Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26073628-20150319030839/@comment-185.22.173.146-20161228084445

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.