Single Player Ship Concept

@ch3wiie That's great work! One thing I'd like to point out is that the Solo-man Sloop is not for new players. Selecting that option clearly states "For a longer, more perilous journey" and " recommended for experienced pirates only".

@shadowstrider-7
Oh absolutely, I agree 100%. No newbie should start the game solo and expect it to be easy.
This isn't meant to be any "easier" either, just a smaller more accommodating ship. :)

@ch3wiie I love your idea, though! I very sincerely doubt we will ever see anything smaller than the Sloop, but you never know! What would you call this ship/Pirate dinghy?

@psych0-knightro
Thanks! I'm definitely hoping for player owned ships on release too! :D

cool man... that's a realy great work. devs should look upon this

@shadowstrider-7
Mm, this is something I've been trying to figure out.
The names I came down to are:
Gunboat (The Smallest Ship in AC4:Black Flag)
Cog (An old small Viking ship). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cog_(ship)

Open for suggestions though! :)

@ch3wiie

Front mounted cannon would break balancing in current ship engagement.

If you can gain on a target ship while being able to shoot, it would become the primary attack ship.

@stem589
But you can't sail and fire, since it's a solo ship.
The firing-angle is restricted so you don't have much room for error on aligning your ship, and the cannon balls are on the other side of your ship so you have to be efficient!

This looks great! It would be really cool to see such a great idea in the game.

Hey great work I mentioned something simular in the general feedback thread but in my opinion the cannon should be at the back because i don´t think you should engage a fight alone you should use it for escaping

@tipsy-jack @shaggiedo
I thought about that, but a reverse facing Cannon is probably more unfair than a forward facing one, since being able to "steer, flip, shoot, flip, steer, flip, reload shot, shoot" would probably be more annoying than the one or two cannonballs you got in your stern from the soloship, and you realize all you have to do is turn to avoid the cannon fire.

@mistavanvleck
I made the whole "Limited Cargo" as an idea to deter people from trying to tackle larger challenges by themselves (that they should be doing with others) or be able to stack up tons of treasure/supplies without other people seeing all of it laying on your deck.
Yes, water flooding was a stated Con ;)

@cheatingpirate
Thank you for your insight!
I wish I knew more about sails.. I wanted to keep it to one sail, since that's how the sloop operates; just smaller. I did experiment with a couple different sails but I like this one you referenced. I'll do another mock-up in a bit.
That ship does look like it's better suited for a crew of 4-8 where mine is actually just 1 person. It'll take some adjusting.
As for the rudders..I just liked the hidden ladder approach.

@originalzulkai
Very nice appeal on this ship; thanks!
Here's what the Pinnace looks like for anyone that is curious:

@cheatingpirate
I never claimed it wasn't a real ship, just stating it's much larger than I aim for.
I like the Lateen sails, I'll try them out!
Thanks again for the insight, it's good to have someone with real knowledge about ships/sailing.

@ch3wiie
Great job shipmate!

@laughsmaniacaly
Thanks for the suggestions!
I have a few reasons I made things the way they are:

• Intentionally 1 level hull with raised rear, so you can't be on the bow and see directly behind you (same as the other ships)
• The Boom allows the sail to swing from side to side, I tried the backwards facing sail and it seemed off for some reason. :\
• Centered Wheel so you can't see directly in front of you (same as other ships)
• The Map is intentionally where it is, to block you from being able to see it while on the helm
• There's no voyage table needed!
  I tried to keep with the style of the game (kinda condensed ship) look. As well as maintain the basic functionalities and layouts they have for the other ships.

@tokin1 You an' me both Cap'n