FINALLY, naval battles worth having!

OK, so I saw some of the posts in here about naval being upgraded and I thought 'hmm, how much can it really have improved...'. So I loaded up a large small continents map, rolled an island to myself, and in 1895 Darius I finally got the balls to declare war. Thankfully due to spying I have plenty of notice (and Austria is a total suck so they told me too) but I just have to say WOW, even with prior notice, Darius I caught me by surprise and still took out two frigates by surrounding them with three privateers and an ironclad.

Rather than being upset, I'm absolutely stoked! FINALLY naval battles are now fun and smarter. Woohoo!