I'm excited. I would be more excited if it was the PTO with fleets but I will get over that. Watching Neals videos made me see that the game has some great potential. Just the water and sky gave me the feeling of the cold, hard, dreary North Atlantic. Having to walk the ladders and walk to compartments instead of just clicking a key to get there changed the whole game. Certainly game play has changed just by this bit of new idea! Real time approach, attack and departure have become something that is a must IMO. Honestly, a vessel encounter could take days depending on how much time one could put in for playing. Honestly, I do a lot of TC. No reason now. Now you can enjoy the entire boat in RL as you approach plans are executed.