Remember a long time ago ES started telling us about AOM ships and that they'red really only be 2 or 3 types of ships, but they wouldn't do anything. If you make a ship it's just there, and does nothing untill you board units on it. You see if you place archers in it your ship becomes a galley, if you place infantry it becomes a trireme, if you place catapults on it it becomes a seige ship.
That was back in the pre E3 2001 days, i wonder if that concept is still true in the game.
Now look at these ships from some of the recent screenshots The ships got alot smaller (abit too small, once again a galley is smaller than a house) in the newer screenshots.
Take a look at one of the first screenshots of AOM
Is this idea still in the game or did ES drop it?
Personally I think it's abit confusing.
Maybe they got a new idea for the ships and havent told us.