Talk:Spring 2019 Event/@comment-26082284-20190608185644

So, I've just finished chipping E4H using fast+ fleet.

Was it worth it? Setting aside monetary question whether you can afford that many REs for turbines or have enough already punched through girls you can taglock here, I'd say yes. It's cautious 'yes', though, as it's not all roses here also.

Because slots are already in short supply, I couldn't really fit FCF and spare radars, so any taiha was final. And oh boy, O node was taihaing hard, despite node support. Out of 17 sorties 7 ended at O node, 3 at C node, and remaining 7 went to boss. At some point I even resorted to sending one wave of LBAS to node O, but it didn't help at all so I don't recommend that.

Damage at boss was surprisingly decent. Worst I had totaled about 200, two best left her deep in chuuha. I scored 4 A ranks, and 3 C ranks at boss. LBAS and support helped a lot, especially killing imps and escort fleet, which helped to keep at least 5 escort girls in working order for yasen. Even if just one of them targetted boss it was ~200 hp off the bar. Especially Giusi surprised me in a good way. I used her as escort flagship, because she's underlevelled. Four slots let me equip her with two OTOs (because PT imp) and Wurfgerat, and she consistiently tagged boss for 100+ dmg each shot.

End tally for chipping phase is: 19k fuel, 18k ammo, 6k steel, 7k baux and 78 buckets. Which isn't bad at all, compared to some war stories I've heard from people using using regular CTF route. Best part is I never seen J node until I had to S rank it for unlock. Numbers above doesn't include S ranking node T (which I also did - easily - with fast+ fleet substituting Michishio with boiler-carrier Akitsushima for routing) or S ranking node J.

Oh, and by coincidence I scored exactly 1500hp on boss bar, so if anybody wonders exactly how much is 33% for hard, it's 1500 hp.