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dwarfhoplite

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Archipelago and micro islands
« on: November 19, 2011, 06:40:22 am »
Coast lines should sometimes have bunch of small islands close to the mainland in a such way that you can have these islands AND some mainland in normal sized embark(allow merchants and sieges). This would allow island lovers such as myself to build Venice type of fortresses.
It would be even more awesome once boats are added

 quick drawn examplehttp://postimage.org/image/7rkhr29ql/

« Last Edit: May 15, 2012, 09:48:10 am by dwarfhoplite »
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Re: Archipelago
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2011, 07:52:27 am »
I'm not sure about being all accesible in a "normal-sized embark," but a. I agree that island chains would be an interesting idea and b. I usually play 3X3.

Until stuff like this is added, just play on areas where a few small rivers meet a big one. Gen a large world and up the number of rivers, it never fails. Once I had my embark group start on the frozen surface of a river that covered most of the embark area...
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Re: Archipelago
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2011, 08:40:53 am »
Support this. Its a great idea. Though how is it any different to have a siege or a merchant?
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Re: Archipelago
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2011, 08:43:55 am »
I just meant that you wouldnt be completely isolated like now if you want to embark on an island
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Re: Archipelago
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2011, 08:45:15 am »
oh. Yeah. True.  :P
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Re: Archipelago
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2011, 09:06:04 am »
Maybe soem civs should be able to cross "shallow waters" even without boats.
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Re: Archipelago
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2011, 10:23:25 am »
How? They'd have to be pretty short passages...
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Re: Archipelago
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2011, 05:37:50 pm »
Only using "boats" when the "player can't see" them.
Or using them only in legends.
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Re: Archipelago
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2011, 10:36:12 pm »
I like this. I'm playing on an island (two joined rivers), and it's something different. Depot access is a little tricky since if the bridge is up when merchants come they'll approach from one of the land areas completely unconnected to the fortress and I'm pretty sure ambushes are spawning in inaccessible locations too since the map started frozen and was forced to remain thawed by switching temperature off in the first summer.
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