This was a battle late in the game in the free campaign mode. Just one year before the campaign ends and I came across this pretty powerful pirate fleet, 2 90-gun ships of the line, 2 galleons, and 1 indiaman, but with 5 90-gun ships of the line in my own fleet the pirate was out gunned. Ship to ship combat is one of the best aspects of East India Company and while I gather many people used the auto resolve feature to avoid combat I really loved it once I got used to the controls and making use of the Direct Command mode. You'll notice in this video I make use of both modes, starting out in RTS mode, then switching to Direct Command of my leading ship, by doing this you can obviously get more direct control over the ship. In this mode you use the cam on the top right, as well as the firing arcs at the bottom of the mini map, and wasd keys to steer the ship it really helps you in to the thick of the fight. Those that know me may remember and old game called Buccaneer which is probably the last game I remember that did ship to ship combat as well as this and thankfully this time the game is made by a company who cares about the community and making sure the game actually works. Like other games made by the smaller developers East India Company does suffer from its fair share of problems but has huge potential and hopefully they'll get the funds to keep on building this game further. Anyway hope you enjoy the video as much as I enjoyed making this one.
