I and many others, judging by my
recent Subsim poll ,its
counterpart on the Ubi Forum & the huge populartity of the SHIII schnellboot mod, I suspect would actually prefer to have a surface command game next time in the style of "Destroyer Command" or the great old Microprose title "Task Force 1942".
If the devs/ Ubisoft ever think about going down that road they should check out this
fantastic 9 page article from simHQ, written by a former naval officer about the strengths and weaknesses of the original "Destroyer Command" game and his thoughts on what would a good sequel would contain.