Thread:TTK lol/@comment-26872187-20151022165306

Hello, hope you don't mind that I continue the discussion here. Also, sorry for the wall of text.

First, thank you for replying in a nice and polite manner. Apparently, 139.216.148.160 couldn't do this, so I want to point it out.

About AkiTeru: I think an additional AACI setup isn't that unlikely. Let's look at 3-5. A common setup for a low-luck DD is 2 main guns + radar/whatever, and with the 10cmHA+AAFD, it can be easily turned into an AACI setup. Together with Aki or Teru in the team, it would increase the total trigger rate for AACI (about 84%, if the other DD has API 8), which is a good thing. Bad about it is, that because of AkiTeru's low API, the other destroyer would more likely trigger her weak AACI instead of AkiTeru's strong AACI. So you are forced to use only Aki/Teru instead of a setup which would increase AACI trigger rate.

Of course, still, the fact that AkiTeru's AACI is very strong and only slightly weaker than Maya's, makes up for this. Also, you never know when your Maya(s) are locked away due to ship locking, so it's always good to have AkiTeru at hand. But, and this was also my reason of rage back then, that AkiTeru is not as great as everybody claimed. I personally think that it is logical to assume that the harder the challenge, the better the reward should be. And with that logic, I'd expect the reward for such an annoying map as E7 be something really awesome. But then I see that this reward, Teruzuki, is actually comparable, or even not as good as, Maya, a very common ship. Additionally, her torpedo stat is also lacking, so the only thing she is good at is AACI, and even with that, she isn't the best (despite having a crazy high AA stat). Also, the fact that Akizuki was given out so easily makes it even more disappointing that you have to work so hard now for the same thing. Of course, looking at other events, Teruzuki is still a much much better reward than Isokaze or Akitsushima. Still, it felt pretty disappointing to me. Looking back, I'm of course happy that I got Teru: Her guns are great, I can improve certain stuff with her (and don't need to prioritize leveling Fubuki anymore) and I can be more flexible with comp planning for next event in AA-heavy maps. So, yeah, she is pretty good, but not that super-duper-awesome as everybody says, imho. The fact that most people mention her cuteness as an argument for her doesn't help^^

About ABKM: I always found ABKM's voice (and personality) really cute, so I don't like those people who hate her just because of her voice either. About her Kai2, it is pretty useful, in expeditions and well as sorties. I still think you can do without her (there were many who cleared E7 without her), but once you started using her you realize how useful she is. But, I think it's important to state that in combat, apart from her opening torp, she isn't that good and can't participate in artillery spotting. But, that opening torp can be very useful, especially in combined fleet, and that alone justifies her use.

About the new plane: People have already tested that it doesn't prevent red T, and I think it doesn't prevent green T either (would be also useful in certain cases). Of course it might have other hidden functions we don't know of (and yeah, I don't have the plane so I can't test anything), like increased contact chance etc., and in future new mechanics might change again everything, but as of now, it's just a improved Type 2. From what I know, in a difficult map, one usually couldn't afford to take along a Type 2, so this one wouldn't be used either. In an easy map, one may not even want to use a CVB because of increased cost, so it wouldn't be used again. Which leaves a rather limited use for this with how things are now.

Of course, judging too quickly isn't good, that's why most people first asked "can it prevent red T?". And since it can't, of course it appears to be useless. And I personally think there is a high chance that this is true. There are enough rather useless equipments in kancolle, like flying boat, italian BB guns or duplex radar (I personally love that thing, but seriously, when do you equip a BB with a radar instead of AP shell/sanshiki?), so it wouldn't be surprising. Of course, just after 1 day after the plane released, this is just mostly speculation, not a final conclusion or anything. 