I have the DLC and tried a custom game.
Pro: smaller more manageable battles that should be playable in a reasonable amount of time.
Cons: I'm now convinced there's something wrong with the damage in this game.
I took a casemate ironclad against two steam frigates and a sloop. After half an hour I was at 15% damage, one of the frigates was at 1% and the sloop was at 10%. The frigate was only at 1% despite:
Being rammed square on the stern quarter at 4 knots
Getting raked by the ironclad at point blank range. Nelson would have been proud, I broke their line and fired all my starboard guns into the stern of a steam frigate at 50 yards or less.
1% damage. From 6.4% shell guns at point blank. That's not right.
Wooden vessels better able to take punishment than an ironclad ?
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