Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20180328015558/@comment-32647310-20180411014705

Vcharng wrote: AnimeFreak40K wrote:

but they had ships that fill a similar role as the Kaiboukan, which is a Destroyer Escort (DE), More correctly, the USN had ships that fill a similar role as WHAT THEY SAW the Kaiboukan was doing, which unfortunately wasn't KB's original role, and that's why they got the wrong idea.

Okay, I've tried being subtle and indirect. I have pulled back out of the conversation and decided to generally ignore the topic of classification and you in particular and instead decided to focus on more important things, so I'm only going to say this once: I am done being civil with you on this topic.

I don't give a f**king rat's a** what you happen to think because reality does not jive with whatever your notions happen to be.

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.

The military only actually cares what enemy battlefield assets are observed doing because that actually determines tactics, strategy and action. Intended or designed purpose is meaningless.

...and even if none of the above was actually the case, I would *STILL* side with the USN's classification over what you think on the sheer basis that it would take multiple Flag Officers, dozens of field-grade and company-grade officers culminating in hundreds of years of naval experience to reach the sort of decision needed to pass the sort of classification down that would reach a field-training manual or guide over some guy on the other side of the planet who has an opinion on the internet.

...and no, this view is not because I happen to be American. If I were talking with regard to how the Royal Navy, would classify things, I would use the term Frigate, because that's what the Royal Navy would classify and treat them as.

I am done with you.