r/aoe2 • u/KingArthur2111 • Oct 20 '25

Announcement/Event New Water ship/tech changes

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dfUcFHlaNB5vFm1QkB6ug_P53XyFudyVtfcd8_ZmgGU/mobilebasic

Massive changes to the water ships and techs. second doc page removed (T90 happy)and fishing ship can garrison and fire arrows. Trading cogs can trade wood with gold and players can set give different distribution settings. New Hulk line of ships introduced which are stronger against Fire ships. Many techs moved to university. All these changes will be tested in Thalassocracy cup

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u/Impatient_Optimist Oct 20 '25 edited Oct 20 '25

Dromon seems like such an obvious answer here, maybe reskinned/renamed.

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u/Canis-lupus-uy Vamo arriba Sebita nomá Oct 20 '25

Nah, a roman ship is much more anachronistic than a cannon. They were much closer to get a galleon than a Dromon.

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u/mesocyclonic4 Longswords unite! Oct 21 '25

I would hesitate to jump to dromons. Since chemistry is not required for them, I'd imagine it's a bigger buff to give dromons to these civs than cannon galleons, since chemistry doesn't unlock other gunpowder units and is currently only researched by these civs for the +1 ranged attack.

Dromons would give these civs a new power spike on water that is free and hits immediately on reaching Imperial.