Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-32647310-20171116030712/@comment-26366865-20171116035430

The first map is always a joke and you should have no problem clearing it on Hard. Whether or not you’ll be able to do Medium/Hard from that point onwards will depend on what the map will require – for example, a fast-only STF will likely force you to go Easy since you don’t have enough leveled FBBs for the usual 4FBB 2CVL composition. Shiplocking will also be a problem for your fleet. Since we have no idea what BS the EOs will throw at us, there’s not much point in discussing (or worrying about) that.

The two glaring weaknesses in your fleet are CLs and FBBs – Abukuma is your only worthwhile CL at a decent level, and you really need all 4 Kongous at Kai Ni as the bare minimum for FBBs. Your CVLs’ levels are also way too low for comfort, considering they rely mostly on evasion to survive.

As for equipment, you really should make an effort to complete the quests that give out good guns like the proto 35.6cm, and please stop upgrading crap like basic 12.7cm and T94 DC, especially when you have a better version sitting right there on your freaking list.

Finally, you really shouldn’t worry about Yamasushi – they see use about as often as your average trophy DD. If you want to burn resources on LSC, aim for either Bismarck or the carriers.