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Boat docking duration
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:33 am
by The Industriallist
I'm currently docking a longboat, and the time it will take has me puzzled.
Getting from undocking to out of "you see" range from my original launch point took about a day. Docking is going to take me 5 days, I think, and I started it at the first opportunity. (already at 15%)
Is this normal?
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:17 am
by Pirog
It is a pain docking with the long ships...I also thought it was a bug, but they are just dreadfully slow.
I would like to see the vikings traying to do their lightning raids with ships of the Cantrian caliber...the towns guards would have had time to build a bridge out to their ships before they even got away
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:36 pm
by The Industriallist
But are they supposed to be slower docking than sailing normally? That's what gets me.
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 10:04 pm
by Rustoleum
There is a difference between a Viking Longship, and an actual longboat, which is the name of what is built in Cantr.
In real life, a longboat is just an overgrown rowboat carried by another, larger ship (think of the big lifeboats in Titanic)
A viking longship is a whole 'nother animal; complete with a mast, single-sail, and crew of burly Norsemen to run it.
No way could a single person manage a longship, so while I too am frustrated with the limitations of the Cantr longboat, perhaps we all are expecting a bit too much from them.
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2004 12:35 am
by Pirog
Rustoleum>
Can single persons handle darters, soarers and whatever else the ships I have never heard about before then?
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2004 12:38 am
by Revanael
Something I've always wondered about - the Raker, Darter, etc are presumably based on the Athan'Miere?
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2004 2:52 am
by Rustoleum
Pirog wrote:Rustoleum>
Can single persons handle darters, soarers and whatever else the ships I have never heard about before then?
Don't know, I'm assuming yes, but I'd have to get on one first to figure it out.
The only point I was trying to make is that longship and longboat in real life are two entirely different things, and when people complain about how slow longboats are and bring up images of Viking raiders swooping down on coastal towns, they should realize that maybe they are in a different craft than what they imagine.