There should be some middle ground to what we have versus realistic shooting, i believe. I understand that in order to have fun gameplay you have to make changes to how cannons work, but a little more "spray" certainly would help the guessing game. As it is now, once your pot shot hits close to home, everything else that follows does hit if the enemy if aligned properly. It certainly would prolong battles, but as i take it this would make engagements a little bit more interesting, until you reach that point of no return (pass to really really broadside), make it a little bit more personal.