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Overpowered Navy? I don't think so.

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: You probably didn't consider the army (defensive) bonuses : : : Scenario (at the end of the industial era): : You've designed a battleship, build a veteran one, and moved it to the enemy. Your capable adversary put a few fanatic infantry in its coastal cities with coastal fortress. : Your ship costs 252 and has an effective strenght of: : 644*1.5(veteran)=966 : His 2 infantry units cost 2*48 and have both an effective strength of: : 132*3(veteran,fortified,coastal fortress)*2(fanatic)= 792 : Congratialtions, you've got a crippled battleship that has done 48 production damage, and by the time it is repaired, you'll find more advanced defenders, perhaps overweight, probably elite. : Of course, battleships can destroy an unprepared or under developed coastal nation fast, but the same goes for aircraft (in the modern age), alpine units and cavalry.

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