Those #$@%#& Docks!

[Alexios]

I don't know how many times I gotta make this stupid mistake before I finally learn my lesson. But I recently had a situation where a Prince of mine was about to be become King (my current King was around 52). So, I decided to valor him up before the big ceremony by giving him a well-armed, well-quantified army and sending him on an "island hopping" mission to take a few islands away from the Byzantines.

Well, no sooner did the first battle come to an end when I realised the docks were destroyed and my King-to-Be sat there on the island like a trapped rat... Doh!!! This meant I had to wait 5 long years before I could get him the heck out, whilst my aging King lay there gasping on his deathbed back on the mainland. And to make matters worse, the Byz were fortified in a Citadel and the AI would not allow me to take it without a direct assault. So before I could even begin rebuilding the docks, I had to haul in some siege weapons, which took me another 2 to 3 years to organise & deploy, and take it by force (Hmmm… now that's strange… I'm able to bring units ONTO the island without docks, but unable to get them OFF? Where’s the logic in that, I wonder? )

Anyway, luckily my King had a second wind after taking a couple Tylenols, and I was able to get the Prince back to the mainland before the old man croaked. Thank God for small miracles!!