Navigable Rivers?

[XSamatan]

Hey EB-addicts!

How do you think on implement some navigable rivers in EBII?
Maybe the Danube, the Rhine, the Indus and the Don?
If you want to see how this works ingame, you could look on DLV, they have the Danube navigable.

In my opinion this works great, adds more tactical posibillities and it represents the rivers better than to use them just as obstacle, as in history some rivers were used to ship troops into the hinterland of your empire.

So what do you think about this point?

XSamatan

[Ludens]

The exact same question was asked on the TWC EB2 forum five days ago. The answer was that the team hasn't decided yet, but probably won't since it interferes with land-trade routes.

[XSamatan]

ooops, I do not ues TWC so often, so sry!

Thanks Ludens!

BTW:Yes you will loose the land-trade routes, but you gain the sea routes, is there a difference?

XSamatan

[Ludens]

BTW:Yes you will loose the land-trade routes, but you gain the sea routes, is there a difference?

Not sure about M2:TW, but in R:TW both use different mechanisms. Land trade is automatic, sea trade depends on the presence of a port. You could give every river province such a port of course, but then they would be able to trade overseas as well. In R:TW the number of sea trade routes is also limited to three per city.

[XSamatan]

hmm, yes that is a good point.

Maybe these navigable rivers should not have a connection to the ocean, so you could control the trade routes.

I have to admit that I do not know if some cities/regions nearby these rivers had maritime trade connections to cities/regions on the costal. So that would not be ahistorical, but I have to

XSamatan

[IrishHitman]

You might as well add the Liffey, the Thames, the Loire, the Seine and the Tiber to the list of prospectives..

[Cartaphilus]

Some navigable rivers could be great, Danube, Rhin and Eufrates, for example.

Remember how the Augustus Julianus aka the Apostate made his (failed) invasion of Parthian Empire.