Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-25732404-20150718154635/@comment-25174240-20150719095041

Since you've mentioned that you have participated in three events previously, that means you've played Kancolle for 9 months or more, as for HQ level 96 it means you've sortied quite a fair bit.

Question: Can I assume that you play every day to clear quests and other stuff?

Reason: To attempt a normal event safely, you should have a balanced (at least 2 - 4 strong ships in each major ship class) and decently levelled (level 60+). The best way to achieve this is to play 1-2 hours every day clearing the dailies and rotating the girls that you are training.

Summary: You can probably do easy mode, will need to train up for normal, and it is unlikely for you to clear hard.

~Fleet Assessment: will assume you're trying to train up for normal~

CV(L): You need at least 4 CVs about level 60. Devs have mentioned in official twitter that the event will be CV heavy

BB(V): You really need to train up slow BB like Nagato/Mutsu. Personally I don't know why people focus so much on FBB but it's up to them, some maps will route differently for slow and fast BBs. Best to have 4 FBBs (no problem for you), 2 good slow BBs, 2 decent BBVs.

CA(V): Past events have shown that CA are an essential class, especially with ship locking. You need 4 to 6 solid CAs. At low levels (below 55) Takao class CA will be your "go to" girls. At high levels (80+) you'll be looking at Myoukou class

CL: You look quite alright here, just a bit of training. Just need to keep 4 of them about level 50 to attempt normal.

DD: Again with ship locking you need quite a lot of them. At least 8 good DDs. Your Yuudachi and Shimakaze will be your heavy hitters in combined fleets that need 4 DDs. Train them up to 55 if you can, especially Yuudachi for her kai ni. You lack a major AA DD, your safest option now is Shigure since she is the highest level amongst your potential AA DDs.

~Equpment assessment~

Since the event will be CV heavy, you lack fighter planes. Shiden kai 2 is good enough for almost any kind of event, type 52 zero may not be good enough. Better fighters means more bombers shot down. More bombers shot down means less bad stuff trying to hit your ships.

It would be good if you could get some Ryuusei/Ryuusei kai torpedo bombers and a few Suisei model 12A to help your CVs to bomb more efficiently.

You didn't list your medium and large calibre guns. Do you have enough 41cm (or perhaps 46cm for Nagato/Mutsu) guns for your BBs? Enough 20.3cm guns for 6 CAs? How about 15.2cm/15.5cm guns for CL?

~Resources~

A rule of thumb in Kancolle is to prioritise ship training over stockpiling. High level ships perform better; they hit their targets more often, they evade more often.

Ship levels can be viewed as an analog of ship crew veterancy in real life:

Level 1 = Everyone new to the ship, fresh out of Naval academy. Crew can operate and sail the ship normally.

Level 30 = Ship has done some peace time exercises and operations, has no practical battle experience yet.

Level 40-60= Has fought in 1 to 3 major Naval engagements, crew starting to synergise well as a war unit. Sometimes will still succumb to pressure during combat and miss important targets.

Level 80+ = Battle hardened, fought and survived several major naval battles. Won't panic during battle.

Level 100+ = Fought in 2 world wars (drank from fountain of youth) and still alive, will not break even under intense enemy fire. Able to shoot accurately and manouvre even under immense pressure.

My point is that even with all the resources in the world, an underlevelled fleet will keep getting hit badly and going to the docks for repairs, thus eating more resources and buckets during events. High level ships might only need repairs to some ships after each event sortie rather than everyone having to repair.

Buckets are important to save but use your resources to train your fleet, craft better equipment for your girls.

There's a lot to say but I hope this is enough to help you for now.