Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-104.51.53.50-20150415225527/@comment-45.36.209.15-20150424215944

I think the bottom line is that it's just a game. You can look at it and see that KC is leaving a lot of rich material on the table vis a vis the shared history of the IJN and USN, and be disappointed, but their responsibility to history ends there.

If you're interested in WWII there are plenty of books about it, and the lack of representation in a moe browser game is really nothing to get worked up over. It does nothing to harm the real, actual history between these two great naval powers, which is enduring. In twenty years no one will remember this thing, while they'll still be talking about the real events.

FWIW, I think they have a plan to introduce American ships once interest in the game starts to wane. That would make the most sense from a marketing perspective, and you'd expect it to be a more organized push than the dribbling out of Axis ships currently happening. Best candidates would be from USN 1942, which is the best match for KanColle--roughly balanced and tons of shared history through victory and defeat.