% » + 10%. Introduce seven (7) new bow figures, all available in Admiralty for 300 doubloons: 1. Golden bow figure - Increase doubloon reward when looting a ship (NPC and player) by 20%. 2. Prestige bow figure - Increase XP reward for ship (knowledge) and rank at the end of a battle (NPC and player) by 20%. 3. Monk's bow figure - Increase open world speed by 5%. 4. Birds bow figure - Increase accuracy (horizontal and vertical) of bow chasers (cannons) by 30%. 5. Hippo bow figure - Increase bow armor hp by 30%. 6. Wolf bow figure - A more allround alternative of the Hippo bow figure. Increase bow armor hp by 10%, bow armor thickness by 10% and adding 5% splinter (crew) resistance. 7. Ram bow figure - Deals damage to armor hp and if no armor hp left: hull hp when ramming a ship (friendly and enemy) and also makes some leaks. Damage (in hp) and amount of leaks is based on: your ship class (would be cooler if it was based on true weight), your ship's speed and the enemy's ship class (or weight). A first rate sailing at 3/4 knots should be able to crack a 7th rate instantly. Because bow armor plating is removed for the ram and the ram is heavy, the following penalties: Penalty of speed - 3% Penalty of turn rate - 5% Penalty of acceleration - 20% Penalty of deceleration - 20% Penalty of bow armor hp - 20 to - 50% (depends on how many damage it inflicts) Clan: MONX