Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20170330044846/@comment-26574811-20170512011040

Tsubakura wrote:

Kaiboukans are currently defined as being unable to carry torpedoes (this has been confirmed even before their introduction). So even if the American DEs are introduced, they will NOT fall under the category of Kaiboukans, but instead be categorized as DDs. The only nearly possible candidate for foreign Kaiboukans are the Flower-class corvettes, which is yet another reason to call them PFs, as PF is defined to be "frigates which are similar to commonwealth corvettes".
 * What if foreign escorts are introduced later on? I have checked the API codes and the Kaiboukan are given the API value of 1, while there are no other APIs that remotely even hint PF or DE. Tanaka himself already has hinted heavily in his interview that there will be more escort ships coming in the future. If the american DEs gets introduced, are we still going to insist on calling them PFs as well? Just assigning them Escorts instead would just solve the current and all the future potential problems.