Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20180328015558/@comment-3502824-20180328165830

Tsubakura wrote: Just to remind people in case they want to start this discussion all over again, DE was chosen because people want DE -> Kaiboukan, not because Kaiboukan -> Destroyer Escort. In other words, currently it's DE -> Coastal Defense Ship -> Escort, you'll notice that there is not a single mention anywhere in the community who refers the Kaiboukans as a Destroyer Escort for obvious reasons. Even in-game, they're only referred to as "Escort". We've currently already deviated from the standard naming conventions, so it's kinda pointless to argue that DE != Kaiboukan if you consider our DE != Destroyer Escort, but DE == Escort.

With that said, one of the 2 can happen with the new Taffy III Destroyer Escort release:
 * 1) The new ship released is an "Escort", thus placing it in the same category as the Kaiboukans. In this case, all we have to do is rename the category "Coastal Defense Ship" to "Escort". No big deal.
 * 2) The new ship released is a "Destroyer Escort", which is a complete new category and API value. We obviously can't have 2 categories that are both DE, so you guys will have to admit that I was right all along a year ago and we will decide on a new proper classification. Also, I'm not going with PF for obvious reasons.

My advice: just wait patiently for the update to arrive and decide from that point on what to do. Any debates that occurs now is pointless and it's just a waste of your energy that could've been used more productively lol.