Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-31118942-20170330193730/@comment-27862274-20170331003713

I'll try to do a concise and detailed analysis, taking into account that you are doing easy. Do note that the levels set below are soft set, meaning they aren't compulsory, but I would advise you to get them up to said standards.

Ships

 * DD - Recommended that 6-8 DD's are roughly level 50+. It's nice to see that all the core DA DD's are levelled i.e. Ayanami/Poi/Shigure. Try to level Yukikaze to 50-60, for night CI. Having OASW and Daihatsu is fairly irrelevant on easy. Lack of Akizuki class however will make your fleet more prone to bombers and air nodes.
 * CL - Level Abukuma to K2 form ASAP - High priority. Mini-sub/Daihatsu ability makes her very versatile (such as TP depletion or for taking out cannon fodder with pre-emptive torp). Also consider levelling Isuzu to K2. Not as important as Abukuma, but her powerful OASW significantly helps against early game event maps - i.e. Submarine Hime on E1.
 * CLT - Level both CLT to Kai Ni - High priority. Powerful DA/CI against installations. Easily shreds high armoured enemies - installation killer.
 * CA(V) - This department is the most worrying. CA's are the most important part of the fleet (subjectively of course). VERY highly recommended to level 4-6 CA to Kai (Myoukou class + Maya), 2 to Kai Ni if you can level them before the event. In terms of CAV's you will need a minimum of 2 above 40-50 (i've set the standard down a bit since you need to level a lot of ships).
 * CV(L) - CV and CVL's are generally fine. Level at least 4 of each class above level 50-60. Note that recent events are prioritised fast ships for routing, so it is recommended to level the Chitose sisters.
 * (F)BB(V) - Needs some levelling in this area as well - very important as well. Try to get Mutsu to level 40, and 3-4 FBB's to level 40-50, as they are integral to killing installations/armoured enemies.
 * No real need to level SS (last event was just an exception).
 * Level 1 AV to level 30-40, preferably Mizuho.
 * Get Akashi to Kai - repair dock + equipment improvement is useful.

Equipment (excluding hard to get equipment)

 * Craft at least 8 Ryuusei or Kai ver. Get one more Suisei M12A. Get around 8 of either Reppuu or Shiden K2 combined.
 * You are lacking radars. Radars aren't overly important, but for accuracy purposes in support expeditions you could consider crafting some. However, don't overdo crafting, especially if your resources are down.
 * Craft 2-4 more T3 depth charge and 2-4 more T3 Sonar.