[2019] Premium Ships Being Nerfed.

This is a little bit of a skewed view on how balance works with ships in the game. No one at WG intentionally designs ships that are overpowered and must be balanced later, it costs us time and resources to do so. As many others have mentioned, we are doing overall balance to all CVs, not just premium. These changes are necessary to nudge this entire class in the direction the team believes it needs to go to achieve better balance.

We of course would love everyone's feedback on PT if they are up for it!

"It should be noted that even the ships purchased in or marketed through Premium store are a part of a big game we all play. That means our decision does not isolate any ship from systematic changes applied to a group of ships on common basis or to the whole game. For example, a change to the Radar mechanics affects all ships equipped with Radar, a Smoke mechanics change affects all ships with smoke, etc." - Source

As mentioned by several players already within this thread. This not an individual change that impacts a lone Premium ship, instead it is addressing a mechanic as a whole (engine boost) that as per the decision made on the conclusion of the proposed GC changes saga, falls within the wide scale mechanics changes that are allowed. The GZ still has high base cruising speed which still differentiates its planes from other CVs at the tier.