Large gap between Galleys and Caravels

[rbis4rbb]

I don't know if this has been posted. I didn't see any posts about it, so here's my idea:

3 transport takes a long time to get to your Civ. So I'm proposing an "in-between" naval unit, such as a war galley or trireme, with enhanced attack/defense, 3 transport capacity, or both. I also think the Curragh should have a transport capacity of 1.

 

[majk-iii]

Well, there's never really been any inbetweens... except maybe for longships, but the game is more then enough eurocentric whitout them... and thats coming from a swede.

The curragh, i belive, is supposed to represent pre-"ocean-going" minor vessels, incapable of carrying whole military units. ...that just might diverse from a legionary representing a couple of thousand men, a tank-unit composed of maybe 100 tanks each carrying 3-5 men ranging towards guerillas or TOW's only comprised of a handfull of soldiers with special weaponry and training.

 

[majk-iii]

Galleys range from tiremes to dromons, and everything before, after and inbetween during that (looong) period... egyptian, phonecian, roman etc.
They're supposed to represent entire (war-) fleets of early maritime warfare/exploration/trade.

There never really were to much diversity between them untill the late middle ages when europe got, lets say, "restless".
...except for the above example of course... but even that one is a late century-AD phenomenon... plus i wouldn't want them to change the scandinavian UU from the berserker.

BTW: The chinese once built a couple of ocean-going super duper-versions of their own flavor of ships but that hardly counts since they only really used them once to discover the world... and then decided that they had nothing to gain or learn from any of us... and so they once again closed their borders until further notice.

 

[majk-iii]

AS for game balance or just for fun... thats another story alltogether... i personally think that the galley and the dromons are just fine... curraghs to explore, galleys to ship units and the dromon (even though it came much later in reality) to dominate... untill cannon-bearing ships appear. I dont think that the gap's to big.

 

[rbis4rbb]

BTW: The chinese once built a couple of ocean-going super duper-versions of their own flavor of ships but that hardly counts since they only really used them once to discover the world... and then decided that they had nothing to gain or learn from any of us... and so they once again closed their borders until further notice.

read 1421 for more info about the Chinese discovering America, Antartica, and Australia. Are you forgetting that the Dromon is the Byzantine UU?

 

[Chauliodus]

Stupid, book, the guy behind that thoery tried too hard to tie almost every mystery on the American Atlantic coast in with the Chinese expedition.

 

[majk-iii]

Are you forgetting that the Dromon is the Byzantine UU?

no... but now when i read what i written i can see what you mean, it kinda looks like i've forgotten it... i suppose i'm just a poor writer.