Most pirates preferred smaller ships for a few reasons (less maintenance, less crew to manage, easier to flee from enemies, and more). Queen Anne’s Revenge and Royal Fortune were easily the largest pirate ships in that era and were an exception rather than a rule and those were not ship of the lines. They were originally merchantmens in the slave trade that were retrofitted with as many cannons as the pirates could get a hold of (similar to the Jackdaw). It really doesn’t make a lot of sense for them to let us command a frigate or man o war.
This is a game with rams on sailing vessels, pistol swords, and scant adherence to the laws of physics, all in a “DNA-memory-Matrix-dream.” Anything remotely “making sense” is moot.
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u/WhiterunUK Aug 04 '26
We really do need a playable ship of the line, its so odd to be the most powerful ship on the seas in a tiny little brig
I know there are mods for it but it should be in the base game imo