In the game, there was an intended counter triangle for water units: Galleys beating demo ships, demo ships beating fire ships and fire ships beating galleys. That the balance in this is flawed is a known fact, but it does not matter for what I mean.
There are 2 civs with unique naval units: Vikings and Koreans.
There are also 2 civs that lack the fire ship or demo ship line completely: Vikings and Koreans.
I think that this is no coincidence at all, but that ES intended Longships to take the role of the fire ship, beating galleys (and losing to fires). They do that, but not overly efficiently. Instead, they fare exceptionally well against fires and demos, dealing athe same additional 1 damage per arrow to them that they also do to galleys.
Likewise, Turtle ships were probably intended to take the demo ship role: They excel at taking back the water in a limited area and fall prey to galley-line, due to less range and slow speed. However, their efficiency against fire ships is limited and instead they make short work of demolition ships, even killing non-heavy ones in a single shot.
What do you think about this, the original concept seeing the UU ships as a better version of the ship that each civ has disabled?
There are 2 civs with unique naval units: Vikings and Koreans.
There are also 2 civs that lack the fire ship or demo ship line completely: Vikings and Koreans.
I think that this is no coincidence at all, but that ES intended Longships to take the role of the fire ship, beating galleys (and losing to fires). They do that, but not overly efficiently. Instead, they fare exceptionally well against fires and demos, dealing athe same additional 1 damage per arrow to them that they also do to galleys.
Likewise, Turtle ships were probably intended to take the demo ship role: They excel at taking back the water in a limited area and fall prey to galley-line, due to less range and slow speed. However, their efficiency against fire ships is limited and instead they make short work of demolition ships, even killing non-heavy ones in a single shot.
What do you think about this, the original concept seeing the UU ships as a better version of the ship that each civ has disabled?