Well I voted for giving the Maverick a tad more range. That way you can at least attempt a shot against a vessel which has no SAMs (but is protected by SAM equipped ships) without exposing the Launching Platform to counter fire. The question if the Maverick makes it through is another one.
As far as Harpoon being useless ... well if the Missile would work as advertised ... i.e. sea-skimming, terminal pop-up maneuver I would think that it has a reasonable chance to actually hit something.
Bottom line, with the increasing of the range the Mav gets out of being totally useless except against the odd surfaced sub or totally unprotected ship (that means no SAM ships within 25nm of it) to at least giving you the ability to try a Surface attack without putting the launcher in a certain death situation.
P.S. : Having a real Harpoon would be great nevertheless ...
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