Sea battle ending to early (since ETW)

This is something that bugged me since ETW: When the last enemy ship is sinking, or signaled its surrender, the battle is suddenly over.

I'd like to actually watch these ships sink. I'd like to move around the map a little bit longer, watch enemy ships burn and surrender, of my crew going back onto their ships after they successfully entered a ship.

Field battles only end once the last surrendered soldier is either killed of leaves the battlefield and for sea battles I'd like it to be the same. It should be easy for CA to change this with a patch. There are even no disadvantages, because if you don't like the longer battles, you just hit "end battle" when you've already won.

If someone thinks the same and has a forum account on the official TW-forum please post it over there. Thanks.

Whats the point? Its not that interesting watching a ship slowly sink.

Originally Posted by eregost

Whats the point? Its not that interesting watching a ship slowly sink.

And burning? And being captured by your crew? The point is the sudden ending when I actually wanted to watch a little longer. This is especially annoying when only two or three vessels are fighting. You're still fighting, then suddenly --> victory. Because the enemy ship somehow got a shot through the hull.

It's annoying!

To you it may not be, but to some of us we want to watch our foe burn after a hard fought battle.

I support this!

What I'd like to see is ships which surrender actually being captured by you after the battle has ended. It's annoying how often you'll exit the battle to find several ships which surrendered have seemingly sunk after the action...

Originally Posted by emperorpenguin

What I'd like to see is ships which surrender actually being captured by you after the battle has ended. It's annoying how often you'll exit the battle to find several ships which surrendered have seemingly sunk after the action...

Didn't most captured ships end up sinking due to the damage they had already sustained, I know a few did after Trafalgar.

The reason so many ships sank after Trafalgar was that a storm hit not long after the battle. The way it's playing now e're having storms hit our fleets after every battle!

Ah ok emperor makes sense, i forgot about the storm, are storms even in NTW and ETW, I havent had one yet.

I don't remember seeing any storms since Rome Total War. Were they in Medieval 2?

they were in Med II and it hit often
when your were on the way to the Americas you would get several storms and sometimes your might get one while sailing around the known world

I miss the natural events like famine and flash flooding, they were annoying but they added something to the game hard to explain.