It was obvious from the first poll that people wanted the minor nerf, and possibly even a bigger one. Adding new options turned that into a mess, so we're starting anew. Had to shorten some of the options, here's the long versions for clarity:
1) Remove embarked sight bonus, reduce embarked defense bonus to 50%. This is our baseline.
2) Remove embarked sight bonus, embarked defense bonus, and attack from sea without penalty. All Songhai units can still cross and attack over rivers without penalty.
3) Remove embarked sight bonus, embarked defense bonus, and attack from sea without penalty. Only melee&mounted melee Songhai units can cross and attack over rivers without penalty.
4) Remove embarked sight bonus, embarked defense bonus, attack from sea without penalty. Remove cross and attack over rivers with no penalty from all Songhai units.
In all of the options above, Songhai keeps "road movement along the river".
5) Remove embarked sight, embarked defense and attack from sea without penalty bonuses. Remove road movement along rivers, but all Songhai units can cross and attack over rivers without penalty. Civilian units didn't have this before, so we're trading "river road" movement with river acts as a normal terrain (see @SpecifiedUsername's post below). Rivers still create city connections.
The big nerf option is pretty close to the recent poll, but civilians can cross rivers here.
1) Remove embarked sight bonus, reduce embarked defense bonus to 50%. This is our baseline.
2) Remove embarked sight bonus, embarked defense bonus, and attack from sea without penalty. All Songhai units can still cross and attack over rivers without penalty.
3) Remove embarked sight bonus, embarked defense bonus, and attack from sea without penalty. Only melee&mounted melee Songhai units can cross and attack over rivers without penalty.
4) Remove embarked sight bonus, embarked defense bonus, attack from sea without penalty. Remove cross and attack over rivers with no penalty from all Songhai units.
In all of the options above, Songhai keeps "road movement along the river".
5) Remove embarked sight, embarked defense and attack from sea without penalty bonuses. Remove road movement along rivers, but all Songhai units can cross and attack over rivers without penalty. Civilian units didn't have this before, so we're trading "river road" movement with river acts as a normal terrain (see @SpecifiedUsername's post below). Rivers still create city connections.
The big nerf option is pretty close to the recent poll, but civilians can cross rivers here.
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