Board Thread:Special Events/@comment-25730832-20150801135016/@comment-84.90.161.45-20150817172850

E-4 Easy

CA, 2 FBB, 2 CAV, CV

Route: B-D-E-G-Z

Details: - 9 runs: 7 kills, 2 retreats - 17 buckets spent - Boss drops: Mogami, Akigumo, UMIKAZE, Shouhou, Atago, Takao, Tone

- No support expeditions used.

Notes: - Chose Easy mode, because rewards on higher difficulties are not worth the salt, to save resources and to save on shiplocking (only the FBB were locked to E-4, the others were already tagged to previous maps). - The map was fully cleared through the yasen route, mainly to save on bauxite. Only did it this way because it was Easy mode. For higher difficulties maybe the aerial combat route would be better for preboss clears. - All combat planes used (Zuiun M12, Reppuu, Reppuu 601 and Tenzan Tomonaga) were double chevron rank. Even so, at Last Dance, my fleet could not secure air superiority at boss. Henderson-chan still got rekt in night battle, though, in a Red T battle. - Some kind of ASW capable ship is necessary, to avoid defeat at submarine node, thus the presence of CAV in my fleet. Otherwise I would have used a couple Myoukou-class, or even reused Kinugasa and Prinz from E-2 (because Easy mode). The job was done anyway. - I support the theory that 20.3cm nº3 guns have some kind of bonus in night battles. The CA(V)s were vaporizing everything they aimed at with deadly accuracy, even the gold enemies. - Echelon formation at yasen nodes provide sufficient accuracy and firepower, while improving defense and evasion. This saved a few retreats by soaking up enemy cut-ins and double attacks into chuuha, which would result in taiha otherwise.