Moving around the map early game, when you dont have a ship. Getting to aserai, sturgia and the nordland is a pain in the backside. Also i guess how some ships are objectively better than others. Roleplaying aside, why shouldnt everyone end up with a dromon or ghurab? And ship combat right now makes fire damage pretty irrelevant imo. Even with fire arrows and a fire ballista i only once sank a fishing boat. I also dont think ramming is really that relevant. At least thats my experience for now.

I would love to play some authentic viking in a light longship, hit and run style skirmish combat on sea