New Bug Found

[KingDave]

So as GB I sold all my American Territories early in the game and concentrated in conquering India. Now that I have it, I created 2 absolutely amazing armies in India and sent them to America on a brig or two. However, instead of arriving on the west coast like they should, they end up showing up in the North Atlantic. Needless to say I was slaughtered by the Pirates within a turn.


What gives???

[Plank of Wood]

So as GB I sold all my American Territories early in the game and concentrated in conquering India. Now that I have it, I created 2 absolutely amazing armies in India and sent them to America on a brig or two. However, instead of arriving on the west coast like they should, they end up showing up in the North Atlantic. Needless to say I was slaughtered by the Pirates within a turn.


What gives???

They travelled Via Africa, quite logical really. To be honest it's your fault for not thinking to defend such an important, huge army with some decent ships. I use brigs as suicide rammers, not as principle ships.

[caldwell77]

Yeah, I wouldn't so much call that a bug as much as a "gameplay flaw". Rather than just clicking on a region and letting the change turn AI pick your path, it'd be better to select a specific zone within the theater to sail to (North Atlantic, Carribean, Pacific). Actually that was a good plan though: bypass the sea threats by coming through the back door. Never tried that.

What would be better still are troop limits on ships. Imagine if you had to manage fleets with limited carring capacities to move your continant conquering armies around. But that's just wishful thinking. Maybe in Empire II (yeah right!).