See the thing about wanting that pillaging and raiding thing is that it hasn't really been in the series recently. In Rome Total War: Barbarian Invasion you could play as the Huns, Goths, Alans, etc. and in Medieval II you can do all sorts of horrific shit with the Crusades and the discovery of the Aztecs and Mayans, but after that history got a bit too civillised lol. Rome II should hopefully bring that back since you can play as British, Gaulic or Germanic tribes


And yeah, the naval warfare isn't particularly important in Shogun 2 but I don't mind, I prefer land battles any day