Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26073628-20150319030839/@comment-26574811-20161228091340

185.22.173.146 wrote: I'd love to see the Essex class, but I think they're unfortunately highly unlikely; they break so many of Kancolle's rules, and their inherent stats and sheer numbers would make them huge gamebreakers. Why spend all the time, energy, and resources hunting for a catapult when you can get a carrier that comes with one (or two) catapults standard? They can carry more aircraft than any other carrier they could conceivably add to the game besides maybe Shinano (100+ historically, before Kancolle's usual buff is added; Midway? surely you jest), took the worst the Japanese and nature could throw at them without losing a single member, and can use jets and bombers without an armored flight deck.

And there are 24 of them; even if we limit the number to only the carriers that saw combat during WWII, that's still 15. More mundanely, there could be confusion between the 2 Yorktowns, Hornets, Wasps, Lexingtons, and Princetons, nevermind the awkward situation that comes from having a name referencing your hosts's major losses like Tarawa, Philippine Sea, and Leyte. I'd love to see Essex as well, she's my old mate back in Navy Field.

I think they won't introduce every ship in a class, so numbers won't be a problem. And since Sara K2's gonna come with a catapult anyway, having a catapult on Essex shouldn't be a problem as well.

Likewise, the old Lexington and the old Yorktown are probably not going to be introduced, so the repeated name won't happen. The only true threat will be her specs, with up to 110 aircrafts of capacity she could seriously threaten the existing carriers.

However, since Kaga was reportedly to be able to carry an estimated number of up to 107 aircrafts if she park some of them on her flight deck, so it's not really unbalancable.

As for awkward situation between IJN girls and USN... well we have Katori vs Iowa as well as Ryujo vs Saratoga anyway.