Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20180103030504/@comment-32647310-20180119012142

...heh... that sounds just like me with Spring 2017 XD

You *MAY* be surprised at how far you can get in these things on Easy Mode...so don't sell yourself short!

This being said, there are things that you can do to prepare yourself, even now. The general consensus seems to be that you really just need resources and buckets to clear Easy Mode, which is something you can be preparing for. I would say taking a look here http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Board:Fleet's_Prepared-ness and make a post asking for advice on how to prepare with what you have.

Regarding the FCF thing; I cannot truly say for certain that it will be available...but again, with the time I've been here, my observation is that the Devs are harsh in that events and such are difficult...but they don't make things impossible, so I fully expect there to be *something* for new players who missed out on Fall 2017 to be able to pick one up.

As far as equipping/using the FCF, it can be equipped by most ships larger than a Destroyer (some DDs can equip the FCF, but they are the exception, not the rule).

As far as quest rewards and such go, the hard choices are why I haven't touched B111 yet; while I will take the 'Aerial Armament Materials' (there is a quarterly quest that provides the Gun Mount improvements, but the Aerial Armaments are hard as fuck get, and there are Saratoga-related quests that are set up such that if you don't have enough, you're screwed out of some planes)...I am undecided if I want a Daihatsu or the Action Report. Both are kinda hard to come by, but I just can't decide which is more necessary to my immediate goals...