User blog comment:4KS/True To Pirate Wars/@comment-4754162-20131021043559

Good point made there. Almost all fights / battles we have seen in OP and fic writings by users are based on land - with a good footing.

Being a pirate based series, we have yet seen the one main elements of being a pirate - sea battle. Things like two or more ships of opposing sides coming in range of bombardment and both exchanges fire, then to close the distance and proceed to boarding and stuff. Unstable footing, rocking ships, cannonballs flying here and there, clashing of sword exchanges, abilities of DF power activated and made to full use. Heavy rain, loud thunders, flashes of lightning and finally MAELSTROM!!! Oh wait - looks like I am reenacting the scene of "At World's End", but pretty much the gist of the idea being that.

I have not seen a lot of the OP anime / movie openings but I did notice a few does include a scene of sea battle (just to name one - We Go!).

Disadvantage or not, I think those main players from all sides that we have been introduced should be proficient enough to hold their own in a sea battle. To say they will fall into sea and lose because they are DF users is just underestimating their potentials and abilities. With all they that endured, trained, experienced, etc, I'm sure each one of them (Supernovas, Shichibukais, Admirals, Yonko, SHP, etc) has their own unique way to utilise their advantage of having DF ability to the max even on a sea fight.