USS Hancock *DONE*

I get what you're saying, but to get this ship to 28+ points would require either A) a useful SA that would likely be labelled as "power creep" or B) A less useful "shim" SA that would end up making Bunker Hill or Essex the more desirable, competitive choice. I worked on the Sea's Ablaze Tico, it wasn't a deliberate effort to start with Essex and push cost up. That team wanted all of those SAs along with Flag 1 on the ship, and that is just where the cost landed. Compared to Essex, the ship has one more SA and a Flag rating. We arrived at 29 points naturally, not through some deliberate effort to make a ship more expensive than Essex. BTW, we deliberately avoided using 2 expert SAs because no previously released Essex class carrier had more than 1. Bunker Hill broke that ground when the Forum team released that card a few months later.

I really do think we're there on this one at 27. Its right in the middle of the other Essex class carriers points-wise, offers something different (Flag 2), and does nothing to "power creep" the Essex class.  I see it as fairly costed and not making the USN air game any more powerful than it already is (or needs to be).  

That's awesome! I always like it when the military bureaucracy allows some creativity. The Ms. 32 splinter camo on USS Freedom was very cool too.

Thumbs up!

Fine by me

You can, but the playtesting forum is dead, the playtesters have questions and concerns for some units and asked questions back in Nov. that STILL have not been answered...