Quote Originally Posted by Lord Ovaat
Navies? In this game? Snicker. I played my first campaign trying to compete with all the little boats floatin' around. Spent mucho dinero all for nothing. Still had no results at the end. I've played my last three campaigns building ONLY TWO Biremes or Triremes per port. And that's exactly where I keep them--in port. Only use them to transport when needed, or if the Senate keeps insisting I blockade someone. I don't blockade people I'm trading with, regardless what the Senate thinks. I therefore spend almost nothing on navies. I build my warchest and spend it on land troops. They ARE decisive. Unless, or untill CA changes this game and forces me to try to compete, why bother? Sea warfare is no fun, and extremely costly. I think of my fleets more like fairies than warships. NO! Not that kind of fairy. Though, there was this one cabin boy.....
Actually blockades are very useful. After the damn Egyptians dow me for no reason, I had my land forces stretched and didn't feel like expanding to that region of the world at all, so i blockaded all their ports. within 5 turns or so, they've stopped their expansion into Africa and at least 2 port cities are revolting. A few turns later they came begging for a ceasefire.