Thundershield

Yup that was my thread, If you're interested I could find more pictures, and videos of the event, and I'd be happy to provide accurate translations.

Very good point, and also very true. I hope this will be present in Naval Action as well. I remember in Assassin's Creed III, during the Naval missions, you could actually use the waves in stormy weather as cover for enemy fire, only to return fire when the waves subsided again. Like a floating wall.

I would absolutely pay for all those things. There's also the possibility of going more the GW2 and just sell the items individually, which may be a better financial option for some. Like in GW2, the key is to mainly sell non combat items, to prevent the game becoming unbalanced.

I know right? It blew my mind when I saw that It just left a perfect, cannon ball shaped hole. I was sure It'd go through the hull, but i imagined It'd do a little more damage than that. Of course It makes sense how some naval battles lasted all day, sometimes more. Indeed, that's where most of the damage comes from. Realistically, you could probably kill or injure most of the cannons crews, without doing critical damage to the ship itself, since the splinters, nails and such would just shoot right through the people inside. Yup, remote firing. But I believe the cannons are cast bronze, and they have been pretty well maintained since 1864, so they're probably in very good condition. Even bronze cannons that have been recovered from the sea are in somewhat decent condition I believe.

I can see why that would work. I haven't done much research in old maps, in fact the extent of my knowledge is pretty much restricted to the Carta Marina from the 15th century. It was a map of Northern Europe, specifically Scandinavia which also included depictions of sea monsters and maelstroms, very stereotype fantasy maps actually, but nonetheless it was a navigational chart. Incorporating that type of design into the game would be pretty cool, but I can understand why It wouldn't be historically accurate. Only suggestion I really have would be to have the UI reflect your faction, I.E. Pirate, Merchant Navy. The Navy would be neat, tidy, clean, whereas the Pirates would be messy and scruffy.

Oh absolutely. Firing cannons against the wind was risky as hell, the flames could blow back on the crew, ship and the sails. Which is why the test here was done with remote ignition.

Pardon the quality, I just took these today, and they were inside glass cabinets.

Indeed you did, looks like It dissapeared overnight.

Ahoy people, new guy here, and I bring cannons and explosions. Last month, people working for the Danish Fregatten Jylland museum ship decided to test out one of the old cannons, since It's almost never been done in modern times, and there's little historical evidence detailing the accuracy of the old ship cannons. Fregatten Jylland (The Frigate Jylland) Is one of the world's largest wooden warships, and is both a screw-propelled steam frigate and a sailship. She fought in the Second Schleswig War in 1864, where during the Battle of Heligoland, she sustained a direct hit from an Austrian screw Frigate. The hit killed 4 sailors aboard the Jylland and maimed 5 others. The people working at the ship now decided to recreate this hit, by taking off one of the original cannons, and re-constructing a piece of the hull, like the one that was hit. Then they took them to an Army testing ground, and fired off 3 shots to test the impact, and accuracy of the 150 year old Swedish built cannons. Here's what followed; Be warned, It's all in Danish and 'splosions. But here's the highlights: 0:42 - slow motion 1:17 - close up 1:47 - slow motion 2:22 - damages 2:52 - slow motion 3:12 - live shot followed by close up The shots were fired at a range of 90 meters, believed to be a realistic distance similar to the line of battle in 1864. They used 13 Kg cannon balls, fired with 4 Kg of gun powder. The cannons themselves weigh about 2.5 tons. I figured fellow history buffs, as well as the deveopers might enjoy seeing the effects of a cannonball shot, and of course the delightful explosions. And the ship itself Is pretty beautiful as well.