Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20170916104500/@comment-1915363-20171011100611

Seldrick wrote: how about the Fletcher-class :D

did u know guys that the higher tier DD's on america has good AA and they don't have torp only the low tier has torps. the american throw their torps on the river and focus on AA since japan treaty on planes is so dangerous. :D Torpedo jettisoning don't happen once the shipgirls are incorporated with Kancolle's doctrine and mechanics, which means all shipgirls that have torpedoes get to use their full capabilities in Kancolle.

I had voiced my opinion about the Fletcher-class in this very thread a while ago.

Ar-cen-ciel wrote: I'd say Fletcher-class DDs are too overpowered stats-wise to be introduced in Kancolle. They're armed with Oerlikon and Bofors autocannon to outgun even the Akizuki-class in pure AA with the displacement of average DDs, and their main guns are quite formidable as well.

Since USN did eventually managed to fix their torpedo issues, it's not hard to imagine that even an average Fletcher would effectively be super-Hatsuzukis with even higher AA and decent torpedo stats, with an average DD consumption to boot (in contrast to Shimakaze and Akizuki-classes slightly higher resource consumption).

Atlanta-class cruisers at least have poor armor and torpedo stats. Fletcher-class still have relatively poor torpedo stats as well, but that weakness doesn't quite hold out their otherwise excellent stats.

Ar-cen-ciel wrote: Tennousu wrote: TNK could just nerf some stats. Nerf what stats? I couldn't find any specs where the Fletcher-class falls short for a destroyer, aside from the aforementioned poor torpedo stats. Their torpedoes were fixed in 1944, so logically Fletcher-class at Kai should have torpedo stats comparable to Libeccio with their twin quint torpedoes tubes.