Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20180328015558/@comment-2605:6001:F447:8400:D8E3:DC8F:8229:C1D8-20180411043037

Vcharng wrote: AnimeFreak40K wrote: The reality is that the sailors and airmen of the USN observed Kaiboukan serving in an escort role that was was very similar to what Destroyer Escorts were serving in, therefore decided to classify and treat them as such.

Kaiboukan could have just as easily been designed with the express purpose of populating the entire moon with ponies. However, they were not observed actually populating the moon with ponies or even attempting to that, therefore they were not classified or treated as moon-populating pony transports.

If you actually think a military, *ANY* military, gives a flying f**k about an enemy vehicle's 'intended role' or 'original role' then you are a f**king idiot. Good point, which is why the USN were wrong.

They don't care about KB's original purpose, they only care about what they see, and this is what serves their purpose of classifying enemy vessels best (as in analyzing what behaviour to expect from these ships).

WHICH IS WHY THEY ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED WHEN DECIDING HOW WE ARE GOING TO CLASSIFY THESE KBS.

We classify these KBs for a different reason than the USN. We want to give them the actual, correct, original, intended, classification, which would reflect their role in the Japanese game better, and which is not the classification that benefits the USN the most.

And as I remember, I have reached this conclusion in the First Kaiboukan Naming War already.

Oh and one last thing. YES, navies do care about enemy ships' original roles sometimes, such as the modern PLAN worrying about the "original, intended" role of the Izumo-class "helo-destroyer" as a de facto aircraft carrier carrying F-35Bs.

Another example is the Mogami class, officially commissioned as light cruisers but the USN didn't give a damn, classified them as CAs in the FM30-58 published in December 1942 nonetheless (which is correct as they were). That's why the Devs just gave up and are going to group them all as Escort ships.