Talk:Spring 2017 Event/@comment-26355650-20170516183954/@comment-29735334-20170516190331

Speaking as one of some admirals who used CTF to clear E-5H, here's my opinion of it:

There are plenty of cons of using CTF: You have less ammo at boss node, and there's a very real risk of the Tsu-classes eating all bombers in some of your carriers. Also, the escort fleet is more exposed to damage in normal nodes due to CTF battle order. To be honest, the only real practical advantage of using CTF is that it benefits more from normal node support expedition than STF does.

I used CTF out of whim, as well as being pissed off to high heavens with those noscoping aimbot submarines.

If you plan to go CTF, make sure to put your bombers in the biggest slots of whatever carrier you bring. If you can reach 600+ fighter power, AACI is probably not a critical necessity - in fact, I forgo AACI completely in my last kill run in favor of more night battle power. Regarding support expedition, I highly recommend the use of normal node support, since CTF routing benefits very much from it. Boss support, not really; I'd bet more on my LBAS (I did not use boss support in the final kill, even).