I seem to recall some statistics from a few ships, maybe French, that only carried a few carronades and the majority long guns. I agree historical accuracy is critical, but at the same time trying to keep the game a little flexible and adding some variety and "surprise." Pun intended.

I really like your original proposal back in 2013/14, but that would completely change the ship logs. I may play around with that a little. Did you ever play test those?