the basic premise is simple, triremes should be used to transport troops to far away empires in order to tear them apart and pillage however, due to game scaling it has given me an idea. in order for troops to attack other empires, they should have to be deployed in trirmes in order to do so. in essence, no one can attack another empire if they do not have any. you following? check this:
Swordsmen: in order to attack with swordsmen, you would need 1 Triremes for every 500 swordsmen.
Slingers: in order to attack with the slingers, you would need 1 triremes for every 425 slingers
Spearmen: for these: 1 triremes for every 350
Triremes: no triremes can attack soely on thier own and are ineffective for taking of land, they must be manned with atleast 50% of any troop type to attack on thier own
Spies: these can attack regardless of triremes seeing how they are getting to where they are going by means that no one knows.
rip it apart or love it. let me know.