Talk:Fall 2017 Event/@comment-28365061-20171207010254/@comment-26715360-20171207031218

As far as unlocking gimmicks go, medium and easy are somewhat similar (they both share the massive advantage of having a potentially fairly easy enemy composition on the Z6 node, which makes unlocking far easier than in hard mode). Easy also has fewer steps to go through.

However, I think that the main advantage of easy over medium is on the bosses route, as in easy, no enemy in node Z9 and ZZ2 is equiped to perform night cut-in, making those nodes incredibly easy, whereas in medium they can be pretty tough on your fleet unless you have a very good submarine and/or Damecon to tank those nodes. You may also, in easy, indulge in using the Striking Force Fleet Command Facility, even on LD, as the bosses are easier to finish.

Also, don't forget that any difficulty reset will force you to redo all the unlocking gimmics all over again, so keep that in mind if you're tempted to try medium instead of easy, but fear that you'll regret it midway. I think you'll need roughly 20k fuel to complete the map in easy.

Whatever difficulty you decide to go with, good luck! o7