Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-27789289-20160306121058/@comment-26486243-20160324112021

Unfortunately in recent events KDKW has been consistently sending fleets containing multiple CV into very, very bad nodes, making getting CAs and DDs levelled a much higher priority than it used to be just last year. At the same time, it made getting good fighters in particular quite important since you're leaving either 2 CVLs or 1 CV to get Air Superiority against multiple abyssal carriers. So levelling standard carriers now isn't normally a good idea any more, since you already have both carriers at K2A you might as well complete the quest chain early.

CLs aren't that important during events. Abukuma, Jintsuu and Ooyodo are generally all you need for events. And you already have all three. DDs-wise, the main ones you already have except Shimakaze. CAs would probably be the biggest thing you have to work on at the moment. Of the ones that don't use BPs, the strongest are the Myoukou 4. It's a bit of a different experience since there are very few things CAs do in normal maps that CLs can't also do except carry T3 shells, but the past few events have had several nodes that appear to be designed specifically for CAs to do.

Resources wise, you don't really need THAT much. For the events I did, Summer used up only about 1.5x softcap, while Fall and Winter used about half softcap resources each respectively, including Taihou LSCs I did in the middle of the event. If you want to be safe you can store 2x softcap, but as long as you're not sending BBs against anything that moves you'll tend to have plenty left over. Buckets is somewhat more of a problem. 600 would be needed for safety.