I'd like to see a system where each group or squadron could assign a leader, and the leader would have extra abilities used for helping organize the attack, for example, a marker to identify the target. There could a chain of command as well, in case the leader is killed.
A marker would solve the problem of Cyrillic player/ship names, by the way.
Just as an aside, it seems like lots of people seem to be using PotBS as a frame of reference, almost to the point of treating Naval Action like "PotBS II". Personally, and I have nothing against PotBS (I played for years), I hope the devs are starting from a clean sheet.