Conquering Aquatic Nations

[PotatoPancakes]

I'm waging war currently as the Middle Era Phoenicians. I am fighting a Sea based people. Their capital is in the sea and it made me wonder if I wasn't seafaring would I be able to conquer their capital? Are there ways for land empires without seafaring to build ships or fight against terrors from the watery deep? Would I be forced to find a province that has aquatic commanders and units and base all my strategy on using them to conquer the enemy capital? Or am I just pondering this for no reason?

[SaD-82]

Originally posted by PotatoPancakes:

Are there ways for land empires without seafaring to build ships or fight against terrors from the watery deep?

No ships needed in this game.
The way you do it:
Summoning undead or beings that can't drown.
Summoning beings that have the amphibious trait (or recruiting them via provinces with access to them).
Crafting items to grant your troops and your commanders the waterbreathing ability.
Hiring mercenaries that have the amphibious trait.
Or just domkill them.

[PotatoPancakes]

Good information but a question as I'm new. Domkill? Seize all thrones is what this means?

[SaD-82]

Originally posted by PotatoPancakes:

Domkill?

That's refering to pushing your own dominion into the provinces of your opponent. As soon as no other province of him has any dominion of him in it, he will cease to exist.
That's done via having a high dominion of yourself and building temples to spread your own candles.
There are ways to mitigate that (by preaching with your priests and building temples in your own provinces), but with a low dominion to begin with, you can struggle pretty fast.

[PotatoPancakes]

Good to know. I've been building temples and have a prophet promoting my brand. I'll see how this siege ends. I don't have siege engines but Ys will fall. Thanks.

[Outis]

In addition to what @SaD-82 said, you can also recruit amphibian troops from coastal provinces that you have captured if they offer them.

[Feikki]

Generally in a normal game you don't try to invade the water. Just grab enough land thrones and ascend, the water nations need to get on the land if they want to win. But a water nation raiding your coastline can be a major pain exactly because finishing them off is so hard.

[PotatoPancakes]

It is a small map and 2 of the thrones are coastal. I'm playing as Middle Era Phoenicia so coastal provinces give me a boost. Siege still ongoing against the watery waifs. Lord I will crush these bastarditos!!!

[Murmur]

My advice would be to try to constrain them in the sea and go for any thrones you can for a victory. Plop down forts on the the thrones after you claim them and invest in PD to help fight them off if they attack. If you have to go underwater to get all the thrones, I'd recommend you just go for the thrones instead of trying to conquer all their territory.