Mechanics of naval bombardement

[aryaman]

Ok, I have Howe´s fleet going up and down the coast, with the bombardement button pressed, but they don´t bombard anything, am I missing something here? I can´t make ships to bombard the coast

[Pocus]

you are missing the readme (updated each patch in the game directory)

Excerpt:

*** Gameplay additions & changes ***
1- Ships can now bombards. In order to do so your fleet must have:
a) big guns (range 5 or better)
b) be in offensive posture and at sea
c) must not have bombarded this turn
d) have the order "bombard" activated.
e) Have enough ammos.

A valid target are units in structures (coastal province with harbor) if you have an army in the region, or are landing in the same turn.

Beware, the enemy can strike back...

[aryaman]

many thanks for the swift answer, so in essence, naval bombardement can be made only to support friendly troops, right?

[Pocus]

Exactly, this has been changed from 1.07 to 1.07e in successive iterations, by popular beta testers and players requests (this is more historical too).

[Frost716]

Makes more sense, but kind of wish I had kept an earlier patch for those times where you just feel like bombarding more freely

You guys/gals should do some sort of Age of Sail Naval strategy game..bet it would be fun...and look nice too