Talk:Summer 2014 Event/@comment-25208555-20140721192550/@comment-24978536-20140721195808

You can probably clear at least couple maps in the event as the difficulty is based on your HQ level, so I don't recommend you to give up completely with it. You might regret on missing out on some ship girls later. Or well, at least I do, as I could have easily tried the latest spring event, but as a beginner Teitoku was too intimidated by the amount of stars in the maps. I ended up missing out on Amatsukaze, who I'd say is around my top ten favourite ship girls. I wouldn't have necessarily been able to get her anyway, but I regret that I didn't even try to.

There is also a blog here in wiki from someone who started playing Kan Colle during the spring event with Amatsukaze as his goal, and he actually managed to get her, even though she was a reward for clearing the third map of the event. So it certainly is possible to clear at least some maps, even for a beginner.

Besides, you won't lose anything from just trying the event out. Just retreat if your ships get damaged to red. Don't make the same mistake I did, and miss out on the event completely.