Talk:Winter 2018 Event/@comment-68.146.133.92-20180318151918

I need to rant.

A dozen pre-clear runs on E-2C, plus a dozen post-clear runs on E-2N, trying to get Akitsushima or Kamoi... I get crap.

E-3N, there are four ships new to me, two on the boss (Akizuki+Luigi), two on the preboss (Amagiri+Unryuu); one of these four is available in the regular maps. Forty or so S-ranks later, guess which one is the only one to drop. Fuck you too, Kaga.

E-4N... after unimpressive chipping effect the first couple of runs, I decide to sparkle everybody and add both support expeditions. Two runs today result in 1) one CVL getting taiha'd at E + flagship Yamato getting taiha'd at the Ru-wall, and 2) one CVL getting taiha'd at I + everybody doing crap for damage after Nishimura ROFLstomps everything but the Princess. The sparkling apparently made them MORE prone to taking hits before reaching the boss node.

So my current (and all-too-likely final, because I have yet to get Escort Water Princess below half health, far less kill her) gains from this event are Hiburi, Kawakaze, Umikaze, a dozen or so dupe event DDs/DEs, and the aforementioned Unryuu. GRRARRRGHGAAHAGGGH.

At this point, I'm almost certainly going to drop difficulty just to finish E-4, and I'm not prepared to transcribe fleet data (I play on Android) to get composition help. The only question I have, for TTKs who want to provide advice, is where Hayasui has to be placed in the Combined Fleet. It looks like I can make her escort flagship in CTF/STF... is this correct? I can guarantee she'll be around for the boss node, no ifs ands or buts?