I like underwater botes..... but I think they’d require a whole different UI/HuD config and might not be possible. I’d damn sure like to see them though!
I’m ok with Arpeggio and HSF(even if we can’t disable non-historical themes) because it’s only visual. Boat shaped boat still has guns.... I just hope I can disable or change those godawful anime voices!! They put so much care and attention into the historical aspects that I’m perfectly fine with them getting playful or whimsical, I flat out think it’s fun!
I actually genuinely like the Mercs on WoTC. There’s not many more truly unique tanks that can be fit into the TTs there, honestly. Even the Joco/Beta proposals are mostly just prototypes and rearrangements of existing equipment, and sooo many others(like the Italians, new French Heavies, and Polish Tanks) are bordering on pure fantasy. Oh... Chinese TDs as well...
But, that being said, I seriously doubt we’d ever see a Mercenary Navy. There’s such a long and rich legacy of naval shipbuilding that WoWS and WoWSL will likely never run out of material to draw on. C’mon, WoWs has been out for years now and they’re still finding historically significant ships and blueprint ships to add to the game at a relentless pace!
However....... I do think it would be cool to have a few one-offs based on historical rogue captains or pirates(20th century, of course) if such stories exist.