Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-27111035-20150811021217/@comment-460323-20150811065015

Exactly, that's why he should bank on clearing E-1 on Hard and E-2 on Medium while aiming to go as far as possible on Easy. E-1 Hard is do-able with good DDs/BBV and a Kikuzuki. There's little to no difference even if your HQ level skyrocket since events' difficulty is now selectable instead of dependent on your HQ level like in the past. He's going to need to grind his DDs at 1-5 before his HQ hits 80 anyway, so there's no reason not to grind first and event later.