Naval battle like Anno 1404

[Darkness01101]

@fleuret

it is the most important to make ships slower

I already don’t use ships much. Making them slower will make me not want to use them at all.

The game is too slow as it is. I play in “Fast” speed mode all the time, and the ship speeds are fine. After playing Fast for so long, I dread playing Normal speed, let alone that with even slower ships? Yikes.

@fleuret

By making them slower, you can enjoy medieval naval battles at your own pace. You can calmly analyze the progress of naval battles. Because they’re slow, it will be easier to mass your navy. Depending on the placement of the opponent navy, you can probably reverse the game after the opponent get sea-map control.

I already enjoy naval battles at my own pace, and amass and strategize my navy, no problem. Very easy. We don’t need ships even slower. Imagine playing on a large map and trying to send your ships across the map with slower speeds. It will be like waiting for paint to dry. You could get up, go to the kitchen and make some popcorn before your ships make it to the other side of the map.

@fleuret

You can get a feel for what it’s like by watching Thalassocracy 2 on YouTube at 75% speed.

Yikes, no. You could take a nap between move orders with that speed. Instead set speed to 1.5x… now we are talking!

[Euth0ricAce5964]

I feel like only a noob with no skill or even interest in microing can make the claim that the game is too slow, especially on x2 speed in stead of x1.7.

There’s so much micro going on in the early game. Startup, early attacks, sending specific villagers somewhere, retreating, … .
Then there’s microing in cases where you attack the opponent but have to defed your base at the same time, and so on. These are just few examples.

So yeah, you probably don’t play at even a medium level where micro doesn’t matter as much as positioning, making the right units and buildings, and having resources.
Either that, or you’re somehow extremely good at the game and/or have very good reaction times, in which case I would applaud you.

[Darkness01101]

@Euth0ricAce5964

I feel like only a noob with no skill or even interest in microing can make the claim that the game is too slow

I contend you have to be quicker at reacting and micro-ing since small delays or poor decisions probably have bigger negative ripple effects. I like microing, actually

@Euth0ricAce5964

There’s so much micro going on in the early game. Startup, early attacks, sending specific villagers somewhere, retreatin

I’ve played so many matches on Fast, all this is easy. Going to Normal speed is painfully slow now whenever I have tried

@Euth0ricAce5964

Either that, or you’re somehow extremely good at the game and/or have very good reaction times,

I’m just somewhere in the middle probably. I dont play ranked so it is what it is. I feel I have fairly good reaction times. Good enough for me in my 1 vs. 2 AI games on Moderate where they team up against you and launch coordinated attacks on you, which is all that matters to me. (Though, I wish the AI could be made to feel less like a pre-programmed machine and given some gray area of personality and skill level.) Try that with Spanish vs. Random AI civs on Fast, Arabia map to start, and see how you do. Maybe you will be fine. Note: The AI don’t always do well, depending on your map selection