What if ships slipped into the harbor during poor visibility such as night or during fog, etc? Artillery is not a factor if they cannot see their targets. Very true, but unless the ships can be loaded/unloaded during the night and leave before sunrise they could be siting targets during the day. Th...

Thanks for the useful replies. Thinking about besieged harbours leads me to another question. If the besieging force has artillery, I presume it would attempt to fire on any naval units in the water region(s) that the harbour has exits to. Vessels entering and leaving the harbour would be more vulne...

Just wondering, do besieged structures still generate supply? The manual doesn't state that they don't. If a siege is effective, then the structure is presumably cut off from the resources that it would use to generate supply. Larger structures might be able to 'loot' resources from within themselve...