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The followup to my new ship types post, but with a different take on the entire ship system in the world of Atlas.

Version A post here: 

So, a constant debate throughout these forums, is the "inaccuracy" of ships in this game. A lack of essential sails, ship classification based on mast count, etc. A ton of good commentary on this, and some that feels a bit aggressive for unnecessary reasons. That being said, I think a possible solution would be to push away from having ship types classified. 

To apply this idea, it would be changing the names of the current in game ships, and renaming them more appropriately to their size. For example:

Sloop = Small Ship

Schooner = Medium Ship

Brigantine = Large Ship

Galleon = XL Ship

The advantage of this approach, is that you have a bit more control in the type of ship you have, depending on how you equip it. Another example, In the real world, Brigantines and smaller schooners had a very similar hull size and shape, the difference was the sail configuration. By building ships by size, rather than by name, you can decide while building if you want a 2 mast schooner, or a brigantine.

Now there are more than 4 universal ship hulls that were used throughout history (obviously), So a way to incorporate that into this style of ship building, would be to incorporate different versions of the ship sizes, for example:

Small Ship, Small Long Ship, Small wide ship, etc.

This could accommodate different ship types through history, and also encourage some cool ship builds, with distinct advantages. A large long ship for speed, a medium wide ship for hauling, etc.

Hopefully this actually seems coherent and not just some idiot rambling.

 

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