User blog comment:NPC01/Preparation before Winter 2018/@comment-30501447-20171214044720

Just like me, you'll have to spend a lot of screws this time...

1. I think you should improve these:

20.3(3) guns to +6, in pairs (since you do not have enough 20.3(3) spare to go to max) (20.3(2) now are plain inferior, but still good to use as substitute)

15.2 cm gun kai (they recently received a buff too!!)

8cm HA kai+additional machine gun. Optional, since you have both Kumano, Suzuya, Yura & Yahagi. Not very high on the list though.

Duckies guns, at least one pair to max (along with a max T13 radar kai)

Prototype 51cm, 46cm, Iowa guns: they're expensive but since Musashi (and maybe Iowa) is required, I'll leave it to your opinion

Prototype 41cm & prototype 35.6cm: at least 1 pair each to +4 or +6

More quintuple torpedoes to +6 (I think 4 or 5?)

Get 1 or 2 more Ryuusei Kai if possible (not very important)

Max all your T0M21 skilled and T0M52 skilled

Max your night plane, you'll use it all the time, along with a max searchlight. They're cheap too!

You're going to get the jet keiun kai right? I think jets are best use in pair, so their preemptive strike get more noticeable + large boost in AS (main reason I use jets)

Maybe max your SPF, but they're expensive and you already have the more powerful one, you can ignore them for now.

A set of +6/max ASW equipment (T4 sonar + type 3 depth charge)

+6 to daihatsu tanks and Ka-Mi tank

Maybe a set of maxed 90mm HA + maxed T21 kai + maxed machine guns for Maya's AACI, but optional

+ infinity to damecon lol

2. I think you should get at least 4 T0M21 skilled maxed out. Maybe less since we have more LBA fighter now though.

3. That's more than enough. Just need to fill a SPF mule or two at worst.

4. I think none.

5. I think pull everyone to at least lv50 (that's what I do now), plus Ise & Hyuuga are useful last time in my TCF so level them a bit more.

Good luck!