Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20171007024755/@comment-3502824-20171023181322

There is also the "Eve of Battle" Limited-time lines by Nishimura Fleet members. The thing is, Devs did something like this before during AL/MI back in 2014 with Akagi and Kaga, where ships related to the upcoming event's operation motif were given special lines beforehand.

Sometimes Drop/Reward doesn't have to do with Event theme.

And considering this Event is only Part 1 of the "entire operation", if we speak in terms of a Large-Scale Event, then this is only E-1 to E-3 while Winter Event (Part 2) would be like E-4 to E-7, where the actual Event-related Ship could be in Part 2.

Either way they still haven't 100% confirmed it will be Leyte Gulf even with all these hints. So just gotta wait till further info.