Talk:General Discussion/@comment-80.8.25.251-20150109110508/@comment-24978536-20150109191946

I have Kisaragi in my sortie fleet... She mostly does ASW duties or easy maps, however. Currently she is level 69.

I feel the same way as the OP does, to some degree. I prefer using the ship girls I like and trust in my expedition fleet. The reason why I have 4 Mutsukis on my expedition fleet is solely because I happen to like them a lot. Sometimes though, I do put ship girls who have recently received a Kai Ni to my expedition fleet, as an long term goal to get them close to the remodel level. I did this with Ayanami, who is now level 39 and I've decided to let her join my sortie DD fleet as the 11th member now. Now, I put Hatsuharu and Ushio in my expedition fleet, again in an attempt to get them slowly close to the Kai Ni level (though to be honest, I have also taken a liking towards them lately...)

However, I do this for the sortie fleet also - the DD in my sortie fleet consist for the most part, of my favourites. I enjoy seeing the ship girls I like the most in the actual action. Most of the DD in my fleet are actually of the Elite DD group though (6 in total), perhaps due to their popularity and abundance of fan works of them, making them more easily likeable for me. (Also, I do care about stats, even though I don't necessarily always prioritize them.)