Plzen wrote:Bortslovakia wrote:Mind you, the average Irish ship is still going to only have a crew of like 70-80. And those ships that do have 120-150 are primarily made up of oarsmen, usually employed from tribes in Britain, or along the coast of western Europe. There are exceptions of course, such as purpose built warships, and on average the Irish strategy is definitely focused on larger craft. The comparison between the Commonwealth and Hibernia would probably be galleys v heavies in eu4 (minus the fact heavy ships are stupidly OP).
...I don't think that comparison works at all. Galleys tend to be small, rowed craft and heavies are large, exclusively-sailed craft. In this case we have larger ships with oars against smaller, exclusively-sailed ships.
From the perspective of the Commonwealth, putting another 50 or 60 people on a ship for benefits that are extremely marginal except in unfavourable weather conditions is just not worth doing. Given 80 crew, we'd rather put 2~3 properly-sized and armed sailing warships on the waves, instead of putting those 80 on the same ship and expecting them to row.
Bortslovakia wrote:We use lateen sails for a reason
Yeah, that's what I expected... but it doesn't hurt to ask.
I've nothing to lose if you say yes and everything to gain if it turns out you didn't.
I think the comparison is perfectly apt. In eu4, both are combat ships. Galleys are cheaper, faster, and require less crew. The point isn't the semantics so much as the design philosophy.
Anyways, I imagine the Imperium wouldn't immediately realize that tacking is beneficial, since river travel kind of forces a roughly straight line. Of course, the moment Viktor is on a boat heading towards the wind, he'll probably notice that oars are inefficient. Not sure about his nautical knowledge beyond that
Alaroma wrote:Plzen wrote:When I said girls should stick together, this isn’t exactly what I had in mind.
Joohan, if you’ve got the spare energy, now would be a good time to throw us some random events to play with.
I'm really beginning to question if Grace isn't the most evil. Issac looks down right benovolent at this point.
And yeah, events would be interesting I suppose.
Issac murders entire villages, and enslaves their women so they can make babies. Grace cut off the dicks of a few traitors. Insane as she is, so far it's been a one time deal, while Icedonia considers war crimes to be state policy.
If this eunuch trade becomes an actual thing though, I'm all for helping you burn a few Japanese ports