and if you are at the level to be able to K2 her, at that point resource consumptions shouldnt be a huge issue anymore
Even the previously worst consumption CVs, Kaga and Taihou only do 80/80 and 90/75 respectively.
This may not seem like much, but for people running 5-4 to gain rank, she becomes quite bad to field as that extra consumption piles up with multiple runs.
Unryuu-class does 50/55, so Shoukaku Kai Ni A consumes twice the fuel.
At the very least, for leveling Shoukaku, it's way better to use her in Kai to get to 88 before remodelling into Kai Ni or Kai Ni A.
For 65>>100 increase, that will be a 7 fuel per node increase, 28 per run. Not that unacceptable if you ask me. Think about the reduced risk of retreating due to chuuha, and the future preveilege of launching jets. You pay for the combat capability you get, in this case fuel for armored carrier capability and medium range.
It is strange to see people complain about "moe" in a game that has been riding the moe bandwagon at it's forefront from the start. It is the moe girls that attract most people to the game, I don't think it is that strange that the girls who are often considered the most moe are receiving most of the seasonal arts (arguable if the most moe girls have all actually received a seasonal CG though).
Also, you should take a note of the artists and ship girl's rarity when complaining about the fact BB/CV/CA haven't received much in the way of seasonal CG. Some artists simply don't seem to do any seasonal CG for some reason or another, and devs for the most part seem to avoid the most rare ship girls (though there are a few expections, such as Mizuho).
For BB for example, Kongou-class artist Konishi hasn't drawn a single seasonal CG yet, and that guy has a bunch of DD he has drawn too (Asashio and Kagerou-class). Shizuma Yoshinori (Nagato and Yamato-class) hasn't drawn a single seasonal CG either even with some other ship types within his works such as DD, though that may be because almost all the girls he has drawn are fairly rare. Shibafu, the artist of Ise-class has not drawn a single seasonal CG yet either. After that, the BB that are left are Fusou-sisters, Bismarck, Italia and Roma. Fusou-class have received seasonal lines fairly often, but it is hard to comment on them, with their artist being someone who hasn't drawn any other ship girls. I suspect Fusou-class may be the most likely ones to receive a seasonal CG sometime soon though (just a hunch). Bismarck is a LSC-exclusive and it has been pointed out, her artist Humikane is famous and probably quite busy (Z1 did receive a seasonal CG, but thinking about it, she is the only german ship girl every player is 100% sure to get). Italia has a CG even though she is currently unavailable, but she was a reward from one of the easiest events in Kancolle history and probably quite many players had her during summer. Roma is an event-drop only and fairly rare.
The above is similar for CV too. Anyway, my point is not many of the ship girls out of BB and CV are likely to receive a seasonal CG when going by the two points, rarity and a ship girl's artist. If someone like Konishi suddenly started to draw seasonal CG of Asashio-class DD, then I too would question "why not the Kongou-class?", but the thing is, he for some reason hasn't drawn anything yet or simply hasn't received any work aside from Kai Ni CG.
As for CVL and CA, 4 CVL already have received a seasonal CG, which is almost 50% of the whole ship type. I'm really surprised no CA has received a seasonal CG though, as there are plenty of active artists for that ship type and not many rare ship girls. There really is no logical reason why a CA hasn't received a seasonal CG, but I believe that day when CA will start receiving seasonal CG too will come soon. Anyway, I digress, I went on for long enough.
and if you are at the level to be able to K2 her, at that point resource consumptions shouldnt be a huge issue anymore
Even the previously worst consumption CVs, Kaga and Taihou only do 80/80 and 90/75 respectively.
This may not seem like much, but for people running 5-4 to gain rank, she becomes quite bad to field as that extra consumption piles up with multiple runs.
Unryuu-class does 50/55, so Shoukaku Kai Ni A consumes twice the fuel.
At the very least, for leveling Shoukaku, it's way better to use her in Kai to get to 88 before remodelling into Kai Ni or Kai Ni A.
I'd just add that DDs likely get a lot of seasonal art because there are a lot of DDs; the DD class almost has more ships than every other class combined (75 DDs vs 89 all others).
True enough
thanks for the replies that i am enlightened a bit about consumptions. thing is im a filthy casual who almost never care for ranks (almost, because i tried to stay at least Admiral or Vice-Admiral for strong PvP fleets to train my girls) and im also one of the guys who even sent shimakaze for expeditions, not keeping a single mutsuki (k2 and scrap)
Nah, i'm gonna save my Catapult for Zuikaku
New Autumn CG and voice so lovely
and if you are at the level to be able to K2 her, at that point resource consumptions shouldnt be a huge issue anymore
Even the previously worst consumption CVs, Kaga and Taihou only do 80/80 and 90/75 respectively.
This may not seem like much, but for people running 5-4 to gain rank, she becomes quite bad to field as that extra consumption piles up with multiple runs.
Unryuu-class does 50/55, so Shoukaku Kai Ni A consumes twice the fuel.
At the very least, for leveling Shoukaku, it's way better to use her in Kai to get to 88 before remodelling into Kai Ni or Kai Ni A.
5-4 HQXP runs are easy enough that, when your CV gets chuuha'd, what you do is make them a reppuu mule. This is done to conserve buckets and resources.
Now, hard maps, that aren't normally run all that often, like 4-5 and 5-5, I would agree that Shoukaku Kai Ni A is one of the better ships to bring.
One less paper-decked carrier is one less chance to retreat.
I used armored Shoukaku and Taihou on today's final 4-5. Wow, they worked wonderfully!