User blog comment:Kitahara/Review on participated events/@comment-25999494-20150227180703

this is my first events so i think i can only say it's amazing.. especially the boss bgm which is really fitting to the struggle .. idk about the event before this but i've read about :

Fall 2013 where suicide fleets happens and then there's that boss with 500 hp but the battle starts with night battle.. it's also the first time i know that starting a battle in night battle node can be continued up to it's day battle.. iirc the artillery spotting system isn't yet developed back then.. and then there's that extra operation's boss node which has 2 battleship symbiotic hime in a fleet.. regenerative health is also applied here.. without artillery spotting killing both of them would be such a gruesome task..

Summer 2014 seems like there's this weird thing where the node consist of only aerial battle thing.. i wonder how does it look.. can they actually taiha someone in our fleet with just aerial battle?.. there's also shiplock.. but no regenerative health this time.. the BGM is also amazing.. the first time i step into kancolle world i searched around for some bgm and found out about AL and MI's boss bgm.. this actually made me thinking that kancolle has some good bgm..

Fall 2014  this is the event where i missed.. i played around the end of november when i don't even know that there's an event here in this game.. this event is when Anti Air Cut-in was first introduced.. the appearance of akizuki.. some say this event is hard.. some say that this event is so-so and even easier.. i prepared accordingly to shiplocking mechanic as if it would be introduced in winter...

Winter 2015  it's my first event, well after playing from late november and up to early feb, i couldn't be considered as a new player anymore.. so i tried clearing this at hard.. i want to get a higher variant of reppu and ryuusei which the devs made as a prize from E-1 and E-2..

i thought this event is a joke at first..

E-1 difficulty at hard is hardly mentionable compared to 1-5.. i would have finished this map in easy difficulty if it weren't for that reppu(601)..

E-2 difficulty at hard is where the difficulty spikes.. there's that f*cking 2 Flagship Ru-classes at the 2nd node.. makes my blood boil.. the boss isn't really that hard but surviving up to the boss node is what makes this far harder than E-1..

E-3 is where i tried my first combined fleet battle.. this is ridiculous.. i made so many mistakes here.. as such as i forgot to refuel my 2nd fleet after returning from the battle and accidentally took combined fleet's ASW formation in Battleship princess node.. its probably because of muscle memory from choosing line ahead too much.. but this map isn't that hard even at hard.. i keep all my fleet sparkling all of the time so they deal with the enemy quite well.. the boss node is a joke.. Light Cruiser Dwelling Demon taking diamond formation in a battle is most amusing really.. take down the two wo-class kais and she's nothing to be afraid of..

E-4 is where i first meet an Aircraft Carrier Princess this badass Kaga look-a-like is so scary.. this map's preboss isn't really hard but this is where killing the boss is actually harder.. seems like E-2 but in reverse.. what suprises me the most is the ability of Evil Kaga to one shot a battle ship to taiha at night.. i was like.. "WTF, how come she hits so hard at night?.. not even a wo-kai class could do this.." but i managed to break through her with yukikaze faithful cut-in..

E-5 is where i struggle the most.. this is possibly the hardest map i've ever faced in kancolle from whence i start playing.. light cruiser dwelling demon used line ahead.. and that fucking troll node in E-2 returns with additional 2 Flagship Ta-Classes and 2 Flagship Ru-Classes.. when i thought it was hard enough.. i met yet another Evil Kaga(Aircraft Carrier Oni).. this time she accompanied herself with 2 hellcats wo-class.. i was like.. okay.. it's good.. however what suprises me is she can also be accompanied with both Battleship Ru-Class Kai Flagship and Heavy Cruiser Ru-Class Kai flagship in one fleet.. this is.. horrendous.. i would be okay if this is placed on boss node, but preboss?.. nope.. seriously, this is a f*king troll from the devs.. i was aware of the consequences of trying to clear this map at hard.. where i have to face 2 Battleship Symbiotic Princess and a Battleship Water Demon at the boss node for a whoopin' 1300 hp.. well i was thinking of clearing this last map in easy but after thinking back again.. since this is my first event, i was thinking of creating a good memory about this event.. so i went with hard.. and cleared it.

I gotta agree with Kitahara, this winter event rocks with the Anime's OP/ED.. it's so fitting with the feeling when you finally reach the boss node..