I would love to see carriers in this game.

Even if we started out with an average basic carrier.

This Idea is great, and I wholeheartedly agree. This issue needs to be solved once and for all. In my opinion though, There should be 2 tech trees for carriers, one the light carrier, and the other the fleet carrier. This would have the light for rapid response, and the Fleet for invasions and prepared naval battles. There should also be a nuclear carrier that is as fast as a light carrier, but as powerful as a fleet carrier. This would bring more of a focus towards the navy and still have great variations for different situations.
However, this also raises the question of Cruisers. In the Second World War there were two classes of cruisers: The Heavy cruiser and the Light Cruiser. These would be better at defeating aircraft, but the Heavy Cruisers were slower and more powerfully armed. And on the note of other ships, There could be replaced for the Royal Navy from Destroyers to Frigates, as the Royal Navy referred to their Destroyers as Frigates.
Aircraft Carriers should come along with a Pacific only map, with the allies, the axis, and the Soviet Union. However, finding a German Aircraft Carrier would be difficult, as the few ever even prototyped were made from older battleships, and those were destroyed in 1947. There are few Carriers for the Soviet Union to speak of before the cold war, so this game would spill into the aftermath.

We don't have enough research slots available to research another 3/4 naval units.

That was the reason why Nazi-Germany never build a carrier. You can't have it all!

Quasi thinks it was stickied for a reason.Quasi was reading old thread, should planes be fighter-bombers and NB and int or all types of planes, leaving out the fighter-bombers?

Carriers should probably only not have strategic bombers, and a penalty for planes should be decreased range and firepower. If the plane is launched from a carrier,than it should have 1/3 less range and 1/4 less firepower. It should also be that you can't produce planes on them. This would limit carriers and keep people from spamming them. And the Nazi carrier was the Graf Zepplinn, an old battleship that was converted to a carrier.

Untrue, as far as Quasi knows it was purpose built.

I am sorry, I did not do enough research. From what i have read thus far, It was purpose built but never finished. I only assumed that it was a battleship conversion because it is popular to do so during the time. I apologize for my inaccuracy, and thanks for double checking me, as the Kreigsmarine has never been my specialty.

Quasi thanks you!

I agree with the notion that there should be an aircraft carrier of sorts added to the game. I dont think the break down of light and heavy ships needs to be implemented as the game is not designed like that as of yet.

Interesting thread.