As long as you know how to sail them, and don't mind spending a long time fighting large battles. A few salvos will sink them, getting there is the battle.īy the way, you can get similar results with 6th rates, but it takes longer, because while 5th rates sail only a bit worse than 6th rates, 6th rates pound much less hard than 5th rates.īy the way, fifth rates are the best for EVERYTHING, not just at capturing. Those you have to separate from the main fleet, and rush. The only exception, which appears late on the research tree, are bomb kvetches and rocket ships, which out-range the fifth rates.
At VH/VH, if the enemy fleet is large and its admiral is still among the living, the first few ships may actually decide to sink rather than surrender, but after half are gone, the rest will get smarter. Both usually result in a capture without too much risk of sinking the enemy. The former gives more experience, the latter is much faster. Once the enemy is dead in the water, approach it from a blind spot, and either grape shot its crew to Hell, or fire a salvo of round shot at its rudder. To capture a ship, switch to chain shot, and dismast the target. They can outrun nearly everyone, can stay out of range of anyone who can remotely threaten them, and easily batter everyone who can catch up with them. With the extra manoeuvrability, you could then sweep around the bow of that ship and send a lethal broadside down the full length of its gun deck, likely killing most of the crew and then crippling the firepower of the target ship.Fifth rates. Wind strength and direction is modelled as a physical force in Empire, so it’s entirely possible to draw alongside a ship and steal its wind.
Under the selected ship, you can just make out the compass which shows the direction of the wind. The upper white bar shows the strength of the sails of that ship, while the two green bars in the lower portion show the strength of the hull on either side. The flag shows the faction, which is surrounded by three bars. With wind direction to consider and powerful broadsides to avoid, victory at sea is hard-fought.Įach ship under your command has a Heads-Up Display – the circle above it. You can have up to 20 ships per fleet, and with the appropriate research can field anything from 14-gun sloop-of-wars to 192-gun first rate ships of the line. Naval WarfareWith Total War’s reputation for historical battles that are reasonably accurate, highly strategic and lots of fun, it’s no surprise that the naval battles are so engaging.
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