Board Thread:Event Official Threads/@comment-26091666-20160430054725/@comment-25335868-20160529022021

Main fleet=


 * -|Escort fleet=


 * -|Node Support=

Difficulty: Hard

Route: A-C-F-H-L-N (8) /  A-C-F-I-J-L-N (1)

Total runs:  9 (Boss-9 [Last Dance-3])

Formation:   All out attack (bottom right) all the way except for AA formation on H/J

Support Expedition: Node support


 * Equipment upgrades:
 * OTO guns +4
 * 90mm Single HA Gun Mount +4
 * Type 91 AP Shell +4


 * Land-Base Air Support:
 * Last Dance comp
 * 1st Base: Ryuusei Kai, Reppuu, Reppuu, Reppuu
 * 2nd Base: Ryuusei (601 Air Group), Ryuusei (601 Air Group), Ryuusei Kai, Type 1 Land-based Attack Aircraft
 * 3rd Base: Shinden Kai Ni, Ryuusei, Ryuusei, Type 3 Fighter Hien (244th Air Combat Group)


 * 
 * Pre-Last Dance
 * 1st Base:  Type 1 Land-based Attack Aircraft (Nonaka Squadron), Ryuusei Kai, Ryuusei Kai,  Reppuu
 * 2nd Base: Ryuusei (601 Air Group), Ryuusei (601 Air Group), Type 1 Land-based Attack Aircraft, Reppuu
 * 3rd Base: Raiden,  Type 3 Fighter Hien,  Type 3 Fighter Hien (244th Air Combat Group),  Type 1 Land-based Attack Aircraft


 * <1st and 2nd Bases on boss, 3rd Base on AA Defence>


 * Notes:
 * E-7 Easy really is a cakewalk. Had very smooth perfect S and S-ranks on all the nodes pre-boss except for the Aerial combat node where it's either A or S. The first time I got to the boss was the only time I goy sent  F-I, it was also the one time I got a Perfect S-rank at the boss node. The next 5 runs pre-LD were smooth S-ranks at the boss.
 * Ooyodo's_true_strength.png


 * RNG trolling happened for the last dance where none of the LBAS hit the boss, almost the same thing happened  the second time, then I switched up some planes and we finally got the kill. MVP goes to Ooyodo for finishing her in night battle, she did a double attack with a total of 243 damage to the boss that only had 173hp left.


 * I suspect my Last Dance LBAS setup was the real culprit for the two failed Last Dance attempts though. Should have tried going with the same setup. Met the diamond formation boss 3 times out of the 5 pre-LD runs.


 * No sparkles except for whatever remaining sparkles the ships already had. Went for a quick sparkle for everyone for Last dance attempt #1 then didn't bother for the rest of the two runs.


 * Sent node support only because I already had the fleet all set up and sparkled from finishing E-6 so might as well. Then switched some ships for last dance and forgot to send it out for the actual final kill lol. Turned out fine, just had a two ships reach minor damage when got to the boss, no big deal.


 * Planes weren't even chevron, some had completely no rank at all. By the time I got to the final kill, the planes on my fleet were almost all chevron. Did get all but one of the planes in the LBAS to chevron at E-5 A for last dance but a lot got shot down and I didn't bother getting them back to chevron for the next two attempts including the final kill.

Notable drops: Amatsukaze x3  The funny thing is, when I first started and was still very wet behind the ears, the first event I encountered was Spring 2014 (where Amatsukaze was a map reward), I could only get past E-1 so no Akashi nor Amatsukaze. Almost exactly two years later, I still have no Amatsukaze so I was like "hope I get her since she drops here", the first kill at the boss node dropped my first Amatsukaze, was really happy and thanking RNGoddess. Then I got 2 more, including for the last kill. Lol guess I have lots of boilers now
 * <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22px;">Kind of salty that I couldn't do Hard because of the lack of time (3 days left thanks to the extention but I have RL stuff to deal with so not much time even then), but I think I'd be even saltier if I DID attempt hard because of all the  RNG, also, there is literally no reason to do Hard except for the A-class medal which is really only there for display and not much use. So no incentive for hard. Makes no sense to do Hard because the rewards are nothing special. Same thing for normal, only more salt for one skilled crew member and an extra medal. Nothing you can't easily get normally. But still, wanted to at least try and see the full fleet of bosses. It's a sight to behold (and also to vomit all the blood at). Oh well, I'm pretty sure we'll meet someday. The devs are really cranking up the difficulty of these events..