Talk:Kinugasa/@comment-26071777-20150412184315/@comment-16545476-20150413091953

What you don't realize is that the Furutaka and Aoba class Kai Nis aren't actually "bad" considering their cheap costs. They aren't the most powerful K2 CAs out there, but both of their overall performance comes very close to the remodeled version of Takao and Atago, which were literally the strongest CAs in game before the introduction of Haguro Kai Ni.

People often underestimate the value of these two CAs because they don't have the best status and tends to forget that they both are quite solid and really does not suck at all. There are numerous ways the developers can f*ck us with, and one of the best one yet was that ship locking mechanic they introduced in AL/MI. Kinugasa and Furutakas true value shines during those moments when you're forced to reserve the best for later and the sheer quantity of your fleet comes in the same importance as the quality of your fleet.

Even though my main fleet of CAs are the Myoukou class heavy cruisers, I always find Kinugasa and Furutaka as a pair of interesting CAs that's hugely underestimated by the majority of the population. It's a fact that I wouldn't recommend new admirals without a main fleet of CAs to list them as top grinding priorities (first things first, Furutaka and Kinugasa aren't the easiest drop afterall), but that doesn't mean I agree with the opinion that Kinugasa K2 and Furutaka K2 suck. They're great assets for older admirals and are quite useful in a lot of ways.

P.S. And about that No.3 gun......20 of the 23 No.3s I have came from Kinugasa. One from Mikuma and the other 2 from the Tone class CAVs. And it just feels plain awesome to use No.3s on everyone of my CAs instead of No.2s. You really won't care much for the No.2s if you had a load of No.3s and some high level CAs to play with.