I recently read a Stephen Hawking lecture where he said somethings along the lines of What would happen if aliens thought no more of us than we do bacteria ? <| sep |> That is according to Australian law , which , as everyone knows , was written by a bunch of thieving criminals . <| sep |> Reload is for ships that can keep their guns pointing at their target all the time , which the IJN DDs can ' t , even with the slightly buffed rotation speeds . Now the guns are just worse USN DD guns in every way but ballistics . With high damage shells you had at least one strength if you knew how to time your volleys . Damage reload in every practical situation . Why buff and nerf at the same time ? Damage was fine . Don ' t mess with reload if you feel it will unbalance things . Just fix turret rotation . Why do they have to make it so difficult ?