Hi y'all
So I was thinking...currently, if we want to defend against ships attacking our coastal provinces, then we need either Naval Bombers, our own ships, or artillery units. Artillery units don't do a very good job of killing ships, our own ships take forever to get anywhere, and Naval Bombers may not be available. So I was thinking...what if we added coastal artillery?
Coastal Artillery would be available in 3 levels, and should only be able to attack ships (for balance reasons). Coastal Artillery would require a corresponding Naval Base (lvl 1 NB for lvl 1 CA, lvl 2 NB for lvl 2 CA, etc). Each successive level does more damage to ships.
Coastal Artillery would factor into the Army Strength of a province, and act as a stationary unit that can be viewed. That said, it would also show up in the "Buildings" tab, and be built from there.
Ranges would be the following:
Level 1 CA - 40km
Level 2 CA - 50km
Level 3 CA - 60km
Range would be from the very edge of the province, which would compensate for the smaller range compared with units. (Otherwise, this would be too OP, and cause naval bombardment to be utterly useless.)
Built times and costs would be up for debate.
Thoughts?
So I was thinking...currently, if we want to defend against ships attacking our coastal provinces, then we need either Naval Bombers, our own ships, or artillery units. Artillery units don't do a very good job of killing ships, our own ships take forever to get anywhere, and Naval Bombers may not be available. So I was thinking...what if we added coastal artillery?
Coastal Artillery would be available in 3 levels, and should only be able to attack ships (for balance reasons). Coastal Artillery would require a corresponding Naval Base (lvl 1 NB for lvl 1 CA, lvl 2 NB for lvl 2 CA, etc). Each successive level does more damage to ships.
Coastal Artillery would factor into the Army Strength of a province, and act as a stationary unit that can be viewed. That said, it would also show up in the "Buildings" tab, and be built from there.
Ranges would be the following:
Level 1 CA - 40km
Level 2 CA - 50km
Level 3 CA - 60km
Range would be from the very edge of the province, which would compensate for the smaller range compared with units. (Otherwise, this would be too OP, and cause naval bombardment to be utterly useless.)
Built times and costs would be up for debate.
Thoughts?