Talk:World 5/@comment-145.53.88.193-20170120205333

Finally did 5-5 for the first time in my career, and it was... rather easy actually? Well I had been putting it off due to all the horror stories about Re-class and compass trolling and it being very expensive and so on...

Well, the expensive part was definitely true. Other that that, no off-routes this time and the worst Re managed to do was to scratch an already deep-orange Bismarck into the red. I don't expect to get off this lightly again TBH.

Fleet setup was a very conventional 3 FBB 3 CVB with 420+ FP; nothing innovative, but it gets the job done. Bulges in the cranes' expansion slots workes wonders; Re managed two chuuha both cranes in two runs, but nothing worse, and they just laughed it off.

I do have a few questions for you admirals who have done 5-5 more often though, let's try to get some discussion going here about your experiences with:

- Jets. Decided not to use them this time, but would like to experiment with them next month. Have you used them? Do they work well here, or do they have to face too high of an enemy FP to be of much use? Do they add significant cost to an already very costly EO?

- Boss support. Did not use it this time and was mostly fine without (failed to kill Wo only once due to comound misfortune with a side-order of drunk Italian), though I did feel the Final kill was a little too lucky for comfort; I think I'll play safe and bring boss upport for LD next time, since it's much cheaper than having to retry. What are your experiences? Boss support always/never/only LD?