[AG124]

Since Japanese warships will be the targets in SHIV, I think that a good variety should be included. In SHIII, the lack of warships was not too great a problem to the average campaign player (although it hurt historical scenarios) but in SHIV there needs to be a greater number.

Japanese ships which should be included

Battleships:

- All five classes. If one class needs to be sacrificed, it should be the Ise class.

Carriers:

- Kaga
- Akagi
- Ryujo
- Soryu
- Hiryu
- Shokaku class
- Zuiho class
- Junyo class
- Taiho
- Taiyo class
- Shinano
- Unryu class

It would be nice to have the Hosho but we can live without her. Same goes for the escort carriers Kaiyo and Shinyo. The Ryuho and the Chitose class aren't important enough, IMO.

Heavy Cruisers:

I'd like to see them all included. But if two classes have to be sacrificed, then drop the Aoba and Furataka classes.

Light Cruisers:

The Katori class can be ignored. The rest should be included.

I'm not going to discuss destroyers right now.

Also, there should be a better variety of merchant ships. (and smaller ones, which should be especially true in the PTO.) And there should be a separate class for whale factory ships.

Any thoughts?