As someone who doesn't have the benefit of modded crew. No
As someone who wishes it to remain playable. No
As someone who thinks a sudden turnabout due to a single player lagging or crashing is a bad thing: No
As someone who appreciates longer HAs anyway. Guess
Really, there are a lot of things that could be done to make HA better, but this isn't one of them. World at War is already terribly unbalanced. Fun and useful for leveling, but the balance between individual ship classes, as well as ship types, is torn completely asunder.