Anyway, there's no arguing that it's a big crossbow-type weapon mounted on the prow of that ship. Now let's indulge in all kinds of wild speculation about the balancing of the naval warfare Before we begin, I think we should also consider that Ship of Fingernails relic. Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing a rock-paper-scissors method, hopefully a little better than the AoK one where fast fires alone couldn't really beat massed galleys and demo ships weren't too hot either. (We might end up with non-historical results, but as Psychic Ostrich so wonderfully put it, "realism and logic can get stuffed, cos' GAMEPLAY ROOLZ!") Also we should have some kind of catapult trireme/cannon galleon to clear out defensive structures for amphibious assualts. An ideas for what would work well here?
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