Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-11700680-20170331050940/@comment-27862274-20170401080530

ok, im back :) It's a bit hard to recommend areas to improve when you are doing a mixed difficulty since shiplock only occurs during medium/hard, so ill write this on the basis of full medium+, with the assumption the event is large with 3 shiplocks.

Fleet recommendations for Medium+

 * DD's - At least 8-12 DD's above level 80. Balance the OASW, Daihatsu, DA/CI, AACI of your fleet.


 * CL's - 3-4 CL's are enough, all above level 80. Abukuma is a must.


 * CLT - 2-3 CLT's above level 80.


 * CA(V)- 6-8 CA's above level 80, though 8 CA's are recommended. 4 CAV's above level 80. All Myoukou class + Maya should be Kai Ni.


 * (F)BB(V) - 4-6 FBB, 2 BB, 2 BBV, all above level 80. 2 Heavier BB's like Yamato and Musashi may help in endgame maps.


 * CV(L/B) - 6-8 CV's are recommended. Having 2+ CVB's will help. 4-6 CVL's. All above level 80. 4+ Fast CVL's.


 * Auxiliaries - Have all auxiliaries above level 40-50, e.g. Akitsushima, Akitsumaru for routing purposes . Have at least 1-2 AV's.

Equipment

 * 4-6 of T3 and AP shell. All AP shells improved 6 star +
 * This isn't too important. Have roughly 4 Daihatsu, 2 T2 Amphibious landing craft, 2 Daihatsu (T89)
 * Minimum 8-10 Reppuu/Shiden K2, 6-8 Ryuusei Kai, 6-8 Suisei M12A. Your worst blue bomber should be a Ryuusei.
 * 4 WG42 (though difficult to get)
 * 12+ T3 Sonar, 6+ T3 Depth Charge. 1-2 T4 Sonar.
 * 4+ 20.3cm(3) guns. Enough 20.3(2) guns to fill the rest of the CA guns when you run out of 20.3(3). 20.3(3) guns 6 star +
 * No real requirement for radars, but have most of them at T32 or T33.
 * 35.6cm Maxed, 35.6cm Proto 6 star + or maxed, 41cm Proto 6 star + or maxed. Can consider improvement foreign guns if you have enough screws/resources.
 * All T96 LBAS bombers must be converted to T1 LBAS bombers. At least 4-6 LBAS bombers in fleet. Interceptors don't matter too much. 2-3 Large flying boat/Catalina for extra LBAS range. 4-6 T21 (Skilled), for securing the air + long range. Can consider improving T21 skilled.
 * 4 Ship repair facilities
 * Searchlight - Maxed
 * 4 Seaplane fighters, preferably all T2 Seaplane Kai and above AA.