Talk:Influence

Is the influence correct for sloops?

I went in with 3 pirates (including myself) + 1 swabbie in a (event) blockade and was told I had not enough influence.

Yes, it's been verified numerous times. I haven't had a chance to play around with event blockades, but it's possible one of the configuration options affected your ship. --Barrister 23:16, 25 October 2006 (PDT)

Influence Patterns

Exactly which squares are under the influence of a boat?

Are these correct? These are the squares whose centers are within a distance of the center of the boat's square less than or equal to the influence radius.

Sloop

X

1 total

Cutter

 X 
XXX
 X 

5 total

Merchant Brig

  X 
 XXX
XXXXX
 XXX
  X 

13 total

War Brig / Merchant Galleon

   X   
 XXXXX
 XXXXX
XXXXXXX
 XXXXX
 XXXXX
   X

29 total

War Frigate

    X    
  XXXXX
 XXXXXXX 
 XXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXX
 XXXXXXX
 XXXXXXX
  XXXXX
    X

49 total

Grand Frigate

     X
   XXXXX
  XXXXXXX
 XXXXXXXXX
 XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXX
 XXXXXXXXX
 XXXXXXXXX
  XXXXXXX
   XXXXX
     X

73 total

All Together

Use of Baghlah or Merch Brig...

I have changed the influence patterns to include the Baghlah rather than the Merch Brig, since My guess is that your typically going to be using Baghlah rather than a Merch Brig in a blockade... However this conflicts with the norm of things in terms of how we rank our size of ships (ie Sloop->Cutter->...->Grand Frig) Just wondering if I should leave it this way, or edit the merch brigs back in, as it is more useful this way, but "feels" correct to have the Merch Brigs in it...--Therack 04:50, 25 May 2007 (PDT)

I'm for pragmatism - I prefer the new ships in, both because the new ships are more likely to be used (exception might be the cutter) and because it improves the readability of the graphic in terms of quickly distinguishing ship limits. Anyone using it should either know or be able to quickly find out that the cutter/merchie have the same influence radii as the new ships. ~ Sweetiepiepi

influence pattern - color scales?

I've neatened up the pattern a little bit - but with a plain background it's still hard to distinguish that there are concentric circles in there. I've mocked up a few crazy designs here using color scales, one for each diameter size. Would any be suitable to use here? Cheers. --Therobotdude 05:35, 24 September 2013 (PDT)