A simulation result is not direct historical proof. The apparent penalty of an all-forward destroyer grows in a game that expects scouts to retreat under fire, even though that geometry mattered less in the open-ocean operations discussed here. Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts strongly rewards autoloading guns, while historical large-calibre weapons were not universally autoloaded and their below-deck mechanisation varied greatly. A player can easily mistake the game's most effective configuration for a historical necessity. The scenario is best used to expose design questions whose answers still need evidence from real ships and operations.
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Separating simulation rules from historical conclusions
Game mechanics can reward equipment such as autoloaders more strongly than history warrants, creating a confirmation-bias trap for design experiments.