Bah, deep water conflicts are a thing of the past. When is the last time a "my giant fleet versus your giant fleet" conflict was ever plausible... about 15 years ago. Littorals is where its at.
Then again, the littoral modeling in DW is *sigh*
. Can't even figure out how to get the AI subs not to bottom out.
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Although "simulation" and "balance" are sometime mutually exclusive, if the Akula needed some "boosting" it could alwasy be given the Squall Advanced version, something that I was arguing for a while back, which is toted to have a burst, then slow and search mode.