2 Points for consideration

[Kull]

Even with the Human advantage of knowing to keep fleets close to ports, it doesn't matter because the AI has the huge money advantage, so even if they have plenty of fleets all over the place, they won't take too big a hit. So technically, the AI has the overall advantage .

I'm only talking about advantage in the sense of "versus the status quo". Since the AI is already getting money, that's the "as-is" state. With this change it's now likely that they will get less - or at least less in relation to the human.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I am honored to have sparked such a seemingly useful discussion.

My limited knowledge -- its been years since I read up on triremes, suggests that storage sheds were not uncommon, but that the facilities of Rhodes and Carthage (to use their English names) were the most extensive.

I love the distance idea. I always wondered about the Scythian fleets I would encounter off Carthago Nova in RTW Vanilla.

[The_Mark]

Militia unit garrison upkeep bonus can be done, to an extent, with the I_NumberUnitsInSettlement.

Supply lines: Now we're talking! Though, I'm afraid that we can't link it to government buildings in the provinces, we can certainly detect if a character is in enemy lands, but basing it on distance would probably be overly complex with the engine we have at hand. Traiting could, however, tie it to the time the general has spent in hostile territory..

[Malrubius]

Supply lines: Now we're talking! Though, I'm afraid that we can't link it to government buildings in the provinces, we can certainly detect if a character is in enemy lands, but basing it on distance would probably be overly complex with the engine we have at hand. Traiting could, however, tie it to the time the general has spent in hostile territory..

[Spitful]

Yay i finnally came up with something worth persueing, i did come up with it right? Even if someone else did i have some ideas about that

You could have a quatermaster ancillary, and alsorts of other ancillaries that could be derived from the howlong have you been in enemy territory trait, like if you took a new town or something like that after spending along time outside a city you get a "quatermaster" or something similar.

Also you could give him a trait based on what buildings were in the last town he stayed in cant you, you could say that a granary or armoury in that town dictates how good his logistics are, which could have an effect on the money he costs extra.

[Shigawire]

Seamus helped spark something potentially great.

Thanks for your ideas Seamus and Spitful.

It's always nice when fans and the community provide us with good ideas like this.

Kudos to the community for being so excellent.

[O'ETAIPOS]

You would hate me ... But still I have to say that there is one problem - in some areas plunder would be very big - in fact many wars were pure plunder which RTW is not depicting.
Making staying on enemy land very expensive won't be historical - in fact (exept some regions - forests, deserts) staying on enemy teritory should in fact give you money, not take it from you. On the other hand, in your land army needs to be fed and paid by your own men ...

also is there any posibility to give money to army winning a battle if anemy is destoyed or routs? It should be scaled to enemy army size, as it is to reflect capture enemy camp, loot the dead, sell captives.