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"Firstly, the lore aspect is a biggie ... there are already settlements that are centered around their ports such as Port Sarim & Catherby; if we arbitrarily added more ports around the world, it would be inconsistent with some lore."
Within the restrictions I proposed in my previous comment, I see no inconsistency to be found in building new ports.
"Next, having the ability to build ports anywhere eliminates the existing strategy current ports maintain. Why plan to claim areas like Port Sarim or Catherby when you could simply build a port on any coastal claim? A lot of these port towns are lower in tier that bigger cities and what they sacrifice in revenue, they make up for in strategy."
I'm sorry, but ports simply don't have the utility they would have to for this argument to hold weight. They don't provide a great amount of strategic value. Some, yes, but it's not terribly great. Most of the strategic value of having ports is gained by having a single port. Why set yourself back 40W 20O 10X and 100k if you could simply claim areas like Port Sarim or Catherby for much cheaper, and get a boost to your gold income and resource collection in doing so? It's plain to see that claiming an existing port, if you can, would be drastically more preferable to building one -- and if you can't claim an existing one (a situation like the one TSV would be in if Menaphos hadn't been made a port), I think you should have the opportunity to build one yourself.
"a) If a coastal claim now has a port, does that mean it could be invaded by a different clan like the existing ports? If so, then a clan could invade little areas like Frankenstrain's Castle, etc."
Yes, and I would reiterate my proposed tier restrictions to resolve this.
"Then a larger invasion could be mounted from there, which to me, doesn't seem very realistic. How can a force large enough to conquer all of Morytania be housed in that tiny Castle for example."
Who says they all come at once?
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Within the restrictions I proposed in my previous comment, I see no inconsistency to be found in building new ports.
"Next, having the ability to build ports anywhere eliminates the existing strategy current ports maintain. Why plan to claim areas like Port Sarim or Catherby when you could simply build a port on any coastal claim? A lot of these port towns are lower in tier that bigger cities and what they sacrifice in revenue, they make up for in strategy."
I'm sorry, but ports simply don't have the utility they would have to for this argument to hold weight. They don't provide a great amount of strategic value. Some, yes, but it's not terribly great. Most of the strategic value of having ports is gained by having a single port. Why set yourself back 40W 20O 10X and 100k if you could simply claim areas like Port Sarim or Catherby for much cheaper, and get a boost to your gold income and resource collection in doing so? It's plain to see that claiming an existing port, if you can, would be drastically more preferable to building one -- and if you can't claim an existing one (a situation like the one TSV would be in if Menaphos hadn't been made a port), I think you should have the opportunity to build one yourself.
"a) If a coastal claim now has a port, does that mean it could be invaded by a different clan like the existing ports? If so, then a clan could invade little areas like Frankenstrain's Castle, etc."
Yes, and I would reiterate my proposed tier restrictions to resolve this.
"Then a larger invasion could be mounted from there, which to me, doesn't seem very realistic. How can a force large enough to conquer all of Morytania be housed in that tiny Castle for example."
Who says they all come at once?
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Be water, my friend.
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06-Feb-2017 03:08:12
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