The other view is a third-person 3D view of your ship and any other ships or land features in the vicinity. This graphics in this view are superb and very detailed right down to the men working the guns and sails on the decks of the ships. However, the combat itself is a bit of a mess. It is difficult to distinguish friend from foe, let alone get your ship into a position to fire on the enemy. You'll spend more time spinning the camera around looking for another ship and then trying to close the distance between the vessels than you'd care to know, and there is no way to speed time up when trying to pursue another ship. To make up for this problem there is an option to click on an icon of a ship which will take you to a wait screen and then drop you next to the selected ship, but more often than not this gives the enemy ship a free broadside shot at you before you can even react. To make matters worse, the game uses your gunnery skill to determine accuracy, so early on you'll spend more time lofting shells into the water than you will striking hits on enemy ships. Combat at night? You may as well scuttle your ship yourself.