User blog comment:Blackendedsoul/Crew Type/@comment-4754162-20120528034115

Apologies for being late Soul-kun, as usual you may be aware that over weekends I'm usually slower than weekdays.

I have not much to comment about the comparison between a single vessel crew vs an armada crew (e.g. Shanks vs Whitebeard). However your points here brought about a new topic of idea in me.

Here's the thing. The yonkos reside in NW waters and each has their own territory. All four of them were locked up at a stalemate, making them unable to advance into other's territory. Lets cast aside Kaido and BM since we know little of them and just concentrate WB and Shanks.

We can easily imagine how WB pirates defend their territory, since their's were an armada type of crew with each commanders able to hold their own efficiently. Then how will Shanks' one vessel crew defend their territory? If you imagine NW as large as GL (Paradise), then one quarter of the whole NW (assumed equaled sizes) would mean quite a huge area to cover. If one area was flanked by a yonko, and Shanks goes over to defend it, then the other yonko could have easily usurped the other line.

The same goes with SHP & FI. When Luffy successfully declared FI as his territory, then while he's deep within NW, if FI gets under siege, it will take a long time for Luffy to sail to return to FI, hence may be too late to help out.

What are your thoughts about this?