Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-25390763-20151105000938/@comment-25390763-20151105045348

Jenesis33 wrote: hidden No offense. Using topedo CI on Bismarck is a terriable idea.

FBB in 2nd fleet (sepically carrier fleet, which attack first) has the important job of day time battle. It must be able to critical damage or sink enemy ships. (damage big BB noto boss of course, clear small ships) to pave a nice night battle setup. (making sure your team can focus fire enemy boss). Equiping Spot light And 2+ tropedo meaning BIsmarck is useless in day time combat. She doesnt have super high luck to trigger a CI in night battle. even she do. Ok you are trading 1 good attack in day time (CI attack with 91 Ap shell or double attack) + a reliable Double attack in night battle for a possible CI attack in night. i think this is a terriable trade. FBB (BSM or not) in 2nd fleet should awlays carry Double cannon + plane (night recon) + 91 AP shell.

Spot light should be given to flag ship of 2nd fleet. usually a CI capable CA in night battle. why?

1) Spot light taunt, but Flagship fire first, meaning you can fire first, then taunt enemy to attack the FS, (which doesnt matter anyway since she fired already)

2) Spot light increase CI chance, Flagship also increase CI chance. -> give to a CI able ship ! match made in heaven.

3) CA generally only need 2 Quint tropedo to reach night battle cap of 300 FP+tropedo stats ( you only need 200 atucally because CI tropedo attack is 150% damageX2 so 200 become 300). which means you have 2 spare slot. 1 for Spot light is fine.

4) BB cant use Spotlight for reason i mentioned above, no slot. (need 4 for Double gun + plane +  91 shell). DD cant. because DD need 3 tropedo to hit maximum damage. (a support DD who carry double gun + ? can, but spot lihgt increase CI chance, so why use it on a DD who is not going to CI)

5) CL CLt cant for same reason. CLT need mini sub + double cannon. CL usually only have 3 spot. Abukuma use Double gun + mini sub. Jintsuu use double cannon + Recon plane.. Yeah i guess you can feed Jintsuu Maryuu then make her use double tropedo + spotlight. But that investment is huge (while Myoukou only need 1 set of Maryuu to become CI-reliable, even non at 30+ it is not taht bad with Flagship + Spot light bonus)

Hope this make sense, just from a simple point, i have a feeling you been using a lot of not optimal setup. (hence why your support was not taht effecitive)

Moving on to modificaiton:

Tuesday and Wednesday are no 3 20.3 cm days. You want them to be +6 (all) so yeah. If you done that, cross this off.

Wedensday and Thursday are Quint Tropedo days. all to +6, if you done it, cross this off.

Sunday Monday and Tuesady are no 2, 20.3 cm days. Only do 2-4 at +4, generally no3 is better, but you might not have enough ( you want at least 8 modified medium guns, 2XCL, 4XCLT, 2XCA. OTO can be used on CLT to replace 20.3 cm. so is 15.2cm kai on CL) SInce you have Eugen, SKC can be used to replace 2 guns. I generally perfer no 3 on all. But having 8 no 3 is hard.

Sunday. Monday Tuesday are 38cm Kai days, you should have 2, they should be +4.

Every day apart from wedensday is 41cm day. so do what you have to do above first, then which ever day is left is for 41 cm. Generally this means friday and satuarday.

so Monday: no 2 (or 38cm Kai) Tuesday: no 3 20.3  Wednesday no 3 or Quint Thursday Quint Friday /Satuarday 41cm

Sunday 41 or 38cm kai. I don't remember where I read it (somewhere here on the wiki, way too lazy to go digging) but someone said Bismarck Torp cut in is "on par with Kitakami cut in" ......... Honestly I wish she had the option to equip Kouhyouteki for opening salvo at the very least, but I won't argue. I never made that statement myself, but I have used Bismarck cut in to great effect, so I don't personally dismiss it.

I've also heard many other suggestions about where searchlights go. One veteran and esteemed member of a community I once had part in was adamant that the light goes on the 5-6th ship, because any earlier and you would wind up in a domino effect of having your ships crushed one by one before they could even attack, and he said it was useless on flagship since they can't perform any sort of reliable cut in with the slot wasted while using the flagship bonus. Enough about him. Just thinking about him makes my blood boil. You wouldn't want to read what I had typed and deleted before posting this reply.

And yes, I have 2 SKC, and with the Kinugasa you see on my list, that will be No.3 x5, and I will also have x5 OTOs once I Kai Roma (in about 4-6 months if the devs manage to give me a break with ships to remodel)

I also forgot to mention I have two 90mm Pasta Angles at max stars. 1 screw per day was enough, and just 2 is enough, especially since Isuzu can make ridiculously nasty use of them. (Maya only needs 1)

Is having 8 Quints enough? Maybe 9? I already have a Quad Oxy at 7 stars since like my first week after getting Akashi and splurging my screws like a noob. Should I take it all the way, or be done with 8 Quints?

So starting with Sunday I want Bismarck, Mikuma, Shimakaze, Nagato, then repeat. Thanks.