Talk:Summer 2014 Event/@comment-24903916-20140822185045

Throwing in the towel for E-6. Here are my reasons:

My ship levels are probably just way too low (avg lvl 72), not to mention Aoba is utterly useless even after I powerlevel her 10+ levels. Sending Aoba and Kinugasa in is like sending in a 49-hp CL and a second-rate CA with literally nothing bar from sheer luck keeping you from getting hammered by enemy BBs. And power grinding them on 3-2A drains the resources and time I need for hitting the boss.

The Hime is still at ~3850/4000. I've only got to her once and that was by some freak amount of luck as my lvl 50-60ish ships sailed toward her with no more damage than 1 yellow ship. At the very least I can say I saw her and I know what you guys faced. I completely underestimated her armor, all this time I was optimistic, believing CAs had become OP in night battle everytime I saw them blast things at 125+ damage a shot, and then came to a rude awakening when Aoba cut-ined Hime for a paltry 40hp, total. And I always thought my lower TTK lvl would help. Barely. Having Aoba in the fleet is basically like facing 2 Himes already, and I have a chance of that really happening to me.

Honestly, I'd rather take the time left in this event and abuse the fact I can grind 12 ships at Midway with minimal TTK xp inflation. Constantly bashing my head against the wall that is E-6 for 350 admiral xp a pop is just plain stupid for another destroyer (Of which I recently swamped my roster with (Hamakaze, Harusame, Tokitsukaze, Yuugumo, Hatsukaze, etc)).

At the very least, I learned how to really grind in 3-2A, and now I have another third-rate and second-rate CA in my roster (Aoba and Kinugasa) as well as a better leveled Chiyoda and CLTs.

Lost Sakawa, Lost Isokaze. At the very least Shioi is with me from when I just started, and at least Shioi is a helluva a lot more useful than another destroyer.