Quote Originally Posted by Marquis de Said

- remove all the province bonuses for ships, since, if I understand correctly, they are of no real use. Your ships don't come out any better. Or does anyone have better information on this?
IIRC command stars do make a difference in sea battles - and it seems to me (for example Venice) valour bonuses tend to cause more frequent 1 and 2 command star units to be created - but that could just be random...

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