Sloop

undefinedA sloop, in maritime terms, is a sailboat with a single mast, typically with a mainsail, and a headsail. Within the game, the Sloop is the most basic form of sail boats. Cheap to produce, it is meant for short-range trading, or simple forms of pirating.

The Sloop, is provided as a default ship for all new players, and for all players who had lost their ship. No matter in any circumstances where the ship is declared lost, either from sinking, or being destroyed due to shelling from cannons, the Sloop will always be given to the respective player’s inventory. If bought, the Sloop costs a thousand (1000) gold to produce.

For those who had just started the game, the Sloop is the perfect tool to refine navigational and sailing skills that are a necessity for the control of other ships. It is not a hard ship to master: often the Sloop acts as an alternative for solo-crossings in the game. Fast, agile, and nimble, the Sloop, under perfect weather conditions, can easliy outrun other classes of ships, which is a subtle feature in case the player is suffering from pirating.

In terms of trading, the Sloop is able to perform efficiently, for short-range hops across the archipelago, normally allowing the fitting for twenty (20) barrels of all kinds in the lower deck. If fitted properly, the upper deck can be configured to store another fifteen (15).

Due to it’s size, the Sloop’s hull is prone to suffer from flooding, if the boat is not navigated properly. In between the regions of the game where waves are typically larger than usual, particularly in a storm, the Sloop might not be able to travel safely, which in some cases, sink due to over-flooding of the hull of the boat.