Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-2210863-20150707233130/@comment-26574811-20150708030240

Warnipple wrote: What would I need for 2 Carrier Forces? More CVs? I was thinking 2 CVs and 2 CVLs per fleet would be enough but I would need more?? I can probably get Zuikaku and Katsuragi up to 70 before the event but that will cost some resources... you mentioned leveling Zuikaku to 70, this should solve the problem quite a bit.

ideally 2 Carrier Forces requires 8 CVs, you can substitute them with CVLs at the cost of weaker power and more risks of having to retreat half-way. with Zuikaku, you can have 2 Carrier Forces with 2CVLs and 1 CV fighting the weaker stage, and 4CV fighting the stronger. (or 2CVL 2CV & 3CV, depending on the difficulty of the stages), I kept 2 of your CVLs as reserves, because the devs could decide to apply the ship lock to support fleets, too, and you would have to keep 2 CVLs free for that. If that's not the case, you can have 3CVL 1CV & 4CV or 2CVL 2CV & 1CVL 3CV.

So after Zuikaku steps in, I would suggest you switch between CVL fleet/CV Fleet/Surface fleet according to the levels. And still, prepare lots of resources.