Anon Zytose
Time Traveler
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Having other needs like feeding a population doesn't make research into boat travel impossible, just (generally) bad strategy.
Regardless, I suppose I can still think of one more reason as to why it'll be important to be able to put a boat in the water... soon. If you wind up on some small island.
During one of my trials of Planetfall, I had access to five tiles that were surrounded by a combination of water and mountain. I basically had to research Doctrine: Initiative and get a transport in the water just so I could reach the rest of the continent and build a second base. I certainly wouldn't want to have to wait until the continent expansion phase of the game is mostly over to do that. It'd be pretty crippling for any AI that this happens to, as well.
My guess is that events like that are why Sailing and Doctrine: Flexibility and Map Making are rarely at a tech level higher than 2, even if it would be more realistic for it to be level 3 or 4.
Regardless, I suppose I can still think of one more reason as to why it'll be important to be able to put a boat in the water... soon. If you wind up on some small island.
During one of my trials of Planetfall, I had access to five tiles that were surrounded by a combination of water and mountain. I basically had to research Doctrine: Initiative and get a transport in the water just so I could reach the rest of the continent and build a second base. I certainly wouldn't want to have to wait until the continent expansion phase of the game is mostly over to do that. It'd be pretty crippling for any AI that this happens to, as well.
My guess is that events like that are why Sailing and Doctrine: Flexibility and Map Making are rarely at a tech level higher than 2, even if it would be more realistic for it to be level 3 or 4.