AI doesnt use boats to move troops

**Leonidas** · 11-27-2006, 03:54

Is it just my experience or does the AI not bother to transport it army via ships anymore?

**Valdincan** · 11-27-2006, 04:00

I just sank a fleet carrying 578 soldiers. I'd say that you just haven't seen it happen yet.

**shifty157** · 11-27-2006, 04:05

I barely managed to thwart a full scale naval invasion of my home lands. I was really wondering when the Portugese started amassing their fleets so i sent a spy (with an army in tow) to check it out. I arrived just as two full stacks of enemies did as well. Luckily for me they ran out of movement points a few steps away from the ships so i attacked and scattered them there.

Had i not caught them in time things would have gone very very poorly for me.

**Quickening** · 11-27-2006, 04:26

I sank a Danish fleet which was carrying their Princess across the sea

**nameless** · 11-27-2006, 06:10

I've seen Venicians, Portugese, and French fleets carry full stacks towards the Holy Land. I was the Sicilians and controlled most of the islands. To my surprise, some of the ships stopped by several of my islands to pick up a couple of mercenaries before moving on. Even though it was a crusade the fact that they decided to go by sea is impressive.

**Jagger** · 11-27-2006, 07:03

The pope requested a crusade on Toulouse. My crusade army was joined by a large Polish crusader army. When Toulouse fell, a Polish navy showed up a few turns later and took them home....

I was impressed...

**Zeth** · 11-27-2006, 18:18

I've noticed the same thing. I only do it with a large fleet. During my first 10 turns of play I got a ship sank with around 600 men on it.

**Jagger** · 11-27-2006, 18:28

I am playing Venice, h/vh, and the naval challenge is a whole new ballgame. I can afford enough of a navy to control my waters but the AI is constantly challenging my navy. I am very careful about shipping anyone by sea without a solid naval fleet. The Egyptians have been particularly aggressive.

The more I play this game, the more I like what the dev team has done with it.

**Vlad Tzepes** · 11-27-2006, 18:37

I've just sunk an Egyptian fleet transporting a Jihad. This drove all the other Muslim factions mad.

And the AI fleets? Thay keep coming after me. In RTW, after a large and painful mop-up operation, the seas were open for the rest of the game. Not anymore...