Board Thread:Special Events/@comment-25730832-20150427154046/@comment-84.90.161.45-20150506174809

Finally cleared E-3 Hard. Did many changes to the fleet and loadouts along the way, so I'm going to post only the final composition (the most effective so far), which should be good to use from beginning to end.

Boss Expedition Fleet (Final Dance):

24 runs, 15 runs in Final Dance, 6 retreats (2 at node G, 4 at node M). 147 buckets spent.

3 defeats at boss: two C rank and one D rank.

Started the map using 3 DD on escort, one of them Akizuki to provide AACI.

At 11th run, started using Boss Support Expedition, and switched Akizuki for Maya Kai Ni, to maintain AACI while gaining some firepower.

At 17th run, switched Maya Kai Ni for Bismark drei, forfeiting the almost useless AACI for a boost in firepower.

At 19th run, switched Haguro's FCF for a T22 Surface RADAR. No point in advancing with reduced firepower due to shortage of ships. Took too long to understand that.

At 21st run changed from Kongou (80) + Hiei (79) to Nagato (54) + Mutsu (56) with AP cut-in setup. Up until now was changing the FBB loadout between AP cut-in and radar DA versions of 46cm/41cm/35.6cm + 38cm Kai, with little success.

On the final run, decided to leave the room while the boss battle unfolded. Didn't want to watch another failure to spare what little was left of my sanity. Don't know if the expedition activated or what engagement was set. Returned to find the yasen selection screen.

To my surprise, it was 6 vs 2, with Shigure oranged while the rest was green. The enemy was only the Boss and CV Hime, oranged. Starshell, Searchlight and Night Scout triggered. Jintsuu and Bismark took care of CV Hime, Ooi double attacked the Boss to death. Shigure was rekt in the process, but her intervention was not needed. S ranked, Kirishima drop.

Manly tears were shed, celebration buckets to everyone damaged in the run (not counted to the total spent in the map).