Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-26410835-20151110040000/@comment-26490231-20151110044440

Hey there, I'm not an expert when I comes to Hard Mode, But I do know the jist of what Hard Mode requires. So I'll try my best to evaluate.

DDs - Requires 8 DDs all 75+, Idealy 80. I'm not seeing Shimakaze or Yuudachi at all, they're both really good DDs that you don't want to miss out on, Especially Shimakaze. Shigure requires a bit more levels.

CLs - You really only need 2 CLs for events. Sendai is fine, I say get Jinntsu to to 80. Abukuma is great as a CL Main too since she can use Midget Subs, but unless you have her close to K2 and a BP ready, I say don't bother about it.

CLT - Kitakami and Ooi both to 80 would be ideal.

CA - Ehh.... No Haguro? Honestly, your CA Line isn't that bad, but it's missing a few key ships (Choukai and Haguro), Atago and Aoba is great, but I personally would put them as a reserve ship instead. Right now just use what you have I guess, Make sure you get Atago to 80.

CAV - Again, same thing with your CA Line, okayish, missing a few key ships and levels.

CVL - Chitose and Zuihou needs more levels. Also missing Chiyoda.

CV - Shoukaku heavily missing levels, otherwise fine.

BB - Okay, but for Hard Mode, you may require Yamato or Musashi

Overall, You're fleet all looks okay, but you are missing a lot of key ships. Not that it's now made it impossible for you to clear Hard, but you'll probably struggle a bit with it. Still, I'm basing this off last event, which was a royal pain in the a*s, and this event has been confirmed not as difficult as last one.

Onto Equipments.

Requires 1 more AP Shell, at least 2 more Reppuu Fighters, and more Suisei Model 12A if you want to run support expeditions, if not, don't worry about them.

Improvement wise, Get all AP shells to 6*, followed by 20.3cm (no3) to 4* and then 41cm to 4* (not all, just a few cannons ~4)

After that, if you feel you need more firepower for you CAs, get a few 20.3cm (no2) to 4* and finally Quint Torps to 4*.

Finally, I have to say this again, I am not that experienced with Hard Mode, I only know the jist of it, so I may be slightly wrong by pushing you too much to overprepare yourself.