Talk:Winter 2015 Event/@comment-24.253.50.136-20150220105010/@comment-174.3.153.137-20150220135742

I'm on easy mode at HQ 63. My fleet composition is like this:

Main fleet: Level 42 Kumano Kai, Level 44 Kongou Kai, Level 44 Fusou Kai, Level 38 Haruna Kai, Level 36 Yamashiro Kai, Level 67 Zuikaku Kai

Escort fleet: Level 58 Ro-500, Level 63 Sendai Kai Ni, Level 57 Yuudachi Kai, Level 37 Yukikaze Kai, Level 68 Kitakami Kai Ni, Level 66 Ooi Kai Ni

As of right now, I have used at least 20k fuel and 25k ammo. My steel usage is minor at around 4k. My bauxite twitched like 500. I went into E-5 around 2 days ago with 17k fuel and 18k ammo. I currently have 7.2k fuel and 5.4k ammo because I'm running expeditions during some of the repair times (as opposed to using a bucket on every one). I have also used 20 buckets so far just on E-5.

If you're looking to get through E-5, you'd need to luck out hard and not have support expeditions (you don't have the resources for 8 runs of that) or hate money and somehow get there by buying resources. You might possibly make it if you just run the most efficient expeditions for resources starting now and somehow race through it near the end.

With all that said though, I would recommend you just farm.