Thread:Nep-Nep/@comment-26913812-20151116221628/@comment-24978536-20151121150808

Thanks :) I actually did my first sortie to E-5 Hard just now, and it ended surprisingly well, with my luck modernized Ikazuchi sinking the boss with a torpedo cut-in attack:

However, my overall impression of the map is that it is really frightening one. First of all, the route to the boss is very dangerous:

First battle was a day battle featuring a Elite late model DD, normal late model DD and 4 PT Imps in Line Ahead. Surprisingly though, the PT Imps were easy to kill and only the elite late model DD was left alive for torpedo talvo.

Second battle was a night battle, with bunch of late model DD (one elite version). That too is damn frightening, especially the elite version who is the flagship, as it can do double attacks.

Third battle is suprisingly not bad. It is a night battle with 4 Transports and 2 late model DD.

Then is the boss node. It is not so bad considering you can deploy a Boss Support expedition ( I didn't deploy that though) and I even managed to S-Rank it on my first try. The boss is quite durable though, and she only took scratch damage from double attacks by Shigure and Sendai. Ikazuchi's cut-in dealt very high damage though, but it might have been a crit.

The most annoying thing is that the map seems to have two stages: first is a resource drain phase where you have to carry drums and in the second phase I believe you have to start killing the boss. The resource drain phase alone is going to last for a fairly long time, considering I was carrying 4 drums and S-ranked the boss, yet the bar only lowered by 42 (318 / 360). I'm probably not going to carry any more drums though, as that would lessen my fleet's performance too much, and I need to farm for Arashi anyway.