Cannon recoil and gun ports

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If I could press a button in battle, and the ports open up and the guns run out my eyes would be in heaven. And when guns fire they recoil, and once nearly reloaded they run back out to their ports, it would make combat in this game so much better. An idea on how to use gun ports is similar to the firing mechanic, if your guns fire from bow to stern then gun ports open bow to stern, stern to bow or randomly. Obviously this would not effect gun reloading, as it would only take somewhat 3-5 seconds to run the guns out and a few more to open ports, which is roughly when the first sails are unfolded. 
 

For your consideration

Pepsi