Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20180103030504/@comment-32647310-20180110172611

FogRepairShipAkashi wrote: That is true, maybe we can get Iowa, on a node that requires Zuikaku to get to. To the best of my knowledge, routing on Easy Mode does not and never has required specific named ships for routing.

At worst, they will have a ship 'Class' (in the case of Zuikaku, a CV) be part of the fleet or even flagship, or a certain compisition (2x DD, 4x CV(L/B) or something). Specific ships will get damage buffs vs. the boss and similar things... meaning that for Easy Mode, there are *benefits* to bringing specific ships, but they are by no means a requirement.

Medium, from what I have read, is similar to Easy in a lot of regards, but again, they seem to refrain from being too harsh with specific ships...

As far as getting rare/difficult to drop ships, I imagine that this event will be similar to Summer 2017, in that the ultra-rares (such as the European ships) will be pretty readily available. I mean, Graf Zepplin, one of the rareist ships dropped at A-Rank for crying out loud. And Prinz, while argueably more rare, required an S-Rank on a different (non-boss) node that required a different fleet composition to hit, was still *quite* farmable. All on Easy Mode.

...in other words, if you are *that* concerned about the whole thing, then go Easy Mode...

...and if I were you, I would put far more energy and effort into getting Akashi than worrying about Zuikaku.