Talk:Hiryuu/@comment-16545476-20150418171803

Been passing out rings for the past few months because there's this wave of ships hitting the 99 mark. Since most of them belongs to my core fleet and fought along with me in almost every event, I thought I might as well just hate my money and give the girls that reached 99 what they deserved.

Hiryuu just maxed out today and I'm quite surprised that she picked a date that's just a week away from the day I've met her (I got her in 2014 Spring E3). The Second Carrier Division was one of the earlier CVs I managed to obtain in this game and simply one of the most adorable ones in the bunch. They weren't exactly the best during that period (it was before they recieved their Kai Nis), but their charming personalities made up for their flaws and it was fun to have them around. After their Kai Nis, they always played a huge role in events and I couldn't imagine what I could have done without them.

Though I have to admit that I did neglect them for quite a while after AL/MI. After that event I noticed that not only was I ill-equipped, I also lacked a fleet with enough diversity to challenge a huge quest such as AL/MI. ( I did manage to clear that event in the end with my puny fleet though.) Since then the priority shifted to building up a reserve fleet that's strong enough to fend for themselves and the three new carriers that popped out together in AL/MI (Shoukaku, Zuikaku and Unryuu) took care of most of the day to day carrier duties ever since. It wasn't until recently after I finished leveling Amagi to a decent level did I have a chance to focus on my main fleet again.

It's quite pleasant to be able to sortie with ships that brings back my newbie memories. I don't mean that I hate the new ships that came to my docks, but these older ships just have a special place in the fleet that's really hard to replace. And next up is Souryuu......