If only a quarter of the map is under water then much fewer sea routes would be needed at a given time. There are some cities where a single city sinking would require a route, particularly the islands and japan on the Asia map, but the game would have to "check" if an established sea rout...

The concept of "landscape that will change over the course of the age" is great, but as has been mentioned, the fact that it will eventually make "wheeling" as we know it impossible presents a problem of discouraging activity. My suggestion would be to decide upon a set amount of...

Compared to peasant units available on other maps Freefighters on Africa do not have the same amount of HP per Authority to be an effective deterrent to artillery armies. (ALL unit stats referenced will be at standard tier 3) Standard Freefighters have 3.000 HP per authority which is by far the lowe...