Talk:Tutorial: Leveling/@comment-62.20.108.18-20150112094058/@comment-25730832-20150112101648

If you're not above or near HQ lvl 80 yet, then 1-5 is the other way. Just pack yourself with 6 DDs of your choices (and add sonar + depth charges if you have them) then proceed to do 3 nodes (do not proceed after or you might be thrown into hard nodes) with Line abreast formation. The process isn't as fast as 4-3 since you only get 180(?) for each ship with FS + MVP of 540 XP being the highest you can get. It's also pretty good fatique wise. It'll be very very painstaking due to low exp but it's one way...once you reach HQ lvl 80 you'll be introduced to troll subs in the 1st node which will make your grinding day a nightmare...but still doable.

The other one that I have been doing myself is 4 XX 1 BB 1 SS in 3-2-A (XX being any ship but in this case DD). This one requires that your fleet be a bit more on the higher 25-30s for it to work well since you might not sink all abyssal fleet in time. The SS will tank "everything" and you should be able to gain 384 XP per ship and bonus from FS and MVP.

The downside (there's a lot) is it's painstakingly slow, your SS will usually get taiha'd forcing you to stop early or change SS, your fleet might not clear them in 2 phase making torpedo damage possible, fatique screws you up real fast and usually requires A LOT of waiting before next sortie, definitely not recommended for continuous grinding and so on...

The upside (which is why I'm doing it) is you can lvl a lot of DD and you can do something else while waiting. This is for me just because I can run about 2 runs that pulls their morale down low, start fixing subs and recover morale while doing something else then come back so I don't need to do it all the time (keeps me from getting bored too). It's also pretty friendly on resource since you're not grinding all the time.

You can also make it 2 XX 1 BB 1 SS and 2 CV/CVL instead for more pre-battle power and this way, you will usually change out 1/2 XX ship and 1 BB (and SS when it gets taiha'd) for continous grinding. This one also makes it a lot more friendier for lower level ships since CV/CVL can do half the job (most of the time).

In the end DD is a pain to level anyways so...good luck.