Playing as Scipii have been fighting the carthaginians and have lost count of the Denarii that have been sucked up by my navy. I keep getting smacked but my navy has less experience than the carthaginians so for me it seems right. Also historically correct if I recall - the Romans initally lost badly at sea but finally got the upper hand through attrition - which is how I am doing it.

I agree the battles don't seem right - major engagments and not a single ship lost on either side but all ships lose men. Does not seem right but i don't think the engagments are "Bugged" like in MTW where a single ships constantly smack bigger fleets.

Also, I don't agree with being able to attack enemy fleets while there in port. From the reading I have done it seems that fleets that were outmatched by the enemy quite often took shelter in a friendly port while the enemy fleet could blockade them but was generally unable to attck them. At least this happened a lot during the Greek/Sparta war.

This gives you the option of being able to save your fleet but also unable to do anything with them if the enemy is stronger.

Still I like the new naval system much better than previous.