Re: Navy Battles MEPBM(UK)

From: Geoff Landergan <geoffl@kells.demon.co.uk>

Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <ostra.gymn.8.000C05C9@umdac.umu.se>
           ostra.gymn@umdac.umu.se "Ostra Gymnasieskolan" writes:

> I play the MEPBM 1605 #64 as the Corsairs and one turn I fought a Sinda Navy
> and it was as Disaster!
>
> [snip]
>

This isn't a software failure (though you might wish to describe it as
a design failure ;-).

If you read navy combat carefully, you will see that despite the varying
attack strength, *all* ships have a defence of 3 also the effect of spells
or artifacts can be huge (consider a +2250 weapon, which would sink 7.5
warships on it's own!).

The consequence is that navies (especially with the better navy nations)
tend to kill somewhat more than they've got (eg 30 warships might sink
50).

I once considered creating a "killer navy" with minimal ships, and a couple
of mages with stonking weapons and two "Words of Death" - they could easily
destroy 40-50 ships on their own (though they might die when the navy sank).

Conclusion: navy combat *is* a disaster.

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