Each sail you add contributes to the max speed, linearly. How do ship speed, sails, and weight work behind-the-scenes?Įvery ship has a max speed, if it theoretically weighed 0 lbs.For simplicity's sake, I will avoid discussing weight sails, handling sails, and item quality (maybe you can look forward to a guide on those subjects from me in the future).Īs a TL DR, here are the questions I will be answering today and a quick summary of the answer: Especially now that singleplayer mode allows for quick and easy testing, we need to get more factual information about ATLAS out to the public. On the other hand the 12 pounders give you a little advantage in that, properly loaded and with some lucky shots, you might slow down a single attacker enough to let you get away.Looking around, I have found a need for a comprehensive guide on the most efficient use of speed sails, cargo racks, and long-distance resource hauling. More than often the acceleration and speed of attackers is enough to get you into range for their special skills to slow you down. Only under the best circumstances (starting downwind with the wind in the back and your attackers half a mile off upwind facing upwind) is it possible to get away. Her only use is to deliver big freights at acceptable speeds.ĭon't get caught in one or for that matter in any trading ship. The first 'serious' big cargo hauler for the up and coming trader at level 25. It's cheap, but extremely slow and outgunned by smaller ships. The correct 'Polars' and 'Open Sea Speed' remain unavailable at this time.Ī galleon with great cargo capacity.Swivels: Swivel guns fire anti-personnel shot, spraying enemy decks with a lethal cloud of musket-balls.Īft guns: Guns in the back of the ship, also known as sternchasers. The chance to hit is increased based on target size, and decreases based on movement. This shows the cannon's percentage chance to hit a standard target at 200 or 400 yards away. This shows how far the cannons can fire heavy round shot. Damage gradually decreases as your target gets farther away.

This shows how much damage each cannon can do at minimum range using heavy round shot. The time it takes to reload the entire battery of guns, in seconds.

Lighter guns reload faster and are better at dealing sustained damage against unarmored targets. Heavier guns do more damage, have longer range and penetrate armor better. This shows number and size of the guns in the battery.

Guns within a single battery are identical and are controlled as a group. The guns on your ship are divided into batteries. The wind comes from angle 0 o, and angle 180 o is running with the wind at your back. The wind angle at which the ship can attain its maximum speed. Lower numbers (relative to other acceleration stats) are better. This shows a minimum amount of deceleration a ship has when turning. Ships gradually suffer less deceleration as they turn. The higher the value, the faster the ship reaches its maximum turn rate. This shows how fast a ship accelerates into a turn. This is how fast the ship turns if it is moving at a speed of at least 4 knots. The Ship's turn rate in degrees per second. This is how fast the ship turns if it is moving at maximum speed. Lower values are better if you want to maintain speed, higher values are better if you want to stop quickly. Improving battle speed does not improve Open Sea speed.ĭetermines how fast the ship gains speed.ĭetermines how fast the ship loses speed.

Galleon cargo