Talk:Development/@comment-24678434-20140315132953/@comment-101.118.52.80-20140315134810

Reppu is the best craftable fighter you can get at the moment. Plane loss is determined by AA guns and the results of Air battle phrase with enemy fighters, so always try to aim for Air Superiority to minimise plane loss though it's pretty rare at end game maps ( stupid OP BB Re and Wo chan kai). Air parity still cost quite a lot of bauxite as well.

Is the sortie you're fighting are CV/CVLs/BB/CA heavy? If so, Reppus will be shot down by enemy fighters as well. 200-300 bauxite cost per sortie is normal on those maps. For those map, it's recommended to have at least 2 slot of Reppus to get minimum Air parity (Akagi and Kaga will have it on the third and first slot for maximum fighter power, the other two is for Saiun or Bombers)