Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-25689155-20160114162750/@comment-26848183-20160115014331

Heh, the screw expenditure does get crazy. My current is Sun-Tues: 38cm Kai, Wed-Thurs: Quint Oxy, Fri-Sat: 10cm+AAFD, and it’s only going to get worse. I’m still shuddering at that Type 1 AP coming up ahead.



Consider leveling Akashi. There is a video out there comparing a level 50 vs a level130 Akashi, and the comparison between their success rates in equipment improvement. Although the sample size was somewhat small, it looked significant enough to make a difference in the 8+ improvement range. I ground my Akashi to 90 after watching that video.



If you take a look at the statistics, it’s only worth using the slider if the equipment being sacrificed for the improvement is valuable. Just ask yourself what is more valuable? Do you value the equipment being sacrificed or the extra improvement used to use the slider more?



Here are some scenarios:



The 61cm Quint (Oxygen) Torpedo mount: Improving it past 6 stars will cost 1 quint torpedo per attempt. Getting more quint torpedoes can be a pain in the butt! That’s another Kitakami to level 50. Always use the slider on quints at 6 stars or higher.



10cm+AAFD: Improving it past 6 stars cost two 10cm per attempt. I happen to have a huge stockpile, and won’t care if I lose a few. I’ll gamble every attempt.



41cm/38cm kai: Improving these past 6 stars will cost me two 41cm per attempt. I still need to craft a bunch of 46cm for my 51cm improvement, and I don’t need much more. I’ll probably get more than I need in failed 51cm attempts. I will gamble, but this example may not apply to others such as those just starting who still need a lot of them.