Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20180328015558/@comment-26574811-20180331070823

There is actually one more reason why US DEs will not be classified as KB: Japanese bias. Tanaka has repeatedly using stuffs in his power to stop any category of ships being dominated by foreign ships, either by screwing up the stats (U-511), limiting how they could be obtained (Iowa), or putting them against better Japanese counterparts (Iowa and Saratoga CVB). If Sammy B is to be a KB, there will be no Japanese counterpart to rival, let alone surpass her (and her probable sisters), however, if they are introduced as a special variant of DDs, they can be easily rivaled by other "fleet" DDs, as well as Japan's upcoming Matsu-class.