Re: Those Damn Indefensible Island Port Cities
Originally Posted by
Ichon
Funny someone complains about this because I found it along with supply lines (though the losses too small when out of supplies only couple hundred per turn out of army of +3000? Should be 500 per turn).
Carthage having navies that are a real threat is great! I was definitely surprised to find my attempt to sail unescorted armies from Rome to Corsica rudely intercepted by Carthage's fleets. Then later when opting the southern route instead I sent a big clump of 4 armies + small navy from Panormus to Sardinia leaving only 1 army in Sicily. I wasn't paying attention to the way the city reinforcement zones overlapped and once that army replenished I assaulted Akragas the last Carthaginian stronghold on the island and instantly both Panormus and my army + small escort fleet which wasn't able to land on Sardinia were hit by Carthage. It really felt like I was Rome losing armies on the seas left and right having to postpone civic construction and reshuffling politics after losing 2 generals to raise new armies and keep all the political parties balanced.
Learned my lesson and sent my armies in Sardinia far to the north out of the Carthaginian fleet's range on their way home and converted the trade port in Syracuse to a military wharf and built 2 fleets which really set me back economically when a small war vs Liguria to finish securing Cisalpine Italy had Helvetii and Trevarii intervene with 2 armies each plus the 3 Ligurian armies I thought my 2 newly reconstituted Legions would be enough to handle. Luckily my client kingdom of Basileon Odryoson finished conquering Greece to go along with Thrace and Macedonia it already controlled bumping my Imperium up enough to get 2 additional armies. Still ended up losing 3 settlements while trying not to lose the northern armies that were the only defence in Italy for several turns. Had a whole series of battles vs the Celts that came down to my 3 Triarii and General vs 6-7 enemy units. Also learned not to go cheap with cavalry when fighting the Celts from those battles.
You're having a interesting game as it seems.
Originally Posted by
Dardo21
I usually postpone naval activities with Carthage until I have a military port and have started to gobble up Iberia, so I can divert their forces from all sides, then I usually invade Corsica and Sardinia before focusing on Africa. As far as naval cities go, after i get rank 3 cities I feel relatively save to guard Syracusae with a full fleet of small warships and a stack each in the other towns.
Yeah...That's the plan. A direct assault will surely get destroyed easily, by a combined Carthaginian navy-army
Last edited by ♔Greek Strategos♔; February 28, 2018 at 09:01 AM.