Talk:General Discussion/@comment-25654407-20141203004028/@comment-24332640-20141203180732

If you think 10 firepower doesn't matter for a CV then you don't know how this game works. 10 firepower make a huge difference. And it's a difference that's even more pronounced at higher levels since so many maps demand that you stuff your CVs almost entirely with fighters. You're lucky to even fit a type 62 in your small slot sometimes. Meaning a CV's shelling damage is determined primarily by their firepower stat. Actual planes are just an extra. Furthermore, because of the funny damage formula used by CVs that 10 firepower is equivalent to 15 for anything that's not a CV. If one BB had 15 more firepower than another would you say that's about the same?

Akagi also has a much more useful plane distribution. So no, they're not "about the same" at all. Akagi easily outclasses Shoukaku and Zuikaku in her current form.