Quote Originally Posted by brighterhell
A friend of mine gave it to me when he stopped using his computer along with a bunch of other games - now I'm addicted! It's taken a while to figure stuff out like shipping routes, government, and tactics. One question - I'm playing as the Byzantines and I now have the biggest navy and control the Mediterranean. The only problem is I can't sink ships in the Black Sea or the Sea of Marmara. Even with 5 ships attacking a single enemy ship nothing ever happens...so Constantinople is continually blockaded by sea. Am I missing something?
Naval battles can be a bit wonky in Medieval. What's probably happenning is that the enemy ship is escaping to the nearest sea region without being destroyed. (This is especially true for when the defending ship has a speed of 3 or higher.) What you should do is split up your naval stack into 2-3 smaller ship stacks, and then have them attack the enemy vessel simultaneously. This will usually enable you to actually sink the AI's ship, and not just chase it away.