This is just a basic introduction to ships in Pirates of the Burning Sea. Visit game guide publisher Killer Guides for an in-depth PotBS game guide.

Ship battles are played out on the open seas, as you try to navigate yourself to place your ship in proper position to deal massive damage to the ship you are fighting.  Multiple ships can be engaged at the same time.  During ship combat, a players speed, position, and heading all affect the ability to damage enemies and resist damage.  The ship battles focus on out maneuvering the enemy ships and releasing large amounts of cannon blasts on the enemy to deal devastating damage. layers will be able to participate in both ship and avatar based gameplay, covering both ship to ship combat and avatar combat of three different types: sword-fighting, brawling, and ranged combat.    During combat at anytime ships can move close against the enemy ship and attempt to board.  Ship speed, winddirection, and your ship's stats all factor into how you approach a battle.  Multiple players will take on different roles during a naval battle; like repairing the ship during combat.  Once you've managed to reach an enemy ship, you're taken to their decks for a boarding battle.  Better still, you can actually have a friend in the same battle board the ship with you and fight together as a team.

Ships can be constructed and maintained by players. Ships, for example, are made of ship hulls, which are made of planks, which are cut from trees.  Ships of different sizes will also have different cargo hold sizes.  Along with this, the ship hull needs nails, which are made from iron, which is refined from iron ore.  The ship, along with the ship hull, also needs a mast, all the cannons, several hundred yards of rope, and more.

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Ships are the cornerstone of the economy. Several user-created ships have already been accepted and integrated, and can be spotted in screenshots shown on game sites and the official site.  The game will ship with dozens of different vessels to chose from, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.  As a general rule, the bigger the ship, the slower it is.

There is a collision model in the game but you won't damage anyone's ship by just running into it at full speed.   There are different advantages based on what you are as a ship as well.  French guns, for instance, are a bit more effective but their ships aren't as robust as those of the English.  Pirates have the special ship capture abilities described above, as well as the ability to engage in PvP more easily than the other nations, and throughout more of the game world.  Ship combat is the core of the game and we want it to be a very different and very satisfying experience.

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