Talk:World 1/@comment-26049705-20150127190447/@comment-26058113-20150128115758

SS is not too important for clearing 2-4. You might be best off going with a brute force approach if you're not able to get one. Yes, 1-5's first few nodes are good spots to level DDs (Yuudachi, Ayanami, Shigure) and CLs (the Sendais). 2-3 and 2-4A are your current best options for grinding BBs and CAs (Kongou-class, Myoukou, Tone, and Takao-class).

2-4 is no joke... I thought Worlds 3 and 4 were easier compared to it, mainly because of the limited resources available to you... that is, actual materials, consumables and grinding spots you have at your disposal. I did go the brute force approach with 2 BBs, 2 CAs, a CV and a CVL, all Kai, with an average level of 40. I probably could have cleared it at a lower level, but RNG Fd me over so many times I wanted to make sure I cleared the boss node IF I actually made it there. Deploying an expensive fleet also kinda sucked, so I backed off on sortieing a bit just to gather resources, buckets, and devmats via quests and expeditions. All in all it took me around a full 2 weeks to clear. In the end, I was satisfied as fuq and had a lot of resources to throw around afterwards for crafting important equipment (3-4 star fighters and bombers, 46cm guns for BBs).

Do try to get another CV to replace your Akagi. Air superiority is pretty important for surviving 2-4, and torp bombers can reduce the amount of fodder to deal with pre-shelling phase. 2-3's boss can drop Souryuu and Hiryuu if you're lucky, both are good CVs. Kirishima and Fusou will provide good firepower, but you could go for one more BB if you want. Start leveling CAs if you can, there are many good ones to choose from (see above). Good luck.