They can have someone else take over the art work tbh is not like you have to take the same artist who work on them before unless the artist doesnt allow it. Well Tanaka can alway bribe them with cash XD. As long as the Seiyuu is active the character will always be active. I may be wrong but is not "impossible" they will alway be a way to solve thing.
My bet is on Takao or Atago....if it going Aoba then oh well I will wait until Takao and Atago get some K2
Can find a new artist or he comes back to work: Aoba, Takao or Atago will get Kai Ni.
Can't find a new artist or he doesn't come back to work: Mogami-class (if they want moar CAV Kai Ni ships) or other foreign CAs will get Kai Ni instead.
New USN CV is surely a big news here. But when the devs said there is a new CA Kai Ni after Kinu's, it's also a big news for anyone who have played this game since '13 and even '14 too.
They can have someone else take over the art work tbh is not like you have to take the same artist who work on them before unless the artist doesnt allow it. Well Tanaka can alway bribe them with cash XD. As long as the Seiyuu is active the character will always be active. I may be wrong but is not "impossible" they will alway be a way to solve thing.
My bet is on Takao or Atago....if it going Aoba then oh well I will wait until Takao and Atago get some K2
Can't find a new artist or he doesn't come back to work: Mogami-class (if they want moar CAV Kai Ni ships) or other foreign CAs will get Kai Ni instead.
New USN CV is surely a big news here. But when the devs said there is a new CA Kai Ni after Kinu's, it's also a big news for anyone who have played this game since '13 and even '14 too.
They said 重巡洋艦 i.e. heavy cruiser. So those who are already aviation cruisers is pretty much out of the game.
Remember, all those "quitted work" are nothing more than rumors. It is entirely possible that it's all just coincidence.
BTW after 2015 fall, Aoba is currently the only ship girl with absolutely zero sesonal CG/voice, additional remodel or CG/voice update
Atago was the flagship of Adm. Kurita's fleet, but was sunk even before the Battle of Sibuyan Sea happened.
I think either way, if they are to be K2-ed, they will be based on the assumption that they survived or something, just like Shokaku K2 and other what-if remodels.
Sounds more like Takao would be a slightly beefed up Myoukou, maybe with a slight edge in AA? The "what if" remodel could only apply to Atago, and we already have that going on with Choukai. So, (assuming the devs don't want to be redundant within a class this time) it feels like Takao is more likely to get it than Atago. We're only getting one CA remodeled for now, not two.
Then again, the devs are hard to predict.
(still hoping for someone else, not really fond the Takao sisters aside from Maya)
Sounds more like Takao would be a slightly beefed up Myoukou, maybe with a slight edge in AA? The "what if" remodel could only apply to Atago, and we already have that going on with Choukai. So, (assuming the devs don't want to be redundant within a class this time) it feels like Takao is more likely to get it than Atago. We're only getting one CA remodeled for now, not two.
Then again, the devs are hard to predict.
(still hoping for someone else, not really fond the Takao sisters aside from Maya)
Well Takao will need to be some kind of what-if as well. Her remodel after Leyte made her non-seaworthy (as in removing the whole stern, probably including her turbines and propellers), and I don't think the devs will let us remodel her into an installation...
Vcharng wrote:
They said 重巡洋艦 i.e. heavy cruiser. So those who are already aviation cruisers is pretty much out of the game.
Remember, all those "quitted work" are nothing more than rumors. It is entirely possible that it's all just coincidence.
So if the rumors about artist conflicts are true (and no replacement is found in this hypothetical scenario) and 重巡洋艦 really does distinguish heavy and aviation cruisers....who does that leave us? Off the top of my head, the only non-CAVs besides Takao, Atago, and Aoba are the foreigners.
In any case, I'll hope for Takao because I've recently grown fond of her. And I'll expect Aoba because the devs are cruel and merciless overlords.
Vcharng wrote:
They said 重巡洋艦 i.e. heavy cruiser. So those who are already aviation cruisers is pretty much out of the game.
Remember, all those "quitted work" are nothing more than rumors. It is entirely possible that it's all just coincidence.
My conclusion is that the rumors are false, at least for one of the illustrators.
Hatsuko did some Kancolle work for 2015 at least (someproofs) while Mikoto's most recent work was anime promo stuff from 2014 (here). Hatusko looks like they're available at least. Can't really find anything recent for Mikoto, aside from VN art.
(As a side note: Syobonne [submarine artist] seems to be on the same boat as Mikoto. Amiya [Samidare and Suzukaze] looks active but it seems they never got recomissioned.)
Well, that's why I kinda meant her K2 would have been similar to Myoukou's, since they had the same deal at the end of the war.
I dunno if they'd do the foreigners. When they gave a K2 to an event ship (Kawakaze) they also made sure she became available outside of events. I mean, it's not impossible, but it just seems unlikely that they'd make Prinz and the Zara-class available like that yet. Unless quests, LSC, or 6-5 were involved.