Farwalker2 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 January 26, 2016 4:00 P.M. Eastern I tried one Admiralty battle today in my Snow. My rank is 2nd Lt. Snow is equipped with an Optimized Rudder. PROBLEM: Compared to sailing my Snow previously, now the Snow only goes half speed in battle. It was not able to exceed 5 knots. It also turns at about half the previous rate. I had 100% sails, no leaks and was not able to get over 5 knots! Before the patch I was able to do over 10 knots for most points of sailing. I got caught "in stays" (pointing into the wind twice in this battle). Never happened before. Nothing has changed except today's patch. The game is unplayable in this state. Other players mention that they too have this problem in game chat. I hope you remedy this situation quickly so I can enjoy you game soon. As it is now, the game is UNPLAYBLE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Dutchery Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) if you were using manual sails perhaps you forgot to put it back onto automatic or you might have accidentally hit the manual sails. Everything seems fine for me. Edited January 26, 2016 by Dutch Dutchery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farwalker2 Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 if you were using manual sails perhaps you forgot to put it back onto automatic or you might have accidentally hit one of the manual sails. Everything seems fine for me. Nope that was not the issue. Sails automatically were working great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salzi Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Sounds like you Depowered your sails, Press T to power and Depower them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomms123 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Sounds like what Dutch Dutchery wrote or what Salzi wrote. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farwalker2 Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Sounds like you Depowered your sails, Press T to power and Depower them. I'll check it out. But I thought the "T" key was to control staysails only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry d'Esterre Darby Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 T removes jibs and staysails, which can result in speeds like you have mentioned. The lack of them may also cause slower turning in circumstances where your bow is falling off the wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farwalker2 Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 I will try again. I will pay particular attention to the above noted possible conditions. "F" key for Skipper Auto mode. "T" key for jibs and staysails. I will report back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farwalker2 Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Reporting back: I was in error. I do not know what I did in the battle where I had trouble. I now know that there is no chance to my Snow 's performance. (So long as I avoid hitting the wrong buttons.) Thanks for you help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry d'Esterre Darby Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Thanks for reporting a potential issue - I'm glad it wasn't a serious bug. I mash keys all the time in battle, only to look down in confusion and see I'm at less than full sails with DEPOWER showing. Duhhhhh... Going to lock this so there's no confusion that it's an issue that requires Developer attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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