Originally posted by magilla666:

Originally posted by Slynx Jewel:

the only thing longboat gives you over carve is storage slots. but you don't need storage unless you're transporting large amounts of metal (which for only reaching iron age sounds quite unreallistic)

I often get two serpents on my sailing trips, and twice I have bagged three in one night. That's without putting into shore to repair my longship. A karve would not survive that number of serpent encounters. It's also extremely rare for longships to take storm damage, while karves will get battered unless you drop down to 2/3 sailing speed.

that largely depends on on a world you've got. and rng.
most of the times i almost never see serpents at all. and when i do it's cuz i was actively hunting them (sailing in a stormy night in the ocean)