Talk:Kinugasa/@comment-14.169.46.188-20141005141557/@comment-25361436-20141005155057

Well, iirc, Kinugasa was a pretty early ship, and a majority of the ones that came after her were constantly improving with the escalation of the war. To me, it's somewhat of a surprise that she recieved a Kai Ni, but her stats are justifiable. It's quite possible that the staff intends to Kai Ni plenty of ships without great reasons for it, and Kinugasa was intended to still be on the lower end of the spectrum.

And then there's always the theories of it being accidental and she ended up with low stats due to being one of the early Kai Nis, or due to an unintentional power creep in the game.

Another possibility is that the devs intended for her to have low stats in order to maintain her low consumption.

In the end, it's all guess work, but personally, I favor the theory about her stats being the way they are from being an early Kai Ni, but who knows.