It’s annoying even at cruiser tiers too. Getting in close is possible, but it’s a death sentence since destroyers are more manoeuvrable, and you’ll be spotted by several other ships if you do try and cap.
Cruisers can at least knock out torp tubes with secondary/tertiary guns and turn it into a main gun brawl which the DD will almost 100% lose if it’s 1 to 8km.
Granted, if you’re closer than 5km to a DD in a cruiser, you’re playing with fire to begin with