Partials/Updates/Winter 2016 Pre-Event and Event Update Notes

Brace yourselves, the Winter 2016 Event is coming!

The devs said the event will start in early February! Get PSYCHED!

Event Information

 * 1) Event Details: - Event Page
 * 2) * Officially titled: Sortie! Operation Rei-Gō
 * 3) * Starting Date: 10th February 2016
 * 4) * Duration: Expected to be around two weeks 19 days - till 29th February 2016 at 11:00 hrs JST.
 * 5) * Scale: Relatively small scale
 * 6) Limited-time Event Maps
 * 7) * The event consists of a total of three maps, including the Extra Operation.
 * 8) ** Main Operation: 2 maps
 * 9) ** Extra Operation: 1 map
 * 10) * The Main Operation is based on Operation Rei-Gō.
 * 11) * The Extra Operation is based on a what-if scenario.
 * 12) * The final stage will be "somewhat difficult" on Hard Mode, as in, KITANDA levels of difficult. Maybe. We'll see soon enough.


 * February 10 2016 11:00:00 +0900 Maintenance start time
 * February 10 2016 19:00:00 +0900 Initial Expected completion time
 * February 10 2016 21:20:00 +0900 Actual completion time

New Mechanism

 * New gimmick
 * Abyssal land-based aviation attack

Confirmed Mechanics

 * Difficulty Selection
 * The Extra Operation will have yet another gimmick that's unlike the previous ones, so no armour debuff bullshit.
 * PTSD demon spawn
 * Manual Node Selection
 * Difficulty Selection
 * Combined Fleet
 * Transport Loadoff
 * Event limited time quests
 * HP Bar Variance
 * Multiple Branching Map

Note: No Ship-locking and No armor-break debuff

Hints and Advice

 * Since the event is based on Operation Rei-Gō you should prepare the following ships:
 * List of previous event ships whose return has been confirmed so far:

New Ships/Equipment

 * Three new ship girls

Links

 * IS MY FLEET READY? WANNA SEE MY SHIPLIST? - Forum board
 * Quick FAQs and Tips on what to prepare - Still based on Summer 2015 but overall tips are similar
 * Shinhwalee's Major Event Preparation Guide for Admirals - Read it if you want to survive

Event notices
''Basically we have had server issues on the 11th of February 2016 starting with the name of the server Kure but the scope of the problem extended to other servers such as Oominato, Truk as well as Rabaul servers. You may wish to click on the links mentioned in this paragraph to read in further detail. As a result the due date for event to finish has now been extended to the 29th of February 2016 (fomerly it was set to due on 26th of February 2016)''