Board Thread:Special Events/@comment-25730832-20150908135555/@comment-26941407-20150908175542

This was my first event. As a new TTK who started in July, this was quite exciting. I remember the first few days of the event, I was literally glued to this site, trying to get intel and to start planning. I did my first event sortie about 5 days after the start.

Overall, I would say I was under prepared. I knew there was an event coming about a month before hand, but I under estimated what I would need. I read a few event prep guides, but I was shocked at just how elaborate a summer event would be. Given my resources, the levels of my girls, equipment available, time commited, and sanity to be lost, I guess I came out in decent shape.

My event completion record: E-1 Easy, E-2 Medium, E-3 Medium, E-4 Easy, E-5 Easy, E-6 Medium, E-7 Did Not Complete.

Good: Got the Catapult, the 15m Duplex, and even Tenzan (Murata). Notable new girls obtained include Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Ooyodo, plus a bunch of rare destroyers and map clear rewards. Those joy filled, savory moments of victory when you get your farm drop or when you finally clear that last dance.

Bad: E-3 drove me nuts, I was trying to clear last dance for a few hours steady for several days. E-6 was also tough and I ended up burning a considerable hole in my resources as a result. I think more than 60% of my sorties were last dance attempts. Tried to do E-7 (Sorry, I failed you, Teruzuki). I think out of two dozen or so sorties, I made it to AA Hime just once for about less than 200 damage chipped. Since there were only two days left, I gave up on E-7 and went back to farm for the aforementioned girls. Not successful in getting Unryuu or Roma.

Would definitely do this (or similar) again next summer, hopefully with a stronger fleet and much better results.

Last, but not least, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to everyone who collects, posts, and organizes information on this site. I would be a piece of drift wood lost at sea without the efforts of everyone here. My utmost respect and thanks to all. ご親切に有り難うございます.