Talk:General Discussion/@comment-24849169-20141012020053/@comment-24332640-20141012045050

Let's not kid ourselves: requirements for blueprints have been pretty arbitrary. Taigei definitely was remodeled into the light carrier Ryuuhou. There's nothing remotely 'what if' about that and yet it required a blueprint.

But I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Fusou/Yamashiro require blueprints. I mean, neither their specs nor their combat history has anything in it to justify a kai ni. They were obsolete at the start of the war, spent most of the war in friendly waters, and only participated in Leyte Gulf out of desperation (where they got T-stomped).