Captains,
Thanks to player feedback, we identified a balance issue with Congreve guns.
These guns are meant to deliver very high broadside damage at the cost of a long reload. However, with the current parameters, Congreve guns become the best option if you fire full broadsides only when the ship’s slowest-loading deck is fully reloaded: on heavy ships this results in 30–40% higher damage per minute (DPM) compared to medium guns, even though Congreve guns already have massive broadside damage.
We have rebalanced Congreve guns so that their DPM matches medium guns, while keeping their identity through 60% higher broadside damage.