Quote Originally Posted by TexaS View Post
Well, that i know, but if you look at the numbers, DB, there are something like 3 firepower difference between the British and Spanish three deckers...
True, amigo. The word of the day for Ares Spanish is "Full Metal MUNCHKIN." Personally, here's how I'd stack-and-rack the Three-Pluses:
*Tier 1: >120 guns 4-d Santissima Trinidad, slightly stronger than Ocean but much slower and less maneuverable
*Tier 2: ~118-120 guns Oceans, HMS Hibernia, Caledonia/Nelson classes
*Tier 3: ~110-112 guns HMS Ville de Paris, Commerce de Paris class, most Spanish threedeckers
*Tier 4: ~100 guns most British First Rates, handful of "midsize" Spanish 3-deckers
*Tier 5: (existing HMS Britannia as "base stat model") British Second Rates, Spanish 90/94's