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

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IronRaven

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anderedna said:
5 runs later... E3H cleared.
That was easy. 3S rank and 2A rank, both on last dance.
Could've been 4 runs if RNG decided not to give head-on encounter on first last dance. Doesn't even need 10 buckets. However, bauxite, fuel and ammo took huge hit here as BB and LBAS ate a lot of resources just by sortieing them.

Tomorrow farm on E4E. Etorofu.



Ouch. That sucks. Not advisable to run events on phone imo.
If you have laptop, you could tether your laptop to your phone and use it's internet. Your phone data cap might be crying tho.
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Congratulations! I hope I get as lucky as you when I start the map. Did you use the Kongou sisters or ships like Mutsu, Nagato, Fusou, etc?

I might try to play with my school's wifi, but at the same time, I feel uncomfortable at that thought. I can't tether my phone since limited data cap and a $30 increase to the monthly bill if it do so. :/
 
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anderedna

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IronRaven said:
Congratulations! I hope I get as lucky as you when I start the map. Did you use the Kongou sisters or ships like Mutsu, Nagato, Fusou, etc?

I might try to play with my school's wifi, but at the same time, I feel uncomfortable at that thought. I can't tether my phone since limited data cap and a $30 increase to the monthly bill if it do so. :/
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Thanks!
I used Yamato + Sushi on first try, seemed overkill to both enemy and my resources. Swapped with Bisco and Mutsu on the second till clear. Didn't bother doing neither debuff nor boss support.

TP: Replay
HP: Replay
Guns modernized between +2 to +10, torpedoes +3 to +6. Fighter 21 skilled +7 and fighter 53 +9
 
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IronRaven

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anderedna said:
Thanks!
I used Yamato + Sushi on first try, seemed overkill to both enemy and my resources. Swapped with Bisco and Mutsu on the second till clear. Didn't bother doing neither debuff nor boss support.

TP: Replay
HP: Replay
Guns modernized between +2 to +10, torpedoes +3 to +6. Fighter 21 skilled +7 and fighter 53 +9
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Thanks for the info! This will come in handy whenever the hell I get my internet back.
 
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anderedna

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Chance for Etorofu at E4E node I: 3.1%
Chance for Akitsumaru at E4E node I: 1.2%

Etorofu: 0
AkitsushimaAkitsumaru: 1

I'll just clear this map on hard and proceed to farm for pasta BB in E5E. Those BB are my main target anyway. I'll come back to E2 and E4 later if I got leftover resources.
 
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anderedna

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Easily farmable. Not with sub cheese tho, CV cheese. 1CAV, 4CV(B), 1SSV.
They will drain your resources quite fast. Bucket is fine but other resources will take a huge dip. 5 preboss nodes; 3 day battles, 2 air defenses, basically empty fuel and ammo bar once they are back to base.
 
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IronRaven

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anderedna said:
Easily farmable. Not with sub cheese tho, CV cheese. 1CAV, 4CV(B), 1SSV.
They will drain your resources quite fast. Bucket is fine but other resources will take a huge dip. 5 preboss nodes; 3 day battles, 2 air defenses, basically empty fuel and ammo bar once they are back to base.
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What's funny is that my E4 comp looked completely different than what the current "meta" comp is. I had set it up back when the frontliners cleared it. I guess it took a bit of time until people realized you could have a fleet of mostly CV(B)s.
 
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anderedna

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E4H Cleared.

6 sorties: One run was forced to retreat at node C, the rest, S rank the boss node.
Bonus: Etorofu dropped on 3rd boss kill.
Last dance: LD Replay. I used this same compo and equips throughout easy farming and boss kill. Suzuya KN rocks!

IronRaven said:
Congratulations! Meanwhile, I'm still without internet. Managing to do expeditions on my phone. I guess it would be nice to recover resources.
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Thanks, didn't expect it went that well.
Resource gathering is part of event, so it not a waste. Hopefully your internet will be back soon. So your fiber/phone line got busted or it's ISP level fault?
 
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IronRaven

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anderedna said:
E4H Cleared.

6 sorties: One run was forced to retreat at node C, the rest, S rank the boss node.
Bonus: Etorofu dropped on 3rd boss kill.
Last dance: LD Replay. I used this same compo and equips throughout easy farming and boss kill. Suzuya KN rocks!
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Congratulations! Meanwhile, I'm still without internet. Managing to do expeditions on my phone. I guess it would be nice to recover resources.
 
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StayDead

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Back to the bad RNG on E1M.

Can't get the final kill on the Subhime. Happens every event. I really need to spend time levelling a ship that gets the initial hit off for ASW. Then again, I have this problem regardless if it's a sub or anything else.

At least I have a WG42 to help with installations now.
 
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anderedna

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StayDead said:
Back to the bad RNG on E1M.

Can't get the final kill on the Subhime. Happens every event. I really need to spend time levelling a ship that gets the initial hit off for ASW. Then again, I have this problem regardless if it's a sub or anything else.

At least I have a WG42 to help with installations now.
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Did you bring any BB along? It helps with 2nd shelling. Ise/Hyuuga would be a good candidate as speed doesn't matter there. Isuzu is the best CL for this and if you have Littorio, she's good at ASW as well.

Farming E5E is quite a pain...
- Use CTF
- Kill "boss" at node R three times to unlock real boss node T. (this node only drops normal ship, sometime none)
- Switch to STF
- 1 A rank and 3 S rank T later...
- No Littorio/Roma dropped
- Reset the map
- Repeat from step 1
 
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StayDead

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anderedna said:
Did you bring any BB along? It helps with 2nd shelling. Ise/Hyuuga would be a good candidate as speed doesn't matter there. Isuzu is the best CL for this and if you have Littorio, she's good at ASW as well.

Farming E5E is quite a pain...
- Use CTF
- Kill "boss" at node R three times to unlock real boss node T. (this node only drops normal ship, sometime none)
- Switch to STF
- 1 A rank and 3 S rank T later...
- No Littorio/Roma dropped
- Reset the map
- Repeat from step 1
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My Isuzu is really low level, same for Littorio. I'm using Sendai k2, Yuudachi k2, Shigure k2, Hibiki k2, Akitsuki k1 and Haruna k1 (trying to level her up to k2)

I've got Sendai and the DDs all kitted out with 2 sonars and 1 depth charge (but not the best sonar, i don't have any).

I keep getting the sub hime to about 6 health in the start of the second shelling then I don't damage her at all for 4 hits or so.
 
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anderedna

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StayDead said:
My Isuzu is really low level, same for Littorio. I'm using Sendai k2, Yuudachi k2, Shigure k2, Hibiki k2, Akitsuki k1 and Haruna k1 (trying to level her up to k2)

I've got Sendai and the DDs all kitted out with 2 sonars and 1 depth charge (but not the best sonar, i don't have any).

I keep getting the sub hime to about 6 health in the start of the second shelling then I don't damage her at all for 4 hits or so.
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Sorry, I meant Libeccio. Littorio is the one I want to get :'(

Looks like you don't have any ships that could do opening ASW, so it might be a tad hard to kill the boss. Sendai has worst ASW stat between her class, Naka is the one you're looking for here. CL also has better stat than DD in ASW. Since this map allows you to bring 3CL, 2DD and 1BB, I'd suggest to go with 3CL, but beware of shiplock if you intent to clear other maps in Normal+. Just pray for Green T at boss node and you'll clear the map.

It would be nice to level up Isuzu (KN at 50) for future event. Asashio KN D has strong ASW stat as well.
 
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StayDead

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anderedna said:
Sorry, I meant Libeccio. Littorio is the one I want to get :'(

Looks like you don't have any ships that could do opening ASW, so it might be a tad hard to kill the boss. Sendai has worst ASW stat between her class, Naka is the one you're looking for here. CL also has better stat than DD in ASW. Since this map allows you to bring 3CL, 2DD and 1BB, I'd suggest to go with 3CL, but beware of shiplock if you intent to clear other maps in Normal+. Just pray for Green T at boss node and you'll clear the map.

It would be nice to level up Isuzu (KN at 50) for future event. Asashio KN D has strong ASW stat as well.
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I'll try swapping out Sendai for Naka. I need to level her anyway. I can also swap out Akitsuki for another CL as well (maybe Jintsuu since she's underlevelled too).

Ship locking is probably going to be a huge problem for me, but I just really need to level up a load of ships. In between events I get really lazy and don't play for ages, so I miss out on a lot of things haha.
 
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anderedna

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Wait... I saw Yura in Abukuma & Kinu outfit...
Yura Kai Ni incoming after event? Hopefully more of ABKM and less Kinu. Need another fake CLT.
 
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IronRaven

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np.reddit.com/r/kancolle/comments/69y29x/misc_news_from_comtiq_june/dha6r6n

And Nagato Kai Ni concept art:
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anderedna

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firehawk12 said:
I noticed the new ships are "DEs" and have no torpedo stat... they're even more worthless than normal trophy DDs. lol
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Well, they are destroyer escort... Probably just tug boat equipped with some weapons.
They can do ASW with 60 ASW stat tho, so 1-5 mule...

Probably my 5th reset in E5....
- I'm starting to hate Yuugumo class
- Mutsu, Nagato, Mutsu
- Glasses FBB appeared, sigh, it just Kirishima... twice.
- Littorio and Roma 404
- Argh... Yuugumo, Naganami, Yuugumo, Naganami, Makigumo... stop.
 
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StayDead

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I'm muddling my way through trying to beat the ship locking at E2. Is it worth struggling through E3 on Medium with my less than optimal ships for a better Daihatsu or should I be fine to swap down to Easy?
 
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anderedna

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StayDead said:
I'm muddling my way through trying to beat the ship locking at E2. Is it worth struggling through E3 on Medium with my less than optimal ships for a better Daihatsu or should I be fine to swap down to Easy?
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You could alternatively go easy on E2, and back to normal at E3, reusing the ships from E1 at E2.
For E2, use fast ships. I'd recommend 1xFBB, 2xCA, 1xCV and 2DD. Save CAV for E3 as you'll need them during 1st and 2nd phase.
 
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StayDead

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anderedna said:
You could alternatively go easy on E2, and back to normal at E3, reusing the ships from E1 at E2.
For E2, use fast ships. I'd recommend 1xFBB, 2xCA, 1xCV and 2DD. Save CAV for E3 as you'll need them during 1st and 2nd phase.
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Too late unfortunately. My best two CAV (Suzuya and Kumano) are currently locked to E2 on Medium and I've very nearly broken through the TP gauge (need 2 runs I think).

I did however just get Kunashiri, so life is good.
 
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anderedna

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StayDead said:
Too late unfortunately. My best two CAV (Suzuya and Kumano) are currently locked to E2 on Medium and I've very nearly broken through the TP gauge (need 2 runs I think).

I did however just get Kunashiri, so life is good.
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Everyone got Kunashiri... I don't have her yet :'(
I used Mogamin and Kumarinko in E3H, so if you have them, you're safe :)
Alternatively, use Chiyoda n Chitose AV version in E3 as replacement for CAV.
 
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StayDead

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anderedna said:
Everyone got Kunashiri... I don't have her yet :'(
I used Mogamin and Kumarinko in E3H, so if you have them, you're safe :)
Alternatively, use Chiyoda n Chitose AV version in E3 as replacement for CAV.
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Does the lock only come into effect once you clear a Stage then?
 
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StayDead

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anderedna said:
No.. Once you enter the map, it immediately tagged your ship.
Kumarinko is Mikuma, not Kumano.
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Aha, that's why you confused me :p

I need to level some more CAV. I've dealt so far with just KumaSuzuya combo, they've served me well. My Suzuya is very near K2 levels so I guess I'll swap to easy for E3. Hopefully it won't take me too long to clear the rest of the event, not really got all that long and I want that E5 reward.
 
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StayDead

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Huh, E2 boss kill is weird. I've got the fleet to go to T (no slow ships so no off routing), but I got off routed.

EDIT: It was LOS. Woops.
 
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IronRaven

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I've got my internet back and have started clearing E-3H. So far I've completed the very first phase. Going to be clearing the transport phase.
 
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anderedna

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I'm still stuck in E5, farming for Roma.

Done two sets today. 3S and 2A in easy earlier and 3S and 2A in normal just now. Still getting trash drops.
I'm still getting that cursed Yuugumo class on S rank, those really infuriates me.

Got one Zuikaku earlier. I'll level her to kai, grab those machine gun and feed her to some other ship later.

StayDead said:
Huh, E2 boss kill is weird. I've got the fleet to go to T (no slow ships so no off routing), but I got off routed.

EDIT: It was LOS. Woops.
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Hope yo're done with E2. E3 is a very big map.

IronRaven said:
I've got my internet back and have started clearing E-3H. So far I've completed the very first phase. Going to be clearing the transport phase.
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Good to know. TP is the real challenge here. HP bar is a joke.
 
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IronRaven

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anderedna said:
Good to know. TP is the real challenge here. HP bar is a joke.
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I finished the TP bar last night. Going to be starting the HP bar later today. The TP bar was only annoying because there wasn't a second shelling phase for the boss and node Q was being a real prick.

By the way, I totally didn't see your edit to you asking about my internet. Yeah, my ISP just died on me. My friend helped me run a ping test and I was apparently able to send packets, but I was getting nothing back. It's back though and that's all that matters.
 
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anderedna

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IronRaven said:
I finished the TP bar last night. Going to be starting the HP bar later today. The TP bar was only annoying because there wasn't a second shelling phase for the boss and node Q was being a real prick.

By the way, I totally didn't see your edit to you asking about my internet. Yeah, my ISP just died on me. My friend helped me run a ping test and I was apparently able to send packets, but I was getting nothing back. It's back though and that's all that matters.
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Well the good thing is the internet is back :)
HP bar is easy. Congratulations on Kasuga Maru and Toku Daihatsu in advance.
Also, welcome to E4.

StayDead said:
Sadly ive been far too busy at work today to play kancolle. Will try to clear tonight.
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I've been busy at work as well, busy farming ships. Lucky got nothing much to do nowadays so lots of free time at office :)

Another day, another pasta BB, another Littorio.... I want Roma~
I'll start clearing up E5H once this round finished. 2 Littorio is enough.

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Edit: E5 done... wait still need to clear on hard.

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StayDead

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The boss of E2 is really annoying. Her escorts just won't take damage (HP). Blargh.

I'm slowly running out of time for the event and I so badly want to finish E-5 >_<
 
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anderedna

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Clearing E5H...

First boss done in 6 runs. 3 runs ended at preboss node :(
2 out of 3 boss kill runs, Akizuki(second fleet flagship) taiha at M node, proceeds and killed the boss. Second fleet flagship still unsinkable. Phew. Bombers ranks all went into the drain tho...

Proceed to try the second part.
First run using CTF(mainly to S rank E node), managed to S rank E node and reached the boss, not able to kill her even on Green-T. Welp. Oh, Okinami arrived.
Second run using STF(2 LBAS on C node to S rank that node), managed to S rank C node (debuff done) and reached the boss, able to kill the boss in NB. Dropped Mutsu.

I'm 1/3 done with E5H, lets see if I'm able to clear it by tomorrow/this weekend.

IronRaven said:
Thanks! I just cleared it and I got Kamoi on my very first boss run!
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Nice. Less one ship to farm, more resource can be saved.

StayDead said:
The boss of E2 is really annoying. Her escorts just won't take damage (HP). Blargh.

I'm slowly running out of time for the event and I so badly want to finish E-5 >_<
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You're on medium at E2 right? Kinda tough to go unprepared there. Even with chipping run, try to bring boss support. They might help with reducing the escorts number.
 
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StayDead

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Boss survived with 4HP final kill E2M. Nooo!

EDIT: Since then I've done about 20 runs. I haven't even come close to that again. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNG. Going to leave it for tonight and try my best tomorrow.

EDIT2: I'm using two near level 30 DDs when I have a level 55 I didn't even realise. Bugger.
 
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IronRaven

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Currently clearing through E-4H. Node C keeps taiha'ing my submarine. :(


Edit: Just finished E-4H! Onward to E5 and the hunt for Gangunt!
 
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anderedna

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2nd phase E2H. Boss node still manageable, if the girls could reach there.
Taiha, taiha everywhere... F node is the worst. Followed by obviously evil sub node, morals went down the drain.

E5H done.

Added Yamato&Musashi replacing Nagato&Mutsu on last dance to try it out. Result: Single LD.
Kasumi with kill blow and MVP:
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Gangut-chan:
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Got 2 Okinami, 1 Kamikaze and 1 Mizuho during map clearing. Event is far from over tho. Time to waste resources farming Kunashiri, my last missing ship.

Loot so far. "Yeah 20 slots should be enough for this event", said me at the beginning.
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StayDead said:
Boss survived with 4HP final kill E2M. Nooo!

EDIT: Since then I've done about 20 runs. I haven't even come close to that again. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNG. Going to leave it for tonight and try my best tomorrow.

EDIT2: I'm using two near level 30 DDs when I have a level 55 I didn't even realise. Bugger.
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Seems like a lot of players stuck there as well. What formation are you using?

IronRaven said:
Currently clearing through E-4H. Node C keeps taiha'ing my submarine. :(


Edit: Just finished E-4H! Onward to E5 and the hunt for Gangunt!
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Nice. Found Etorofu there?
Wow direct to Gangut. No need for pasta BBs?
 
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StayDead

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2DD (Ikazuchi k1, Uzuki k2)
1CVL (Ooi K2)
1CAV (Suzuya k1)
1BB (Hiei k2)
1CV (Kaga k1)

I've swapped out Kawakaze who was only level 22 for Ikazuchi (55) and Shimakaze level 35 for Uzuki at level 59.

Hopefully I can get lucky. I'm always so close then one miss screws me over.
 
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anderedna

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StayDead said:
2DD (Ikazuchi k1, Uzuki k2)
1CVL (Ooi K2)
1CAV (Suzuya k1)
1BB (Hiei k2)
1CV (Kaga k1)

I've swapped out Kawakaze who was only level 22 for Ikazuchi (55) and Shimakaze level 35 for Uzuki at level 59.

Hopefully I can get lucky. I'm always so close then one miss screws me over.
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Looks like you need to level up many DDs. Uzuki is a good girl but she not well suited for battle. IMO Shimakaze better than her if fully modernized. Ikazuchi is fine. All those ships (except Kaga) should be equipped with night double attack for better chance of dealing damage.
Otherwise, you probably need to bring for lucky ships to tackle this. Do you have Shigure, Ayanami, Hatsushimo KN or Yukikaze available? They might help doing TCI.

firehawk12 said:
Still no drop, I hate this gaaaaame.
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Which ship you're aiming for?
 
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StayDead

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anderedna said:
Looks like you need to level up many DDs. Uzuki is a good girl but she not well suited for battle. IMO Shimakaze better than her if fully modernized. Ikazuchi is fine. All those ships (except Kaga) should be equipped with night double attack for better chance of dealing damage.
Otherwise, you probably need to bring for lucky ships to tackle this. Do you have Shigure, Ayanami, Hatsushimo KN or Yukikaze available? They might help doing TCI.



Which ship you're aiming for?
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Shigure k2 at level 92 is locked for the wrong map. Ayanami is too underlevelled, same with Hatsuhimo. Yukikaze is low level too. I need to really grind out levelling I guess.
 
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