Talk:General Discussion/@comment-186.205.183.216-20140701211546/@comment-24332640-20140702095259

141.99.37.68 gets it. Battleships really didn't accomplish a whole lot in WW2, one either side. The main reason than Kongou-class was favored during Guadalcanal and the like was because they could quickly approach their target, bombard it, and then run away. All at night, of course, because planes of the era did not operate effectively at night.

But most of the time BBs were little more than oversized escorts for carrier groups.

The fact that BBs are so powerful in KanColle is far from historical, to be frank. If we were being historical then carriers out to be blowing up battleships before they even manage to get in range (and no, I don't just mean that dinky opening attack you get).