Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-27266055-20151122123108/@comment-26460664-20151122221427

Please be specific on what you're asking for, to be ready for the next event or to be ready for the next few maps. BTW, does your equipment list correctly show the correct amount of equipments you currently have? I don't think you have just 2 Type 99 Dive Bomber unless you're telling me you're not caring about your CV.

If you're asking if you're ready for E-4 & E-5,

[E-4]

1.You're going to need more radars and depth charge, especially for Type 3 version.

2.Most likely you're going to choose Easy here cuz you have quite a weak CA section and poor selection of DD. Honestly, i'm not sure if you will be able to clear Easy/Normal but definitely not Hard.(will talk about it later)

[E-5]

Similar to E-4 but easier without combined fleet. Again, poor selection of DD will make you suffer abit.

If you're asking if you're ready for next event?

Answer: Definitely not.

As you have seen the E-4/5 section, your lack of ASW equipments, poor selection of DD and poorly trained CA section. There is many things to be improved on...

[Fleet]

DD - Yuudachi, Shimakaze and Yukikaze are good pick for a DD. However, i'm not seeing this as a good thing cuz you're lacking good DD for ASW duty. Currently you have only Yuudachi who has above average ASW stats thus its going to be a problem for E-4 & E-5 when you attempt it later. My suggestion is to find more high stats DD such as Fubuki, Shigure and Hatsushimo. You will need Fubuki's AACI, Shigure's cut-in and Hatsushimo's AACI/cut-in. Of course if you're able to find more of them, it would be great.

CL - You will need to get Jintsuu Kai Ni and train Abukuma to Kai Ni. If you're able to get Ooyodo by some chance, please level her for the FCF.

CLT - If possible, get Kiso remodelled into CLT. It will take some work, but it will be rewarding.

CA - Maya and Haguro will need to be trained up, however that is not enough. You will need to have at least 2 more CA which is most likely to be Choukai and Myoukou. If you're able to get them to Kai Ni, that would be great but i would like you to not remodel Choukai to Kai Ni first and reserve the BP for other kanmusu such like Abukuma. You will also need more than 4 CA so that it will not fustrate you during shiplocking. I strongly recommend you to train all other Myoukou class and Takao/Atago.

CAV - Mogami and Suzuya are acceptable for now. Eventually, they will be joined by other Mogami class Kai and Tone/Chikuma who needs BP for their Kai Ni remodel.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">BB - If by some chance you're able to construct Nagato class, do level Mutsu and Nagato more often.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">FBB - All Kongou class needs to be remodelled to Kai Ni without any question.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">BBV - At least get Fusou and Yamashiro to Kai Ni if you can. You may wish to add Ise and Hyuuga to the training list but they should be placed as reserves.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">CV - Eventually, all CV must be present in your list and to be remodelled into Kai Ni. Hiryuu and Souryuu can be easily trained to Kai Ni with the help of 3-2A powerlevelling just like the BB. As for Shoukaku/Zuikaku Kai Ni A, you have to complete some quest for the prototype flight deck catapault which is troublesome for many.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">CVL - Shouhou is need a really good CVL unless you're using her for expedition. The rest of the CVL should be levelled up including the 2 AUX kanmusu: Chitose and Chiyoda. You probably need to find another set of Chitose and Chiyoda so that you can train them into CVL version.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">SS - Low level I-168 and I-58 should be used for 3-2A powerlevelling.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">[Equipments]

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Clearly, a weak fleet will definitely have a weak equipment list. However, i'm happy to see that you have take some measures to prepare yourself. You're going to need these equipments alot, therefore lets move on to the basic:

<p style="font-weight:normal;">6+ Fighters - Reppuu and Shiden Kai II are most preferred. It would be also nice if you're able to get those deutsch plane from Graf Zeppelin.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Plenty of Torpedo Bombers - Ryuusei and Ryuusei Kai are the best torpedo bomber you can get, you're most likely going to need alot of them for your main fleet.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Plenty of Dive Bombers - The best bombers you can craft are Suisei Model 12A which is mostly needed for the support expedition.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">(If you're thinking about which attacking plane is better...)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Ryuusei Kai are needed to be in your main fleet at all times, thus majority/all your torpedo planes will be equipped in the main fleet, leaving the dive bombers behind. Dive bombers(Suisei Model 12A) will then have to be equipped on the CV(L) in the support expedition which can also be further reinforced by spare torpedo bombers such as Ryuusei Kai. If you're asking which is better for support expedition, there are no exception but they share the similar damage.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Shells - You will need to craft at least 2 more Type 3 Shells and 3 Type 91 AP Shells. If you're able to get those 2 Type 1 AP Shells from quest, you won't have to worry about shortage of AP shells. Of course, extra shells would be most welcome if you managed to craft more than 4.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">There are alot more things i would like to share with you but i hate to make it into a composition and its my event as well. Instead, i would want to advise you a few things:

<p style="font-weight:normal;">1. Learn to EXPAND.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">I don't mean to expand the number of ship slot, fleet composition or repair slot. What i'm trying to say is learning to improve and find new shipgirls. A good example will be those fighter planes you have now, only 1 Shiden Kai II is not good enough. If you're able to find 8 Reppuu, kudos to you. However, don't limit yourself to one thing, learn to expand from quest and Akashi's improvement arsenal as well.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">2. Stay softcap and stay away from LSC.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Why you ask? Staying softcap gives you more resource per day from regeneration rather than counting on expedition everytime. As for LSC, i know that you constructed Yahagi from LSC which takes away alot of resource per failure. Thus, you have done 2 things wrong which is stocking up and doing LSC when you know that your fleet looks weak as compared to others.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">That's all from me, i hope you learn something today. Good luck and good hunting! o7