Board Thread:Special Events/@comment-1820055-20150207023715/@comment-26071777-20150212074055

HQ101 Hard Mode

What. a. resource. nightmare. Entered E-5 with 33K fuel, and quickly ran out of resources when I hit last dance. Had to regen for nearly 4 days to continue short bursts of runs each day. Every single run from first until last was done with all 12 ships sparkled above 53 moral, while running both pre-boss and boss support. It obviously didn't help my resource situation that my Yamatos were getting boomed here and there. Cheers to my ignorance and naivety for thinking that 50K fuel/ammo was enough for a "medium-sized" event.

First Fleet

Chikuma (80) - 2xSKC34 20.3cm, obs seaplane, FuMO25 Radar

Yamato (82) - 51cm Prototype, 46cm, obs seaplane, Type 91 AP

Musashi (72) - 2x46cm, obs seaplane, Type 1 AP

Kongou (90) - 46cm, 38cm kai, obs seaplane, Type 1 AP

Haruna (118) - 46cm, 41cm Prototype, obs seaplane, Type 91 AP

Kaga (95) - Reppu, Reppu (601 Group), Reppu (601 Group), Saiun

Second Fleet

Yukikaze (62) - 61cm Quint, 61cm Quad, Searchlight

Jintsuu (66) - 2x20.3cm(no.3), Star Shell

Bismarck (88) - 46cm, 38cm Kai, night recon, Type 91 AP

Shigure (85) - 2x61cm Quad, Type 33 Radar

Ooi (94) - 2x20.3cm(no.3), hyoteki

Kitakami (94) - 2x61cm Quint, hyoteki

Ran a total of 11 times in daily bursts of 3. Reached boss node 4 times. Contrary to many suggestions, I did not completely take out my 46cms from FBBs because I wouldn't be able to hit daytime FP cap, which I found to be essential in disabling BB himes as every FP point counts. I discounted the accuracy penalty as significant enough to warrant reconsideration.

Final run support knocked 130 off the 3rd hime and 35 off the Wo. The torpedo lesbians took down the Wo in openings. Yamato really worked hard the last couple of runs, consistently hitting BB hime with >150 AP cut-ins, and >100 doubles. Unfortunately, 2nd fleet took ate some pews (from a taiha'd BB hime no less) and I entered NB with this:



Flare and searchlight proc'd, night recon failed as usual. Yukikaze failed as usual despite being flag, but her single torp took down the taiha'd hime. Jintsuu surprisingly scores some major damage against boss. Bismarck and the perpetually angry torpedo lesbian play with the other hime, and KTKM-sama pulls through for me with a cut-in on the boss, which I could have sworn would end up heading towards the BB hime.

This interestingly was my first clean kill, and now also my last. Medetashi medetashi.