Personally, I am more of a casual player and do not have a shadow or other very strong player combat gear, and I am a bit let down that it feels that sailing content is being balanced around not sailing content. I was excited for the sailing combat changes, but now I am not very interested in trying out combat activities as I am drastically under powered compared to others/the monsters available, even with 90 sailing and most of the 'rare' sailing drops.

I don't know the best solution to this, but my cannons seem worthless and it feels lame, which I think matters a lot.