Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20180328015558/@comment-26574811-20180410074640

2605:6001:F447:8400:D8E3:DC8F:8229:C1D8 wrote: Matsu class had 3 guns and one quadruple tube plus were seen as fast enough for actual fleet operations(which is why they were at Cape Engano). As a downside they had a rather pitiful Anti-submarine warfare loadout in comparison to the escort ships of any nation. Nope, not even close. The reason why Matsu was at Engano is because IJN was running out of ships, they even brought their Kaiboukans. Are you telling me that those KBs are also "suitable for actual fleet operations"? And "pitiful ASW loadout" is definitely a joke, they boast the best ASW in the whole IJN (two thrower and two rail, same with the much-larger Akizuki-class), if they suck when compared with other navies, it's because IJN suck as a whole.

Also, in USN standard, "fast enough for fleet operation" is 33 knots, and most IJN fleet destroyers sail at 34 knots or above (38 for Fubuki, 36.5 for Hatsuharu), Matsu (27.8 knt) is far from being fast enough to operate in a combat fleet.