Naval Weapons
The Nautical Peacemakers of Alyria
Balancing your cargo and damage deals with finding a good balance of average damage output rate, and the rate at which you use up cargo, weight per second. The units are damage per second (dps), and pebbles per second (pb/s). Dps is calculated by (base damage)*(accuracy)/(reload time). Pb/s is the (weight used)/(reload time). A ratio is given of (pb/s)/(dps), which is also (weight used in one volley)/(average damage).
*NOTE: 1 damage unit equals 1 hull point. 2 hull points equals 1 shield point.Basic-Cannon
This weapon deals 0.76 dps.
This weapon uses up 51.5 pb/s.
This weapon has a weight:damage:ratio of 67.76.
Medium-Cannon
This weapon deals 0.77 dps.
This weapon uses up 68.67 pb/s.
This weapon has a weight:damage ratio of 89.18.
Heavy-Cannon
This weapon deals 0.84 dps.
This weapon uses up 77.25 pb/s.
This weapon has a weight:damage ratio of 91.96.
Harpoon
This weapon deals 0.0625 dps. (Note its special grapple though.)
This weapon uses up 2.25 pb/s.
This weapon has a weight:damage ratio of 36.
Fire-Launcher
This weapon deals 0.46 dps. (Note its special fire though.)
This weapon uses up 4.29 pb/s.
This weapon has a weight:damage ratio of 9.18.
Light-Ballista
This weapon deals 0.9167 dps.
This weapon uses up 24.67 pb/s.
This weapon has a weight:damage ratio of 26.91.
Heavy-Ballista
This weapon deals 1.2 dps.
This weapon uses up 28 pb/s.
This weapon has a weight:damage ratio of 23.33.
Analysis
The higher the ratio, the better your damaging firepower, but the less you can carry. The lower the ratio, the lower your damage output, but more you can carry. Battles of Ship PK, and battles against NPC Pirates both have optimum ratios, but I leave that to you do infer.
Application
So, what do all those numbers mean to you? Well these numbers are based off of only one of that particular weapon firing. You say your Super Dreadnought has 10 Basic-Cannons? Then that means you really deal 7.6 damage per second with that weapon bank, as well as 5 stones and 15 pebbles of weight per second. Use this math with the other banks, use some addition, and figure out how much your ship does in total.
Disclaimer
Though this page deals with technical data, the Alyrian Wharf, by no means, wants Sailing in Alyria to be diminished to statistics and mindless methods. We wish to promote a healthy and fun atmosphere in Materia Magica with the information provided over this whole webpage. This data is merely here for those interested or wanting help with how to stock munitions, etc.
