I'm completly with you there. But what is worse, IMHO, is that they are making a mission- based game out of it - HUGE FAIL. I think it was one of the greatest things in the original CC, that you had complete freedom over your actions - the enemy carrier was there from the start, and your only objective was "Destroy it". HOW you went on doing that - completly up to you. And from what I've seen so far, it looks a lot as though the game would run in a linear mission - to mission way:
Mission 1: Capture Island 1
Mission 2: Capture Island 2
Mission 3: Re- capture Island 1
...
Mission 99: Engage enemy carrier.
I truly hope I am wrong…