Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20171207155334/@comment-33667919-20180130155413

Devsquad74 wrote: It's cheaply built and Kaiser built 50 CVEs less than 2 years. CVEs were not designed be thrown into combat especially against surface units. I'm still puzzled why Kurita didn't use HE shells against Taffy 3 units. It would of been much more effective and not using broadside firepower is another blunder on his part.

Kurita's lookouts didn't have the profile of the Clasablanca class in their ID books. Same with the DEs of Taffey 3. Also Kurita wasn't sure if the bait carrier force had been sucessful at diverting Halsey and thought that he was attacking the 3rd fleet. That explains much of his dicisions during the battle like the fact he ordered a genral attack rather then forming a battleline.