Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20170916104500/@comment-5380363-20180109062903

Speaking as someone who started Kancolle a mere 1 week before Winter 2015, It's doable. Then again, Winter 2015 was a rather easy event and my ships got to at least Lv30 before taking on E2. Hell, I was still on 2-3 when I started the event maps.

In the end, I managed to clear E3(!). But the bottom line is that you will need a lot of patience, willpower and time on your hands to train them up properly. E1 should give you plenty of good drops (especially the CA girls - you will need them) that you can train to prepare for the next event.