Talk:Summer 2016 Event/@comment-24091568-20160819123257/@comment-89.181.134.126-20160819134923

If you want my honest opinion ... I'm sorry to break it to you, but if the best you've got is that, you should forget about this event and prepare for Fall 2016. I'm sure Prinz and Kashima will come back. But you still have about 10 days to bring them up to a decent level and get some decent gear, I don't know if your resources will survive, though ...

Ships to prepare for future events: Get Isuzu Kai Ni and a bunch of Type 3 Sonar and Depth Charges (2:1 ratio). She's pretty much mandatory for any submarine heavy map, with the new preemptive ASW mechanic. Get Sendai Kai Ni, she comes with the 3 night battle equips. Get Mogami-class CAVs up to lvl 50+, last event and this one had routings that made use of them. Get Kongou-class BBs to Kai Ni, they are cheap to run and decently powerful, also this event has routings that made use of them. Get Kaga Kai and Akagi Kai to a decent level, they are high capacity CVs. Get Hiryuu Kai Ni and Souryuu Kai Ni, very nice attack CVs, come with very nice planes. Get Jun'you Kai Ni and Ryuujou Kai Ni, Jun'you is the highest capacity CVL, and both have high firepower. Get Yuudachi Kai Ni, Ayanami Kai Ni, Kasumi Kai Ni, Ooshio Kai Ni, they are powerful DDs, and both Ooshio Kai Ni and Kasumi Kai Ni can carry Daihatsus. Consider Asashio Kai Ni D, she can easily perform preemptive ASW. Get Fubuki Kai Ni, Hatsushimo Kai Ni and Shigure Kai Ni, Fubuki and Hatsushimo have high AA and can perform good AACI, Hatsushimo and Shigure have high luck and good for night cut-ins. Get Tone-class Kai Ni, high LoS and good CAVs. Get Fusou-class Kai Ni, best BBVs in the game and come with very good equips. Get Jintsuu Kai Ni, very good combat capabilities. Get Abukuma Kai Ni, only CL able do opening torpedo. Get Kitakami Kai Ni, Ooi Kai Ni and Kiso Kai Ni, the CLT trio is a must-have. Get Maya Kai Ni, best AACI in the game. Get Myoukou-class Kai Ni, best all-round CAs in the game. Get Kuma Kai and Nagara Kai, good all-round CLs. Optional Furutaka-class Kai Ni, to fill in gaps in CAs. Get Choukai Kai Ni, BB-tier firepower. Get Ooyodo from 1-6 and Kai her, her FCF and 4 slots are invaluable.

This should get you a decent fleet for future events, and most are drops from up to and including map 2-3 (Orel). You can try crafting Shimakaze and Yukikaze, they are good too. Kumano and Suzuya are trickier to get, but try a few heavy cruiser recipes. Some of the ships mentioned require blueprints to Kai Ni (Fusou-class, Tone-class, Abukuma, Kasumi, Choukai), so they'll take a while to get.

Sorry for the wall of text, and I hope this helps you.