Yay my first post! I glanced at the existing forum topics but didnt really look too hard so if this has already been brought up i apologize. Anyway to get to my point. So far ive played 3 factions that begin with coastal cities; Casse, selukid, and roman, all three of these factions started with fleets. Fleets as im sure all of you have noticed are VERY expensive, as they should be, and with all three factions i disbanded my fleet on the first turn so as to free up income for more important tasks such as expanding cities and raising armies. My question is does the AI also disband its fleets or does it keep them? Taking into account RTW's infamously lackluster AI it wouldnt surprise me if it didn't, and if this is the case wouldnt it make sense to not give any factions starting fleets? Why hamstring the AI factions from the start, they have enough troubles as it is.