Why use nukes?

you cant use it on C3s? You can't use it on units? You can only hit buildings against a player. It would be nice to have something to get rid of the enemy units war level is high. Then there is the high cost and maintenance. Which cost billions for 1. It would be nice if we had a long range ship or something that could pound away out of range without taking hits Say an arsenal ship that stays way out of harms way and pounds away like a battleship would

A nuclear sub?

There are a lot of reasons to use nukes. I think Hymy fired more nukes than anyone in the last 10 years of the game all the while with people telling him how useless they were

I take partial responsibility for nuclear weapons being nerfed.

They've been nerfed so many times, you need to be more specific?

They use to cause damage to surrounding areas not just the target