Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28265054-20160710100732/@comment-460323-20160717074501

^Unless there's a change in AACI mechanic, non-Akizuki AACI can only shoot down 3 planes at best while Maya K2 can shoot down 8 planes per slot, which is why everyone goes oooo with Maya.

Speaking of neglected, I think Ayanami K2 is one of them. She has the second highest FP for installation, third highest NBFP for DA, and has sufficiently high luck for torp CI especially if you place her as FS. She's pretty much Yuudachi + Shigure crammed into one ship.

AV is rarely used in event branching, if ever, but they're nice to have for transport combined fleet as they contribute the most base point out of all ship class if I remember correctly.

4 Reppuu is probably not enough for anything. Since CVs' main job is to secure AS+ for minimal air strike damage + allowing artilerry spotting, good dive/torp bombers are mostly optional unless they throw another E6 at us.

Lastly, assuming that OP's been crafting a few extra drums, exp 2/5/21 is probably better as it focuses strictly on fuel/ammo and probably exp 11/24 when he sleeps to boost his bauxite count. Exp 5/11 can be done with 5 sparkled ships while 21/24 can be done with 2 unsparkled + 4 sparkled ships given sufficient extra drum that can be easily crafted.