Talk:Summer 2014 Event/@comment-24332640-20140815090243

I figured I would try a middle route config with a sub on E-6. The idea is that the presence of the sub in the night battle will make the lighter ships concentrate on the sub and increase your chances of making it through the night node. But attacking subs isn't very effective at night for anyone so she ought to be able to make it through safely.

Unfortunately C to E or F is still random. And if you end up at H having to fight aircraft princess, well you have the normal problems associated with fighting her but on top of that the destroyers at that node will rape your sub. They seem to have much better ASW gear than the ones at A. So if you go to E (which leads to H) then you're basically guaranteed to have to retreat (unless you put damecon on your sub, but that would mean no cut-ins...).

So you're gambling that you actually get the night node, then gambling that you get through the night node (even with a sub that's hardly guaranteed). That's a lot of gambling.

The one big plus with this config is that you since you don't need CVLs you can take real CVs to the boss...assuming you actually go the right direction.

Man, I never thought I would find myself praying to the RNG that she send me to a night node...