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[Knjaz]

Well, that would be true if GMG conquered Rheinland in 80 Years War but they didn't. GMG fully relied on technology that was specialised for use in clouds which Rheinland didn't have.

I can understand why is the precedent of snubs pwning caps in vanilla role bothering you.

No, it's nowhere related to ship types.

They didn't conquer Rheinland - but they annihilated them militarily. I mean literally, the strongest and biggest military of that time suffered 99% losses, and had nothing left.

Looking at how wars changed since humanity started to rely on technology, and how they continue to develop with development of technology, that's completely mind-blowing.