'Poseidon' Fourth Rate

A Level 50, 72-gun Huge Ship of the Line

SAILING Sailing
These parameters determine how your ship sails.

Max Speed: Maximum Speed
How fast your ship can move in battles. Improving battle speed does not improve Open Sea speed.
Acceleration: Acceleration
Determines how fast the ship gains speed.
Deceleration: Deceleration
Determines how fast the ship loses speed. Lower values are better if you want to maintain speed, higher values are better if you want to stop quickly.
Turning (Fast): Fast Turn Rate
The Ship's turn rate in degrees per second. This is how fast the ship turns if it is moving at maximum speed.
Turning (Slow): Slow Turn Rate
The Ship's turn rate in degrees per second. This is how fast the ship turns if it is moving at a speed of at least 4 knots.
Turning Accel: Max Turning Acceleration
This shows how fast a ship accelerates into a turn. The higher the value, the faster the ship reaches its maximum turn rate.
Turning Decel: Min Turning Deceleration
Ships gradually suffer less deceleration as they turn. This shows a minimum amount of deceleration a ship has when turning. Lower numbers (relative to other acceleration stats) are better.
Best Point: Best Point
The wind angle at which the ship can attain its maximum speed. The wind comes from angle 0^o, and angle 180^o is running with the wind at your back.

SHIP

Capacity: Capacity
How many units of cargo the ship can hold.
O.S. Visibility: Open Sea Visibility
How far away other ships will spot you on the open sea.
O.S. Spotting: Open Sea Spotting
Increases your spotting range, allowing you to detect ships beyond their O.S. Visibility.
Crew: Crew
The maximum number of crew on your ship. Shows the fighting strength of your crew.
Target Tracking: Target Tracking
Reduces the accuracy penalties you suffer due to your movement and your target's movement. Improves your chance to hit fast moving ships.

17.40
0.47
1.35
6.50
2.35
4.25
8.35
180

270
83.3
0.0
575
13

50 ( Huge)
3
64422

LEVEL (SIZE): Level and Size
The level required to use this ship, and the size of the hull.
DURABILITY: Durability
The number of ships you have left. Decreases by 1 whenever the ship is defeated in combat (with the exception of skirmish).
INSURANCE VALUE: Insurance Value
Amount of doubloons you will receive for this ship if she is sunk or scuttled.

HEALTH Health
The ship's Health stats show how much damage it can sustain.

Hull: Hull (Structure)
The internal structure of your ship. When your structure runs out, your ship sinks.
Port: Port (Left)
The ship's port armor. Armor facings protect the ship's hull.
Stbd: Starboard (Right)
The ship's starboard armor. Armor facings protect the ship's hull.
Bow: Bow (Front)
The ship's bow armor. Armor facings protect the ship's hull.
Stern: Stern (Rear)
The ship's stern armor. Armor facings protect the ship's hull.
Sails: Sails & Masts
Shows how much damage the ship's sails and masts can sustain. Ships lose speed as they take sail damage.

Integ. Integrity
The ship's Integrity stats show how much damage it can sustain.

3200
1880
1880
940
470
3400

DR Damage Reduction
Shows how much the ship's armor reduces the damage it receives.

-
12
12
7
5
6

MODIFIERS Modifiers
These change your chance to hit, chance to get hit and the damage you take.

Sails: Sails
Offense, defense and resistance values for your ship's sails and masts.
Crew: Crew
Offense, defense and resistance values for your ship's crew.
Bow: Bow (Front)
Offense, defense and resistance values for your ship's bow armor.
Stern: Stern (Rear)
Offense, defense and resistance values for your ship's stern armor.
Sides: Broadsides (Left & Right)
Offense, defense and resistance values for your ship's broadsides.
Grapple: Grappling
Grappling offense makes it easier to board ships. Grappling defense protects you against hostile boarding attempts.

OFF Offense
Offensive modifiers are a percentage increase to your chance to hit. The numbers here include any benefits from 'Accuracy, All' items.

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

DEF Defense
Defensive modifiers are a percentage decrease to the chance enemies will hit you. The numbers here include any benefits from 'Defense, All' items.

20.0
18.0
18.0
18.0
18.0
0.0

RES Resistance
Resistance is a percentage reduction in the damage you take.

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-

BATTERIES Batteries The guns on your ship are divided into batteries. Guns within a single battery are identical and are controlled as a group.	Type Quantity & Weight This shows number and size of the guns in the battery. Heavier guns do more damage, have longer range and penetrate armor better. Lighter guns reload faster and are better at dealing sustained damage against unarmored targets.		Reload Reload The time it takes to reload the entire battery of guns, in seconds.	Damage Maximum Damage This shows how much damage each cannon can do at minimum range using heavy round shot. Damage gradually decreases as your target gets farther away.	Range Maximum Range This shows how far the cannons can fire heavy round shot. Other ammo types modify this range.	Acc Accuracy This shows the cannon's percentage chance to hit a standard target at 200 or 400 yards away. The chance to hit is increased based on target size, and decreases based on movement.	200 / 400 Accuracy This shows the cannon's percentage chance to hit a standard target at 200 or 400 yards away. The chance to hit is increased based on target size, and decreases based on movement.
Swivels: Swivel guns fire anti-personnel shot, spraying enemy decks with a lethal cloud of musket-balls.	6x	1/2lb	7.6s	7.0	100y		-- / --
Topdeck:	10x	9lb	25.7s	29.0	525y		107 / 84
Upperdeck:	26x	12lb	33.3s	32.0	575y		110 / 89
Gundeck:	24x	18lb	42.9s	38.0	625y		112 / 92
Fore guns: Guns in the front of the ship, also known as bowchasers.	2x	9lb	25.7s	29.0	525y		107 / 84
Aft guns: Guns in the back of the ship, also known as sternchasers.	4x	18lb	42.9s	38.0	625y		112 / 92

Polars

Upwind & Luffing

Close
Haul

Beam
Reach

Broad
Reach

Running

25% - 35%

4.35 - 6.09 knots

50°

11.31 knots

65%

11.31 knots

65%

14.79 knots85%

85%14.79 knots

16.1 knots

92.5%

16.1 knots

92.5%

17.4 knots

100%

Open Sea Speed: 52

Information based on version 02.10.57.00 Current game version is 2.15.46.0

Strategy and Use

The Poseidon is a Ship of the Line that all careers can sail. It costs one Lineship Structure Bundle and assorted materials to produce, for a base cost of ~500,000 dbs.

This ship has armor comparable to a Third Rate and its gundeck is lined with 18 and 12 pounders which puts it just slightly on the lighter side of the average Fourth Rate.

The Poseidon is an acceptable choice for any line of battle fleet. However, its low acceleration and turning values are a handicap in open sea engagements without frigates for escort.

Tactics

The Poseidon is a line ship suitable for line battle in PvP and fleeting NPCs. Her best point of sail is before the wind (180).

The Poseidon's armament and thick sides make it a very good close-to-medium range sustained damage dealer, while its cumulative poundage allows for heavy spiking up to 550 yards out. On the other hand, its difficult handling (low acceleration coupled with low turning values) make it susceptible to forced boardings in close range maneuvering contests and brawls.

The Poseidon's high stamina and top speed make it a decent initial line charge lead under favorable sailing conditions. The ship's characteristically prodigious inertia means that at top speeds it is unlikely to be blocked by anything smaller than a Third Rate, while the low turning values keep it from losing too much speed using conservative steering.

An experienced captain can even depend on the ship's inertia to "powerslide" into a tight turn should it be absolutely necessary - judicious use of acceleration buffs help to transition smoothly out of such a maneuver, although no amount of modding can allow the Poseidon to perform continual, sustained maneuvering.

Comparable Ships

The 'Archelon' Frigate is a suitable alternative for cautious inexperienced captains. It can cost 50-60% less and retains most of the tanking ability, at the cost of the rough equivalent of the Poseidon upperdeck. The Archelon also has much more forgiving sailing characteristics.

Distinguishing Characteristics

Largest overall amount of hull, sail and crew hitpoints of any Fourth Rate. Has the lowest acceleration and turning but one of the highest top speeds of all Fourths. Gun makeup is best suited for medium-to-close range fighting.

Has Third Rate equivalent hitbox/inertia.