Board Thread:Special Events/@comment-25730832-20150427154046/@comment-26097716-20150507061834

Finished this event a couple of days ago, thought I'd list out my setup here since a few people asked me about it and writing the loadout repeatedly is kinda tiring.

Some notes: First off, you're probably wondering "why two searchlights?". I simply forgot I left the searchlight on Hatsushimo, so you're better off replacing it with another Star Shell if you have any, or a Skilled Lookout (or simply a third torpedo if you have nothing better).

CI setup is a risk-and-reward game here, it gives very favorable results but the trigger rates and the targeting are the problem. If reliability is desired, double attack is the better option here (if you proc an actual crit, it works almost just as well as CI). I was being a little obstinate about doing the final kill with a CI shot.

The DDs can be replaced by any other DD. I was swapping around for repairing since there's no locking mechanism here, did last kill with Hatsushimo and Yukikaze (Shigure, Fubuki, Murakumo, Shimakaze were the other DDs I rotated).

CL choice is up to you as well, though I highly recommend Ooyodo or Yuubari as a night battle equipment mule while maintaining night DA, but if you're able to fit the equipment on other ships or if you simply don't care, you can use any other CLs too. One misconception people have about Yuubari is how fragile she is; yes, she's fragile for a CL but it doesn't really matter when even a Nagato-class gets one-shot here frequently anyway.

Regarding Night Scout, it is very helpful if it procs. The exact formula isn't clear yet (and probably, will never be clear unless KDKW wants to be nice), but general consensus is that the proc rate is affected by the number of planes in the slot (hence my Tone choice), as well as the level of the kanmusu that has it equipped. What is written on this wiki is misleading; it does not increase critical hit rate, but rather hit rate on a whole (by 10%). The overall proc rate is still pretty low so don't count on it too much; I had it proc almost every single time at the yasen node but merely 3 times out of dozens at the boss node itself.

I removed FCF for the final kill and equipped a Type 32 Radar on Haguro instead. Takes a good amount of luck to do the final kill with 5 or less kanmusu's available for night battle and luck doesn't go along with me that well.