Talk:World 3/@comment-24069043-20180207033955/@comment-26082284-20180207123323

Not much options really. Four ships are predetermined. Fifth decides routing - you can either go north (third BB(V)), mid (second DD) or long route (CV(B)). Sixth ship can be almost anything besides BB/CV/Akitsu Maru (as those alter routing), but SSV help evade Hoppo attacks and can supplement SPF. Alternatives are AV, CAV, CL or CLT, depending on whether you want to maximize evasion, torpedo or seaplane fighter capacity. But whatever you take you'll be relying on AACI, evasion and prayer to get past Hoppo.

Oh, in theory you could also take 2CLT instead and go north route, but that would pit a number of vulnerable ships against two air-heavy and hard hitting nodes. Not really good idea.