Talk:General Discussion/@comment-4133273-20150104114322/@comment-25196231-20150104214843

For me, I prefer comparing Hibiki to Naka. Naka also received the term "不死鳥 " particularly during the Christmas Island invasion. The enemy ship fired four torpedos, all going for Naka at the same time, the flag ship of that operation. All missed. Eventually one of the later two torpedos hit her and she was badly damaged. Yet she survived with a quick repair at Singapore and was able to return to Japan for a "complete" recovery.

During her entire career, she has been hit by friend and foes, but she survived all of them until her eventual sinking. She received a luck of 12/13. Naka was also suppose to be the second ship of the Sendai-class, but unfortunately during her construction, an earthquake damage the ship. A hole led to water led to fire and damaged the wooden frame. Naka (no.1) was taken apart. Naka (no.2) construction began again and finished after Jintsuu, becoming the third ship of the sendai-class. Her "center" nature was adopted by the fact that Naka's later career/operation involved her being the FS or the main FP output. Eventually, the Devs combined it with the AKB48 attribute.

Of course, Naka got a handful of important operations; whereas, Hibiki unfortunately missed out on those she was planned to be sent to. In terms, I can see why she only has 20 luck. Hibiki was also damaged as a "guard ship" during the surrender. I could see Naka with a bit extra luck if she hadn't had a tragedy during her (no.1) construction, but retain all her service reports.

And why you didn't mention Ushio for her 32 luck, I'm confused. But you can also compare Ushio to Hibiki. Ushio participated in a lot of major battles but they (Shoukaku and Midway allies, etc) all sank except her (and a few others). Technically, she survived the battle but was scrapped in 1948.