naval invasions: anything happening post patch 3?

**Fisherking** · 05-08-2009, 15:40

Originally Posted by Monsieur Alphonse

I have had one real naval invasion although it was a strange one. I had captured Sweden from Sweden and had a weakened stack in Stockholm. A second stack was being transported to Finland, the last stronghold of the Swedes. To my surprise I saw a Swedish fleet transporting a full stack heading to Sweden. I attacked with my fleet and the remnants fled into the fishing harbor just north of Stockholm. During the AI's turn that army tried to capture Stockholm but failed. The stupid thing was that is was Sweden's last army and Finland was now undefended. I don't know what Sweden would have done with that army if I hadn't attacked that fleet and driven it straight into my own harbor. But it was a real naval invasion.

And yes: the AI is still to much focused on seeing the country side, visiting peasant girls, raping and plundering then capturing or defending region capitals.

The AI usually looses anyway.

Your example was most likely a case of use it or loose it.

You know Finland cant support an army and you are loosing cash and soon troops…what do you do, and how fast?

**Marquis of Roland** · 05-08-2009, 18:47

In my Prussian campaign Spain crossed over and took Morroco.

**Guru** · 05-08-2009, 21:12

Originally Posted by Fisherking

You know Finland cant support an army

Not true! We train some 26 000 conscripts every year!

**aimlesswanderer** · 05-09-2009, 14:37

The new economic conditions mean that troops are in short supply, which doesn't help.

I have seen only a single unit being transported, and haven't noticed a (successful) naval invasion.

**Fisherking** · 05-09-2009, 14:49

Actually Finland is not that bad a region but with upkeep costs so high I assume the army would have melted away if it were not used.

However, this sounds much too complex for the AI to understand. So at least we know that for what ever reason it was done.

**Vlad Tzepes** · 05-10-2009, 14:08

I've seen GB take a full stack (or nearly) by ship all the way down to Southern Spain, occupy the port near Gibraltar and then stay there, troops and fleet, for at least 10 or 20 turns... when I lost track of it. That was a shame, because Spain did so poorly that GB could have taken Madrid - or Gibraltar - in one move.

**Mailman653** · 05-10-2009, 16:07

I haven't seen an invasion with my eyes but know some happend when the Marathas took some land from the Ottomans in the Middle East.

**entwo** · 05-10-2009, 19:04

In a Prussian campaign of mine I was witness to a naval invasion of West Prussia by GB with all of about 3 troop units. Too bad they didn't attack anything and I think they just stood there for a while and then hopped back on the boat.

**Slaists** · 05-11-2009, 13:44

Originally Posted by Mailman653

I haven't seen an invasion with my eyes but know some happend when the Marathas took some land from the Ottomans in the Middle East.

Well, that usually happens when Marathas conquer all of India, Persia and expand into Northern Africa/Europe through Ottoman territories. No naval invasion involved in that case.