I recently came back to the game and mid tier CVs are broken, Hosho being a fine example. Torpedoes being the main problem, bombs and rockets are acceptable for the damage they do. I spend more time dodging torpedoes than anything else. Just trying out the new tech trees and its impossible to have a decent game if one is involved, let alone two. I don't know what higher tiers are like, but in the tiers where you start seeing CVs you just don't have the maneuverability or AA defense to deal with it. I can't imagine what someone new to the game, like there are that many to start with, thinks when they start getting wrecked by things they cannot counter. I see their current impact on the game as to why so many BBs camp way too far back; they install bad gameplay habits right at the start. And no, there is no comparison to WoT arty, there you have more viable counters and more ability to be safe from them if you have even basic awareness. They also have a higher vulnerability to enemy counter battery fire, unlike the current CV set up.
And god forbid I pull out the Ark B which instantly becomes a magnet for every flight in the air.
(slightly drunk rant after yet another game with two Hoshos on the enemy team)