Sea wall option in next update?

[babaduk]

Can we have Sea wall option in the next update?

I don't get it, those sea wall are on the camping but in single and multiplayer there is no way to build that.

See https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Sea_Wall

[Vonklyce]

I've tried doing it myself by modding, but no success unfortunately.
What i did was turn the fishing boat into a working boat with an upgrade and making the game think it was "villager" unit with the ablity to build sea walls, gates and towers. I've managed to get the icons working and all, but nothing happened when i clicked on it.

I've also thought of some detail that would be an issue, there's no foundation sprites when building structures on sea, this could have been the main issue why it didn't work.
I guess only the devs could make it work properly, but then again, even being a nice addition to improve the game, there's always those to complain about it, so don't feel discouraged about giving future suggestions with the upcoming negative comments.

[babaduk]

hahah I know, but it is wierd that on campings there is the buildings about sea walls and sea towers and other stuff. But there is no possible to build it XD

[chaoticbalrog]

We most likely will never get the ability to build sea walls, sea towers, or sea gates because in play testing, the devs caught themselves using sea walls in an offensive manner to block off enemy docks instead of protecting their own docks.

[Ducks on Fire]

That would completely change the dynamic of any map that has water in it. Maps that have a lot of water can be annoying enough, but to suddenly have to deal with walling and towers as well? I don't see that being a very popular addition to the game at least among online players. The AI would have to be changed as well otherwise it would add another way to just cheese it.

It's far easier to put things into a campaign and have it be balanced. Campaigns are a controlled environment. Once you add it to the game in general where players can use something in completely unpredictable ways it can become a major issue.

[Rubijox]

sea-walls would make fire ships kinda useless. not sure it's a good idea tbh.