Mostly I agree, Quietus, but princesses can also be married off to disloyal generals, my main use for them...obviously this was not a feature nor a problem in STW, where all generals were loyal until bribed.

I would have liked a basic naval feature in STW, if just to prevent the AI (and particularly Shimazu) from launching silly attacks via the sea routes against (usually) provinces in central Japan, and also because there were significant naval battles in pre-modern Japanese history (although not often during the SJ period, I admit). The chance to command or hire a 'John Blackthorne/William Adams' would be quite good fun!