User blog comment:Kuras/Fall Event 2016/@comment-29735334-20161202165309/@comment-25289497-20161202172608

Yeah, after having sortied my lighter fleet, I believe the Fast fleet is more preferable indeed. Aside from skipping the "dreaded" node M, your shipgirls have more fuel with them when reaching node O (and further), therefore they will receive a lesser evasion penalty, and hence the "presumably" higher survival rate at node O. I have already edited my guide earlier to reflect this change of opinion. With the boss weakened, there is indeed no real need to send support expeditions, given that you have the historical ships. That is regardless of which route you take though.

Good luck clearing E-5 and the event! ^_^

By the way, are you planning on farming one of these event maps?