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Ship that can shoot grappling hook to freeze the enemy or fire arrow to burn. Cost=5 turns. Speed=4.

It is a good idea! Should be used like an expensive, heavy warship probably.

We have a catapult ship why not a ballista ship!!

I don't know about this?

the idea is good but i think it would be overuses for water maps if the cost is too low and not used at all if too high. Also the grapling hoot idea is a bit weird since it would be useless against ground units, what would it do, hold them in place? . I dont like the idea it would be op or underpowered

Fire arrows? Not something I would like to see this thing fire. The grappling hooks are fine. As long as the ship can't move while the target is grappled. It's cost should be a resounding 6. It can be a support ship. Working with other ships together to keep important places relatively safe from naval attack.

Harpoon ship
Cost 6
Same stats as warship, except: entangling weapon. (Lightning weapon, but reduces speed by only 2 and stacks)

Slows down enemy ships and troops, for 2 cost above warship

I think that this

Sunrise Samurai wrote:Harpoon ship
Cost 6
Same stats as warship, except: entangling weapon. (Lightning weapon, but reduces speed by only 2 and stacks)

Slows down enemy ships and troops, for 2 cost above warship

is better idea than ballista ship.

It's a lot like poison archer compared to archer. 1.5x price and no upgrade, for a useful ability.

Yes, this would probably influence ground units too, like a battering ram​ being immobilized.

Harpoon ship sounds much better, stats?

Sunrise Samurai wrote:It's a lot like poison archer compared to archer. 1.5x price and no upgrade, for a useful ability.

Yes, this would probably influence ground units too, like a battering ram​ being immobilized.

I think that harpoon must immobilize only mechanical units (ships, siege units, wagons...) and can't influence on movement of living units.

General Brave wrote:Harpoon ship sounds much better, stats?

Sunrise Samurai wrote:Harpoon ship
Cost 6
Same stats as warship, except: entangling weapon. (Lightning weapon, but reduces speed by only 2 and stacks)

Slows down enemy ships and troops, for 2 cost above warship

Yeah, probably best if it only hits mechanical units.

Why not? It's not as if a living person would go far when a harpoon pierces into his body. The original harpoon thrower idea was supposed to influence flesh only. I don't see how a larger weapon cannot do the same.

He would probably bleed out slowly, but the only thing we have is poison.

what if we raise the cost of the ballista ship and make it so a player would have to research a tech to build it. I think we should ceep the Idea.

By the sounds of it... It seems interesting, I like the idea.

i would like to improve the water fleet in AOS, anyone try to make image+json for this?