Naval combat

[Yoyoma1910]

Hey all,

So I figured I'd brush off my copy of Empire and give it another go. One thing that always seems to frustrate me is naval combat. A bit ironic, I suppose, since I'm in the navy... although as a corpsman not a line officer. Any strategy y'all find useful?

To me it seems that one must rely on numbers and size rather than finesse. Which sometimes I find a bit disappointing. I'm trying to find battle techniques that add that extra element of skill.

Yoyoma

edit:

Oops, I didn't realize there was a sub forum here, and it looks like there's already some discussion going on towards this end. Apologies.