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River Patrols

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:30 pm
by AndrewKurtz
I'd love to see a mechanism whereby Gunboats could be placed on "patrol" and, if enough of them where on patrol, they would block movement up to enemy forts. This would avoid having to micro manage controlling a river.

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:53 pm
by Doomwalker
I think that I would use such a feature if available. I would like to have it on the blue water vessels more than the brown water. But, I do imagine that it would also be very helpfull on the brown water vessels also.

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:01 pm
by runyan99
Can't you do that now by simply putting the riverboat fleet on the river adjacent to the fort?

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:56 pm
by AndrewKurtz
runyan99 wrote:Can't you do that now by simply putting the riverboat fleet on the river adjacent to the fort?


I'm wanting to use it to effectively stop enemy ground units from crossing the river. Right now I have to put one unit in each river space. They run out of supplies and I have to move them back/forth. When ultimately, all I want is them assigned to control of the river.

So basically, what I'm suggesting is a way for both sides to fight for control of a river without having to manage it ship-by-ship and space-by-space.

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:15 am
by Pocus
kind like a 'magic wand' feature no? :)

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:31 pm
by AndrewKurtz
Pocus wrote:kind like a 'magic wand' feature no? :)



I was thinking more along the lines of 'an AACW blockade-like magic wand' :)