Talk:Fall 2016 Event/@comment-3131745-20161123014114

Foolproof E3 debuff in 9 easy steps:

1 - Choose a difficulty in E3. No need to actually enter the map, just choose the difficulty and return to Home screen. DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP!

2 - Grab your best subs and load them with your best boilers/evasion enhancing equips.

3 - Load both your land bases with 3x interceptor/fighter + Saiun. Set both to Base Defense. Yes, Saiun improves the defense.

4 - Send your subs to E2. Line Ahead all the way. Don't worry about routing, you want base raids, not boss kills. Two successful base defenses (white text) in one run, to be more specific. Keep doing it until you get it. Don't forget to resupply your land bases and let them rest if they get orange morale. Once you're done with this step, you can empty the bases.

5 - Build a SLOW CTF, as suggested above, in the E3 tab. You can use your planned clearing CTF, just make sure that it is SLOW (switch a FBB for a BB(V), or a fast CVL for a slow CVL, for example). Mind the shiplocks, if you're planning on doing E4 and E5 on Normal/Hard. Recycle your E2 fleet, same tags.

6 - Send the fleet to E3. It should go to node D (slow fleet). If it goes to node E, choose node H. From H, it's 100% node J. After node J, you can return to base, no need to go to boss yet. Or you can go, to test the fleet. Make sure you S-rank nodes D, H and J.

7 - Build a FAST STF. Make sure that it has 2 DDs in escort (no more, no less) and 5 or less historical ships. This is important! Again, mind the shiplocks. Also, make sure that your have enough LoS, to avoid A-M dead end. I did it with 80.75 (new)/42.69 (F33).

8 - Send the fleet to E3. If it goes node E, choose node I. From node I, it should go to node K. After node K, you can return to base, no need to go to boss yet. Or you can go, to test the fleet. Make sure you S-rank nodes C and K.

9 - Upon return to base, if you did everything right, you should hear a quest complete chime. Congratulations, you just debuffed E3! Build your clearing fleet and go get that french lady, and possibly a certain green haired girl!

Remember that if, at any point before clearing E3, you change E3 difficulty, the debuff may reset.