User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 10-07-'13 — Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag pirate gameplay naval exploration/@comment-4999424-20130715192004/@comment-733050-20130715201226

It still indicates it weighs heavily on their mind indicating we'll play it sooner than later. It'd be odd to have three games in the 18th century than jump around to Asia or 17th century England or something before exploring the events that led to Napoleon possessing an Apple.