Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-35682898-20180629183621/@comment-32647310-20180719185735

I'm not sure what level your HQ is, but just looking at what you have at present, here is my advice:

Level your ships: Try to get as many of your ships as possible to Kai or K2. Shingster gave good advice on who to focus on and to what level.

The only thing I would suggest you try to do, if you have not done so already, is try to get Akashi. She drops on 1-5 if your HQ level is 80+ (warning, you will want at least 1 ship capeable of pulling OASW to farm for her). You will need her later on. Trust me!

Equipment: I will note my thoughts on your gear on a section-by section-basis. Some of these things you can do now, others will come with time.

Small Main Guns Keep the 12.7cm B K2, all others scrap. You will get more guns that are better for your Destroyers over time.

Medium Main Guns Keep your 15.5cm Triples and about 10x 20.3cm Twins and scrap the rest. You will get more guns that are better for your cruisers over time.

Large Main Guns No changes here. You could work on upgrading some of these guns, but the fact of the matter is that they are too expensive for you to worry about now.

Secondary Guns ​​​​​Those 15.2cm singles are objectivly one of the worst guns in the game, get rid of them and recoup the resources and storage space.

Dual-Purpose Guns ​​​​​​​Keep these as-is. While there are better High-Angle guns coming for you later on, the fact of the matter is that you're not there yet. Until that happens, the 10cm Twin High-Angle Gun Mount is what you want to be putting on your Destroyers.

Figher Aircraft (Green Planes) ​​​​​​​Try to construct some Reppuu and more Shiden K2s. These are the strongest carrier-fighters that can be built. You may end up getting some more M21 and M52 fighters, for your trouble, but that's okay, M21's are good for helping out with Land Bases, and M52's can cover down reasonably well.

Dive/Fighter-Bombers (Red Planes) ​​​​​​​Try to construct some Suisei 12A's, as these are the best red planes you can construct. There really is no need to keep any of the T99 Dive Bombers around.

Torpedo Bombers (Blue Planes) ​​​​​​​Try to construct some Ryuusei Kai's, again, these are the best blue planes you can construct. There is not much of a need to keep those T97 bombers once you get more, better blue planes. This said, you may want to keep a few around just in case for upgrades and quests.

Shells ​​​​​​​Build yourself some T3 Shells and T91 AP shells. You will need these later on. 4-6 of each should be enough.

Seaplanes ​​​​​​​You are really lacking here... but that's the case for new players. This being said, keep hold of your Zuiuns, as they will cover down for your lack of seaplane fighters and/or bombers.

Anti-Submarine Gear ​​​​​​​Try and get yourself some more T3 Depth Charge Projectors (4-6 would be ideal) and T3 Sonar (also 4-6). Do *not* get rid of your T93 Passive Sonars, as you can upgrade those to T4 Passive Sonars (which are very strong ASW gear!) with Akashi.

I will be clear, do *NOT* despair at the present state of your gear. Better gear *WILL* come in time!

You just started, so of course things are going to be lacking. What is most important to clear on Easy and Casual Modes are the levels of your ships and your resources.

This all being said, here is a link to an infographic/flow-chart/guide for heling nout newer players prepare for an event: https://infograph.venngage.com/publish/b3055fbb-b256-4ea1-bf15-cee244b251ad

While I do not personally agree with everything here, the information present is good and it will not steer you wrong. If you follow it, you should be okay when it gets to Go-Time.