Fisherking - you have got it all wrong. The point about this period is that armies, troops and resources were HEAVILY transported around the globe, indeed it is precisely why economies and conflict escilated to unprecidented levels.

Let me put it this way, in the American revolution, how do you think the British got their reinforcements to the new world to combat the ever increasing insurgency? Magic? .. Go look at some history books, Bunker Hill will probably be a good starting point.

This game is supposed to be about reality, hell it is the reason you give in other threads to appease the stupid AI and easy nature of the game, but this problem is anything but realistic. However more than this, the game is meant to be about the global aspect, the fighting from one continent to another - if there is no troop transportation, this is defunkt. I hope it gets fixed.