Naval Units at Close Range

[Mike Abberton]

I guess the other question is, do any of the scenarios use naval units at an atoll at ranges closer than 8-10 hexes? Unless the water side of the map was really small, I don't see this affecting off-board naval artillery too often.

And realistically how many scenarios are going to use the new on-board "bathtub navy" on an atoll battle where the unit may approach closer than 8-10 hexes anyway? Would stripping the soft attack factor rob them of some legitimate uses, say firing at unarmored (i.e. soft) landing craft or barges?

It seems to me like a very minimal issue to me. We should probably just consider Tarawa an outlier result that is outside the purview of the game (like really mechanically faulty Panthers at Kursk).