MeatUnit2
Warlord
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2010
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Don't see how you can counter a naval invasion unless you have detected it in advance, either using screening ships, subs, or aircraft (a tedious but effective routine of flying patrols out over the ocean looking for the enemy). In BTS you can spy on your enemy's ports and look to see if they are massing transports.
If you don't have the units to take on a detected fleet at sea you have to mass units on the shore to attack them once they've landed or to try to block tiles to make them fight their way ashore. Prior to the age of flight, unless an invasion fleet was intercepted and destroyed at sea by other ships, naval landings were pretty routine. It would only take one day to land a large force, which would then march toward their objective.
I think the game is partially flawed because aircraft units cannot by themselves sink naval units. They do a great job of it in real life.
Some sort of shore battery unit or tile improvement (like a Martello tower) might make a good addition to a mod, starting at the same time cannon are researched. Shore based batteries could really punish wooden ships, being able to use much larger, longer range guns along with furnace heated shot.
If you don't have the units to take on a detected fleet at sea you have to mass units on the shore to attack them once they've landed or to try to block tiles to make them fight their way ashore. Prior to the age of flight, unless an invasion fleet was intercepted and destroyed at sea by other ships, naval landings were pretty routine. It would only take one day to land a large force, which would then march toward their objective.
I think the game is partially flawed because aircraft units cannot by themselves sink naval units. They do a great job of it in real life.
Some sort of shore battery unit or tile improvement (like a Martello tower) might make a good addition to a mod, starting at the same time cannon are researched. Shore based batteries could really punish wooden ships, being able to use much larger, longer range guns along with furnace heated shot.