Talk:World 2/@comment-24978536-20141223143330

I had a rather high success rate at 2-5 farming runs with a light fleet, so I thought I'd share my full set up:

Note 1: Half of my fleet was sparkling for almost the whole time: I used various different ship girls who were readily sparkled through days or weeks of PvP, and I also did a few sparkling runs to 1-1 when taking a break. Ikazuchi (98) was pretty much the only ship girl who was almost never sparkled (only for max. 5 runs), and she was the one who was damaged to at least orange in almost every single sortie (at boss node, sometimes before it).

Note 2: Formation was Line Ahead on every node.

Note 3: DechiDechi's comment on what slots get targeted the most in Line Ahead was used as a reference, as I found myself agreeing with it. 2nd, 4th and 6th slot are targeted the most, so high armor ships were used there. DD were at slot 3rd and 5th, never as the flagship as I saw it necessary to use a high firepower ship girl in the first slot to take down enemy BB before they get their second shot in.

HQ lvl 100

Farming runs: 20

Succesful S-Rank at boss node: 17

A-Rank at boss node: 1

Retreats: 2

Composition:

Zuihou (77-78): Ryuusei Kai / Reppuu (601 Air Group) / Tenzan (601 Air Group) / 15.5cm Yellow gun

Tone (86-87): SKC34 20.3cm / 20.3cm (no.3) / Zuiun Model 12 / FuMO25 Air Radar

Ikazuchi (98): 10cm (from Akizuki) / 12.7cm Type-B Kai 2 / Type 33 Radar

Mikuma (66-68): SKC34 20.3cm / 20.3cm (no.2) / Type 0 Obesvation Seaplane / SCAMP (That wrench with +10 firepower)

Akebono (60-61): 10cm / 12.7cm Type-B Kai 2 / Boiler (From Amatsukaze Kai)

Ryuujou (81-82): Ryuusei Kai / Tenzan (Tomonaga Squadron) / Saiun / SCAMP

Note 4: Zuihou was at one point changed for a sparkling Chiyoda (66). Mikuma was changed for Suzuya (66) during the last few runs. Akebono was changed for Amatsukaze, Harusame and Kisaragi multiple times, and all of them were around the same level and sparkling.

Note 5: Flagship position was changed multiple times between Zuihou, Ryuujou and Mikuma, as an effort to keep them sparkled. Ryuujou was the best flagship, as she was able to take down the Flagship Ru-class in second node fairly reliably.

For just clearing the map, I still recommend the basic heavy fleet 4BB / 2CV. Although the compass is a pain with that composition, it works reliably in the way it rarely has to retreat. However, if you have good equipment at hand, I do recommend giving a light fleet a try, especially for farming purposes.