What about Multiplayer Naval Battles?

[Admiral Van Tromp]

I was wondering, as there is all that customization and role-play system for land battles on multiplayer, what are they going to do in Naval Battles? Custom Admirals?

What do you think?

[Achilla]

I was wondering, as there is all that customization and role-play system for land battles on multiplayer, what are they going to do in Naval Battles? Custom Admirals?

What do you think?

Custom admirals are certainly a great idea. I wonder why they weren't present in ETW/Nappy myself, especially since naval battles are much more interesting, rewarding, focused and team-oriented. But that's how it is, everything that appears to be niche or limited at first simply hasn't got that 'popular' appeal.

Shogun 2 naval battles are going to be essentially land battles on water with ridiculously-fast oar-powered fortresses, not to mention weird CA ideas of ship balance so I suppose naval battles overall will get more attention, even if they won't be as good as in previous games. Let's wait for future interviews, as obviously land & siege battles are closer to being finished.

[Admiral Van Tromp]

Well, I hope they don't ignore the naval battles...