Reinforcements via ships

**Forgus** · 10-18-2005, 09:19

I was wandering whether it will be possible in EB to reinforce a besieged city's garrison via ships, if the harbour is not blockaded. It would be a nice feature. Besides it could be possible to resupply the city via ships or something, thus making sieges longer (hey sometimes sieges went on for more than a decade!) , and enhance the importance of blockades - which is imho often overlooked.
I think these features would be both historically correct, more realistic and fun.

**GoreBag** · 10-18-2005, 09:26

I'm afraid this is a pipe dream, but it would be totally awesome if it were possible.

**Ludens** · 10-18-2005, 14:11

Originally Posted by Forgus

I was wandering whether it will be possible in EB to reinforce a besieged city's garrison via ships, if the harbour is not blockaded. It would be a nice feature. Besides it could be possible to resupply the city via ships or something, thus making sieges longer (hey sometimes sieges went on for more than a decade!) , and enhance the importance of blockades - which is imho often overlooked.
I think these features would be both historically correct, more realistic and fun.

No argument with your last statement, but it is not possible with the current limitations of the engine.

**Forgus** · 10-18-2005, 14:33

Shame.

**khelvan** · 10-18-2005, 14:35

Not possible.

**Biffy** · 10-19-2005, 22:13

Ohhhhhh that would have been a great addition to the game. An excellent idea non the less.

**Foot** · 10-20-2005, 00:01

You could do the last part, the re-supplying of a city during a siege by ships, couldn't you? I don't know the specifics at all, but a suggestion would be to have ports give a bonus to how long a city can survive under-seige (like walls) unless it is itself besieged. Or is such a bonus hardcoded to walls only?

Foot