Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-24663938-20160329090327/@comment-27862274-20160402002011

Im still not too experienced with the game as a player (hq 72) but from what i can see you are weak in terms of dd. For dds to be battle ready they either need to be kai ni, or 40-50 lvl +. You probably need to powerlevel at 4-3, and get maybe around 6 dds battleready dds levelled up for the event.

Also, i would advise you get your bbs and cvs at least 40+, kai and fully modernised. Start building AP shells (against heavy armour bbs) and Type 3 shells (against installation bosses). Last winter 2016 i was destroyed because i had a high level bbs/cv fleet and a low levelled dd fleet with no night equipment, causing me to fail E3's transport node section. Most events place heavy emphasis on dds, so i would place priority over levelling dds, cl, and ca/cav over bb/cvs. Get better planes, get night equipment, and get sonars/depth charges and radars.

Resource wise i think you're fine for your hq level. Make sure you're near your resource cap to take advantage of natural regen, and keep bucket account at 200+. If possible though, try to get resources past the cap, because it's better to be safe than sorry. And ps, DO NOT use 1-5 to level dds unless you want to bore your brains out. It's definitely safe, but it's very tedious spamming the same nodes over and over again. 4-3 offers much better exp per run, levelling your ships much faster, but you may lose resources and buckets in doing so. But still, i'd prefer 4-3 because it gives modernising material and is faster.