Anytime i try to make any design that looks historical I have the same problem mentioned above with the short bows and the supersructures being too forward.
It also gaves me another big problem and it is fore overweight. Its really difficult to control fore and stern weight with the current hardpoint design. I can see why the casemates need them but its a great limiter when you try something like the Atago class cruisers, with a tight positioning of the turrets and superstructure.
Something like a slider to modify engine positioning on the citadel and some way to visualize where and how big it is would help to greatly increase the design options and the ship weight positioning. It would follow a simple rule like not being able to place it under a turret, and only under the superstructure with the only limitacion being centerline. We could even make things like a balanced Nelson Class!
