User blog comment:Answeration/The true enemy in AC3/@comment-4564231-20120612053236

In the beginning, everyone was questioning the presence of a hidden blade; Ubi confirmed the hidden blade would be back and cooler than ever ;)

Then everyone started questioning the presence of Blue Coat Enemies. For this, I'll just quote -S-:

"Every guard faction is against you. Always. Saracens, Crusaders, Medici, Pazzi, Forli, Venetian, Savonarola's, Borgia, Ottomans and Byzantines. Just because you are buddies with their higher-up (Lorenzo, Caterina, Suleiman) doesn't mean they won't clobber you given the chance. You won't be able to avoid killing the blue coats at some point of the game, even if just in free-roam, it's essential part of the game. "

Finally, for those who think Naval Warfare is DLC, it's not. It's exotic gameplay like the Flying Machine, Tank, etc with the bonus of having its own free roam.