Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-27764896-20160407033241/@comment-26351458-20160407090431

Since this is your second event, you wouldn't have experienced ship-locking yet (only applies for medium and hard difficulty). For Fall '15, every ship you used in the first 3 maps were locked out of the 4th map. For Summer '15, there were 4 separate ship locks which meant you actually needed a wide ship pool.

Some maps can also be quite difficult even on medium mode. The composition below is Summer '15 E-3's final boss form on medium node, not even halfway through the event. The 350hp boss plus two 250hp escorts was quite troublesome for newer players.



That's why I think your limit looks to be around E-1H, E-2M/H and the remaining maps on easy mode.

The first map of each event is usually very easy; for Summer '15 E1, my fleet's average level was literally 30, which included a completely unmodernized Kikuzuki kai (she was required for optimal branching), and cleared the map easily.

If our review of your fleet sounded quite harsh, that might be because we're used to the harder difficulties and have experienced lots of salt :P

Don't worry too much about it, as I can tell you that your fleet is already better than mine when I started the Spring '15 event last year. I had <500 of each resource, 100ish buckets, 1CV (Akagi), no CAV and no slow BB. I obtained Suzuya/Kumano as drops in the event, and actually used them for branching at E-5. I ended up completing the event, farmed Nagato/Mutsu/Roma/Kinu at E-6 and quadrupled my CV count (+ Zuikaku, Katsuragi, Souryuu).

That being said, it is still highly recommended for you to prepare the best ships for the upcoming and also future events.

Death Usagi's event guide (http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Shinhwalee/Major_Event_Preparation_Guide_for_Admirals) is really helpful and basically provides all the information you need to prepare for events.

You should still get Sendai up to kai-ni, as her night-battle equipment is useful in almost every event map, as long as you need to go into night battle to defeat the boss. It's nice that you already have Abukuma; her kai-ni has been the most useful CL for me, in and out of events.

The two CLT have very high torpedo stats when they're kai-ni, and having ko-hyoteki equipped almost guarantees one trash abyssal eliminated before the shelling phase. The CLT also play a huge role in finishing off the final boss in the final map.

If you're really keen on clearing the whole event (regardless of difficulty), then you'll want to put the effort into preparation (which includes overcoming the temptation of LSC, and mindlessly grinding 1-5A). btw, I'm still missing Musashi, Bismarck, I-401, Taihou and even freaking Mikuma and I have over 250k fuel and 230k ammo :P