The range advantage is decently sized; its not quite like the difference between H44 and monty. Its a superior tactical position to fight from. Its similar to the difference between defending from across a river, versus defending across an open plain.
The bottom line is yea, you need a good force on both fronts since Ideally you want to push pretty evenly on both. To do this generally requires most of your BB5 and your Best CV to go south, since a smart team will weigh their most powerful ships south in the hopes of taking it quickly. This evens out the lines force.
But losing all of north while taking all of south is a much, much better position that taking all of north and losing all of south.
Sending 0 BBs north is preferrable to sending 0 BBs south. But the second situation is one that happens (well not quite 0, but if we`re talking about 1-2 BB34s, I can round down) quite often, particularly on Bravo. and then, you end up in that inferior tactical situation. Plus, since in this example, none of the BBs decided to go south, you can bet pretty surely that you`ve got a bunch of retards. Its a battle that they could not have won in normal circumstances; with a huge range disadvantage, you can forget it.
Thats why when you abandon the south, you abandon the win.
You can go north in a BB5 as long as you have a decent force south, at least one thay, in terms of tonnage, can match the other team`s south.
I personally like to play middle. Not being tied down to any flank, but also not abandoning either.
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