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Sailing plans?

FunkybluesFunkyblues Member, Alpha Two
in General Discussion
So in the latest stream it was confirmed that wind direction affects your sailing speed in certain directions. I think that's awesome! I love sailing in games but very few do it well..
I was wondering how complex AoC will make sailing (the more complex the better imo, to a point). So a few questions:
-Does the type of ship affect speed in certain wind directions? For example would a square rigged ship go faster with the wind from behind as a fore-to-aft rigged ship?
-Will we be able to change sail angles?
-Will wind in the sails at certain angles make the ship heel over and will depowering the sails change the amount of heeling?

I don't really expect the last two points to become reality but the first point would be cool allready..
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Comments

  • DareowDareow Member
    Sounds like Sea of Thieves type game play
  • FunkybluesFunkyblues Member, Alpha Two
    edited June 2022
    Well I'm drawing my inspiration more from Naval Action and just sailing in general but yes also Sea of Thieves does it well!
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  • mcstackersonmcstackerson Member, Phoenix Initiative, Royalty, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Here is a link to the wiki with everything we know about boats.
  • HeetCrusherHeetCrusher Member, Alpha Two
    I wonder if they have a separate team working on it or not. I almost wish they would just bring it in the first expansion a year or so after release. That way maybe for a faster release not sure how much work has been done on it. But they keep mentioning it.
  • RavenHalllowRavenHalllow Member
    Transporting cargo with sailing would be a cool alternative to a caravan if both cities have access to coastal waters. I'm new here and still going through the many threads. I am very curious about how long it would take a node to improve from one thing to another. Like when we start the game will the game nodes be in early stone/bronze? Knowing that would give us a good understanding to what ships we can use. Like Viking longboats in the beginning for early goods movement.
  • Night WingsNight Wings Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    edited July 2022
    RavenHalllow wrote: »
    Transporting cargo with sailing would be a cool alternative to a caravan if both cities have access to coastal waters. I'm new here and still going through the many threads. I am very curious about how long it would take a node to improve from one thing to another. Like when we start the game will the game nodes be in early stone/bronze? Knowing that would give us a good understanding to what ships we can use. Like Viking longboats in the beginning for early goods movement.

    I would be surprise if there isn't transport ships. Also just little more information about nodes you should check out.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMvubbX-SHg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44HChA1Kkfk

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    https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Node_stages


    I wouldn't mind the idea of Atlas/Sea of thieves kinda sailing think they're done pretty well
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