A.I. & Trade routes

[MizuKokami]

i've been playing poland since i won useing the spanish. let me tell you it is hard

now, to my question.
if the ai is useing my trade routes to get to their crusade destination, moving my ships away should stop them from comeing threw my lands then...right?

[YunDog]

if they are your ally theoretically yes - but pratically?

[solypsist]

yes this is true. I'm currently playing the Italians, and the French and English are constantly going through my choice lands to get use my boats in Genoa. So I've been moving my boats away every time a crusade is declared by these guys, which makes then have to go all the way through Asia, Constantinople, etc. to get to their destination (and subsequently lose and be destroyed.)
moving your boats away will cost you some income, but it may be preferable to losing valuable troops if your province has a high zeal.

[Postino]

i never thought of doing it for that reason. i move my boats out to send my own crusades through my neighbor's provinces. thanks.

[MizuKokami]

maybe if the crusade is going to tripoli, all i have to do is stop tradeing with tripoli. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif