Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-32647310-20171116030712/@comment-32647310-20171116061546

PeroimFeld wrote: The first map is always a joke and you should have no problem clearing it on Hard. Whether or not you’ll be able to do Medium/Hard from that point onwards will depend on what the map will require – for example, a fast-only STF will likely force you to go Easy since you don’t have enough leveled FBBs for the usual 4FBB 2CVL composition. Shiplocking will also be a problem for your fleet. Since we have no idea what BS the EOs will throw at us, there’s not much point in discussing (or worrying about) that.

I see. This will be my second event. While I went through the Summer Event just fine, I found myself using the CTF far more often than not, and on the few instances where STF was needed/better, I didn't worry much about air-power that much and didn't bring CVs at all and used the LBAS to cover that for me.

PeroimFeld wrote:

The two glaring weaknesses in your fleet are CLs and FBBs – Abukuma is your only worthwhile CL at a decent level, and you really need all 4 Kongous at Kai Ni as the bare minimum for FBBs. Your CVLs’ levels are also way too low for comfort, considering they rely mostly on evasion to survive.

Yeah... it's only been recently (within the last 6 weeks or so) that I really started putting more effort into the Kongous (or any FBBs for that matter), as I have been focused on CAs instead.

As a general thing, my 'strategy' (if you could call it that) has been to get ship up to Kai and move on to the next one, coming back around to favorites and getting them to K2 (or at least the level if they need BPs) and then onto the next ship, meaning that many ships that don't have a K2 just sit at or about their Kai level. The recent leveling on some of these have come from folks pointing out that Yuubari, Ooyodo and Kuma are great at higher levels.

PeroimFeld wrote:

As for equipment, you really should make an effort to complete the quests that give out good guns like the proto 35.6cm, and please stop upgrading crap like basic 12.7cm and T94 DC, especially when you have a better version sitting right there on your freaking list.

I don't think I have the proto 35.6cm quest available yet. I know that for a handful of quests I'm kind of blocked because I don't have certain ships. That said, I'm looking to get Haruna and Hiei done as soon as possible after the event.

As far as those crap gears, those are holdovers from back when I first got Akashi and didn't have much in the way of better stuff. I haven't gotten rid of the T9 4DCs because I don't have more DCs that are better (that is, if I get another T3 DC or something better, the T94s are getting scrapped). As for the 12.7cms, they are in a similar boat...but they stay because they work for the daily quest when/if I come to a point where I can't do something more useful (lack of helper or something).

My present goal is to turn those Ro.43's into Ro.44's (because the Type 2's aren't much better and are a LOT more expensive) and get that Model 52 (Skilled) to 10-star. After that... I don't know. I don't have many screws lying around at the moment, so I'm not sure I want to try upgrading the costly things.

PeroimFeld wrote:

Finally, you really shouldn’t worry about Yamasushi – they see use about as often as your average trophy DD. If you want to burn resources on LSC, aim for either Bismarck or the carriers. My only concern for Yamagumo is because of the event. Same thing for Michishio. I imagine once Winter is over and/or it's certain Yamagumo isn't needed for it, she's modernization fodder. Michishio at K2 is being kept as a Daihatsu carrier however. If I manage, somehow, to get Asagumo, I'm not sure what I'm doing with her...

In any event, thank you for the feedback. I will give Medium/Hard a shot for the first map and see what happens.