Blockades and Troop Movements

[choppinlt]

Are land troops able to enter a sea space that is blockaded? Is it just blocked, or do they have to fight through it?
Related question: Troad is blockaded, can land units cross into Thrace? Typically it appears you can cross the water without being in a transport, but I’ve never confirmed if an enemy ship prevents movement.

[SuitedQueens]

Are land troops able to enter a sea space that is blockaded? Is it just blocked, or do they have to fight through it?

As per usual and you will have to fight better fleet with your meager transport ships. The other thing is embarking takes more than 1 MP, so you will have to fight besieging force too. You can always step out of the siege using 1 MP (roads) and embark from the free region to unoccupied sea tile, most likely entirely avoiding enemy ships if you want to.

Related question: Troad is blockaded, can land units cross into Thrace? Typically it appears you can cross the water without being in a transport, but I’ve never confirmed if an enemy ship prevents movement.

This question was asked before and no one have answered it yet. I guess it never comes up in the gameplay and I think fleets do block, because Strait has isWater flag set to 1.

But at the same time it can be not true, cause you will have to fight enemy fleet 4 times (4 MP cost and fight occurs every impulse). I won't test it tho cause it's not practical.

[Pocus]

In the old AGEOD Engine (Athena) straits links were severed by adjacent fleets. Not in this engine. So yes you can cross a strait even with nearby enemy fleets. This is as of now a limitation of the engine.

[choppinlt]

Thanks for the answer Pocus. Would an army that invaded Thrace from Troad and lost fall back in the water, or retreat to Troad?

[SuitedQueens]

You retreat to the region where you invaded from, so never to the water. If you read my Questions on Game Mechanics post you should know that it happens immediately too, so your general merging won't take effect (if harassing force lost already) if different stacks arrive at different impulses .

[choppinlt]

Thanks!