Speed
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Some units travel faster than others overland. A mixed group of units or ships travels at the speed of the slowest member. Gyrocopters are the fastest unit. Ships have different speeds,too. Warships are slower than Cargo Ships.
[edit] Travel time formula
There is a simple formula for the travel time. Travel time, in minutes, is:
- Speed of Cargo Ships is 60, so this simplifies to:
- So if you're going from 30(x1):30(y1) to 31(x2):30(y2)
- 20 min
- For diagonals
- 30:30 → 31:31
- 28.28 min ≈ 28 min 17 s
So draw lines on the map and compare their lengths to get a rough idea, once you have found the time for one trip. But don't forget the loading time.
- Note: A distance of zero (between cities on the same island) is treated as a distance of 0.5
[edit] Time to reach a city on the same island
- Hoplite: 10 minutes
- Steam Giant: 15 minutes
- Spearman: 10 minutes
- Swordsman: 10 minutes
- Slinger: 10 minutes
- Archer: 10 minutes
- Sulphur Carabineer: 10 minutes
- Ram: 15 minutes
- Catapult: 15 minutes
- Mortar: 15 minutes
- Gyrocopter: 7.5 minutes
- Balloon-Bombardier: 30 minutes
- Cook: 15 minutes
- Doctor: 10 minutes
