So it has been confirmed by CA that they will not add banner carriers nor naval battles to the game. To me is a big letdown for sure.
After all these years not having naval battles is a huge stepback to the series, specially considering Warhammer universe could allow a mix of all the different naval battles in the previous games (ramming, cannons, etc) with endless possibilities.
Ditching the banner carriers and using the focusing on more important issues just seems lame for a professional team. I mean, Empire looked so half finished and now they use this excuse. Just a huge letdown, a huge letdown. The banners are such an important feature of the tabletop game, both aestethically and ingame.
This game has some interesting gameplay features judging from the previews but is getting farther and farther from original warhammer source material.