Not that I've ever really fought against an underwater nation so far without ichtyds and watermages...
...would it not be a resonable strategy to simply push an underwater nation of the shore into the depth whence they came from, keeping them there, and building temples all along the shore in order to wipe them out by dominion?
I know that it seems hard to win by dominion rather than by military force on land, but I think it might be much different with underwater nations:
Underwater provinces tend to be big, but less numerous. But the size of a province does not affect the spread of dominion itself! So it is much easier to cover the ocean with your dominion than all the dry land.
(Am I right here or does it depend on the population? I do not recall that population was mentioned in Ceremony's document on that topic...)
In addition, the ratio between water provinces where your enemy may built temples compared to the neighboring coastal provinces where
you can built temples is also in your favor!
But I guess this is merely a theological question
, since I would assume that the game is already over if you can manage to wipe out all the fishes on the dry lands...
[ March 10, 2004, 16:43: Message edited by: Chazar ]