Summer 2015 Event



Counterattack! The Second Operation SN

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Introduction

 * Event Start: 10th August 2015
 * Duration: The event will run for around 20 days.
 * Large Scale: hinted to be similar as past AL/MI Summer Event
 * Special Mechanics: See Mechanics section to learn how these special mechanics are applied for this event
 * Difficulty Selection
 * Shiplocking
 * Combined Fleet

New Content

 * 1) Ships
 * 2) * The amount of new kanmusus you can get via the event will be a total of seven (7).
 * 3) * The following are hints to new shipgirls. Note that they may refer to the same ship but different entry because there is no official in-game data yet.
 * 4) **, the second destroyer in Akizuki Class
 * 5) ** A unique fleet-companion type kanmusu of an Auxiliary Ship that hasn't played an active role in history can be obtained after completing the Main Operation and can be put into player's fleet
 * 6) **  is confirmed to be the new support ship-type girl and she "can be obtained in all difficulties in E-4" according to Offical Tweets. (According to a magazine of Second Kankanshiki, her VA is going to be Iori Nomizu.)
 * 7) ** Kawakaze can be obtained as reward in E-2
 * 8) ** Libeccio
 * 9) ** Umikaze
 * 10) ** Mizuho
 * 11) Equipment
 * 12) * 15m Duplex Rangefinder + Type 21 Air Radar Kai Ni, a June 2015 ranking reward, can be obtained early in the event.
 * 13) * Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (Murata Squadron) can be obtained in E-3 as reward
 * 14) * New system related to Carrier-based planes will be implemented, so a strong air strike force can be formed

Participation Requirements
Check if you fulfilled these requirements if you can't sortie to event maps!
 * Must have a 75% sortie win ratio
 * Must have 5 empty ship slots for new ships
 * Must have 20 free equipment slots

Difficulty Selection

 * This event has 3 ranks: easy (丙), medium (乙), hard (甲)
 * HQ Level 35 unlocks medium, HQ Level 80 unlocks hard
 * You can choose the difficulty in each map separately. However, you will not be able to jump from Easy -> Hard after a map. To be able to use "Hard" setting, you must clear the previous map either on Medium or Hard itself. Only jumping up two difficulty levels is not allowed, other combinations stick to the old rules.
 * 【 CAN'T 】 Easy  >  Easy  >  Hard  (not possible because easy jumped to hard)
 * 【OK】 Easy  >  Medium  >  Hard 
 * 【OK】 Medium  >  Easy  >  Medium 
 * 【OK】 Medium  >  Medium  >  Hard 
 * 【OK】 Hard  >  Hard  >  Easy 
 * 【OK】 Hard  >  Hard  >  Medium 
 * When the difficulty is changed, the boss's health bar will be reset.
 * Once the map is cleared (boss HP bar is depleted and killed), you CANNOT change the difficulty anymore, but can still farm the map on the difficulty used to clear it
 * Different difficulties give different medals, equipment and materials when clearing the maps

Ship-Locking
Ship-locking means that the maps are divided into multiple operations, and ships that you sortie to one operation could not be used on other operations. For example during the 2014 Event, a ship used on AL (E-1 and E-2) cannot be used on MI (E-3 and E-4).

This means that as you go further into the event, you will have less available ships for sortie. This is why it is recommended to have multiple ships properly raised for each ship type, e.g. using your best CAVs on early maps will lock it there, thus you'll have no more CAVs for later maps, which might even be required for branching.

Ship-lock maps



You will get the ship-locking mechanism depending on the difficult you choose:
 * 丙 Easy:  No ship-lock 
 * 乙 Medium:  Yes 
 * 甲 Hard:  Yes 

Combined Fleet

 * Hinted for E-2 & E-3 so far

Event Maps
Map Editing Notes
 * Use SOURCE EDITOR for editing the maps . If you opened it via Visual Editor by any chance, close it. It is advised to change your editing preference to source editor.
 * Only edit TEXT contents and VALUES . Do not edit HTML tag containers, wiki-text sectioning, and its spacing. Even if you know HTML yourself, even if you see the tags are mismatched, DO NOT edit them. You will see that its actually not mismatched if you edit the whole "Event Maps" section. It will really not look right if you're editing only one specific map.

Tools

 * KanColle English AS Calculator by ofi123 (original: http://aircalc.net/)
 * Air Superiority Calculator (in Japanese)
 * Effective LoS Calculator (in Japanese)

In-House Discussions

 * Resource Comparison and Medals
 * [E-1] Fleet Composition + Enemy Encounters
 * [E-2] Fleet Composition + Enemy Encounters
 * [E-3] Fleet Composition + Enemy Encounters
 * [E-4] Fleet Composition + Enemy Encounters
 * [E-5] Fleet Composition + Enemy Encounters
 * [E-6] Fleet Composition + Enemy Encounters
 * [E-7] Fleet Composition + Enemy Encounters

Drop Reports

 * Kancolle db. Try access the html page directly if you can't click into event maps
 * wikiwiki
 * MyFleetGirls database
 * Twitter (Not so reliable)
 * DropColle (Not so reliable, manual report)
 * Comments below (aware of trolls)