Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20171207155334/@comment-32647310-20180109232052

Artutia wrote: No one says anything about her strength in comparison with other CV or anything. I said in opinion of some players including me she is needed for this event hoping for another Shuriken Crossroad. She is a temporary advantage for this event and on long term event - a CVB. Akashi on the other hand can not make anything right away, she needs time. SPF can be acquired by having Suzuya Kai 2 and can be guaranteed a strong CAV as well this way. Let me put this another way:

- There are few tangible benefits for putting a stupid amount of time, effort and resources into focusing on getting Zuikaku. Any immediate benefits that *DO* exist (such as being a strong CV) are minimized by the fact that there are other CVs that are just as strong or stronger...and are easier to acquire.

- Suzuya provides *ONE* Seaplane Fighter after completing a quest.

- Akashi is *MUCH* easier to acquire and provides far more tangible benefits, especially when considering Event preparation as a general thing.

The way I see it, if things are anywhere near as bad as Summer 2017 regarding the need for Seaplane Fighters, one Seaplane Fighter will *NOT* be enough. Yeah, sure Zuiuns can cover down, but you will get one maybe two nodes *tops* before those slots are depleated. The fact I got spanked that hard even on Easy Mode caused me to take a more difficult route with sub-optimal fleets because that was more effective than burning all my Zuiuns.

With Akashi, one can craft a Seaplane Fighter in one day provided they have enough materials lying around to do it...and frankly the most difficult/rarest of these materials are the screws (which you need between 29 and 48 of) and, possibly the Model 21 Fighters (which you need 17 assuming no failures).

Further, given that probably won't need more than 4-8 Seaplane Fighters, it is very much in the realm of possibility that with enough screws what's needed in a day.