Quote Originally Posted by SpencerH
The RTW model of naval warfare needs more than a tweak to make it work.

That is true but whether we like it or not it is simply not a particular focus of the game.

I prefer the abstracted method now in place to any half done attempt at a 3D version. I can't imagine how complicated it would be to create a decent simulation of an early medieval naval battle (no cannons, just a lot of ramming and bording). You have winds and currents, coastal hazzards and you would want to ships too move in a realistic manner not like some common RTS...

For me personally it is abstracted or done right, no middle ground and if the done right would take to long I will live with the abstracted...