Then I guess I take it?

Its from the battle of arausio, a huge win for the germans.

yeah but that does not cut the mustard in terms of fulfilling a role in a counter system. Overall, I think we are at a decent position for the next release, but I think we really need to scale down ships going forward. If/when someone with the talent to design such a boarding ship actor steps up to the challenge, we can resume this debate.

The German wonder is a destroyed Roman Army Camp by design.  There was some thought to create a 'Grove of Fetters' with a sacred palisade, etc., which would be cool.  An idea I had for later Germans would be basically a diorama of the Battle of Teutoburg Forest; its aftermath. 

I mean, my original design took this into account. Civs without Siege Ships have 'Naval Oxybeles' which grants some crush damage to Arrow Ships. At least they did unless that's been changed. I know you changed a lot from my initial patches.