Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-26829170-20151005092805/@comment-26829170-20151005105616

Stremespoats wrote:

I'm not a veteran of hard so i may only point out certain things i know from my experience. You have a well trained fleet ready to enter Hard mode, but you're still lacking good equipments. Not only that, i see some shipgirls that should not be amissed from your list. Lacking number of shipgirls is going to hinder you alot if you screw up shiplocking.

CV(L): Don't you have Shoukaku and Taihou? Their ability to launch planes in Chuuha is remarkable and may provide you an edge when you need them. Also, you should not restrict yourself to 4 CVL, there should be more of them like Hiyou and Zuihou(though not impressive stats). You never know if you need them for extra shiplocking.

CL: Train up Abukuma and remodel her, you're going to need her alot.

CA(V): You should continue to level up Nachi to remodel her to kai ni. Your CAV looks abandoned, consider leveling Chikuma to kai ni as well.

Equipments: You should craft more Ryuusei Kai and Suisei Model 12A. They will be helpful to you especially the suisei for support expedition. You should look all ways to expand your arsenal and get as many good equipments as possible. For example: Train up your Myoukou class and they will grant you 2 additional 20.3cm (No.2) guns each, you can further improve it into 20.3cm (No.3) if you have enough screws for Akashi upgrade.

However don't restrict yourself to the 20.3cm and think of other equipments that need improving such as AP shells and 41cm twin. Look for quest that might give you screws and better equipments, they will make your life easier.

Yes you may clear Hard Mode, but lacking good equipments and shipgirls might hinder you abit. Meanwhile, if you happen to get an opportunity to farm, aim for Ooyodo. She has a very important equipments that you must not amiss.(Fleet Command Facility)

Good Luck! o7 I don't have Shoukaku or Taihou, might have to wait for Zuikaku Kai Ni. Hiyou and Zuihou just don.t drop for me whereever i look for them or even construct.

I'm working on Nachi ATM but Chikuma might take a while.