If I can put 2 Hedgehogs (HH) on the front of my Z99, along with 1 DC launcher in the T slot, and still go 83 knots... I should be capable of doing minimal damage... Instead I can fictory at the enemy, dodge most oncoming BB shells, lock onto an enemy DD/TWCL and send it to hell in just 2 shots at 2 degrees with my HH...
Consider that each premium HH fires 7 shells, each of a 7.2" calibre shell, which does a proportionate amount of HE damage to ships... That's 14 shells I can unload in someone's face instantly... All the while I can keep doing ASW work as I always have - with DCs and using my speed to stay out of the way of reprisal torpedo attacks...
It is simply not feasible to have such a high power weapon (against actual ships not submarines) on a DD with such a low weight that it does not impact on the DD's speed at all... Using this setup is almost akin to exploiting the game: using an ASW weapon as a better alternative to gun damage...
My suggestion is to reduce surface (point blank shots) by 50% whilst keeping the current submerged damage... This can prevent any further abusing of the HH weapon...
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