Talk:Spring 2019 Event/@comment-2606:A000:1101:C4EB:D5B:5671:AE08:65A-20190625030345

And there it is, the event ends. I gave it a H-H-E-E-E clear, lacking the historicals for Hard clear on E-3 and not wanting to wait for Friend Fleets; I'm pretty sure I couldn't have cleared Hard then anyway. Though my last farming target ended in failure (only managed 34 S-ranks trying to get Akizuki), I am truly thrilled by this event's outcome for a single reason:

Iowa.

I only started in April of 2017, so was obviously not present for her introduction, but fully experienced her near-mythic status from her strength, even the strength of her guns. Her first reintroduction in Winter 2018 did not end well for me; were it not for the indroduction of Casual difficulty I wouldn't even have obtained Intrepid, regardless of how controversial her artwork was. Over a year later, I was not letting her pass me by again. Amazingly, she came home after only 16 S-ranks.

I was afraid I had burned all my luck in that one shot, but still went back for the only new girl left as Ishigaki came home during clearing; Fletcher. I really can't be too upset, it was far more expensive and time-consuming with more A-ranks than there should've been but 46 S-ranks later, Fletcher came home to join her sister Johnston. Unryuu finally came home for me as well during this time, and I-400 too.

As a lack of historicals had caused me to give up on E-3 Hard, and owing to Gangut's supposedly phenomenal droprate, I went back to E-3. Between clearing and farming, in only ten S-ranks, I obtained Ishigaki, Tashkent, Teruzuki (<3), and finally, "best" droprate of them all, Gangut. In fact, the last three came over a span of only four runs. I also obtained Tokitsukaze while clearing E-2.

I am thrilled with all I obtained; Iowa is my second-favorite shipgirl in the game, Colorado and Teruzuki are love, and I'm really looking forward to the utility of 4-slot DD Tashkent. However, I will never, ever call this event fun. The rewards were uneven, and didn't totally seem worth the challenge, which is why I dropped to Easy on E-3 instead of Medium. In fact, Medium was never worth doing on any map; might as well go Hard and get the best stuff, or go Easy for smooth sailing, free use of shipgirls, and generally better droprates.

Thank you all for your advice and sharing throughout the event!