AA boat is pretty useless when there are no planes. How is she not a gunboat when her guns have a ridiculous fire rate, traverse speed, and initial shell velocity? That thing can mulch BB superstructure like it's tin foil.
I see what you mean. Quite honestly wide spread is so useless I wouldn't mind too much if it was replaced by firing individual torpedoes, but I still like the Brits having that as a unique feature on their ships. Same with deep water torps and pan asia DDs. (Asashio's don't really count because they are REALLY gimmicky)
Yeah, but that kind of defeats the point of giving the Royal Navy a gimmick like that. Besides, Akizuki and that line are gunboats through and through. The torpedoes and reload booster are nice, but they're more of a convenience than a necessity.
Trick question, It's two ships. The first is a large submarine as you can clearly see the dive planes on the sail. The second, obscuring the sub is definitely a New York apartment block that drifted on top of an already completed battlecruiser hull.
In case anyone was wondering, I just got my computer put back together. Had to swap in new graphics card, replace my HDD, transfer data, etc. Everything's running fine for now.