Land units in ships during a naval battle

[littlejames]

I'm at work at the moment so haven't had a chance to check this out.

But what happens to your land units (that are being transported by the fleet) during a naval battle.

Will they go on deck and start firing their weapons at enemy ships or do they simply hide below decks?

I'm asking because, like many other members of this board, I'm not having much success at naval warfare. (I've won 1 of 4 battles so far and lost too many ships to mention). I wonder if adding a few land units to my fleet will help them out.

I'll try this out and report back when I get home from work.





ps - 1st post. I don't know what you do round here, but my cards behind the bar if you want a virtual drink.

[batemonkey]

I've not checked in game but i'm sure they said before release they would have no effect.

[ZIM!!]

They will not play a part in the battle. Seeing how you can some how cram 1000 men, 20 cannons and 200 horses on 1 sloop technically the boat should sink before it leaves port.

However if the boat sinks your army will drown of course, because they didnt have life jackets back then

[NimitsTexan]

I've always looked at the units as actually being loaded on transports, escorted by whatever warship(s) they are "loaded" on, and, if I had to guess, I would say this is the abstraction CA has in mind as well.

[Monarch]

I've always looked at the units as actually being loaded on transports, escorted by whatever warship(s) they are "loaded" on, and, if I had to guess, I would say this is the abstraction CA has in mind as well.

It's a nice thought. But in reality I think they just thought taking into account weight limitations would be far too annoying and complex.

[Bob the Insane]

The abstraction worked fine prior to ETW I think because the naval part of the game was so abstracted.

However now individual ships represent, well, individual ships...

Not that this going to make any difference, the answer still remains that the lands units have no impact on the naval battle...