You have to be kidding me...

[solid74]

Ok, I am a little late to this game, but I love strategy games. I have only been playing this game for a few days, and I am stuck on something.

I am England, and I am trying to invade Ireland, and I can't seem to figure it out. I searched the forum for answers, and found something that said to simply put a fleet in each sea area surrounding the province you want to invade and thats it. Well, I must be missing something, because even with ships in each sea around Ireland, I am not allowed to invade.

This is highly frustrating. The instructions and the forums both clearly describe how to do this, but when I follow the instructions to the letter, I get nothing. I am about to snap this disk in two. Please help!

Thanks!

[nara shikamaru]

Okay there could be several problems with why you can't take Ireland, I'll try to be as helpful as I can with this Sloid74.

First off, is where your attacking from have a port? If it doesn't then no attacks from sea can be made, from that province, until a port is built there.

Second, are you 100% sure you have at least one boat in each sea region between England and Ireland? More over is there a link between Ireland and the province you want to attack from.

Lastly, does another faction own Ireland? If so do they have any boats in the Irish channel? Even if it belongs to rebels, I've seen boats for them appear, and you can't launch a sea invasion from one province to another if there are enemy ships in the waters around that province.

I hope i was of some help to you Solid74, maybe someone with more knowledge will come by.

[General Dazza]

Welcome to the forum solid74

First of all - do not snap the disk! If you never play the game again you'll never realise how much you would have regretted doing that had you not done it. Er, that made sense when I thought it....

Anyway - I've had the before too. Someonje else will no doubt be able to give you the absolute answer, but I think it's one of two things:

1. Ireland doesn't have a port, and you need a port to land in a province (Note: I could be wrong about that, but I think that's the case).
2. Although you have Ireland surrounded, do you have a port facing Ireland? If not, maybe you don;t have a chain of ships going from one of your ports to the Irish port/province? In which case there's the prob.

Hope one of the above is the answer. If not, as I said, there'll be someone along soon with one that flies...

[Digital]

Bring at least 2 stacks to invade Ireland. Even if you win the first battle and the enemy are holed up in the castle for a siege, an enemy fleet cutting off your shipping lanes from Ireland will cause the loyalty to become very low and a loyalist rebellion. If Ireland has a port, you may insert a spy after the enemy are holed up in the castle if it has a border fort too. If it does not have a border fort, you may insert a spy there anytime.

[solid74]

Hey, thanks for all the responses everyone!

Ok, lemme add to my first post, I guess I left some stuff out. I have a ship in each sea region surrounding Ireland, there are two. Also, I have two ports, but none FACING Ireland... is that a requirement for invasions? There are no ships in the Channel, and Ireland is occupied by rebels. Last and most important, does there really need to be a port in the province you are invading? If so, I guess I'm outta luck.

Why do they make this so confusing?

Lemme know if I'm getting warmer! Thanks again!

[Digital]

The direction the ports faced has nothing to do with whether you can invade, only requirement is a linkage of fleet, without enemy fleets in the same sea in the linkages. You also need a port to invade from a province to another province seperated by sea. The province you invade does not need to have a port. For example, if you are invading Ireland from Wessex, Wessex needs a port while Ireland needs none.

[General Dazza]

Yeah - think of it like stepping stones. You have to have a ship in every sea square between your home port and the province you want to invade.

If an enemy ship is in one of the sea squares then your ships can't pass. That's important to remember cos once you invade a province, its ships become enemy ships, and your army may not be able to return.

[rockoutloud1213]

Feeling pretty proud of myself for finally figuring ships out, I thought "hm, I'll try playing Sicily. That'll be fun!" And when trying to invade Greece (playing on high, so it's currently owned by rebels), I just got completely lost. I know I'm embarking from a port, I have a ship in every sea region up to it...

The only thing I'm not sure about is the fact that the province of Greece has 2 or more sea regions bordering it. Does it matter which one I have a ship in? I just have one in the closest, but do I need a ship in all of them or a specific one?

Also, in one of the sea regions Italy also has a ship. But they're not my enemies, nor do they own Greece, so that should be fine, right?

I'm very confused. I played a couple days ago but from my memory I think I'm invading from Malta (not sure, but I'm very sure wherever it is it has a port) and I'm three or four sea thingys from Greece. Help please?

[rockoutloud1213]

Haha okay I figured it out. Maybe I'm the only one that didn't assume this but no one told me you couldn't move troops somewhere in the same year you moved a ship in the region in question. Ha! Okay, sorry bout that.

[The Darkhorn]

Ship? What ship sire?

[Bregil the Bowman]

Or as Lord St Vincent said of the threatened French invasion

"I do not say they cannot come, only that they cannot come by sea."

[Martok]

Haha okay I figured it out. Maybe I'm the only one that didn't assume this but no one told me you couldn't move troops somewhere in the same year you moved a ship in the region in question. Ha! Okay, sorry bout that.

Gah! No, that's our fault for failing to point out something the rest of are used to and therefore take for granted. Glad you figured it out, though.