Warships

Warships, not characters, are the combatants on the high seas.

The Warship Tier System
The tier of warships available to players varies based on their level, in the same way as spell tiers vary. Tier 1 warships are small craft with few cannons and low hull strength, while a tier 8 warship might be a ship of the first rate, with over a hundred cannons and an enormous crew.

Many of the different playable races will have their own designs of warships (with at least one warship for each tier), but almost all of them use wooden ships.

In general, a race's main fleet might use tier 1-2 ships as scouts or as coastal fire support, tier 3-6 ships as the main body of the fleet and a tier 7 or 8 ship as a flagship.

There are also legendary ships. These are the ultimate culmination of a group's engineering abilities, and only one of each type of legendary ship exists.