Quote Originally Posted by currywurry
I wouldn't want naval battles. Typically, navies of the time weren't that exciting, and were mainly used for transporting troops. And the few battles of the time were incredibly boring, consisting of ships firing shots at each other with catapults, and possibly boarding.
That is pretty much the description of most naval battles. Just insert "bows" or "cannon" where it reads "catapults" for the appropriate era.

RTW or Napoleonic Era navies are much more exciting. From about 100AD up till the 1700's was a dark age for naval combat, with not much taking place, and not many advancements in the way ships fought.
You wouldn't make friends here: most of our great naval heroes flourished between 1550 and 1700... Let's just mention the Great Armada of 1588 here...

Anyway, I would be all in favor of naval battles, although they do seem to be not quite as important in the early era (even though I'd like to see some Genoese in action against Saracen pirates, and vice versa). And I'd love to a battle like Sluys!