Knarr/Snekkja quality should not affect their speed.

[WowGain]

I like the idea of q affecting their soak/healthpool and making the use of tarsticks more efficient with repairs at higher qualities, seems like it'd still be a fairly rewarding aspect of quality for ships still without giving inherent combat advantages that cause things to boil down to whoever has the bigger number on their ship.

[strpk0]

+1, despite how much the devs claim to hate "binary outcomes" they've implemented and kept a feature like knarr and snekkja quality mattering for speed. In PvP, even a .01% speed advantage over someone else automatically means you get to roll them as you desire.

Please get rid of this already.

[ctopolon4]

even a .01% speed advantage over someone else automatically means you get to roll them as you desire.

same speed = death for escapers. like in normal chasing, better trajectory for chaser...
needs wind boosts on water then...
cant make good snekk = go by foot. cant make good stats & armor = stay at home. you always can zerg enemy with OPknock Cleaves

[ChildhoodObesity]

even a .01% speed advantage over someone else automatically means you get to roll them as you desire.

same speed = death for escapers. like in normal chasing, better trajectory for chaser...
needs wind boosts on water then...
cant make good snekk = go by foot. cant make good stats & armor = stay at home. you always can zerg enemy with OPknock Cleaves

lol if you're the same speed in the water they will take an extremely long time to fully catch you unless you're making a ton of mistakes. also if they do catch you what's stopping you from just going in land and taking advantage of speed buffs there?

[razfen]

Yes hard agree.

Snekkjas and knarrs should be just that: ocean faring fast ships, whaling boats or at most mobile outposts for thingwall captures, meteor fights and sieges.

In order to absolutely limit their use in pvp, the best course of action would be if they actually had a turning speed instead of naruto style teleporting left and right. This is the mechanic that just causes all of the issues about using them as drowners in river fights, and it's retarded. Implementing a turning speed would mean it would be more difficult to navigate these ships unless on open water.

[SnuggleSnail]

Driving a snekkja is fucked up enough already. They would still be an effective escape method if they had to slowly turn in rivers, and they would still be effective for chases in conjunction with rowboats if they had to turn in rivers.

I don't think there has been a better solution than OP. Rowboat speed everywhere except odeeper and maybe odeep.

[Zyean]

Driving a snekkja is fucked up enough already. They would still be an effective escape method if they had to slowly turn in rivers, and they would still be effective for chases in conjunction with rowboats if they had to turn in rivers.

I don't think there has been a better solution than OP. Rowboat speed everywhere except odeeper and maybe odeep.

Rowboats -> Snekk speed in rivers
Snekks -> rowboat speed in rivers

Think about it

[Audiosmurf]

Driving a snekkja is fucked up enough already. They would still be an effective escape method if they had to slowly turn in rivers, and they would still be effective for chases in conjunction with rowboats if they had to turn in rivers.

I don't think there has been a better solution than OP. Rowboat speed everywhere except odeeper and maybe odeep.

Rowboats -> Snekk speed in rivers
Snekks -> rowboat speed in rivers

Think about it

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[DDDsDD999]

I agree. Quality should not impact speed.

You're right, what should affect speed is what type of wood the ship is made from.

Silk sails would be very cool if I could rip up hermit's merchants robes for the silk.

[Audiosmurf]

I agree. Quality should not impact speed.

You're right, what should affect speed is what type of wood the ship is made from.

Silk sails would be very cool if I could rip up hermit's merchants robes for the silk.

Yeah I was only half joking about material types affecting speed, I think speed changes don't have to be off limits but it shouldn't be something as basic as higher number = better boat.