Should curragh's carry a unit?

[chequita guevara]

I think curragh's should be able to carry a unit. Islands were settled in the Aegean long before the advent of triereme's.

[vmxa1]

Maybe so, but they do not allow it in the game, so as to effect game play. Nothing to do with reality.

[donZappo]

Heh, you called it a trireme. Now there's a flashback...

[MrWhereItsAt]

Not a bad suggestion, and one propsed for the AU mod in the Strat forum. Curraghs and Galleys are IMO for short-trip exploration (as in not suiciding for long distnace contacts) and settlement over the same range. Thus having a unit on Curraghs would be a fine thing.

[TechWins]

That would be a bad idea having Curragh's with 1 transport capacity. It would only speed up the time for expansion and exploration, and that happens too fast as is.

[SirOsis]

The Mesopotamian conquests has the Curragh with a transport of 1. I think it should depend on the map size. A smaller map wouldn't necessarily need the transport.

[Inverse Icarus]

if you give them a transport of 1, make them "wheeled" and make sea/ocean impassible to wheeled. they'd only be able to colonize islands connected by "coastal" squares.

[Harovan]

The curraghs are meant to be naval scouts. No need for them to carry units in the epic game, at least for this low price.

[Dis]

especially not until they address the issue of the ai not using them.

[WarpStorm]

The AI would use them if they have the transport capability. As it is they are 'power' units only to be used for attacking.

[DrSpike]

Curraghs as they stand shouldn't be made even more useful by giving them this capacity. If you want transport capacity research MM.

[chequita guevara]

Even more useful!?! As it is, they're nothing more than glorified water scouts. The purpose of ships has always been transportation or ships to attack the transports. There's no point in having a warship before you have something to sink.

I wonder if barbarians should have curraghs instead of galleys.

[CerberusIV]

I tend to play continent or archipelago maps and curraghs are a real boost to human exploration - very important with communications and map trading pushed on into the medieval. I am usually finding myself playing tech broker for most of the ancient era before the AI's get round to galleys and making their own contacts. IMO curraghs are a major boost to the human player as it is without any further improvement.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Even more useful!?! As it is, they're nothing more than glorified water scouts.

I think you need to use them better.

[steven8r]

It would be useful to have them transport at least 1 unit. That way, you could pop the 'goody huts' that you find with your curraghs. As it is, you can find the huts, but they are essentially useless.

I think I will add this in my next mod.