User blog comment:Kuras/Fall Event 2016/@comment-30588301-20161203140457/@comment-25289497-20161203163443

That's very good news! Congratulations on your first First Class Medal! ^_^ As you have found out yourself, E-4 Hard is a pretty terrorizing map. If it wasn't for me not wanting to settle for anything less than Hard, I might've done it in Medium as well.

Earning S ranks at node A took me quite a number of attempts as well (14 attempts total). :/

Initially, I didn't plan on weakening the boss. But for the final kill, I decided to do it anyway, just to see how that would work out. I found out I got exactly 2 S ranks at node P already from my pre-final kill attempts. That saved me some effort to get those specially. Good to hear the same happened to you!

Overall, this is indeed quite a bauxite-intensive map and event actually. :O I have become to believe the lighter fleet is indeed more preferable, especially if you have Sakawa and/or Prinz Eugen.

You were so lucky to be able to obtain Asakaze after the first boss battle, even with an A rank! :O Congratulations on obtaining her and Oyashio. ^_^ Luckily, it didn't take me too many attempts to obtain Asakaze either (and complete my KanDex once again). It even allowed me to experiment with the lighter fleet/skipping node M and edit my guide for it.

You being able to clear this event on hard most likely is the result of your fleet being stronger than ever before too! I am happy to hear I was helpful to you though! :D Here's hoping that you manage to earn those First Class Medals in future events too!