Talk:Summer 2014 Event/@comment-24332640-20140826080136

Been farming E-4 for a while. When I cleared it I didn't use Akitsumaru (Did 2 BB, 3 CV, and a CAV in the main fleet) and found the map quite easy. But I decided to try out the Akitsumaru thing for farming, and after doing that for a while I'm now completely convinced that using Akitsumaru is actually worse.

Why? Yes she will take you to B, and that gives you a chance of going to D. But you can still go to C, and after going to C I almost always end up at E. It seems to me that Akitsumaru counts as another CV there and therefore has a high chance of going to E. With the 2 BB 3 CV CAV fleet it was still possible to go to E, but it was quite rare. I actually end up at the dead end more with Akitsumaru in the fleet.

Even if you do go to D, the fact that you have another regular battle instead of a sub node means that more ammo is expended, and this does actually seem to make a difference at the boss. I never once failed to kill the boss after going through the sub node, even when farming (so she was in her final form the whole time). But I've failed to kill her multiple times (always falling just barely short) after going the D route.

So basically Akitsumaru means more dead ends and a less effective fleet when you do reach the boss. Stick to 2 BB 3 CV and a CAV.