Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-31118942-20181213071139/@comment-26366865-20181213153804

You seem to have most of the powerful ships at decent levels, which should be enough for the next event. There is still a few points you could improve on though:

DD: you’re still missing a couple of Daihatsu carriers like Fumizuki and Arare, which are always nice to have for the inevitable transport maps. You should also level Sammy B. to a decent level – being able to use OASW with a single SONAR is great for those maps where getting to the boss is harder than killing it.

CA: looks fine for a small scale event, but there’s a real risk you’ll run out of high level CAs on a large scale one. With all the routing restrictions we get on Hard, it’s not unusual to end up locking 4 on a single map.

BB: I’d get Musashi to Kai Ni level, just in case. Even if you don’t plan on upgrading her now, being able to do so in a pinch could be useful.

CV: like it or not, Intrepid is one of the most powerful carriers in the game, so leaving her at level 1 is really hurting your fleet. You should also train Taihou some more, to somewhat compensate her terrible evasion.

Other: AVs sometimes see use on transport maps, so having at least one at a high level would be good. Hayasui also get used a lot on Hard, and if you want to use her somewhere other than as escort flagship (which is not always ideal) you’ll need to train her some more.

As for equipment, you really need to sit down and actually plan your upgrades – you have a lot of half-improved stuff that’s not really giving you any stats, and are effectively wasted.

By far the biggest concern is the lack of Taiteis – if we get another 11 range, armor-capped boss like Winter ’18, you’re extremely unlikely to kill it as you won’t be able to bring all your LBAS to attack it. If Akitsushima shows up, I suggest you make farming her your top-priority.

Finally, lol at the 129 Ro.43s.