User blog comment:Kuras/Fall Event 2016/@comment-29735334-20161126161332/@comment-25289497-20161127143246

Hmm, although I don't like using that term, I would consider my salt tolerance is pretty high. E-4 Hard HP bar phase came relatively close to breaking me though. The "salt" usually comes from all the resources I have wasted trying to experiment with some compositions (every event.. :/) and running out of time (vacation, exams etc.). I used to wait a couple of days for better preparations. But now I want to get my guides out asap, although it still takes me a lot of time.. :/

Anyway, I got treated relatively nicely in the first phase of E-4: 9 Attempts, 6 boss encounters, 4 boss kills, 4 S ranks :D

The big resource drain that E-5 is only partly due to it requiring a Combined Fleet. E-5 requires quite a bit of preparation through sortieing as well, unlocking the hidden starting point and (optionally) the weakening mechanism.

By the way, have you managed to clear the TP phase already?