Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20171207155334/@comment-33547210-20180130190528

AnimeFreak40K wrote: I would also argue that it is very, VERY easy to lay criticism on historical events with lots of 'woulda - shoulda - couldas' being handed out all around because we have the advantage of hindsight; we are able to see how different decisions and actions unfolded and point out those mistakes.

For those people, at the time, they had a very limited point of view; what was happening right then and there at that point in time.

We only know what Hasley or Kurita were thinking only after the inquiries were had and reports written. We have the advantage of knowing things that were impossible for them to know at the time events transpired.

This is not to say that certain folks shouldn't be criticized for decisions, especially if ego (bruised or otherwise) is a factor in making those choices...but some of it should also be taken with a grain of salt as well.

I can agree with this. It's worth considering for Halsey that WW2 was a different, less risk averse time. It's also worth considering for Kurita that he'd had his flagship sunk beneath him and had just seen the most powerful battleship ever constructed sunk by something the Japanese no longer possessed, air power. His mission must have felt particularly futile.

Anyway, I'm hoping for more than just a CVE reward and Iowa as a drop. I'd like a capital ship like Enterprise, Intrepid, New Jersey, Washington, or somesuch.