PIRATES MATEY - Here's a quick idea that still needs to be fleshed out a little more but I'd love the option to do ship to ship battles in lakes & oceans. Also, if you add this dimension why not also allow ship to land battle on units or cities that are next to the shore. With a little tech tree you could even expand the tiles that can be attacked from sea from 1 to let's say 3 (because of better cannon tech for example). You'd also have tech trees to increase the the ship armor and fortifications. You could also have new city defenses of canons to better combat against ships.



Who knows ... maybe there could be a new faction of Pirates who could exploit this technology. Maybe this faction is able to create a settlement in the middle of an ocean or large lake.



Imagine an armada of ships exploring and conquering the high seas. At least it would make world maps with 2 or more land masses more interesting, dangerous and FUN! Right now traveling by ship is little more then wasted time/turns moving across the map.



Just a few thoughts for your consideration. Maybe others can expand and put their two cents in if they like the idea of pirates and ship to ship battles and ocean/lake to land battles.

Welcome to the forum, tharri04!