Talk:Souryuu/@comment-25857836-20150222130633/@comment-16545476-20150311170526

If you have the time, yes. The Egusa Squadron are extremely useful in support expeditions with their high extra accuracy bonus and they can easily wipe out or heavily damage one or two tough enemy vessels. If your dealing with ordinary enemies, it's not uncommon for those planes to wipe out half or 2/3 of the your enemies in one support shelling. (Mine support fleet usually wipes out an average of half of the enemy fleet during 2014 Fall and 2015 Winter. )

Of course, it comes with a hefty price: Souryuu farming costs an average of 10,000~15,000 or so in fuel and ammo if you're grinding in 3-2-A and you'll be needing around 12~16 of those planes for maximum effect, depending on which setup you prefer: 3 Egusas+1 Radar, or straight up 4 Egusas. (I went with the good old 16.)

A number of admirals on nico nico did notice the huge difference the Egusa Squadron 99s brought in support expeditions, and would usually recommend if you don't have an issue on opening a ranch and have the dumb patience to grind Souryuu, it's a worthy investment in the long run if you really don't want to get f*cked during seasonal events.

Though I don't regret farming 16 Souryuus in the past 6~7 months (and weirdly my reserve fleet now is as strong as the main fleet thanks to the 16+11 Souryuus and Hiryuus), put in mind that I sacraficed almost all of my LSC attempts and is still stocking resources for Taihou, 401 and Musashi. Which is worth your investment is up to you to decide.