Talk:Summer 2014 Event/@comment-70.24.177.50-20140809174025/@comment-1914684-20140809180347

I don't think somewhat underleveled ship is too much of a disadvantage (I am T75 - well not that high; but I am above the 60 cut). While I haven't cleared yet, I am using mostly sub-40 ships, and with the latest ship combination and I reach boss last 3 out of 4 tries (after 7-8 botched tries). The minimum should be a Kai-ship after reasonable amount of merging. Here is a few things that helped:

1) Focus in defending on the way, and I always take the most turtling formation. Don't even bother try to sink everything in the troll sub node and carrier node, just try not to take damage (abrest and diamond; the enemy is usually weak enough that half of them dead in the end anyway, but the real goal is try to slip through). I use double line on the night node. Offense is not always the best defense.

2) Somehow changing the ship order can cause the sub to go after another ship. In my light cruiser - aviation battleship - aviation battleship - light carrier - light carrier - heavy cruiser, the sub always went after the battleship, and damage taken is usually managable.

3) Use an equipment set that you would normally use for 2-5 runs. My total LOS is less than 300, but I have 120+ with the 2-5 LoS formula (I have even taken off some recon equipment to boost firepower).