Good video hitting some of the major points from the E3 trailers. A couple of points that I think qualify as corrections:
"Area Defender" is the description of the "Royal Fortune" frigate type. You can see this is in other gameplay videos when the players are selecting which of three ships (the "Black Horn" brigantine, the "Jaeger" brigantine, and the "Royal Fortune" frigate) they'll play as. To be fair, I originally thought the same thing as you when I saw "Area Defender," but other videos eventually dispelled that.
The [initially] white and red health bars are for Sails and Hull respectively. Reducing "sail health" impedes a ship's mobility. You can see the "Sails" bar change colors as it loses integrity (this occurs both on the AI ships and on the player's own ship in the gameplay demo). Want to cripple a target to make it easier pickings? Rip some chain shot through those sails!
Overall, I remain stoked for this, and I'm glad there's someone out there picking up the "YouTube content" side of the equation to try to get this title in front of as many people as possible.![]()