Quote Originally Posted by CashMunny View Post
Yeah I really don't have a problem with them, I just imagine that my soldiers used local ships like Foot said. If there was a 'bridge' across the English channel in this time period, that would be pretty unrealistic, but across the Straits of Messina, or the Sea of Marmara between Thrace and Asia Minor, then I don't see a problem.

And if you are defending the island or wherever the bridge is, you can block it with a naval fleet. I'd be irritated if you couldn't block it and these fishing boats were able to somehow cross a blockaded area, but since that's not the case I really don't see a problem once again. I do think the crossing between Ireland and Scotland in EB might be stretching it a little, but for game play purposes it makes sense because Casse really needs all the help they can get. Their roster isn't really as good as the mainland Celts until later, and on top of it they have a habit of sitting on their hands for the first hundred years.
Actually, I dont think that you can block them; it's not impossible, just very difficult. I was playing as the Carthies a few month back and after securing Sicily I attempted to block the strait with a fleet. Unfortunately, The Romans kept besieging Rhegion and kept losing and for some reason the AI decided to withdraw the surviviers to Sicily so small stacks of depleted units kept 'washing up' despite the fact that I had a barrier of ships in place!