Spring 2015 Event

Introduction
Date for the Spring 2015 Event is April 28th (provisional). The approximate length is 20 days. This event will have CVs as the core, so get your CVs ready!

Spring 2015 Event starts April 28!

April 28 2015 11:00:00 +0900 ("date may be subject to change" - see tweet)

Patch Notes

 * 1) Event Details
 * 2) * Named "Order! 11th Battle Operation"
 * 3) * Planned duration of 20 days
 * 4) * Difficulty settings, like in Winter 2015 Event. See special mechanics section on this article.
 * 5) ** This time around, you will not be able to jump up the difficulty from Easy -> Hard after a map. To be able to use "Hard" setting, you must clear the previous map either on Medium or Hard itself. Only jumping up two difficulty levels is not allowed, other combinations stick to the old rules.
 * 6) ***【 BAD 】 Easy  >  Easy  >  Hard  (not possible because easy jumped to hard)
 * 7) ***【OK】 Easy  >  Medium  >  Hard 
 * 8) ***【OK】 Medium  >  Easy  >  Medium 
 * 9) ***【OK】 Medium  >  Medium  >  Hard 
 * 10) ***【OK】 Hard  >  Hard  >  Easy 
 * 11) ***【OK】 Hard  >  Hard  >  Medium 
 * 12) * A well-trained aircraft carrier-centric Carrier Task Force is going to be important
 * 13) * Tweet hints on ship-locking but not confirmed
 * 14) * Possibly related to the Indian Ocean Raid (Easter Sunday Raid)
 * 15) New Ships
 * 16) * New Italian Battleship
 * 17) * A new Aircraft Carrier
 * 18) * Other new ships

Participation requirements

 * Must have a 75% sortie win ratio
 * Must have 5 empty ship slots for new ships
 * Must have 20 free equipment slots



Special Mechanics

 * 1) Selectable and changeable difficulty
 * 2) *This event has 3 ranks: easy (丙), medium (乙), hard (甲).
 * 3) *HQ Level 35 unlocks medium (?), HQ Level 80 unlocks hard.
 * 4) *You can choose the difficulty in each map separately.
 * 5) ** However, you can't choose to play hard on a map after choosing easy on the one before; you can only choose hard on a map if you chose hard or medium for the one before
 * 6) *When the difficulty is changed, the boss's health bar will be reset.
 * 7) *Once the map is cleared (boss HP bar is depleted and killed), you CANNOT change the difficulty anymore, but can still farm the map on difficulty used to clear it
 * 8) *Different difficulties give different medals, equipment and materials when clearing the maps.

Event Maps
The E-1 data you see now is just a sample to provide editors the template parameters. It just aims to show how to use the new map template.

Tools

 * KanColle English AS Calculator by ofi123 (original: http://aircalc.net/)
 * Air Superiority Calculator (in Japanese)
 * Effective LoS Calculator (in Japanese)

Discussions

 * Resource Comparison and Medals
 * [E-1] Fleet Composition + Enemy Encounters
 * [E-2] Fleet Composition + Enemy Encounters
 * [E-3] Fleet Composition + Enemy Encounters
 * [E-4] Fleet Composition + Enemy Encounters

Player Live Streams

 * Zak提督's stream: http://www.twitch.tv/bl2w (playing every day of the event from April 28th during 8:00 PM-10:00 PM EST)
 * http://www.twitch.tv/saberfrost GMT+1 (ArcticaFrost)
 * http://www.twitch.tv/jetrico (watching live ripping during maintenance)
 * Bryakuma's stream : http://www.twitch.tv/akuma_homura
 * SlashZero's stream: http://hitbox.tv/JenXIII (main) http://www.twitch.tv/jenxiii (mirror)
 * Sekronashi's stream: http://twitch.tv/sekronashi
 * Aldourien's stream: http://twitch.tv/aldourien
 * Blasterion's stream http://twitch.tv/blasterion
 * Shizen144's stream: http://www.twitch.tv/shizen144 (will start a bit late)
 * HandgunOtonashi's Stream : http://www.twitch.tv/handgunotonashi (Frontlining if no shiplock)
 * EchoHolic's Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/EchoHolic GMT +8 (120% Quality Salt)

Event Preparation Guide

 * Shinhwalee's Major Event Preparation Guide for Admirals
 * [Spring 2015 Pre-Event]: Some FAQS, Tips and Q&A