Best choice available but, stupid AI, too easy to progress
The AI is easily exploitable when using front or rear mounted cannons, probably a lot more exploits. Enemy ships keeps travelling into island. Wishing there was an open sea only game mode. With trading fleets to encounter. Pirates, privateers and other dangers to attack you. Another reason for open sea only and more dangers is that trading is essentially just clicking a town with cheap goods, buy it, then click a town that needs it. This way you go from 30 gold to 50000 gold in an instant. So, in order to play it without just becoming the richest person ever is, you need to just ignore the trade aspect, unless you travel via open sea, but again, too few dangers there to be honest. Dreaming of a good pirate game...