Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20180319023514/@comment-32840818-20180325004845

AnimeFreak40K wrote: AllTrianglesMakeASquare wrote: Pretty sad that are your only two options, really. Maybe the map is just not that well designed if you need to either "be lucky" or "cheese". But then again, 5-3 can be BS too, even with the Spoon. Either way, devs could be a little more inventive when it comes to quest design, no? ...or you could use high (level 60+) level ships and/or ships that have amazing performance at Kai 2 (Poi, Ayanami, Verniy, Shimakaze...), and give them *good* equipment that would help them survive the trip.

5-3 is a pain because most of the preboss nodes are Yasen and that pretty much means rocket-tag.

I don't know about mitigating 5-5, as I have only tried that map a handful of times and only once did I manage to get to the boss and S-Rank it. Most times I got turned away before the boss and a few I got to the boss, but didn't sink the flagship. I figure that making use of higher level/more powerful ships that can hit hard and/or have stronger evasion will make things getter/easier...but I have to get to that point first. for 5-5, high-level ships and good equipment are prerequisites, not optional. In fact, most ppl clear that with high-level BB+CVB fleets (or a CVL if the BB is slow); and even so, there is a high probability of taiha in the pre-boss nodes. And... there is a chance to off-route just after you clear the pre-boss node gauntlet. tl;dr: 5-5 has event-level saltiness.

I believe that is why the more challenging quests (B105!!!) point to 5-5; they already have a salty map, why not abuse it.