Talk:World 3/@comment-24430017-20141029035014/@comment-203.180.0.35-20141101024001

Personally, I'm too lazy to sparkle my ships for 3-5, so I just go Line Abreast while taking the southern route. It's about as easy as it gets, and the only way you get sent back home is if the enemy gets lucky torpedo hits during parallel/green tea engagements. After all, if you take the southern route, your goal isn't to claim victories on every regular node; your goal is to survive til the boss.

Also, it does seem that the northern route is for admirals with high-level heavy ships and plenty of resources, while the southern route is for light ships and plenty of buckets.