Real boat and ship names

[Solfius]

I know that a few ships and boats are named after WoT vessel types, I've read some of the series a long time ago, but I have no idea what these ships actually are. It would be nice if they were named after real ship types in common vocabulary that everyone could easily identify

[tiddy ogg]

Sorry. Don't understand. What's WoT?
All ship types, except the raker, are standard types, and names of Cantrian or RL ships can be anything you like.
Am I missing something?

[Hellzon]

WoT is short for Wheel of Time, the book series by Robert Jordan. Four of the ship types in game are taken from those books rather than reality. (I'm trusting other people rather than knowing myself, here.) If I got it right, those are: Skimmer, soarer, raker and darter.

[Marian]

I've never read any of those books but I like the names how they are! They're more descriptive, I think. (Anyway if they changed it to real life names I wouldn't be any better off as far as picturing them goes. And it's not like they look anything like real life ships anyway...there aren't any sails, for one thing. They're just a bunch of tiny bits of wood and sometimes iron hammered into shape glued together, like with Cantrian saliva or something.)

[Hellzon]

For the record, I don't mind the names either, but a better description would be neat. If it weren't for the wiki, we'd have no idea about ship sizes, for example.

[Crosshair]

Although i think Galleon should be changed to Frigate...

[Agar]

How about we just add a frigate instead?

BTW: Crosshair/Tor Makal, you might want to observe the 4 day rule in regards to your sig. Or at least remove the timestamp ...

[Crosshair]

*blushes*


Hmmmm... yeah! Add a frigate.. and a Schooner... and a Ship of the Line... and a Brig...

[Talapus]

and a Schooner

I have already proposed a schooner and a cutter design in the RD thread. Agar, would you please give me some feedback on these when you get the chance?

[Crosshair]

Cossacks?

oh, and a Gig, a Jollyboat, a Quarterboat, a launch,

[Mafia Salad]

Why add new boats? They all require the same materials so it'll just wind up like weapons where everyone has the same half a dozen types and the rest go unused for the most part.

Now if there were some boats with unique resources that would be something, imagine a no wood boat. Reed raft anyone? Hide and bone canoe? Rubber boats?

[Crosshair]

A ship o' the line would be a BIG status symbol... I'd just love to see one in game...

[fishfin]

a conoe, some wood (for the frame) some hide and fur for covering the frame, very small

metal ship, lots of iron, lots of steel, a very big ship

[Talapus]

Why add new boats? They all require the same materials so it'll just wind up like weapons where everyone has the same half a dozen types and the rest go unused for the most part.

Now if there were some boats with unique resources that would be something, imagine a no wood boat. Reed raft anyone? Hide and bone canoe? Rubber boats?

Timber boats I think are going to be the next big thing.

[nateflory]

I would love to see a Rubber Raft. I know one character who would use one in a heartbeat, having an issue with wood as a construction method of every other ship out there...Rubber and string would solve his fobias nicely and still allow lakeshore paddling.