Sea of Thieves: Curved Cannonballs and How to Aim 

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Handy vid nice one. I opt for the tactic of missing the first 6 to find range and hitting 2 of the remaining 4! :D

3:40 that transition was so smooth

Cannons the start and end of most battles. Gunpowder barrell: "Am I a joke to you?"

The issue isn’t that I can’t aim where my cannonball is going horizontally, it’s that I usually overestimate or underestimate how high the cannonball goes, leading to me either having the cannonball fly over the ship or into the water.

You hear about those Pirates from the Sea of Thieves? They've got CURVED canonballs.

1:46 actually its not trying to act as if its stationary. This actually means the devs have coded the canon balls to behave as they would under the actual laws of physics, which is pretty cool because most games with projectiles often ignore this and have you lead targets instead. But an object in motion remains in motion unless acted upon. Your ship is moving forward, which means the canon and the canon ball are too. So when you fire the canon, the ball is launched out in that new direction, but its still also moving in the direction it was with your ship. After all no forced acted upon it in a way to stop that trajectory. So thats why it curves to meet the canons position as it flys. Or at least thats why it would IRL. Its really cool that the devs coded it to behave realistically like this. Its not often that you see this. There used to be an old WW2 bomber gunner training cartoon on youtube that explains this as part of its lesson. Its prob still up if anyone wants to search for it. Youll see that these gunners were actually trained to aim similarly to how phuzzy is aiming here and that they dont actually lead their targets the way a lot of games have you do in these situations.

Look, I know I'm a year late, but holy hell the scene transitions were smooth. Edit: I forgot this was a family-friendly channel.

That column thing is actually a super duper helpful tip for predicting shots and landing them, thanks!

My wife and I also play and sometimes our daughter who loves playing music and being in the crows nest. Thank you for the great videos. I particularly have noticed in some of your videos that you have a more honorable approach - not griefing new players or people doing tall tales. Wish there were more like you in the sea. We're somewhat new at the game and your videos are helpful 👍🏻😊

I just want to say, you are one of the most wholesome streamers/content creators out there, and your videos have been SO helpful to someone new to Piracy, I appreciate your knowledge and i hope you don't stop any time soon.

I like how he says "please consider subscribing" Instead of "Subscribe if you haven't already"

After watching this video I went to the nearest enemy sloop and rolled by on half sails, landed 4 shots and then i turned around to shoot them again but they sunk by the time I turned all the way around...you wouldn't think that going to that island and practicing would be helpful but it is VERY helpful and i almost wish the game developers were smart enough to teach like you do. I still feel fucked when i get boarded but i can do some serious damage with my cannons now

Once again, thank you very much for this! I've gotten into Arena a lot recently, but I always have a bit of trouble aiming cannon shots, so thank you!

Dude. I love you so much right now. This was my biggest obstacle being a newish player and now it all makes so much sense. Thanks, I was about ready to quit permanently.

I just started today, a shark killed me and my ship, this helps a lot!

Thanks for all your hard work and professional tutorials Phuzzy!

Guess you could say that we will give it a shot

I'm a new pirate on the seas, (who honestly prefers to *avoid* PvP whenever possible). I've been lucky so far, but most everything I've learned has been from your channel! Thanks, Phuzzy!

Yet another great guide Phuzzy!

Useful video! Always used the first shot as a reference when adjusting cannon trajectories. Now I know more

This video helped me improve back when I was still on controller. I find myself back over here following a recent switch to keyboard/mouse. Love these guides

Love how you get right into your videos. Bravo!

This simple and short video helped me and my friends SOOOOO much! Thanks you very much! You have definitely earned my sub :D Keep it up sir!

I do NOT however, like the removal of the arena mode, it is what is needed to be able to get the pvp practice in to learn how to properly defend yourselves because the pvp and pve are so vastly different (plus the aim on enemies is a little outrageous) but i started super late and have only been in arena a few days and it has already helped me TREMENDOUSLY when it comes to being able to utilize what I have at hand and not waste a massive amount of my time in adventure just to get destroyed when I go into pvp without said practice. All I’m saying is, I think there still needs to be some game mode for us who enjoy that. Its good as a time saver as well as quick fun pvp

4yrs and still the best advice

3:39 That was a very smooth transition

1. Stationary vessel: 1:07 - Only thing to account for is projectile weight and boat rocking 2. Moving Vessel: 1:46 - The cannonball will always be parallel with the cannon whilst in the air. Account for this by predicting where the cannon will be pointing when the cannonball hits. 3. Rotating Stationary Vessel: 2:36 - Treat this scenario like the stationary vessel but add less than a second of delay. 4. Rotating Moving Vessel: 2:52 - Predict where the cannon will be pointing when the cannonball hits (see 2.) and shoot away from this position in the direction opposite to which you are rotating. Adjust for how fast the rotation is. Personal tip: - Make sure you account for the speed of your opponent. You can do this by using #2's technique, but using the cannon's position in relation to their ship. If they are going the same speed as you, you can treat it like you are both stationary. If they are going slower, aim behind them to the point where your cannon will be aiming at them once the cannonball fires. If they are going faster, do the opposite.

That transition at 3:38 is sick! Loved it

Nice guide Phuzzy keep up the great content

This is one of the most helpful videos I've ever see

Thanks, Phuzzy! I watched your vid and now im a pro with a cannon!

I don’t have any clever comments for this one. Good video tho. Very helpful

Great video! I love me some Phuzzy!!!!

Great vid bro, thanks

3:41 that transition was crispy

Brilliant! Thank you for sharing!

Shooting while turning is one of my favorite shots it's just the first one you have to send it to see the angle after that it's on...

Very helpful. Thanks, brother

really great way to think of where the cannon ball will end up! thanks :)

I personally like the duke cannons as they look like an iron sight and give both a frame of reference around the sight and the aim itself. Helps me a decent bit lol

I ausually don’t like tutorial videos like this bc it’s just People flexing, but your tutorial over this especially the moving ship was VERY helpful

This is pure gold!!

I love hitting those long shots in arena it makes me laugh every time😂

Super useful, thanks !

Cool Vid learned a lot today

Your Video´s are very solid Mate, keep it up ;-)

Awesome video

0:14 was such a good transition i had a to a double take. nice

That was very helpful going to be time to practice more tonight as a solo sloop player i cant afford to be out gunned thank you

Cannot wait to purchase the game! Excited to play it!

Well, well..bonecrusher cannons have even the sight!

Thanks so much!

I like how sea of theives uses real physics when it comes to battle and sailing

Transition at 3:37 was sick

Good video

Thanks for not making this a half hour long

This helped me

If anyone has played Tribes (Ascend). You can akin the cannon shooting to shooting projectiles at high speeds. The projectile travels from where it shot WITH you. Except for when turning/rotating. It does not shoot from your position as if it was stationary while you are moving. This is actually a real world thing, and when games incorporate this, its almost unnoticeable because in one natural way it just makes sense. If the cannons would shoot from where you fired it, you would have to aim ahead of a moving target despite you moving with that target. Currently, while moving with a target, you only have to fire at it as if you both are stationary.

3:38, sick transition...

Thx dude

Thank you

3:05 Does this apply if you're shooting the cannon on the opposite side of your turn too, or just the one on the same side?

Awesome vid, very informative... but knowing that this is a old video can you confirm it's still the same or has the aiming of the cannon changed over the years

I went from missing every shot to hitting them all after this!!

Still the best cannon ball pew pew video. 🫡

Cannons are my favorite toy in the pirate arsenal. I would love to see a companion video with more advanced techniques such as the importance of the helmsman, speed-loading, distance, etc. Brilliant yet again and you make my Mondays brighter when I hear that soothing voice and see that iconic fro 😊

idk if mentioned here cause i didn't watch the Video yet, but its the easiest to sail East cause in this direction the waves are on your side. The hardest to sail to is NW cause from there the waves directly come in your direction. My problem is, sometimes my cannonballs go infront of a ship and sometimes it goes behind. i need to know from which direction i need to predict it more forward or more from behind. Idk if i explained it right my english isn't so good lmao.

Hi! Quick question - if you you don't mind: Which cannons did you use in this video, and how do you obtain them? Great video! 😀

i recently sank my first skelly ship last night as a solo, ive only played for 23 hrs and im addicted to the game lol.

Thing is with the first example, and I feel like you should know this, you marked where the cannonball hit, then marked where you hit getting shot out of the cannon. What if the ship was rocking? Like when you shot the cannonball, it was rocking up, then when you shot yourself it was rocking down..?

You should add a grapple hook item that works like a harpoon but has half the range of one P.S give it a small amount of falling so you can use it to scail small mountains

3:39 that transition tho!

Goodbye potato aim!! 😁 Great video Phuzzy, thank you 👍

Steve Mould has a video on a backwards sprinkler that can further help with the understanding of the perception of the physics here.

Actually after been playing for so long it kinda become natural thing to aim with cannon, the only thing that really hard to get used to even after so long is the fucking waves that obscure the vision

As a longtime Tribes: Ascend player, this is second nature, but this is an excellent guide for leading, arcing and projectile inheritance.

Still have no idea why sometimes I fire and the ball just drops at a sharp 90 degree angle into the sea, is that just lag/server issues?

0:00 i love this dudes ego,

Do u use W A S D or the mouse to aim cannons

I definetly have a preference for the bone crusher cannons due to the iron sight

I only started about a week ago, maybe more, but i aim instinctually and im pretty okay, not the best, not the worst possible slightly better then normal? Either way this was helpful.

Can someone tell me how to get that zoomed out cannon view cuz when im shooting mine is almost like im aiming with it

What are those cannons and where can I get them

Never thought I would pay attention in math class

Then add rotational axes from variable waves.

bro just did the cleanest transition ever and acted like we wouldn't notice 3:39

pls help I cant even fire a cannon. Whenever I press unload it just takes the cannonball out

This was like Calculus 3.... Alien language to me. 😭😂😂

phuzzy i have a question how do i go around and have fun in sea of thieves but i don't have an available friend to play with

Most of the time I can’t see the enemy ship because the waves are in the way. So I think I’m right on, but I’m short or over shooting.

01:10 I felt that

So today Phuzzy has taught us how to most effectively unload our balls...

I gave up after :20 Too many factors to consider, 😂

So this is why i'm missing.... canon balls curve horizontally when shooting on the move....

hi mr phuzzy

why does phuzzy = cannon? I don't get it

My issue is I can’t use mouse to aim I seem to have to use w an d

Does this still work in season 7 / the year of 2022?

For all the people watching this after the last update, they changed the way cannonballs behave when shot! :)