The final & only discussion thread for naval battle mechanics

[caravel]

I've never seen the benefit in stacking either for defending nor attacking. I tend to only unstack mine when I'm attacking though, for the sake of tidyness. The largest stack i ever use anyway is a three ship stack. I always try to keep more than 1 ship in a sea zone, otherwise the AI tries to pick them off (starting a war). Having unstacked ships means that if an AI stack attacks, only one of your ships will be engaged, meaning that you'll only lose one ship, if you lose any.

[Vladimir]

Use 3: One of your fastest and 2 of your best attack ships. I always leave them together when not attacking and never get attacked. When attacking, attack with your fastest first then your most powerful. I think ship combat is too random to know for sure wether or not single ship raids are more powerful than stacks.