Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-73.220.89.40-20150318192417/@comment-26183083-20151231023615

Vcharng wrote: It was not just "valueing their independence", it was a centry-long history of hate.

The history is long, but I'll make it brief: IJN came from Satsuma, an ancient Domain that mostly became Kagoshima Prefecture today, while IJA came from Choushu, another Domain that was some what equal to modern Yamaguchi Prefecture. They had a long and bitter history with each other during the times when Japan was dominated by patriarches. As the patriarch of Satsuma became IJN and Choushu, IJA, the history was not forgotten, even though by then they have already formed an allience. Remember, in reality, the "20% deal breaker" is the few people that questions KC as whether it's an imperialism propaganda. So for your case, the devs even more should introduce Allied ships.

As for those "Axis purists", they are simply not allowed to exist in post-war Japan, though they do exist in forms of extreme IJN enthusiasts overseas, or deep inside far-right Japanese politician's minds, they are nowhere to be seen in the visible part of Japan.

BTW, far-right politicians and their supporters are enemies of the ACG industry after Mayor Ishihara brough up a new act, which greatly limited the freedom of ACG work in Tokyo. There's zero point on trying to satisfy a group of people who are already hostile to the entire ACG industry, you know. This is interesting history, but it is also ancient history. It is a REAL stretch to use this to say they hate each other (as of 1941) at a level comparable to against real enemies. And you still aren't dealing with the times when they did manage some degree of cooperation.

And I don't think it is "Axis-purist" to oppose allied ships. From a characterization standpoint, the opposition's concerns are legitimate. Sometimes, once you've written your characters up to a certain extent, you are no longer as free to add whatever plotline you wish.

There are undoubtedly some that go for the imperialist line, but I doubt they are close to 20% and if they think like that, adding allied ships won't placate them. They'll next complain about the balance, or why THIS (something like Albacore) wasn't added. There are some people you can't placate and that's important to keep in mind as well.