Maps and Provinces

[Martok]

I was just putting together a complex post on splitting the sea into three regions and then clicked the close button on the browser window...

Anyway I am thinking of splitting the map at the straits of Gibraltar and again at the southern point of Morea. This will provide three distinct regions, will curb trade and over expansion and will stop some of the silliness that comes of having cheaper ships such as the Byzantine Emperor in Wales etc. I'm also proposing to remove all of the three deep sea zones as they will be pretty much redundant once the sea zones are split.

Thoughts?

I wholeheartedly approve. I've been meaning to suggest dropping the deep-sea regions for a while anyway.

The other part sounds excellent as well. As others have pointed out, it should improve the realism aspect to a degree (no more absurdly long sea invasion routes) in addition to (somewhat) equalizing things for the AI, trade-wise.