I spend a couple hours past my bedtime on Fall of the Samurai last night and I'm impressed. The battle interface feels smoother than S2 after the recent update and the game has a great overall feel. In taking over my first province I made massive use out of my favorite new toy: Naval bombardment.

Does anyone feel this is a bit silly? Non-explosive shells cause massive craters and although a lot of settlements are coastal, they're in hilly areas on the battlemap.

I look for any in-game advantage on Very Hard so my priority is to build a massive navy and take full advantage of this new feature. The starting corvette seems extremely powerful; How powerful will the battleships be?