Board Thread:Special Events/@comment-1820055-20150205083849/@comment-84.90.161.45-20150210225346

HQ 101, Medium - Because screw the Improvement mats

Combined Fleet: Quick Response.

Formations: Top Right all pre-boss nodes, Bottom Right at boss.

17 runs total: 7 successful kills, 4 retreats due to rekt, 6 retreats due to wrong route.

1st to 3rd runs:

Sometimes goes C - E - F - H - K.

Kaga (60): Ryuusei 601 (20) + Reppuu (20) + Reppuu 601 (46) + T21 Skilled (12)

Bismarck Drei (76): 2x 41cm + Ar196Kai + T91 AP Shell

Ise (63): 2x 41cm + T91 AP Shell + Zuiun

Myoukou (70): 2x 20.3cm (nº2) + T0 Recon + T13 Air RADAR Kai

Haguro (65): 2x 20.3cm (nº2) + T0 Recon + T13 Air RADAR Kai

Taihou (96): Tenzan Tomonaga (39) + Reppuu (24/24) + T21 Skilled (8)

Second fleet: CA, CL, 3DD, CLT

Prinz Eugen (54): 2x SKC34 20.3cm + Ar196Kai + Searchlight

Jintsuu (61): 2x 20.3cm (nº2) + T98 Night Scout

Akizuki (52): 2x 10cm HAFD + Starshell

Shigure (66): 2x Quad O2 + 10cm HA

Yukikaze (52): 2x Quad O2 + 10cm HA

KTKM (99): 2x Quint O2 + Hyoteki

ELoS = 68 - AS = 275

4th to 17th runs:

Sometimes goes C - E - F - G - I - K. Will run out of fuel at G - I. Recommend ending sortie after node C.

Kaga: Ryuusei 601 (20) + Ju87CKai (20) + Reppuu 601 (46) + T21 Skilled (12)

Bismarck Drei: 2x 41cm + AR196Kai + T91 AP Shell

Haruna (83): 2x 41cm + T0 Recon + T91 AP Shell

Taihou: Reppuu (30) + Tenzan Tomonaga (24) + Suisei Ekusa (24) + T21 Skilled (8)

Chiyoda (78): Ryuusei Kai (24) + Reppuu (16/11) + Suisei M12A (8)

Chitose (79): Ryuusei Kai (24) + Reppuu (16/11) + Suisei M12A (8)

Second Fleet: 2CA, CL, 2DD, CLT

Prinz Eugen: 2x SKC34 20.3cm + 20.3cm (nº3) + Ar196Kai

Myoukou: 2x 20.3cm (nº2) + T0 Recon + Searchlight

Jintsuu: 2x 20.3cm (nº2) + T98 Night Scout

Akizuki: 2x 10cm HAFD + Starshell

Yukikaze: 3x Quad O2

KTKM: 2x Quint O2 + Hyoteki

ELoS = 40 - AS = 331

Buckets wasted: 47

Notable drops: Hamakaze at boss, Suzuya at F. The rest were just common ships, mostly DDs.

Final comments:

- My goal with this run was to try the north route, avoiding the fuel maelstrom at E and that dreaded node H.

- Node I isn't much better, with a BB Hime, 2 Elite Ru-class BB, an Elite Wo-class CV, a Tsu-class CL and a DD, in Double Line formation.

- For the first 8 runs, it went 100% north route (A - B - G - I - K). Then compass started trolling to node C. 9th run was a test to see how far it goes, ended sortie after node G with no fuel left. The next trolls to node C were instant retreat after beating the node to minimize losses.

- 7th run was the most perfect ever, scored a perfect S rank at node I. That BB Hime never knew what hit her. Boss was S ranked in day battle. Only 1 bucket was spent.

- Final dance mode after the 12th run. Followed by 3 straight compass trolls to C and a Green T node I that rekt 2 of my ships. You do NOT want Green T against the BB Hime, mark my words. Thus the Saiuns were never used.

- On a craziness flash, decided to perform a full preventive repair on both fleets after the 16th run, spending 12 buckets total, even on ships with only scratch damage. All repair times were over 30 minutes.