Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20171007024755/@comment-32781876-20171023221545

Shinhwalee wrote: There is also the "Eve of Battle" Limited-time lines by Nishimura Fleet members. The thing is, Devs did something like this before during AL/MI back in 2014 with Akagi and Kaga, where ships related to the upcoming event's operation motif were given special lines beforehand.

Sometimes Drop/Reward doesn't have to do with Event theme.

And considering this Event is only Part 1 of the "entire operation", if we speak in terms of a Large-Scale Event, then this is only E-1 to E-3 while Winter Event (Part 2) would be like E-4 to E-7, where the actual Event-related Ship could be in Part 2.

Either way they still haven't 100% confirmed it will be Leyte Gulf even with all these hints. So just gotta wait till further info. If characters themselves are referring to the event then it seems like there's nothing to do about it. My theory is in ruin :) But I like to think that one day we will get to fight this battle (Ten-Go was not referred to in previous events as far as I know)

It would be quite puzzling tough...like what does it mean that it's two parts of one large operation? Is progress in autumn going to be transferred to winter event? I feel like Leyte would actually be the right bet, Shinhwalee. Here's why: (gotta love changing opinions on the go)

If we take battle of Leyte which was stretched over roughly 3 weeks (starting in October and ending in November) and 6 naval battles and..say...divide it so that each kancolle map represents one battle...it wouldln't be much of a stretch '''. '''The first battle wasn't really a battle as admiral Kurita's and Nishimura's fleets were intercepted by submarines (here we kiss Takao-class bye bye) so it would fit with general pattern of previous events having a sub map as E-1. Plus, this encounter was mid-way to main area of fighting, Sibuyan Sea.

That's where aircrafts mauled IJN (farewell Musashi) and escaped with close to no losses. I feel like Surface Task Force is in order and this engagement would be E-2. Now since it's a short event, we wouldn't have more than 3 maps. And it just so happens to be a big naval battle that's next in order. Or one-sided slaughter, if we are precise. Nishimura's fleet was literally blown off the ocean's surface by large u.s. battleship group with escort. That's known as Battle of Surigao Strait. There were PT Boats so say hello to our PT Imp pals. (plus PTSD for poor DDs, but mostly Fusou and Yamashiro). Since there were many u.s. battleships, we might get our elusive friend Iowa to show up.

And that's all for possible E-3. For next event there would be 3 more engagements left to complete (which would qualify for medium-scale main operation plus some creative thinking with extra maps) featuring Battle of Samar (basically BBs VS CVs) that was last main battle and Battle of Cape Engano (one-sided carrier duel) which was admiral Ozawa's bait fleet. But we're stepping on thin ice here since these engagements were less of a battle but more of a hunt-down-for-good.

However, this might be where alternative history kicks in. If we take autumn event as just Leyte we can expect winter one to be pushing this offensive forward. (What that could mean, only Tanaka knows)

So that's it. Seems like there's a lot of solid data pointing towards Battle of Leyte Gulf as well. I will just leave it here unless a certain someone with nickname beginning with "S" and ending with double "e" will debunk it with one extremely accurate remark ;)