[SHIPS as ATTACK Force]

[Killas203]

I think they should suddenly lower the stats of the islands' coastal defense cannons a bit, I feel they are too broken against ships, it's incredible that only 4 normal cannons and 2 flame cannons destroy my entire fleet of 9 ships of flame, 3 destroyers and I have not been able to conquer an island with that and all my ships have been torn to pieces, I feel that the firepower of the ships, at least the battleships, does not compare to what they were in real life at that time Also speaking about the fact that open cannons were an easy shot for battleships and flame ships, I am obviously talking about steamships, they destroy your entire fleet for trying to take an island and you spend almost 40 minutes rebuilding said fleet again, but no It makes sense because you lost all the progress of attacking an island since the AI immediately repairs its cannons, and but speaking of the objects, where it is super difficult to get torpedoes to effectively destroy the flame cannons that in addition to wearing too much, their range range is grossly disproportionate, even for an average war cannon.

[Moridin]

Flame ships do best vs wooden ships though their range is terrible.

If you have the money you can buy the telescope range extenders for the biggest ships and take the time to keep out the static defence attack circles. since its perfectly possible to be out of range using items.

or you could just charge in and attack with more ship numbers. flame ships are not worth it against defense but battleships or even ship of the line supported by smaller ships will work well enough.

[REDACTED]

Use gun boats as cannon fodder.

Once I started doing this taking islands became easy. Flame cannons must be prioritized followed by cannon towers. I usually bring 5 gun boats PER flame cannon. Separate your gun boats from the fleet and make sure they attack first so they take most of the damage.

If the AI has two flame cannons i'll have 5 attack one and five attack the other while my main fleet rolls in right behind them which also target the flame cannons. Once they are gone same thing for the cannon towers.

By the end of most battles, most if not all of my gun boats are destroyed but my main fleet is largely untouched.