Talk:I-13/@comment-25315770-20170221184505/@comment-89.181.134.126-20170222004612

It's even worse when you clear ...

I cleared on Normal. Did all debuffs, managed to somewhat consistently S-rank the boss ... until I cleared it.

After clear, with the exact same fleet (Iowa, Kirishima, Italia, Roma ... you know, fast fleet with the hardest hitters available - if I had known before clearing that Normal allows slow fleet, I'd have used my Hotels), S-ranks became very scarce. The STD Hime meatshields would always go into night battle, with the boss barely dented, and ofc no one dared aim at the twins until both meatshields were dead.

I eventually stopped using node support expedition and switched the main fleet around for a cheaper version. Since slow fleets are allowed for the same route on Normal, I went with Kirishima, Bismarck, Nagato and Mutsu. The resource drain became a lot lighter, and the end result was similar - plenty of A-ranks, very few S-ranks. 26th boss encounter, Hitomi drops.

And then all was well in the world.