: High-quality armor (e.g., 150%) allows you to use thinner "paper" plates while maintaining the protection of much thicker, lower-quality armor.
: You minimize beam, draught, and armor thickness (often to the bare minimum) to save weight. Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts
: Use towers with lower weight even if they have slightly worse stats to keep your displacement down. : High-quality armor (e
: This weight savings is funneled into high-speed engines (e.g., 21–22 knots for early light cruisers) and massive batteries of secondary or main guns. : High-quality armor (e.g.
Players often design "paper" ships to maximize offensive stats within tight weight budgets.