I beleive that with the SimHQ Tonnage War mod that players will learn quickly not to attack an escort while surfaced. If all works well, the infamous bow shot will rarely result in a kill.
With the Tonnage War mod it will also give the player reason to respect an merchant ship that is armed with a deck gun. This is due to the fact that it is now quite difficult to sink a merchant ship via the deck gun and that the deck gun crew are now more readily wounded or killed.
It will be essential to aim at or just below the water line. No longer will targeting the pointy end of the bow sink any merchant vessel in the game.
People can keep their quick reload times, and even the targeting cross hair as it of little value plummeting the upper deck with the deck gun. And these two items offer no additional benifit under the new ship model. In fact, I would say that the cross has to now stay as it would be impractical to aim at the water line otherwise. A nice discret dot would be nice though.
As a consequence of having to aim at the water line, you also now have to be a lot further from the vessel, again making it harder.
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