Talk:Combat/@comment-7963873-20150322232738/@comment-26171095-20150323000727

You will get some dev mats but you won't get that many. For instance, Bd1 only gives you 1 dev mat. The construction quests won't give you a net gain unless you fail your developments. The recommended thing to do is just stick to your daily builds as the only builds you do or you'll hit 0 pretty fast. If you really must though, you can end up farming them on 2-4 (not recommended).

For your fleet, as it's all CL/DD, you can level them at 1-5 to reduce the chances of them being hit and the chances of wiping out the enemy before they hit you. This would require you to build at least 1 sonar and 1 depth charge to do effectively though, so it may be a moot point until you get more dev mats.

I would also advise modernizing your ships for at least armor if you have not done so already.