Talk:Tatsuta/@comment-34458392-20180124202742/@comment-28781449-20180125163406

I guess it's not exactly her age to blame, but rather her design (If I'm not mistaken, Nagatos are also of the same age or so, but Nagato got a powerhouse K2, not to mention Nagato Kai/Mutsu Kai are pretty strong as they are)

They were basically built as "Big destroyers" to serve as flagships for very light fleets. Later on this concept was abandoned altogether, with new technologies for both DDs and CLs becoming available. Kuma is of the same age, sure, but she was built differently.

Tatsuta K2 IS a big destroyer. Good at ASW and (arguably) AA defence (at least AA stat is high). Cant equip recons and large radars (dont tell me about 3 slots for autogyros), having destroyer level FP and slightly above armor and hp. So... basically they kind of followed her historical self, (and didnt ask a BP for this reason)