Talk:World 2/@comment-24835439-20140419041117/@comment-24664931-20140501123628

As the one who placed the video and wrote the additional tips for clearing 2-4, I beg to differ.

I struggled for weeks at 2-4, throwing all variations of ships at it, (CLTs, BBs, CVs, CVLs, DDs, whatever) and I couldn't clear it. Consultations with my friends were all in the vein of "Level and you'll eventually clear it" but this advice isn't practical for strategizing to clear a specific node.

In contrast to the comments of "He's obviously farming 2-4" my first reaction to watching the video was that it is possible to clear 2-4 with the very bare basics of equipment. What I saw in the aftermath of the battle was not that "He's saving tons of resources and is going to feed the ships away later", it was that he cleared it with his ships intact.

I can't describe to you how much hope the video gave me in my struggle against 2-4. Considering that having reached the boss several times to land nothing but scratch damage on the boss battleship was devastating to me, until I read the part about the required firepower to penetrate enemy defense and I realised that my best equipment of 2 x 35.6cm guns were just not going to cut it, which made me work towards padding more firepower.

By showing me the specifics in terms of minimum firepower, fleet setup (I had a tendency to shy away from CV usage before because of the baux drain), and then proving that you can actually DO it with the bare minimum was an eyeopener. I cleared 2-4 within the next few days after studying the video intensively. (Setup then was Kongou, Hiei, Fusou, Ise, Akagi, Jyunyou in their 2x)

If you wish to remove it, by all means. The only reason why I placed it there in the first place was to show new admirals that 2-4 can be done and how to clear it.