Quote Originally Posted by Boohugh View Post
You should be able to take down that fleet with about 5 3rd rates, you don't really need anything bigger. Just concentrate on taking down the rigging and you can run circles around them and pick them off one by one, galleons aren't quite the force they used to be.

Are you playing 1.5?

I have seen that galleons are much improved over 1.3.1 and 1.4. Chain is not the wonder weapon it was either. You will have to work hard to take out 20 of the buggers!

And as to Steam Drydocks! I have found one or at most two are enough in a large Empire. The Naval Hospital is better for the most part.

All your third rates come with a chevron and third rates are what you need to pick off the galleons. Half their number should do it and a couple of 5th rates won’t hurt.


And for you huge unit fans, I use small or normal unit setting as the AI works better and may be more of a challenge.