quick q on crusades

[Dr_No]

hi quick Q-

can i use my allies' ships or ports when moving a crusade

eg. my crusade in Tolouse has ship links to venice- can it then jump to my allies port of constantinople if they have a line of ships??

have seen the AI doing wondered if player could do it?

cheers

dr_no

[The_Emperor]

You have to first be granted the right of passage by moving into that faction's territory before you can use their fleet... But it does work for you as well I think.

[Zone]

It does indeed. Both you and the AI can use allied fleets as long as you're allowed passage through their lands and the province has a port. In fact you have to take the quickest route, you're not allowed to tour round picking up people on the way - sometimes anoying if there are some provinces with high zeal. I used that fact to my advantage when the AI was crusading. I had some high zeal provinces (around 75-80%) and would have lost a load of good units but I shifted some ships and they only got to go through one of my provinces before leaping straight to the province next to their target.

[Oaty]

You can be at war with them and use there ships http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

I guess it was only because I gave them the right of passage since that big crusade was'nt out to get me

[CeeBod]

Not sure if it's always a good idea though - any time I've used allied shipping, I've never been able to sail the crusade further than a Byzantine-controlled province, and so far they've refused entry to my crusade every time - whereas the land-borne crusades they usually seem ok with http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

Is it just me, or are the Byzantine's totally uber as AI controlled in early now? - I never like to be at war with them until I've gotten seriously developed now http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif