No docking at friendly ports? Very bad decision.

[Icefrisco]

Q: Will my faction’s navy be able to take on repairs at neutral or allied ports?
A: No. There are a number of issues involved in allowing the player’s warships to enter friendly/neutral ports that don’t really add anything good to gameplay. One of the challenges in Empire will be to maintain a fleet at sea and have sufficient ports around the world to carry out repairs and replacement of lost crew and ships. If you want to do well, you’re going to have to emulate the Royal Navy!

That was a quote from CA's Q&A. I can not believe CA would do something so stupid. The ability to dock at a friendly port was extremely important during this time. I can not believe CA is leaving this out. I am extremely disappointed in CA's thinking.

[Kinjo]

Well CA can't create every possible situation if we want a game in this life time.

[Tajir]

Yeah definitely, it takes away from the roleplaying value of having an ally, and all the real benefits.

Now what use will Venice be? Will I invite their little girlish little army to help take on the Ottomans?

[Destraex]

I agree with using friendly ports for minor things, but not full refits and crew replenishment or other major repairs

[Archaon]

Why would they offer a role playing feature in a total war title??? destroy Venice! take their settlement for your own!! then you can repair your passing ships...
Well it is a total war game right..??..?
I guess the game is being made for an asap release with minimal features, i just hope they implement features in expansions like the RomeTW engine or ETW will be dead within weeks of its release...

[Icefrisco]

During this period one of the main reasons for allainces was for docking. This was very important in places like India.

[King Edward III]

Really dissapointed. I don't know about everyone else, but I'm not the "ZOMG IM GONNA TAKE OVAH THE HOLE WORLD LOL LOL CONQUEZZST"..

I prefer roleplaying.

[Erwin Rommel]

"emulate the Royal Navy"

[Tajir]

Screw this, I'm gonna become a Civ player!

[Erwin Rommel]

think of the BATTLES, the NAVAL BATTLES!!!!

the volley fire, the cavalry charge, the rag doll effects the CARNAGE!!!

think about it

[Yoram777]

Really dissapointed. I don't know about everyone else, but I'm not the "ZOMG IM GONNA TAKE OVAH THE HOLE WORLD LOL LOL CONQUEZZST"..

I prefer roleplaying.

Same here.
And what's the point of having an alliance with a far away country if you're not even allowed in their ports...

the game is still going to be great though

Of course, you're not supposed to keep your fleet in someone else’s port like all the time, but it would be nice if you could use a port of an ally for a quick repair or something.

[Ged]

Meh, CA manages to ignore key parts of history, so this doesn't really surprise me.

[Georgy Zhukov]

Maybe it will be moddable, but not in the vanilla version. Because i also hate this.

[Archaon]

I assure you a feature like this will not be modable

[Icefrisco]

Meh, CA manages to ignore key parts of history, so this doesn't really surprise me.

Its not just history its a matter of making the game fun. CA developers seem to have a problem in making their recent games fun.

[Ludicus]

Its not just history its a matter of making the game fun. CA developers seem to have a problem in making their recent games fun.

Really?
It was a wise decision in my opinion:

There are a number of issues involved in allowing the player’s warships to enter friendly/neutral ports that don’t really add anything good to gameplay. One of the challenges in Empire will be to maintain a fleet at sea and have sufficient ports around the world to carry out repairs and replacement of lost crew and ships

During this period one of the main reasons for allainces was for docking

Rarely happened.
For example, in the latter years of the 18th Century, in England, the Chatham Dockyard was very important,but:

The main focus of the yard's attention was not however shipbuilding, but ship repair and maintenance with Chatham undertaking a large number of 'great' repairs, as the years of almost constant action took its toll on the fleet.

Merry Christmas

[nodey]

Alliances as a whole have always been a very shallow part of the TW series so this does not surprise me. If you're going to have this kind of "indirect" warfare, with neutral neighbors possibly supporting your enemies by allowing them to dock, you're talking a game way more advanced than what i think we're gonna see.

[Icefrisco]

Alliances as a whole have always been a very shallow part of the TW series so this does not surprise me. If you're going to have this kind of "indirect" warfare, with neutral neighbors possibly supporting your enemies by allowing them to dock, you're talking a game way more advanced than what i think we're gonna see.

Good point.

[The Dragon]

I think they should make it so you can stay and repair in your ally's port for 1 turn, but bigger price for repairing and hiring new crew

[firekiller]

just lets hope it is moddelbel the hype arround ingdoms/mtw2 where very big and 2 disappointments i just find fun in the campains treu mods who are really doing a great job dont think CA would make so mush sells if there wernt mods