Hi Richard
I agree some of the rules could be improved. However, we should always bear
in mind that they are the same for both sides. I like realism but using the
rules (realistic or not) to their best effect is also part of the fun.
David
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Here is another dig at the navy rules.
I have just sailed a Noldo navy of 30 warships and 1 troopship carrying
200 ma into a DS Corsair DS shore/plains hex (say 2337) where I happen to
know there is a Cor navy of 12 warships and 20 transports carrying 5000
hi.
I know there is an army of at least 400hi garrisoning the hex overand
above
the navy.
Logically my navy should be able to sink the Cor navy, troops and all, and
sail away without landing.Where is the order, attack navy?
There isn't one.
So that gives me the choice of attacking, in which case I win the naval
battle easily, but, out of control, my 200 men-at-arms storm ashore,
abandon
their ships, and get slaughtered by the Cor garrison of 400 hi, or not
attacking at all.I love the ME game, but this is nonsense whichever way you look at it.
A navy should be able to fight an enemy navy, even in a shore hex, WITHOUT
being forced into automatic land combat afterwards.Take a step back: historically there were two sorts of navies, or rather,
fleets:
1) a battle fleet designed to fight, capture or sink enemy ships OR
2) a fleet designed to land the maximum numbers of troops on an enemy
coast.
> Sometimes one fleet was given both tasks, but my point is, it should be
be
up to the COMMANDER of such a fleet whether he attacks:
i) the enemy fleet or
ii) the enemy fleet AND any enemies on land.Can anybody show me a SINGLE example of an invading fleet fighting a
defending fleet and straightaway landing and fighting the defending army?
That's a CHALLENGE guys!In all the historical examples I can recall, if a fleet wanted to invade
enemy territory, it chose somewhere where the enemy fleet was NOT, and in
most cases, where there was neither a defending army nor for that matter a
fortified pop.After winning the sea battle at Salamis, did the Greek fleet land and
attack the Persian army? Of course not - the Greeks knew that their
handful
of marines stood no chance against the Persian hordes. Besides, they
didn't
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need to attack. The Persian hordes could not now be supplied by sea.
CHANGE the navy rules to give ME players the same options!
All that is needed is an 'attack navy' order, say order no 233.
Richard.