Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-32647310-20171015050812/@comment-32647310-20171016214636

 As I mentioned, I have taken a peek at the stats and such and I am quite cognizant of what's good and what's 'meh'. I don't live by those pages like I do others (such as the Expeditions, but when I want to double-check something, that is one of the first places I go. I am aware that there is a semblance of BS to my explinations (I can hear it now: "artwork is your measure? Really?", "Bust-size for said artwork is a significant factor...seriously?"), I get it. But I don't think anybody can help but explain their reasons for doing a thing that goes against the objective facts when it comes to stats and such. For me, a prime example is Hamakaze; no she is not the best DD objectivly speaking. Her stats aren't top-tier, but she's not mid-tier average either...but just like you love your Taigei, Hamakaze is mine...and people do silly things, knowing full well that they are silly, for the things they like and care about.

 This said, I am less concerned about how others approach me (I have a thick skin and not easily offended or upset)...but I am far more concerned how I come across to others. The way I see it, I came here asking for help/advice; I expect to catch flak for it...but that does not mean I should come off as a jerk or anything (you guys are helping me out, remember?).

As far as putting together the Transport Escort fleet, that was primarily an example of where I stand on things; I am well aware that Events can be pretty dammed big (I stated I participated and cleared the Summer 2017 event). It's more to the point that even though I don't have all of the 'good' girls, I have enough to do the job if I absolutly had to do so...and given my (admittedly, limited) expeirence, I wouldn't put all my good girls in one fleet without planning for it in advance. Using Summer 2017 as an example, I didn't break out Yuudachi, Hamakaze or other strong ships until I was certain I was going to do E5/6 on Easy. I knew I was going to need some of my strongest girls for those 2 maps and I wasn't going to risk them getting locked out of those.



Fackifiknow wrote:

K2 stock equipment dosen't mean nearly as much as you might think. For the most part they are just a by-product of getting the actual prize which is the K2 ship, in the not too distant future you will literally be awash in searchlights and starshells so K2'ing Ayanami for those rather than for a top notch fighting DD is the absolute wrong way of looking at it. The 12.7B K2 (poi gun) is just a stop gap untill you've got several 10cm aafd's (Aki guns). Just speaking of Akizuki class also brings up aaci, Aerial Combat you're going to need a crystal clear understanding of not only how it works but what to use on who and when. I think you may have been misinterpreting my thought-process.

If I pick up a ship I don't already have (for example, say, Kisaragi), I will take a look at what she comes with and how far she can be upgraded. In Kisaragi's case, she can get to K2, so I am going to at least level her to K2. I then take a look to see if she is required for any quests and then at her stat-line. The fact of the matter is that Kisaragi does not bring much to the table that most others don't already bring or do better...but she's got some nice gear (Poi Gun, Triple O2 Torp and the Boiler), which means she's an Expedition Slave until her quests are done and I start running out of space.

As far as AACI goes, I think I have a pretty good handle on that... I just don't have the equipment/ships that I want for it. At best, I have Maya and know how to set up Isuzu for her AACI if needed and a non-aki DD for the task as well...

For Suzuya/Kumano, I don't see a reason to turn them into CVLs... okay, for some quest-related stuff, sure, but to keep them there? I'm not sure about that; they are potent CAVs, but not really good CVLs...unless I'm missing something other than plan-slot size/distribution.

On WGs - holy hell in a handbasket batman, tell me about it! I kept running into bosses and such that said "oh, you should totally have WG42's...they're near-required equipment to deal with certain things" in their notes and just found myself staring at the screen going "are you f**king kidding me? Unbuildalbe and you can only get it from 1 ship that drops during events only?!? Seriously?!?"...effectivly forcing me to bully my way through the hard way. Let me tell you, a CAV with SKC34, 203mm/53 +2x WG42's make installation bosses cry!

As far as your advice on exploring the wiki and asking questions; that's exactly why I'm here now. That is exactly why I made this post in the first place. I've looked over the wiki, the reddit and the internet in general, bullied my way through to 5-5 (1 kill down, 4 to go!) and generally feeling I'm getting by without too much salt/frusteration on the regular maps. But I felt it was time I reached out to the people who know far more about this game than I do and get a San-Check of sorts; get a sort of sense of where I stand, how I'm doing overall.

With this in mind, it is clear that I need to put more love into my CAV-game, press a little harder on Myoukou and Haguro and get some more TLC to Yuubari and Ooyodo.

Again, thanks for your feedback and thoughts. I do appreciate it.