Ships and storms?

**Red Harvest** · 10-02-2004, 00:36

Have any of you lost boats to weather? I've seen a report of a volcano damaging a boat, but so far have not seen any weather effects (in battles or strategic map.)

Seems a little odd that volcanic eruptions are more frequent than foul weather

**Lemur** · 10-02-2004, 00:39

I've had exactly one (1) storm in the Med. It damaged a bireme, and I got a little text message about it.

Nothing else. I guess the bronze age featured a lot of placid, sunny days.

**Basileus** · 10-02-2004, 00:41

ive seen few storms, usualy happens when i leave a group of ship/s on the same spot for a long time, could be the AI telling me to start moving heh

**Blodrast** · 10-02-2004, 00:56

only seen one so far, and while trying to get out of it, it was sunk ;)
hmm, i think it was even in the prologue ;)

**Soulflame** · 10-02-2004, 01:09

I had one. Only a few men on my bireme died. One of them was the captain, so I got a message "that he must have angered the gods" or something, pretty funny

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**Oaty** · 10-02-2004, 04:52

Originally Posted by Blodrast

only seen one so far, and while trying to get out of it, it was sunk ;)
hmm, i think it was even in the prologue ;)

It seems the prologue is programmed more often for special events so you can get a better feel of the game. As far as ships getting into a storm its a vast body of water and unless you have ships everywhere chances are slim you will get hit until you dominate the seas. Not that the game is being nasty but if you have ships everywhere your chances are increased

**Tricky Lady** · 10-02-2004, 08:08

I've seen a few storms near Sicily. I was on my way to Carthage to obey the Senate and blockade their port, when a storm appeared just next to my fleet and right above a Scipii fleet. I managed to get away from the storm the next turn, but the Scipii fleet disappeared.
The same thing was repeated a few turns later but I've yet to lose a fleet to a storm (I guess I was just lucky).