Sky Kiwi
Pirate Master
I think they are hitting harder. @dajeeps mentioned the numbers, and on top of that, single cannons firing from ships are dealing significant amounts of damage, like round shot, I'm not even talking any other rounds yet lol I agree that they're also maybe hitting more often, but I don't think there's a question, they're hitting harder. And yes, explosive rounds seem to be hitting a lot harder than they did prior to the update.
Maybe I'm just super unfamiliar with taking damage because of how I barely ever got hit before the update.
Did someone say humblebrag? Who said that?!