Despite the CV rework since 0.8.0 I still play destroyers often. Have I changed my gameplay, a little bit. Extending too far makes me vulnerable to carrier attack planes armed with rockets so I don't charge in at full speed trying to race to the cap.
Instead going at full speed with a cruiser a few KMs behind then cutting the throttle as I approach the cap or spot incoming planes and allowing them to catch up means I can use the cruiser's AA bubble for protection and to discourage the incoming planes from picking me off. It may not work sometimes but it gives the CV player pause as the chances of their squadron taking severe losses may not be worth attempting to damage a destroyer.
It works a little more than half of the time so I'm sticking with it!
"In order to complete your objective, you have to keep moving forward." - Kurt Chew-Een Lee, U.S. Marine Corps
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