Shifty Captains Charge Extra For Sea Travel

[The Regent]

So, I order my army to travel to a nearby island. I pay the fee and wish them luck. Unfortunately, this was not enough because they were attacked while boarding their ships. The enemy was defeated and my army continued to proceed on their way...to the next province on the way to their destination...only the next province.

This happens on land and sea, they either set up camp or sit in their ships waiting for me to tell them where to go again...paying the original fee once again.

I foresee some captains having a "short drop and a sudden stop".

 

[unmerged(6757)]

That happened to me the other day as well. As my English crusaders were leaving France for Egypt a retreating army of 120 Fatimids ran into them. My brave troops crushed them of course. But then I realized that the army, celebrating their heroic victory I guess, decided not to continue on the journey. So low and behold I had to pay another 440 gold to ship them off. Very sneaky them Egyptians, waste a few troops and burn my treasury.

 

[unmerged(7667)]

That happens with land travel as well, bar the fee of course. Would be cool if this could get fixed so that the route is not cut short after an attack, but I guess it has been a tough nut to crack.

 

[moodgiesanta]

Even better, it seems that when you have a massive amount of armies being shipped somewhere, that if just one of them has to use water transport, it calculates the cost for the whole army. So it could cost me 4000 gold to ship my troops from Osel to the mainland. (I didn't mind much since it was at the point where money is irrelevant for me.) Not a huge deal, but an annoyance all the same.

 

[Lord Prime]

I have noticed that it's usually a good idea to send forces over the sea to a christian province instead for directly to the target, for example if one is going on a crusade in the holy land then the trip to Tortosa is usually a lot cheaper then a trip to a moslem controlled county.