Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-32647310-20180203172907/@comment-32647310-20180204152222

PeroimFeld wrote: In my opinion, you're simply not properly considering the various costs of the upgrade mechanic. I'm not the best at explaining this, but hopefully you can see my point.

I think it's less of not properly considering the various costs and more of considering the costs in a combination in the moment and considering them *too* much. Where I have been considering the costs too much is in regards to upgrading guns in general; because I favor Carriers because of that opening strike and the sheer amount of firepower they can bring to bear, I'm more likley to run 4-6x CV(B/L) than anything else when I can and CTFs when able to do so. Because of this, I have put the bulk of my upgrading efforts into aircraft at pretty much the expense of *everything* else. I simply did not view guns as something worth spending time, effort and resources upgrading as I felt that they were okay at stock. Heck, the only reason why this conversation is happening in the first place is because I've gotten to a point where I really *can't* put more effort into my aircraft...so I needed something else to work on until I can start working on getting Jets and/or Saratoga's planes. As a point of clarity, I am *very* much aware that this view and style is not always optimal; there are plenty of maps and missions where I am shoved out of my comfort-zone and have had to adapt accordingly...which is another reason why this conversation is happneing. This all being said and taking your outlining of the different costs, I feel that I'm leaning more towards 'pay screws to upgrade from a worse gun'. I say this because; - My resource income is not such that I am willing to spam LSCs with the hope that I get a Mikuma, I still don't have Bismarck, Saratoga or several other LSC-craftable ships. Heck, because of the sheer scale of the last 3 events, I'm not even sure I have the resources for a Medium Clear and still have any capebility of farming. - My present fleet is also such that I'm not willing to train up another Kinugasa just to get one gun. I have too many other ships that need training/leveling right now. Will I miss these screws later? I'm sure of it. But those are also things I can get more of over time too. As it stands, I'm in no real rush for anything...and if push comes to shove (and I doubt it will), I'll go ahead and drop money to buy screws (though I *think* buying onigiri is a better deal, would have to run the numbers).

PeroimFeld wrote: When deciding how many guns of a certain type you need, simply consider how many ships you can realistically sortie at once. For BBs, it's perfectly possible to sortie 5 of them in a STF with a 4+1 setup, so 10 guns is what you should be aiming for. Given that Bismarck Drei will eventually give you 2 guns that are pretty much identical to the proto 35.6cm, you should aim to have 8 upgraded. Did you reach the same number with this reasoning?

Kind of. The only reason I send out a STF is because I can't use a CTF, and I'm not inclined to put a 5th BB in the fleet if I don't need to do so.

Since I don't have Bismarck, and because it doens't look like she's going to show up anytime soon, she had not even entered the equation.