Thew fact is there are some good points in everyone's comments here - even JS who I probably seem to completely disagree with - not so - I agree with him that we need to keep some measure of control. Arthur too makes some good reasoning though naturally, any two great AWS friends like we are will disagree on some things.

All that is completely evident is that some sort of change at some level somewhere is needed - without unleashing any unfairness to competition. As pointed out by others here, is the current system really effectively preventing anything? What evidence is there? Would being allowed to "swap-out" (not add to) a fleet type without penalty be such a drama. I can assure you many many players already use all 3 fleet types and as JS puts it... tries to capture every niche... and yet great competitiveness still abounds here. Nobody is trying to relieve the control on competitiveness. Just make the game fun ! As Arthur said so well in his comments... this struggle to swap out a fleet is...B>O>R>I>N>G. not fun! Anyone who tells me I have to live with boring just in case maybe Bill Bloggins joins the game for 10 minutes and feels too stressed to try to compete with me... well I'm going to leave it to the 10 minute Bill Blogginses of this world to crack on then, I'll go elsewhere for some fun if that's the case.