Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-26723115-20151112002735/@comment-26848183-20151115012217

There's nothing wrong with stockpiling now. You probably know, but plan your ships carefully. Wait for branching rules to come out before locking your ships. Shiplock is going to be one of your biggest obstacle when attempting later maps in medium or hard difficulty.

As resources goes, you should be fine as long as you don't attempt every map in hard mode or become insistent on getting every drop ship. At this point, I will be more worried about shiplock than resources. Choose your battles wisely. If you want an edge on gathering more resources, considering sparkling.

I know you have a limited schedule. If time allows, sparkle every destroyer and light cruiser you have over level 15. Having these presparkled destroyers prior to the beginning of the event makes sparkling more managable during events, and will help keep expeditions going at great success.

Beware though. Not all expeditions are worth sparkling, especially if you are pressed for time.

I recommend sparkling at least expedition 21, and 38/37 if you have it unlocked. Carrying excess  (8 or so?) drum cans and having 4 ships sparkled on these expeditions will give you great success the majority of the time. The great thing about these drum can expeditions is that not all ships have to be sparkled for the expedition. You can have 1-2 ships sparkled, it will still increase your chances of getting that bonus.

See if sparkling for Exp 5 is worth your time. It's time consuming, and if you have the time for it, go for it. If not, just forget it. Sparkling exp 5 is a pain in the butt, and gets worse when you aquire lots of daihatsu. Expedition 5 with five ships sparkled will give a 95% of great success. But EVERY SHIP IN THAT EXPEDITION MUST BE SPARKLED. Sparkling Expedition 5 will net an extra 900-1000 fuel and ammo after considering the resources consumed at 1-1. Depending on how desperate on resources, I'll point to you that you will always have this option.

Good luck with the upcoming event!