Overview
- War Sails introduces fleet-scale sea combat with controllable flagships, pre-battle formations, sail and wind management, rowing, ranged ship weapons, precise ramming, and boarding via grappling hooks.
- The free patch revamps diplomacy by adding alliances and trade agreements and by reworking war, peace, and tribute decision scoring for more consistent outcomes.
- New systems include deserter bands after battles, narrative events on long journeys, a Fast Mode for campaign time, parley, deeper caravan routing, noble recruitment, expanded ranged and control options, and AI improvements.
- Custom naval battles are available at launch following player feedback, and the team says War Sails functions like a large mod that prompted broader improvements to modding support.
- The DLC is out now with a 10% launch discount and the base game is half price, with both offers running through December 10.