Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-1915363-20160316151150/@comment-26574811-20160407003504

Shiranui-kun wrote: Vcharng wrote: Zel-melon wrote: Last year when Devs scared us shitless with the whole "BIG PREPARATION" thing for Spring Event it turned out pretty sour. Although the Artillery wasn't there yet so this year seems more legit? It was "REVATIVELY big operation" (6 maps) last spring, this time it's just BIG (7 maps according to 15 summer).

There was no "total war" reference last year as well. Nor 6-4.

BTW why is the top post referring to Leyte? From all we know it's going to be Operation Ke-Go this time.

And, what is rumored to be introduced in spring is not a jet aircraft, but a land-based aircraft (along with its game mechanic). It's likely to be Leyte because of a: Iowa, even though NJ got all the fame and b: Leyte gave them the chance to force their kantai kessen plan that they had been waiting for an opportunity for since the war began, although said plan was counting on a great deal more ships and skilled aircrew than they had at that point. If a plan revolving around a decisive battle with everything they had isn't all out war, iunno what is. BTW wasn't Operation SN the KanColle version of Ke-go from a 'what if the IJA/N managed to retake Henderson' perspective? I may be wrong there though.

Jet aircraft will be implemented at some point, but yeah I agree land based aircraft is more likely given recent dev info. I hope we get our own InstallationMusu to go with them and it's not just an overhaul of support expeditions. No, not SN, OP Ke-Go is this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ke

It was a retreat (+ planned counterattack) operation about Guadacanal in 1943, OP SN was in 1942.

Note that OP Ke-Go's planned counterattack also fits the definition of a "total war" (総力戦, lit. "All-out warfare"), as the Japanese wiki entry of Ke-Go describes: "Japanese intention of these operations was to further enable an all-out attack to retake Guadacanal against the Americans." (こうした一連の動きにより、アメリカ軍に対し 再び日本軍によるガ島総攻撃があると思わせるのが 日本軍の意図であった. )

My reasons of Ke-Go:

1. Ooshio and Kawakaze (Both participated Ke-Go) K2, just like what happened with Kasumi last season.

2. Landing craft system. (Ke-Go includes landing operations)

3. Upcoming land-based aircrafts (Ke-Go also includes bombarding enemy airfield at night by land-based bombers)

4. OP Ke-Go somewhat allows ships of all kinds to participate.

The only problem: Supposedly since we won OP SN, there shouldn't be a retreat from Guadacanal. But I guess you have to come back to the historical outcome once the event was over.