Will Collister Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) Ahoy there! After much studying of the ships' various speed profiles, I realised that I could use these, together with their default speed values, to calculate how best to escape enemy ships attempting to pursue you. It turns out that almost all ships can escape almost all others, or at least outrun them rather competently on at least one point of sail. Here is a link to the Escapomatrix; my attempt at illustrating these points, unfortunately only going so far as to include the ships available at Master and Commander. I will add more as I progress. Edited March 23, 2016 by Will Collister 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Rice Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Nice i just usually remember the angle for my ships fastest route. but that because im not usually hunting players either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Kewl. More than once I've alt-tabbed the game in a frenzied hunt for Jodgi's speed graphs. This will go much faster. Nice i just usually remember the angle for my ships fastest route. but that because im not usually hunting players either. Ah, but most ships will be caught on their fastest point of sail. Their point of relative advantage may be different (90 for Cerb, 60 for Surprise). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 This is pretty cool thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Sharpe Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Great work Collister, your guides are truly outstanding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chustler Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 This is an excellent tool. Experienced players know most of this in their head without thinking about it, but it is still really nice to see it all worked out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Collister Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Thanks for the kind words, folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Beard Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Brilliant. I notice the larger ships are missing. Any plans to include? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrongway Peter Peachfuzz Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Great piece of work- thanks!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Collister Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Brilliant. I notice the larger ships are missing. Any plans to include? Absolutely! Just need to beg, build, borrow or steal them first! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriks Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 This adds a quantitative reason is why I use Trader Brigs as warehouse extensions rather than sailing ships. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Rice Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Absolutely! Just need to beg, build, borrow or steal them first! what sever do you play on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Collister Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) what sever do you play on On PvP 1! This adds a quantitative reason is why I use Trader Brigs as warehouse extensions rather than sailing ships. Me too, old chap! Damn those things - also why I tend to shamefully use the Trader's Snow as a teleporting cargo hauler back to Port Royal. Edited March 25, 2016 by Will Collister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Collister Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 Updated the escapomatrix with a whole load of new ships today. Hope it's still seeing some use. 07 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Wildcat Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Yep, I've used it. Thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Wildcat Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Just revisited. Thanks for the update! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Victor Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 You can use the ship compare as an up-to-date escapomatrix (and attackomatrix 😶) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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