Talk:Fall 2016 Event/@comment-112.203.37.75-20161128132323/@comment-25174240-20161128143541

@  Kipsnak Well, it depends. (Really unsatisfying to the listener to start an answer this way, I know).

Some players have all 3 crossroads ships at high level going into E5 hard (Nagato, Sakawa and Prinz Eugen) but choose to leave Nagato behind because she would slow down the fleet and route to an extra node. If you have only 2 CV and slow CVLs left due to lock out then it renders this strategy moot.

2 CVs and a strong CVL (think of Junyou and Ryuujou kai ni with great fighters in their big slots) are enough to get air superiority in E5 hard. Say this because not everyone has the complete Uunryuu class or both Crane sisters. CarDiv 2 is usually stuck in E2 routing. CarDiv1 is chosen by many players to prop up E4. Graf Zepplin and Aquila are.... special girls and have .... more important things to do around the base rather than sail around E5 hard. Taihou is from LSC, I cannot safely assume most players have her. Taihou, Shoukaku and Zuikaku - any two of the 3 at high level means the 3 CV(L) is there to push up the fighter numbers due to casualties taken from fighting to the boss node - but this 3rd CV(L) mustn't have plane slots that are too small (*cough* Graf Zeppelin equipment slot with 3 fighters*cough*).

However, if you bring Nagato along then it doesn't matter. My point of bringing it up was to make the OP aware of his/her situation and plan accordingly before commiting ships to be map and accidentally locking out ships that could be used for E5 hard (since OP indicated a decision to engage in E4 medium, E5 hard is entirely possible).

I don't know the details of both your fleets, hence I advised caution.