Talk:Fusou/@comment-192.12.88.208-20141024141302/@comment-24332640-20141024225916

I think you kind of missed my point. Hatsushimo can get a kai ni, fine, but it would be in the spirit of the other DD kai nis where it's based on historical accomplishments but has nothing to do with the actual ship. Hatsushimo was a pretty run-of-the-mill destroyer.

What I was saying is that from a performance standpoint of the actual ships, Shoukaku and Zuikaku were really the best carriers in the IJN (you could argue that Taihou would have been better I suppose, but damage control...). Yet in-game they're some of the worst. That's much more like Nagato's situation, but I would argue it's even more severe. Nagato has at least some things going for her (like good armor and HP). The crane sisters, on the other hand, are completely outshined in every respect. Despite historically being the IJN's best carriers...

The fact that Zuikaku also has the best service record in the war of any IJN carrier is just icing on the cake at that point. Talk about a ship that desperately needs a kai ni...