The sea combat seems pretty cool, avatar combat seems pretty rudimentary like it was an afterthought. Sea combat is cool, but takes a while (10-15 mins or so), and doesn't seem like the reward is worth the time. But that's prolly becasue I'm just a noob and am saber dancing from way downtown. Not sure yet how much I can get up close and boogey down, you know. Not sure how costly a "lot of damage to my ships" is, and how that impacts my economy. So far, I haven't played much in the beta. Prolly gonna play more this weekend.