Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-32647310-20180203172907/@comment-32647310-20180204033039

@Devsquad74: Yeah, I've looked at some of the maps on the wiki, which is one of the reasons why I've been pretty much leaving it alone...

@PeroimFeld: I see where you're coming from, and after finding that Guide Infographic on Medium/Hard mode, I'm growing more concerned (part of my reason for this thread). This said, using Fall 2017 as a guide, I was able to get up to the Night Strait Princesses on Medium with little trouble. The problem I had was actually sinking them; I just couldn't do it...so I'm hoping that starting the event at level 70 will get the ships the levels they need by the time Last Dance comes around...

- Base 35.6cm guns - That was the intent on moving forward. I don't see a genuine need (right now) for more than 8x Proto 35.6's (please correct me if I'm wrong though!), and with upgrading those 4 that I have, that will give me just about what I need.

- Base 41cm guns - Yeah, I'm not exactly sure what I want to do with those. I know that Fusou, Yamishiro and Nagato all come with the Proto 41cm at K2, which would give me 3... but I'm not sure if I should try to make more via upgrades or not.

- 20.3 cm (no.2) guns - My long-term goal with these is to turn them into the no.3...eventually. As it stands, the most I can get is 4 (need to get Tone and Chikuma to K2 for this though...). And because so many ships have so much work ahead of them, I'm not looking to acquire and level dupes strictly for gear acquiring purposes. So my only real option is to upgrade those guns through Akashi... but if there is another valid long-term strategy for getting more no.3's, I'd love to hear it.

As for the no.3 gun, I'll put future efforts into upgrading those on the days that they are available instead of the no.2's as I have been.

- Pasta gun - My intent is to turn the crap-pasta gun into a Kai, but I see your point. The fact of the matter is that I wanted 2 of these rather than 1...and I don't see myself picking up Littorio anytime soon.

As far as no longer using past gear that I've upgraded, I already know what you're talking about; when I first started mucking about, I put a lot of effort into upgrading 12.7cms (as you can see)... but since getting the Model B K2 and the 12.7 HA (LM), I haven't touched the older guns. Heck, the ONLY reason why I even keep them around in the first place is the fact that I eventually want to turn those into more Model Bs

When it comes to 'saving screws', it's less about being stingy and more about wanting to build up a large number so I can either dump them on more expensive upgrades...or upgrade something from base to max in one go.

In any event, that is the method behind the madness (so to speak). If my thought-process in long-term development is seriously off, or needs fine-tuning, please let me know.

I appreciate the guidance.