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Kancolle Community |OT| - Torpedo Cruiser? I hardly knew 'er.

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Draxal

Member
MSMrRound said:
Just cleared E6 on easy. I wanted to go medium but being a semi-new teitoku my fleet isn't that strong enough. My makeshift fleet only seem to scratch the boss at most. Can't even sink her.

Oh well. Just have to hope that I can get the catapult another way another time...the Akizuki sister is still top priority for me...
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I assume you're like me and your two highest ships are CLTS .... that can't be used on e7.
 
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firehawk12

Subete no aware
Draxal said:
Yeah, kinda glad I dropped to easy as soon as I did. Teruzuki is what i wanted most out of the event, since Akizuki is unobtainable.

2/3 the way through e6 with about 18k fuel left as my lowest resource. Thank god this even lasts for another 14 days.
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You'll want 50k resources. It's tough, staying under soft cap lets you regen so you can do a few runs per day. But the way the event is designed, it's better to try to finish all in one day... and you need to stockpile in order to do that.
 
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MSMrRound

Member
Draxal said:
I assume you're like me and your two highest ships are CLTS .... that can't be used on e7.
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Yup. So much for KTKM-sama this event =/

Currently trying E7 easy but the BRSs are preventing me from getting to the boss node.

Anyone have any recommendation?

Using carrier fleet.

Probably

1st fleet Maya FBB FBB CV CV CV

2nd fleet CA, FBB, CL, CA, DD , Shigure with torp set up.
 
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Draxal

Member
Starting to think e7 might not be doable (haven't tried it yet, just farming, but looking at the reports it seems awful unless they stealth nerf it later on).

MSMrRound said:
Yup. So much for KTKM-sama this event =/

Currently trying E7 easy but the BRSs are preventing me from getting to the boss node.

Anyone have any recommendation?

Using carrier fleet.

Probably

1st fleet Maya FBB FBB CV CV CV

2nd fleet CA, FBB, CL, CA, DD , Shigure with torp set up.
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Is the fast bb Bismarck? If not, you'd probably want to drop it for a triple torped yukikaze.
 
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firehawk12

Subete no aware
I posted this one himeuta and reddit, but you guys might find it useful if you don't visit those places:

Medium finally done. Almost 15 hours later.

I went from total despair here where the boss had 1 HP. http://imgur.com/ylkY9e2

To total elation here: http://i.imgur.com/Zs9LUDx.png

I honestly thought this was a wash run - Myoukou dead, I FCFed Ayanami... but it was Bismarck who got the kill with a DA of all things.

My only regret is not doing this on easy. I have no idea if it would have mattered, but the extra medal and ship slot stuff was really not worth my sanity.

I had a lot of luck with surface fleet pre-final dance, but on the final dance I couldn't get to the boss intact so I just gave up and went CTF.

My final fleet: Maya AACI setup with FCF Nagato Mutsu Shoukaku Zuikaku Kaga With FP of 338 (max rank Reppus) - which got AS at all nodes.

Abukuma with torp CI set up Haguro with searchlight Bismarck with DA set up Ayanami Yukikaze Myoukou - all with torp CI set up.

Usually Myoukou is clutch, but she died on my final run and somehow I was able to kill the boss without CI at all... so it IS possible if you're lucky.

For reference, I started this map with around 80k fuel and 75k ammo and ended with 15k each. I would say it actually took around 80k resources because I finished a lot of quests to get more fuel and ammo... so yeah, stock up or just go easy because if RNG doesn't like you, you will waste a lot of resources and time.

I did not sparkle my fleet, but I did sparkle my two support expeditions - 4 ships each so that I could rotate between the two since Boss node support consumes more moral.

I had 0 K kills, but probably around 5 C kills, at least 7 or more X and Y kills and 3 L kills. No idea if any of that matters or not - I did 3 of C, X, Y on purpose and the rest happened because of branching or STF runs.

For people who are losing hope... all I can say is just good luck. Devote a day to it and try to finish it before the buffs run out to save resources , but realistically you'll need two days - one to chip, and one for final dance runs. Sparkling at least an hour, if not more, so take that into account.

I can't think of anything else to say so... god speed anyone trying this map. My the RNG be in your favour.

Also /u/Classiick 's advice to double line (top right) at M node worked perfectly for me for the most part, except for my last run where Mutsu died and I had to FCF her home. But as you see, I was still able to beat it.
 
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MSMrRound

Member
Draxal said:
Is the fast bb Bismarck? If not, you'd probably want to drop it for a triple torped yukikaze.
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My Yukikaze is at level 20+ though...is it still a good idea to use her?

I know it's because of her high luck...after this event I should get around to leveling her, Ayanami and probably go for Akukuma k2 just in case next event devs troll us by locking out CLTs yet again.
 
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firehawk12

Subete no aware
MSMrRound said:
My Yukikaze is at level 20+ though...is it still a good idea to use her?

I know it's because of her high luck...after this event I should get around to leveling her, Ayanami and probably go for Akukuma k2 just in case next event devs troll us by locking out CLTs yet again.
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Yukikaze has the best chance of a cut in, but you also need to survive to get to the boss in the first place to do any damage so and levels is the only way to increase evasion.

I think having a FBB helps the escort fleet because you want to hopefully disable one of the BWS at J and M. Having Maya at Kai Ni with AACI also helps tremendously.
 
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Draxal

Member
firehawk12 said:
Yukikaze has the best chance of a cut in, but you also need to survive to get to the boss in the first place to do any damage so and levels is the only way to increase evasion.

I think having a FBB helps the escort fleet because you want to hopefully disable one of the BWS at J and M. Having Maya at Kai Ni with AACI also helps tremendously.
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Problem with non Bismarck FBB is that they suck in night battle. And man, I really wished I used my two blueprints on Bisquick instead of Fusou and Chikuma She seems incredibly valuable in this event.
 
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firehawk12

Subete no aware
Draxal said:
Problem with non Bismarck FBB is that they suck in night battle. And man, I really wished I used my two blueprints on Bisquick instead of Fusou and Chikuma She seems incredibly valuable in this event.
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Yeah, I did LSC before the event because I just wanted to RNG and got both her and Akitsumaru and it really paid off. Abukuma and Maya were the other essential ships.
 
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Draxal

Member
firehawk12 said:
Yeah, I did LSC before the event because I just wanted to RNG and got both her and Akitsumaru and it really paid off. Abukuma and Maya were the other essential ships.
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Yeah, Maya's been a lifesaver she pretty much cuts in 2/3 of all air fights for me.. I feel really hamstrung not having the blueprints for Abukuma and Bismarck.

Aside from Yukikaze, Shimakaze could probably be used as well, and they shouldn't be too hard too level in pvp.

edit. Btw I think you convinced me in going for a fast battleship.

Thinking of going
Nagato Kai
Mutsu Kai
Hiryuu Kai (I'll pvp with her as the flagship), not that far away from Kaining her
Kaga Kai
Akagi Kai
Maya Kai NI (AACIN)

Chikuma Kai NI
Jintsuu Kai Ni
Haguro Kai Ni (Night recon, radar)
Ayananmi Kai NI (Torp CI
Shigure Kai Ni (Torp CI)
Kongou Kai Ni (Searchlight/starshell)
 
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MSMrRound

Member
1st fleet:

Hiryuu Kai Ni 81
-Type 21 Zero Fighter Skilled
-Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (Tomonaga Squardon)
-Reppu
-FCF

Kirishima Kai Ni 80
-41cm gun
-35.6cm
-AP shell
-Type 0 observation seaplane

Hiei Kai Ni 81
-41 cm
-35.6cm
-AP shell
-Type 0 observation seaplane

Maya Kai Ni 82
-20.3cm
-12.7cm AA gun
-25mm concentrated
-Type 13 Air Radar Kai

Akagi Kai 79
-Shiden Kai 2
-Reppu
-Tenzan (601 Air Group)
-Type 52 Zero Fighter

Kaga Kai 61
-Shiden Kai 2
-Type 21 Zero Fighter Skilled
-Tenzan Model 12 (Murata Squadron)
-Shinden Kai 2

Fleet 2:

Haguro Kai Ni 77
-20.3 cm no. 2
-20.3 cm no. 2
-Type 0 observation seaplane
-Spotlight

Yuudachi Kai Ni 71
-61 cm quad
-61 cm quad
-Flare

Tone Kai Ni 73
-20.3 cm no 2
-20.3cm no 2
-Zuiun (634 air group)
-type 22 surface radar

Jintsuu Kai Ni 68
-61 cm quad
-61 cm quad
-61 cm quad

Haruna Kai Ni 84
-35.6 cm (dazzle)
-35.6cm (dazzle)
-Night recon plane
-Type 22 surface radar

Shigure Kai Ni 79
-61cm Quin
-61cm Quin
-61cm Quad

My current layout for E7 easy, but I'm still having some trouble getting to the boss etc. Been doing scratch damage, slowly chipping her down etc. Haven't gotten a single clean kill yet. Estimated that she's probably at 45% of her health bar right now.

Any tips on how I can go about improving my fleet? Is the "All Out Attack" formation (bottom right) valid for the two Black Wo Shooter nodes? Or are there better formations to choose?
 
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firehawk12

Subete no aware
Draxal said:
Yeah, Maya's been a lifesaver she pretty much cuts in 2/3 of all air fights for me.. I feel really hamstrung not having the blueprints for Abukuma and Bismarck.
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I would put Maya as flag with FCF if you have it. I also brought Myoukou for her chance at a torp CI, but you really need the skilled lookout and even then she will only proc once in a while (although it's damn glorious when you see her hit for 200+ damage on the boss).

MSMrRound said:
My current layout for E7 easy, but I'm still having some trouble getting to the boss etc. Been doing scratch damage, slowly chipping her down etc. Haven't gotten a single clean kill yet. Estimated that she's probably at 45% of her health bar right now.

Any tips on how I can go about improving my fleet? Is the "All Out Attack" formation (bottom right) valid for the two Black Wo Shooter nodes? Or are there better formations to choose?
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A couple of things - you want to use fit guns on your FBB (35cm), and perhaps put your best ones on Haruna (any prototypes or upgraded ones). Maya should have FCF if you have it.
How is Jintsu as CI? I don't remember if she has good luck.

Otherwise, the only other thing is to kill the X/Y bosses a couple times more (I have no idea how many times I needed, but by my final kill I had killed each quite a bit).

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Oh for both of you, supposedly pathing favours using only 3 heavy ships for CTF - that is, no more than 3 BB or CV in the first fleet. So I would go 2BB + 1CV + 2CVL. I wish I knew that when I was going through the map, because it would have saved me a lot of runs.
 
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StayDead

Member
Just got Mutsu drop from E-4's boss. My first good drop outside of Oyodo for this event! :D

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MSMrRound

Member
Grats on the two Kai Nis. Shigure and Yuudachi are always my go-tos.

Goddammit. Spent 30-45 minutes sparkling both Fleet 1 and 2, E7's RNG brought me to Node B instead of Node E. RIP.

I did manage to S rank both X and Y node for first time ever but still..

Edit: this isn't quite Last Dance yet, is it?

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StayDead

Member
MSMrRound said:
Grats on the two Kai Nis. Shigure and Yuudachi are always my go-tos.

Goddammit. Spent 30-45 minutes sparkling both Fleet 1 and 2, E7's RNG brought me to Node B instead of Node E. RIP.

I did manage to S rank both X and Y node for first time ever but still..

Edit: this isn't quite Last Dance yet, is it?
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I just got Kongou kai ni finally too! :>
 
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Zabi

Banned
Yikes! Warship Girls (The Chinese imitator) is going to be adding Live2D! It'd be great if this were to lead to Live2D getting added to Kantai Collection. A little competition is healthy.

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That's Oyodo in case you want to know.
 
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kuroneko0509

Member
Event extended to 7th September https://twitter.com/KanColle_STAFF/status/636341207749124096

Zabi said:
Yikes! Warship Girls (The Chinese imitator) is going to be adding Live2D! It'd be great if this were to lead to Live2D getting added to Kantai Collection. A little competition is healthy.

vzG6UjZ.gif


That's Oyodo in case you want to know.
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Nah.... considering how sometimes bad internet = fails to load arts, doubt it will be good for live2d stuff :^)
besides, i rather them to focus on maintaining better server connections rather focus on changing to this
 
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MSMrRound

Member
Welp. Have to give up on the event. Flying off in a few hours for a couple weeks without much Internet access. Ran a couple more runs without much success.

Goodbye Akizuki sister T.T

Closest I came was when E7 boss was left with 50+ HP...and Shigure CI'd on the wrong target...of course. Grr. If only CLTs could have been used in the final two maps...oh well.

Best of luck to the others!

After the event, maybe I should focus on strengthening my fleet by getting Ayanami K2, level up Musashi and Yukikaze more, probably Myouko K2 in case CLTs get locked out again for double attacks/torp cut in at night. Apparently my colleague mentioned that I'm pretty lacking in good radars too. Any good recipes?

Any other must-have event ships that I'm missing out on? Hatsushimo?
 
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kuroneko0509

Member
MSMrRound said:
Welp. Have to give up on the event. Flying off in a few hours for a couple weeks without much Internet access. Ran a couple more runs without much success.

Goodbye Akizuki sister T.T

Closest I came was when E7 boss was left with 50+ HP...and Shigure CI'd on the wrong target...of course. Grr. If only CLTs could have been used in the final two maps...oh well.

Best of luck to the others!

After the event, maybe I should focus on strengthening my fleet by getting Ayanami K2, level up Musashi and Yukikaze more, probably Myouko K2 in case CLTs get locked out again for double attacks/torp cut in at night. Apparently my colleague mentioned that I'm pretty lacking in good radars too. Any good recipes?

Any other must-have event ships that I'm missing out on? Hatsushimo?
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10/11/251/250 (f)bb/cv(l) and good luck in getting one lol
 
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MSMrRound

Member
Well...opening air strike took out two trash mobs, boss support took out another, Haruna K2 in 2nd fleet took out the 80 HP HE-CLASS.

Left BB Hime and Akizuki boss for rest of fleet to whack. BB Hime left 1 HP, E7 boss left 50-80 HP.

Headed into night battle with 5 good ships left. Yukikaze Kai in flag got taiha'd, left Haruna K2, Tone K2, Jintsuu K2, Haguro K2 and Shigure K2.

Just when I thought I was going to clear it finally...catbombed....

...and later I found out it was because my friend had tried to log in with my API link trying to help me, since I'm overseas and he thought I wasn't going to be playing.

That block/coincidence...Lmao.
 
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StayDead

Member
So glad the event has been extended.

I also got really lucky. Went onto the E-6 boss node without checking and Shigure kai2 had 2 health. She survived! I was soooooooooooooooooooooo happy. Oh god I was so scared.
 
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Zabi

Banned
kuroneko0509 said:
Nah.... considering how sometimes bad internet = fails to load arts, doubt it will be good for live2d stuff :^)
besides, i rather them to focus on maintaining better server connections rather focus on changing to this
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Good point. I forgot that a big difference between Kantai Collection and Warship Girls is that Kantai Collection is a browser game while Warship Girls is a app you install to your phone or tablet. Version 1.4 of Warship Girls uses up 170mb of my Nexus 4.

PS: I can't actually read Traditional Chinese and the official English version ain't out yet. I was just messing around with it a little since it's region free.
 
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StayDead

Member
Well I finally finished E6 yesterday. Spent a week trying to get that kill. Couldn't even get to the boss on E7 so that's where I'll leave the event. Broke and needing repairs haha.
 
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firehawk12

Subete no aware
Last day of grinding until it's time to go back to stockpiling. I used more bauxite trying to farm for Yuu than doing the actual event.
 
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kuroneko0509

Member
Shoukaku Kai Ni this update.... need both blueprint & catault lol
there's K2 & K2A, interchangeable but modernization bonus will be reset everytime you change her form
 
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Draxal

Member
StayDead said:
About 60 runs on E-4 easy and I didn't S rank the boss once.

No Graf Zepplin for me :(
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Oh that sucks, I got her after my 120th run ... was going to farm for Eugen but I didn't feel like dealing with that diamond bullshit, did get Akizuki as well (still grumbling about not getting Teruzuki last event).
 
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