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Blacklight · 03-03-08, 12:54 PM

After a lot of testing, I can validate this finding. Ever since GWX 2.0 went in, I've noticed that small merchants and tankers do not go down like they should. Sometimes, even with two eels in them, they still sit there bobbing like corks. The big ships sink a LOT faster than the smaller ships. I can definitely verify this in the case of the small merchants and small tankers.

Lately I've been finding that the smaller ships need more torpedoes than the large ships to send them to the bottom. :hmm:

Maybe something is going on between the ships weight and the flooding ? Are lighter ships actually more naturally boyant than the big ships ?

To give you an idea, I put one eel into a large merchant right in the middle and it sunk in about 45 minutes.
I put two eels (One in each side) directly into the middle of a small merchant and it took about an hour and forty five minutes to sink. This is NOT including the 30 minutes or so I waited for the ship to sink from the first shot I put in it (Which blew a huge hole in the side but didn't phase it as it just kept chugging along on fire and SEEMINGLY NOT TAKING ON ANY WATER. This definitely started after GWX 2.0 went in. Prior to that, these ships would go down quickly with one well placed eel.

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Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	After a lot of testing, I can validate this finding. Ever since GWX 2.0 went in, I've noticed that small merchants and tankers do not go down like they should. Sometimes, even with two eels in them, they still sit there bobbing like corks. The big ships sink a LOT faster than the smaller ships. I can definitely verify this in the case of the small merchants and small tankers. Lately I've been finding that the smaller ships need more torpedoes than the large ships to send them to the bottom. :hmm: Maybe something is going on between the ships weight and the flooding ? Are lighter ships actually more naturally boyant than the big ships ? To give you an idea, I put one eel into a large merchant right in the middle and it sunk in about 45 minutes. I put two eels (One in each side) directly into the middle of a small merchant and it took about an hour and forty five minutes to sink. This is NOT including the 30 minutes or so I waited for the ship to sink from the first shot I put in it (Which blew a huge hole in the side but didn't phase it as it just kept chugging along on fire and SEEMINGLY NOT TAKING ON ANY WATER. This definitely started after GWX 2.0 went in. Prior to that, these ships would go down quickly with one well placed eel. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !" Last edited by Blacklight; 03-03-08 at 01:08 PM.