Board Thread:Special Events/@comment-1820055-20150207023715/@comment-1421453-20150208205109

Fuck hard mode. This is insane. Switched to easy mode and still got trolled by RNG. BOTH support expeditions are AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY here ( I didn't use boss support until the final kill, but the normal support must be done, otherwise you will have problems reaching the boss ). I also highly suggest sparkling all ships ( if not all, at least weaker ones )

Lvl 64 Tone kai - 2x 20.3cm, type 0 recon, type 22 radar

Lvl 50 Nagato kai - 2x 41cm,type 0 recon, type 22 radar

Lvl 61 Hiei kai - 2x41cm, type 0 recon, type 22 radar

Lvl 85 Kongou kai ni - 2x41cm,type 0 recon, type 91 AP shell

Lvl 95 Haruna kai ni - 2x41cm,type 0 recon, type 91 AP shell

Lvl 69 Kaga kai - Reppu, reppu, reppu(601), ryuusei kai

(you may use ryuusei on a better slot unless its the final run)

Tone is flagship for increased protection. I sparkled her and Kaga. (Sparkled all in the final run). I must point out that you'll have problems clearing the enemies if you don't bring radars (even if you bring radars, your accuracy will still be low. So I suggest having some). Thus, I put ships with radars above to make sure that they clear smaller ships before they engage the 2nd fleet. AP shells are very useful too, however as I've seen from my previous attempts, their accuracy will be very bad. That's why I recommend putting some radars to some of your ships.

2nd fleet

Lvl 74 Sendai kai ni - 2x20.3cm, night scout

Lvl 53 Haguro kai - 2x20.3cm, type 0 recon, searchlights

Lvl 59 Kitakami kai ni - 2x 15.5cm, midget sub

Lvl 69 Kiso kai ni - 2x 15.5cm, midget sub

Lvl 64 Akizuki kai - 2x10cm THAM, type 22 radar

Lvl 72 Yukikaze - best 3 torpedos

The idea with this 2nd fleet is to take out as many enemies as possible with 2 CLTs (which are really useful), take out the enemy air force with Akizuki's AA cut-in, make Haguro a target at night to prevent other ships from going to red(especially Yukikaze), and finally dealing the final blow to the boss with Yukikaze's cut-in. Yukikaze was the one who killed the boss everytime. You might bring another high luck DD for cut-in here, or use cut-in equipment on CLTs. But make sure you have a DD for AA too.

used 2DD 2BB 2CV for support expeditions. Just give them your best red guns and radars(at least 1 radar each) and AP shells. I used AP shells on normal support expedition BBs, and they sometimes took out 1 of the enemy battleships or carriers. I think normal support team should be stronger than the boss support team. Because the real problem in this map is (not being able) to reach the boss. When you get to the boss, you'll most likely succeed. I depended on Yukikaze here, and she performed just great.

I shouldn't have attempted hard mode with these low lvl ships. Got rekt many times, then switched to easy. My progress was :

ACEHJ  S. Drop:Mutsu ACEHJ  S. Drop:Fusou ADEHJ  S. Drop:Nagato ACE retreat ACE retreat ADEG retreat (Dropped Urakaze at G) ADEG retreat ADEHJ  S. Drop:Atago ACEHJ  S. Drop:Fusou ADEHJ  S. Drop:Kirishima ADEHJ  boss kill fail. Drop:Kuma. ACEHJ  S. Drop:Kirishima

you may use repair ships if you have them. But don't put it to all your ships, then you won't be able to perform well. I just gambled and put it on Hiei on some runs. Didn't have a chance to use it though.

Make sure you use opening airstrike, support expedition and CLT torpedos so that you won't have to watch your girls missing enemy destroyers and getting hit miserably. May the god be with whoever is doing this on hard mode.

Reminder : Your bills will be very expensive on this map.