This is a good chance to make European civs “less colonial”

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I get that there needs to be game balance so they’re going to be a lot more powerful than reality, but it’s pretty dumb that the Inca from the mountains and Lakota from the plains have the strongest navies.

It’s mostly due to the water dance and crappy naval combat system where canoes get massively overkilled and most big ship damage is wasted. I had some ideas for reworking it to make things a little more even.

Naval Rework - Melee Naval Combat

Naval combat is severely lacking in depth and a variety of new mechanics such as melee boarding attacks, better ranged and charged attacks, and better terrain interactions could greatly improve aspects of the strategy and fun of naval battles. Melee Attacks Melee attacks for ships could provide greater depth to naval combat. It could be a high-risk, high-reward combat stance that allows ships to deal more damage at the expense of also taking more damage. Boarding A melee attack that would al…