Thread:Kuras/@comment-29735334-20170216174820

As per your request, here is a new thread. :)

For E-2 Hard, Transport TF, as you may have experienced, has rather dicey chance to reach boss. Out of 7 runs with Transport TF, I only managed to reach the boss 3 times (less than 50% rate!!). But when they do reach the boss, they deal massive hit to the TP bar. With A-rank (worst case possible), I could manage to chip the bar by 85 (9 daihatsus and 1 drum, IIRC).

Carrier Task Force, on the other hand, has very high chance to reach the boss. Out of 5 runs, I reached the boss 4 times (80% boss reach rate) and managed S-rank 3 times. With S-rank, I can chip the bar by about 72 (with 6 daihatsus and 1 drum).

Both node and boss support expeditions were used in all runs, btw, so it's rather expensive.

Thoughts - Transport TF, while cost less per run, is rather unreliable, and very bucket heavy. If you're unlucky, the resource cost may well exceed CTF... CTF is very expensive to run (esp. on bauxite), but has high probability to reach the boss. This is not a fun map to farm at Hard, IMO, but doable if you have a good reserve of resources. Farming on Easy is highly recommended if you feel you are low on resources.

I cannot say much about E-3 Hard at the moment, because I am still preparing myself. This is probably going to be the only event sorties in which I take time to sparkle everyone in the fleet, because I fear losing a Saiun, and I don't have many of them... T_T (attempting to craft one can cost you extra sanity loss and several thousand bauxites). 