Suggestions for v0.8

[Discoskull]

Also I think ships sinking by storm should occur much more often. During the Punic Wars Rome lost most of it's fleet to a terrable storm and there were several more historical reports of bad weather on the seas. I also think that if you go out onto the West Coast of Iberia or Gaul you should sink, almost guarenteed.

I agree with more ships lost to storms, that would be realistic, but the Celts had the naval power in their part of the world, with ships built to better handle the differences in seafaring found in a vast ocean (bigger waves, winds, etc.), rather than a relatively small and sheltered ocean like the Mediteranian(sp). In fact, Caesar's naval victories against the Atlantic Celts were, most likely, mostly - if not entirely - due to the help and knowhow of his Gaelic allies.

Probably isn't possible, but, if anything like this were actually implimented, perhaps Mediteranian ships would sink more often in the North Seas, or Celtic/Germanic ships have a combat bonus in the North Seas, and vise-versa...again, probably not possible, but it would be cool nonetheless...

At least give the Celts better ships in general. Those ponto flotilla or whatever aren't all that impressive (I sent god knows how many stacks of those things against two units of pirate ships, and had one crushing defeat after another), and for some reason in my Casse campaign I can't train anything better, not even sea warriors...I wait for 0.8 with a smile on my face


"They have flat bottoms," wrote Caesar of the Gallic ships, "which enables them to sail in shallow coastal water. Their high bows and sterns protect them from heavy seas and violent storms, as do their strong hulls made entirely from oak. The cross-timbers -- beams a foot wide -- are secured with iron nails as thick as a man's thumb. Their anchors are secured with chains not ropes, while their sails are made of raw hide or thin leather, so as to stand up to the violent Atlantic winds."



edit: Even still, maybe Romans controlling Celtic ports could build Celtic ships, like Caesar was able to do with the help of his Gaelic allies...