[Noble713]

"And why are they so easy to hit, even from far away???"

For some reason fighters don't have a to-hit penalty like escorts, frigates, destroyers, and light cruisers do.

"A carrier with fighters should always wipe out a fleet of battleships, if the big boats don't have some sort of AA defense."

Fighters may need to be beefed up a bit, but this is going too far. Even big guns can hit little targets, just not as well. When the Yamato was destroyed, I've read she was even using her 18" guns to try and shoot down fighters. With 18" HE rounds you don't exactly need to _hit_ a fighter to rip it to pieces.

Also, keep in mind that the tech in the demo is fairly primitive. Of course the first fighters should be pretty useless, but as your tech gets higher they should become a serious threat.