There was a lot of people that liked the idea of "great blitz" as they wanted level protection. They felt new players struggled in GBs against insurmountable odds. Frankly, we just don't have enough players in the game to split like that, amoungst other arguments.  What I propose instead is  adjusting the  number of ships allowed to join  the game by adding a classification: BC

My proposal would be that USN Alaska and Guam, UK Renown, Repulse and Hood, IJN Kongo, MN Bretnage, KM Scharnhorst and Gnesieau, and SN Ismail and Kronshtadt all be changed to BC and not BB. Then, we change to number of ships limited in games to this:

GB1

BB 18
BC 4
CV 8
SS 10

GB2
BB 16
BC 4
CV 8
SS 10

Blitz
BB 3
BC 3
CV 4

What this does is allows new players to get into games faster as there are slots reserved for them. They may still get beat up by larger ships, but as they are cycling quicker, they will get in more games, earning more XP. Also, it doesn't dilute the talent level as after all, they are still playing/learning. I don't think that one team ending up with an extra Hood is really going to matter. to the balance of the sides, however  I thinkt that it would make life easier for the new players.

As far as the numbers go, you see that I reccomend slightly reducing the number of BB in GB1, but it still works out to have more gunships. That way you aren't hurting established players by making them wait even longer due to losing their limited spaces. GB2 used to have more ships, so I simply added them on. Blitz is already broke and there are a proportionally a lot more BC in blitz then GB, so the spilt should work just as well with odd numbers.