Problems with naval combat in pre-magnetism era

[player1 fanatic]

Exempt on Sid games (when they are common), AI Curraghs are very rare.


P.S.
I just saw them once or twice (compared to dozen games I played).

 

[Halcyon]

I've seen AI curraghs several times before. Usually Dutch ones, oddly enough, and usually on an archipelago where they can make contacts using said curragh without straying from the shore. As such, it's possible that the AI would build 'naval scout' type units if they were the only available units which could cross ocean, but it's hard to say for sure.

Oh, and the difficulty would have been Emperor.