Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-27789289-20160306121058/@comment-65.16.26.159-20160310125002

3-5 south route is luck, pure and simple. You can sparkle, but closing torpedoes will still send you back quite frequently. Its main advantage over the north route is cost efficiency, except buckets. Abukuma can help by potentially taking one ship down before shelling, but even that can only go so far. If you don't mind refreshing when you get sent north, there are some ships you can add to the south route to make things slightly easier, mostly by way of providing some air superiority and/or another opening torpedo. I generally just suffer through the loss of buckets, since the KC staff obviously doesn't like frequent page refreshing.

On LSC, by all means, go after whomever you like. I got a string of very lucky LSCs last September to finish out my 'required' set, but I know many other friends that are still struggling to complete it, two that have been playing longer than I have. I only meant to say that can be helpful, but not necessary.

I'm working on getting all of my CAs and CLs to a baseline of level 70, at the moment. Assuming that fleet locking will be back with a vengeance in Spring and Summer, I want to be ready. Good luck on your preparations.