Talk:World 2/@comment-171.101.62.199-20150124062356/@comment-84.90.161.45-20150126163453

If you always try for the sure boss route (A-F route) and end the sortie as soon as possible if you take any other route, you'll save on resources. 4BB 2CV composition is heavy on resources, so every bit counts.

As DustFan said, equip your BBs with 2 red guns + 1 seaplane. Add a radar or an AP shell if you have any, or you can try the day cut-in setup by adding a 15.5cm yellow gun in the 4th slot (2 reds, 1 seaplane, 1 yellow). For BBs, the minimum caliber red gun you should use is the 35.6cm twin gun that comes with most BBs. I see that you have 41cm guns, that's awesome. The 20.3cm guns are meant for CLs and CAs, they are kind of wasted on BBs.

As for the CVs, for 2-4 you'll need a minimum of 123 air power to achieve air superiority in all nodes and activate day time double attacks and cut-ins. I recommend getting a bit more air power to compensate for plane losses along the way. Try to aim for at least 130 air power, more is better. Add your best green planes to the biggest slots, add some more green planes to the medium slots if needed, then fill the rest of the medium slots with your best blue planes and finish by putting your best red planes in the smallest slots. Another option is sacrificing one turn in each shelling phase (5 attacks per phase instead of 6) by loading one CV only with green planes and the other CV only with blue/red planes. The one with only green planes will be unable to attack and will only participate in the opening airstrike. Remember: the more air power you have, the more enemy planes are shot down, and the less likely it is for the enemy CV(L) to damage your ships. A carrier's combat potential depends on the number of bombers she has.

For more information about ship loadouts, consult the Combat page here in the wiki.

Assuming that you remodeled and fully modernized your ships (at least firepower, torpedo and armor), all you have to worry about is the RNG trolling the compass and the targetting. All routes in 2-4 are random, all you can do is pray to RNG-sama and keep trying.