Talk:Fall 2017 Event/@comment-32647310-20171208001857/@comment-32647310-20171209225935

Fair enough.

I cannot speak for past events, as this is only my second, but the theme of this battle was focused on Leyte Gulf and the Nishimura fleet, which that alone limits things for what people can and cannot bring.

Maybe Winter will have something more for you in regards to being able to use the ships we both want to use. Musashi and Yamato were both at that battle and because of the nature of the Ozawa force means that there should be plenty of catering to aircraft carriers too.

And beyond that... who knows?

With regard to the RNG BS and such for this event, this goes back to the theme of the event; the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Historically speaking it was a travisty for the entire taskforce, but the Nishimura Fleet got wrecked. I mean, it wasn't even funny how outmatched and underpowered the Nishimura force was in comparison to what Oldendorf had (that he had set a trap for Nishimura just makes things worse). I think that the intention here was to show just how hard Nishimura had it, while still making things beatable...as historically speaking, Nishimura had about a snowball's chance in hell of the same feat.

I mean, compare and contrast to Summer, and there were nowhere near as many combat nodes; the fights were harder and were more focused on raw strength and durability (you want your tankiest and hardest hitting ships) while this, the EO was more finesse; you have inferior forces and you can't afford to take a hit. ...but that's just me theory-crafting and trying to explain something that I have no clue as to the actual reasons because I wasn't in any of the meetings for this event.

As far as the game pushing folks to buy stuff... I don't know. I just don't see it. I mean, with the present UI, you hardly know the shop is there in the first place (no splash-screen advertisements or anything)...but that doesn't mean that there isn't subtle encouragement (RNG BS and random Taiha may cause folks to purchase the Hole-Punches and DameCons), but in comparison to so many other games that have similar elements, KC doesn't push squat...but that's me taking an objective look at the whole thing. I know that the whole thing with EA and their lootboxes is a farce that would leave a bad taste in anybody's mouth.