Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-11700680-20171107054908/@comment-27862274-20171110094957

For full hard clear you need around 120-150 buckets. Most of that would be spent on the last map E3, maybe around 70 buckets or more depending on your ability to clear LD. So as of right now, you have 2 choices, to either clear E1 and E2 on Hard + E3 normal/easy (allowing you to farm E3) or you could attempt to clear all 3 maps (leaving approx 20-30 buckets for farm + 8 ish buckets per day left after clearing). If you wanted to conserve buckets you could attempt E1 (easy/normal), E2 (med) + E3 (hard). So now you must choose between getting the E3 equipment or farming. Of course, keep spamming exp 2 and finish the daily quests. Just remember to manage your bucket count carefully.

In terms of general ship levels they are a bit under. For hard you would expect levels around lv 80-90 or even 85-95 range. Since the event is small, shiplocking has a smaller impact, but for future events i'd highly advise improving your DD area. Normally you want around 8-12 DD's above level 80, with maybe 4-6 above level 90. Let's say that 12 DD's were used, that would mean you would be forced to deploy a level 66 Kawakaze into the map (your 12th ship). By having your 12th ship at level 80 minimum you eliminate that weakness. From what i see, Peroim is right, you are lacking TCI DD's, which may prove to be a problem, so consider getting Ayanami/Shigure/Kasumi in the future. Another problem i've noticed is the lack of Daihatsu carriers, which will slowdown the rate of TP depletion, especially on med/hard. Certain enemies such as Artillery Imp and Depot Princess may make it a pain for you - consider BP'ing more Asashio class DD's in future. Level up your CA's more, with the average level around 80 (around 8 total at level 80+). Everything else is fine, possibly consider levelling Hayasui, since she can carry Ryuusei and become a mini CV with SCAMP.

Equipment wise you look fine. LBAS looks a bit weak, consider converting more T96 to T1 via quarterly quest.

In terms of BP usage, i think Michishio and the Fusou sisters have a high likelihood of being in final map due to being historical (don't completely trust me on this yet, i can't remember where i saw this). So maybe save BP, let the frontliners complete E3, and then decide on BP usage.