Talk:General Discussion/@comment-114.79.58.198-20140929111452/@comment-126.11.245.156-20141003121505

All this faff about speed makes me realise how much easier it would be if they had just used a number rather than just having fast/slow, whether using the ships actual speed in knots or their own arbitrary units. Would also work well with the special engine upgrade equipment being able to increase a ships speed rather than just evasion.

And I see your coastal defence ship and raise you the Erebus-class Royal Navy monitors which were designed for shore bombardment, only 1500 tonnes heavier but mounting 38cm guns (their turrets were literally taken from old decomissioned WWI era battleships). Never saw use on the axis side though, unlike that coastal defence ship you mentioned which was used as a floating battery by the IJN for a short while. Who knows though? We might see them as an abyssal if the game goes into "what if?" scenarios and begins trying to invade Britain or other Commonwealth mainlands.