Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-31503522-20171018143447/@comment-26366865-20171019041131

You already have all the ships you could need in an event, but many of them could use more levels, especially the DDs who really need all the evasion they can get. You should also consider training your auxiliaries, like AVs and AOs, as well as getting Akitsumaru – you never know when they’ll be needed for branching.

For equipment, definitely get and upgrade some more AP shells. You should also get some T32 Radars for use on Support expeditions, as well some more quint torpedoes from Kitakami/Ooi dupes. For improvement, prototype BB cannons, quint torps and T21 (skilled) are all good investments.

As for the difficulty selection, your fleet is certainly capable of handling some Hard maps, but as you mentioned, farming those later can be a real pain. I always suggest farming on Easy first then clearing on Hard, but if you don’t have time for that, consider the rewards when making your choice: ships can always be farmed on another event, but there’s a very high chance some nice pieces of equipment will be unobtainable forever.