Talk:Winter 2015 Event/@comment-84.90.161.45-20150204134335/@comment-4125495-20150205052404

Sounds like you're in a better state than me. I haven't been playing the game consistently enough and didn't spend anywhere near enough time doing expeditions when I was playing earlier on, plus I haven't been anywhere near cutthroat enough culling my fleet down (just bought extra slots) so I have a huge range and not enough levels on anything. HQ 93, have a solid fleet of BBs and CVs and have all three CLTs (though Kiso's still in the level 70 range) and probably have enough CA/CAVs, but beyond that my DD / CL selection is woeful. Yuudachi & Shigure in the low-70s, Ushio at 60, Hibiki, Shimakaze, Yukikaze, Murasame in the low 50s and then a bunch of DDs I use for expeditions in the low 20s. Sendai and Naka are the only CLs I've got above 50 as well, and only two more (Isuzu and Yura) above 40.

In the combined fleets in previous events, having one or two under-leveled DDs in the escorts hasn't been a huge issue, but the idea of having to devote 3-4 of them to sub-hunting in an event terrifies me. Hopefully it's not too hard to clear, but I'm very worried I'm not going to have enough light ships to make things work, and I don't know if I should be spending tonight and the first day or two of the event grinding 4-3 to work Hibiki up to Kai2 or bring a new DD (stats-wise probably Akizuki would be the next best) into the fold instead.

In summary, if you're screwed then I don't think I have a hope.

On the upside, the event lasts two weeks and it sounds like the ASW map is going to be the first one, and the first map is usually a bit easier.