Talk:Fall 2016 Event/@comment-30205998-20161127145158

Hello guys, I have a little dilemma over the "worth" of doing E4 on Hard and I would appreciate some advice...

So I decided to do E4 on hard mainly because of the PFDC. That's the only thing I'm interested in.

I really, really want to get my CVB Zuikaku, and (for now) there is no other way for me to obtain a PFDC apart from those chain quests - which has another problem. I don't have access to Shoukaku to progress those quests, so you can see how badly I want this PFDC.

Ordinarily I would've just gone ahead on Normal for this since I know my ships aren't up to par with higher-tier difficulties.But I'm desperate, so I'm wondering for any veterans out there since I haven't done the Boss Gauge section yet - how "hard" would that supposed section be? I'm not entirely sure what sort of answer I want to this, but I just need something to appease my doubts that clearing this map on hard will - or will not - be a good idea.

I know all the information is available above in E4's section about the boss gauge difficulty, and I'm planning to go with a 2BB 2 FBB 2CV formation - I've saved my supposed best ships for this particular map - Nagato, Mutsu, Haruna, Hiei, Zuikaku and Kaga. Sadly, I do not have access to Bismarck or the other LSC giants. So I was just wondering for veterans who already cleared E4H, was the journey unbelievably difficult or something that it'd make you want to go back to Normal? I know the "difficulty" is subjective and depends entirely on how capable one's ships are, but I'd still like some sort of answer because I'm seriously debating whether to continue E4H or just give up and drop to E4N.

Also, I attached a photo of my current fleet doing the Transport Node. Since I don't use viewers, I'll just list their stats and equipment here:

Lvl 75 Verniy, 2x Daihatsu + 1x Daihatsu Type 89

Lvl 51 Suzuya, 1x 20.3cm Twin + 1x 15.5cm Triple + Zuiuns in the rest

Lvl 39 Kumano, 2x 20.3cm Twin + Zuiuns in the rest

Lvl 89 ABKM Kai Ni, 2x 20.3cm Twin + Kouhyouteki

Lvl 60 Yukikaze Kai, 2x 61cm Quint Torps + 1x 61cm Quad Torp

Lvl 83 Kaga Kai, 20 T0 Model 21 (Skilled), 20 Reppuu, 46 Reppuu, 12 Type 97 Torp Bombers (Skilled)

Thanks in advance!