Talk:Tutorial: Leveling/@comment-26049705-20150408214110/@comment-84.90.161.45-20150414201218

Before finding Shinhwalee's 3-2-A non-stop CA grinding guide, I used to level CAs on 4-1.

The CA rarely gained MVP, as I preferred playing it safe and avoid nasty surprises at the first node as well as being prepared for the random toss to that I node.

I used CA, BBV, CVL, 2CLT, SS(V).

I equipped them with regular combat setups (like I said, to play it safe against troll RNG):

FS with best double attack, BBV with 2x medium power red guns (35.6cm for example, variants with +acc are OK too) + 2x zuiuns, CVL with best ASW bombers + Saiun, CLTs with 2x 15.5cm triple sec + hyoteki, SS(V) with 2x Quad O2 torpedos.

The point is to do 1st shelling node, 2nd anti-sub node and then quit. Sometimes RNG trolls to that I node, that's when the extra opening strike power comes in handy.

Unfortunately, because of that, the CA flagship won't be getting many MVPs, specially on the anti-sub nodes where she won't get any.

Even if you grind just the first node (nodes A and E), the base exp gain is lower than 3-2-A (3-2-A = 320 exp; 4-1-A/E = 310 exp) while having stronger enemies - nothing less than elites.

Take a look at Shinhwalee's guides for 3-2-A, it's a whole lot more effective than 4-1.