Talk:Tutorial: How to Play/@comment-49.147.179.126-20130921185637/@comment-16916378-20130922050521

If you're just starting out, best way to get exp is to participate in friendly exercises as well as doing your most recently unlocked sorties. Ship levels aren't that important early on in the game, and by the time you need to grind you'd probably be in 2-4 anyway.

Just take it easy and find a spot you and your fleet is most comfortable with. 2-2 is usually the place where most starting admirals grind because the enemies found there are easy enough for CAs /CLs, as well as having a huge drop table that could net you some good ships, and carries nodes which have transport/supply ships (needed for daily missions)