Naval Gazing

[Lord Avalon]

Why? Frigates can't carry units, nor can they enter closed-border waters without declaring war.

Sometimes you want to sneak a spy across the ocean, and maybe your production queues are occupied with other things, and you just happen to have a caravel come home after a long sea voyage. Presto! Upgrado! You've got a sub.

[DrSpike]

All true, just irrelevant to the question asked.

[Lord Avalon]

The OP mentions wanting to upgrade caravels, but doesn't specify to what.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Lord Avalon
Why? Frigates can't carry units, nor can they enter closed-border waters without declaring war.

Sometimes you want to sneak a spy across the ocean, and maybe your production queues are occupied with other things, and you just happen to have a caravel come home after a long sea voyage. Presto! Upgrado! You've got a sub.

I've discovered that you can upgrade a Caravel to Frigate with a unit already boarded.

Of course, you still can't move that Frigate across hostile borders, but if you want to move an Explorer across a hostile sea, Frigates are much more durable than Caravels

[Kuciwalker]

If Carracks can carry real units (especially if they can carry 2 or 3), that could be a very minor exploit - build Carracks (you can always build your UU, IIRC), upgrade to frigates or subs, and you suddenly have a much more durable (or hidden) transport.

[wodan11]

I would swear I've done that before by accident, and the game deleted the transported unit (missionary).

Wodan

[Blaupanzer]

Put it ashore in some very strange place is more likely.

And no, you cannot always construct your UU. :frown:

[ahenobarb]

Read the thread that inspired the article!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118429244297165567.html

[Jvstin]

Originally posted by Blaupanzer
Put it ashore in some very strange place is more likely.

And no, you cannot always construct your UU. :frown:

That was/is more of a pain in Civilization III.

[The_Reckoning]

Originally posted by ahenobarb
Read the thread that inspired the article!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118429244297165567.html

I had no idea the WSJ was so politically influenced.

"By my rough count, the hold contains about 150 bombs -- and there are no fewer than 36 other such holds on the ship. I find myself entertaining the idea of offering the same tour to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It would serve him well as a lesson in humility."

"No doubt the Chinese will one day figure out the mechanics of landing planes at sea -- and of catapulting them off the deck. I wonder if they'll ever get the human element right."

[ahenobarb]

eh. All papers are political these days.

I just thought it was interesting they used the same title for the article that I used for this thread and nine days later ... coincidence? I think not.

Must be a WSJ writer reading these pages!