I've found in RTW, the pirates are mostly stuck on the left near Iberia, or in the North sea, leaving my modest Julii navy consisting of around 8-10 ships to rule the waves with some kind of maritime equivalent of an iron fist. This is unlike in BI where the gold pirate fleets immediately turn my Romano-British ships into driftwood as soon as they leave port.

So to CA I say, bring back the storms!

Plus allow us to drown stubborn admirals who refuse to join other admiral's fleets!

And let us also drown the unwanted sprogs of our most perverted inbred generals before they mature and turn our faction's family tree into a bunch of crippled six-toed, chinless nancy boys who jump whenever they see their own shadow and who can't wield anything mightier than a wooden tea-spoon in battle!

If it's not too much to ask.