I want to start by saying that I understand the Ships and Cannons on the server have been carefully and thoroughly adjusted and fine tuned by staff and player suggestions, and that it is what first attracted me to the server!

However, its a shame to see how underused ships are given the time that has been dedicated to improving and streamlining their use. Fundamentally, I think that people are too afraid of losing their amazing ship builds to a few cluster bomb hits, particularly from an stone brick fort impervious to any retaliatory fire.

I know this may be unpopular and would require testing but I would like to see cluster bombs nerfed or entirely removed. I’ll try and convince you below! 😛

• With only cobble cannons, ships will sustain much lower damage reducing fear of loss by ship owners.
• Lower damage means longer lifespans for ships, allowing for longer more strategic battles!
• Reduces the imbalance of fort vs ship warfare (with longer to return fire ships can target crews within forts or use the time to make a speedy retreat!)
• Decreased cannon damage will also make installing more guns critical to the military capabilities of your vessel as a few volleys from a single cannon will no longer be able to sink a ship.
• While cluster bombs have use via single cannons for anti personal use however, this is easily replaced by melon shot.
• In contrast, it will be sad to lose the terraforming capabilities of a cluster bomb!

I’m sure I haven’t considered every eventuality so I look forward to hearing your response  and hopefully being able to take my ship out for some good old fashioned piracy! 🙂

Kind Regards,

Browe