the issue is not with Shimas Kageros Gearings Khabarovsks or any other type of DD, the main issue is with the fact that in high tier games there are too many of them, I had a game in Yamato when opposing team had 6 DDs and 2 Carriers - as a result out of 12 possible targets remained only 4 and this is where the problem is - there is no fun driving a beautiful battleship when you have no enemies you can actually hurt with your guns while at the very same time you are a main target for all of them, if by the chance your opposing bb in a similar setup as above swims another side of the map well you dodge the wave of torps than another than another then you dodge bombs and torp planes and another wave from DD and all of this time you have no target you can shoot at - even if the DD pops up at the range of 14 km - good luck hitting it with the dispersion of your main batteries. The statistics are true the DDs aren't over-performing the point is that with such a huge number of DDs on each side the game is no longer fun for anyone except them. This and the huge cost of repairs makes me find much more fun in lower tier games then to play the beautiful Yamato I've been grinding for so long... And I am afraid that nerfs to IJN DDs will not help to resolve the issue