TBF Avenger and other planes

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Originally Posted by ElAurens

The Haruna was NOT a modder project. It was shown in an early official development update.

My understanding was that many models for PF were farmed out to independent design teams (which I mistakenly described as modders). After the NG debacle, it seemed that 1c/Ubisoft lost interest in the project, stranding many of these projects.

Of these lost efforts, the only one successfully revived was the TBD.

Originally Posted by ElAurens

The Nihon Kaigun is really hurting in two very important areas:

Agreed, but it's not just the IJN. EVERY Navy in the game could use more ships, in particular the UK and Italy. In a more perfect world, every navy in the game would have an early war AO, FF, DD, CL, CA, BB, CVL and CV type (if they had them).

For the US, UK and IJN, there should also be middle/late war AO, FF, DDE, DD, CL, CA, BB, CVL, CVE, and CV types.

Due to the variety of types and their historical importance, it would make sense to have perhaps more than just 2 different types of DD, CL, CA, BB, and CV/CVE/CVL for the IJN, USN and RN.

There also need to be more small ships and boats, like tugs, minesweepers, torpedo boats, tankers, and coastal merchants. For the US/UK, and to a lesser extent the IJN, there should also be a decent sample of the various amphibious and amphibious assault support ships which were so important later in the war. While attacks on capital naval ships made history, most of the day to day work of convoy protection and anti-shipping strikes revolved around those types.