Aye, having smaller and more uncommon ships in EIC would make it unique. But lets not forget about the big boys, I personally like battles with big warships instead of 10 gun sloops, I like to see all the guns fire in a huge broadside, and I like there to be more crew so in boarding combat it's not just a duel between the 2 captains. It gets boring when there's only a few guns firing at a time, imagine a battle between 2 ships that goes on and on for hours and all you hear is "pop....pop.......pop..pop...............pop". It would take so long because neither of them would be able to sink the other within a certain amount of time. Now if it was a battle between Ship of the Lines and big 48 gun frigates, there would be much more action, and more exciting, you'd hear "BOOOOMMMMMM...........BOOOMMMMMMMMMM" as the huge broadsides go off, and it shouldn't take too long to produce a winner. As for the ship classifications, I'd say the number of guns is not the only factor determining the class of that ship, it could be the ship size, armor, speed, manuverbility, cargo space and cost that also determines what class it is. And by the way, as I mentioned earlier, besides regular frigates, we should also have heavy frigates with more crew, guns, armor, and yes, bigger in size too. Again, take the USS Constitution as an example, it had 48 solid, heavy guns. Not sure about the crew number, but it had great speed and incredible armor, for it's called the "Old Ironsides" for a reason.