gameplay-help

[soft raft]

The event lineup this time around looks to be heavily skewed towards Heavy so prob not

[dawn crest]

i got

[cobalt kettle]

for shipyard xp grinding, do backline ships get more xp if u do 3:1 compared to 3:3

[dawn crest]

the way is to wait then

[viscid swift]

no, you're just wasting XP by not running full fleets in oil capped maps

[cobalt kettle]

oh, only mvp changes?

[soft raft]

Nope
the 3:1 strategy is a relic of the pre-oil cap days

[cobalt kettle]

oh gg

[dawn crest]

always use 3:3

[cobalt kettle]

well more 12-1 farming then

[dawn crest]

12-4 is better

[cobalt kettle]

for xp??

[mint flint]

12-1 gives marginally more xp for marginally less coins

[cobalt kettle]

whats marginally

[mint flint]

a small amount

[dawn crest]

I don't notice any difference between them

[cobalt kettle]

so just do 12-4 all enemies

[soft raft]

no not really
just auto-grind like usual

[forest palm]

there is a difference in the coin amount, and it does add up, but basically 12-1 if you want XP, 12-4 if you want coin

[soft raft]

no need to go for all enemies otherwise you gotta manual that shit and I dont think you'd want to constantly be doing that

better to just let the game run itself in the background

[cobalt kettle]

wut i can auto all enmies with 1 fleet on 12-4

[mint flint]

?

[cobalt kettle]

well im using my 120s fleet, getting it to 125

[viscid swift]

all enemies means beating the bare minimum number of mobs and the boss with one fleet

not literally all enemies on a map

[dawn crest]

Is XP considered in relation to the oil spent?

[cobalt kettle]

yeah, meant that

[forest palm]

that it is

[mint flint]

xp and coins are per oil yes

[cobalt kettle]

cause id need 6 ships of same faction if i use a boss fleet then

iron blood hard

[mint flint]

just use a different fleet for the boss if you cant do it with mob

[viscid swift]

you can just forgo using the boss fleet for XP entirely

[forest palm]

12-1 you get more XP for your oil, while 12-4 you get more Coin for your oil

[soft raft]

just forget about using the boss fleet for XP
It's only 1 fight's worth of XP and barely makes much of a diff in your XP gain speed

[topaz smelt]

difference for both is very minor you run which ever you want more in the long run

[cobalt kettle]

i only got 5 shipyard ships left, trying to get it done fast

[viscid swift]

good luck, you'll have maybe a month's break from PR until PR7 drops lol

[dawn crest]

So I should farm my Flande at 12-1 instead of 12-4, how much faster would that be?

[cobalt kettle]

i already got all the bps, just need the xp

how long does it take to get 3m xp of a ship anyways

[viscid swift]

if anything it would be slower given 12-1 gives less XP per run

[cobalt kettle]

is it a weeks worth of oil

[viscid swift]

it can easily be done in under 6 days

[topaz smelt]

like 3 days due to time gate

[dawn crest]

At my current speed I should finish it at the beginning of next year with the new season

[soft raft]

New season is in like two months tho

[topaz smelt]

can easily do it in 2 if you have the oil

[cobalt kettle]

is it just cause of morale

yeah i been running low on oil, been just grinding out shipyard

[forest palm]

you should be able to crush both CDC in one day

[dawn crest]

The fastest I did it was 8 days

[topaz smelt]

2 days is a reasonable pace, 1 day is just tryhard swapping

[forest palm]

not wrong

[cobalt kettle]

but the oil

[viscid swift]

that's what the mail stash is for

[cobalt kettle]

i always claim mine everyday

[dawn crest]

me too

and still runs out of oil at the weekend

[topaz smelt]

i just sit at 100

overcapping oil is just a waste of oil

[cobalt kettle]

i use all my oil

[topaz smelt]

idk touch grass or something

[dawn crest]

all of my oil is used at PR XP farming

[cobalt kettle]

i mean dont u run out quickly, one auto costs like 1k oil or something

[dawn crest]

I leave it on automatic while I go do other things

[topaz smelt]

im more gated by mood than oil

[rain vine]

which is 3 runs, which is a good chunk of exp

[cobalt kettle]

isnt dorm enough

[topaz smelt]

i do a 12x run for like 4k oil and im 0 mood

[viscid swift]

yes, but there's other things to do like OpSi

[cobalt kettle]

i afk so hard, where i get my morale back by the time i click auto again

[rain vine]

if youre going fast enough, no

[cobalt kettle]

i thought most people dont spend oil on opsi

[viscid swift]

they don't

[topaz smelt]

its a waste to spend oil on opsi

[soft raft]

no he's saying that you can do other things like Opsi when you're low on oil

[formal hearth]

High efficiency ticket can be use in oil cap maps or w9?

[viscid swift]

yes

[cobalt kettle]

oh my opsi is also always out

the dailies kill most of the oil, then u just auto secured on 5

[whole crypt]

you mean AP

[cobalt kettle]

yea

[dawn crest]

even if it is to buy that 5k oil item?

[cobalt kettle]

u should buy that

[atomic abyss]

Ehh

[soft raft]

depends

[viscid swift]

the 5k oil logger is just a matter of convenience

[cobalt kettle]

depends on if ur lazy

[hollow gust]

5k is for lazy people

[topaz smelt]

i never buy it, i find it a waste

[whole crypt]

that's up to you, but I'd say it's not worth the oil unless you want to afk secure OS

[atomic abyss]

If you got plenty of oil and you're lazy sure get the 5k

[viscid swift]

I prefer to use the oil for grinding so I always manually clear OpSi each month, not too much of a hassle anyway

[atomic abyss]

Otherwise nah

[topaz smelt]

you dont gain anything from it, only minor qol

[whole crypt]

if you pay enough attention to the screen even buying AP with oil to recon the maps as you go will cost less than 5k

[cobalt kettle]

idk it adds up if u burn ur ap before it caps 200 everyday

[viscid swift]

it's not that difficult

[whole crypt]

I don't have enough AP

[topaz smelt]

you dont even get 200 ap in 24hrs

all 5k oil really saves you is like 20 clicks of scanning

[dawn crest]

I'm going to try to clean it manually next month, and save that 5k to farm PR XP.

[whole crypt]

some argue it's not that much oil across a month but it's every month so the amount of grind you're losing adds up

[topaz smelt]

its like a week of oil

[whole crypt]

so depends on how "lazy" you are with OS

it's about a week of canteen

it's less than a week if you include comms

[topaz smelt]

if youre lazy for opsi its prob even less worth since you wont run anything

[whole crypt]

but it's also 15 runs of 14-1

[topaz smelt]

i cant do 14-1 anymore, its just too mindboggling slow

[whole crypt]

what do you do now then

[topaz smelt]

12-1

[dawn crest]

can i bring any trash for pr farm here?

[whole crypt]

not really

[topaz smelt]

i dont need cogs anymore so not much reasons to do 14

[fervent niche]

when will global get this 7th anvi update? (haven't played for long)

[viscid swift]

Tuesday

[whole crypt]

you already 35996 tech or you stopped bothering

[keen sable]

21

[topaz smelt]

when you capped backline you dont need as much cogs

[whole crypt]

yeh the spend is a bit slower

[frank pulsar]

yall run out of cogs? i got 30k+ rn

[topaz smelt]

ive been sustaining 12-1 for like 4ish months now

[rain vine]

gimme

[fervent niche]

really? then whats with global being at its 6th ani this year? since last year august was the 5th ani? and this is the 7th cn ani? (just a little confused on this whole aniversary thingy) (googled global ani)

[whole crypt]

I've gone back to 13-1

[viscid swift]

well, some of us are also grinding 12 ships at any given point

[frank pulsar]

that makes a lot of sense now

[topaz smelt]

id do 12 if i can

[viscid swift]

EN started a year after CN

[whole crypt]

13-1 isn't that much slower than 12-1 and I afk a lot I kind of waste less time idling after clears, and also 13 more XP per morale

[frank pulsar]

wait cheeky you speak runes?
whats with the name

[topaz smelt]

my cl options arent great

[late flame]

i like w12 more since i can field more rubbish ships*

[viscid swift]

a bit yes

[topaz smelt]

and im too lazy to move gear

[fervent niche]

I'm used to arknights delaying everything since arknights is ahead by 6 months so I thought azur would do the same.

[whole crypt]

you sound like I'm leveling good ships

[viscid swift]

all 3 main servers are synced in AL, so there's only a few hours difference

[fervent niche]

thanks for the info

[frank pulsar]

leveling 9 ships is a good idea ngl, i should try that

[topaz smelt]

im in tn dd hell

[late flame]

w13 kinda needs AA (and a non rubbish fleet/carry vs taihou if 13-4 kek)

[keen sable]

the final catchup bandaid of war archive rateup has been ripped off too

although it was more like war archive trap

[fervent niche]

would that mean that will be getting 2 ani one for cn and one for en, or is there only 1?

[whole crypt]

I also have plenty of DDs waiting

[viscid swift]

~~just gear better ~~

[topaz smelt]

too lazy

[keen sable]

the game is the game. free stuff is free stuff?

[viscid swift]

each server will still get each other's anni event yes

[fervent niche]

😮, that's amazing

[topaz smelt]

AL is just significantly more generous than other gachas

[whole crypt]

13-1 doesn't need good AA when your main fleet is Bis/Uni/Volga

[topaz smelt]

my bis is currently ungeared

[fervent niche]

I'll give it that, currently playing arknights and the only upside is I can see 6 months ahead so its ez planing.

[whole crypt]

the main events are shared but only the server with the annviersary gets the full handouts with gems and rings

[topaz smelt]

nothing to plan in AL just pull everything

[fervent niche]

but my cubes masta, I only got 550

[whole crypt]

well you could refrain from going all-in on non-UR and collab banners

[topaz smelt]

sounds enoguh to get everything

[viscid swift]

if only things were that simple

[elfin hollow]

~~ me got 4k ez ~~

[topaz smelt]

isnt average like 130 pulls or something around there?

[fervent niche]

been skipping those bc I only had a few last ur banner and almost missed her

[keen sable]

80-90

[late flame]

depends on if rngesus* loves you when pulling

[topaz smelt]

i was talking about my average

[fervent niche]

my avg was 180 for a UR, for the last 5 banners so no, azur lane rngesus hates me but arknights loves me

[whole crypt]

there's enough to go all-in on all new URs

[topaz smelt]

i pitied 4 of last 5 urs

[late flame]

i have gone over 200 for muse ||(201 in fact)||

[topaz smelt]

i 30 pulled muse

[keen sable]

you get 200+ cubes a month. this isn't ak where you get only 30 pulls a month or so AND the rates are worse AND you must pull 6 or forever be a scrub.

[elfin hollow]

~~ balanced, as all things should be ~~

[topaz smelt]

you get enough cubes to hit every pity ur

[elfin hollow]

Yeah, just spend them wisely.

[late flame]

provided you at least do dailies and comms

[whole crypt]

already started saving for logos

[fervent niche]

yeah but there is no benefit to collecting everything in ark, and you can complete most of the content not if all with just 5 stars, you need the new units in azur lane to push to w-15

[whole crypt]

well the idea is keeping enough to be able to pity every new UR, eventually you'll have enough float to use in research or do spare builds

[topaz smelt]

i somehow rebuilt my stockpile after not hitting pity for soy

you dont need new shit for 15, it was clearable on launch, very easily actually

[whole crypt]

game is easy enough to use shop units for most of the game and most elites and SRs in newer events don't add much

[viscid swift]

there isn't a benefit to collecting everything in AL either and you don't need the latest and greatest for W15 either, it helps yes but

[glad creek]

absolutely you do; what's the point of having the latest and greatest if not to take an absolute dump on whatever w15 has to offer

[viscid swift]

what

[topaz smelt]

if you cant clear 15 its just a skill issue since i did it with a perma fleet

[whole crypt]

what's the point of taking a dump on 15 when I've already cleared it back on launch

[viscid swift]

yes quite

[glad creek]

style points

[whole crypt]

you also need to bring maxed ships which is a waste of oil

[topaz smelt]

and theres not much reason for most ppl to go to 15

[fervent niche]

if you collect everything you get tech points which boost stats, and it helps, I got none of the new DR's or prs from 6, don't have mushi or b2, or vany, I think w-15 would be almost impossble with my current units

[topaz smelt]

nj can replace sashi

[glad creek]

what do I produce oil for if not to show off to the peasants that construe 15-4?

[viscid swift]

you do get tech points but not all tech is equal in terms of impact

[blazing shale]

Pretty sure that's every other gacha game

[viscid swift]

especially relative to the cost

100% collection in AL is a personal goal, nothing more

[whole crypt]

to level everything that you probably won't bring to 15

[topaz smelt]

tech helps but has pretty little impact, if your fleet is shit youre not clearing regardless of tech

[viscid swift]

to level every ship in the game to 120 in W12

[glad creek]

my 6/350 dock begs to differ

[whole crypt]

that's a you problem

[topaz smelt]

all im hearing is a skill issue

[keen sable]

100% collection in AL is entirely achievable as f2p. There's no reason to advise anyone against it.

[whole crypt]

also good luck 1-fleeting ch15 if you really only have 6 ships

[topaz smelt]

tfw you are going for 100% collection but dont have the ships to clear 15

i got pretty close to 1 fleeting full clear 15-4 lethal

[viscid swift]

sounds like my attempt at W14 first time around

[topaz smelt]

i accidentally 1 fleeted 15-3 lethal

[whole crypt]

15 is messier because of the boss node debuff mechanic

[topaz smelt]

you can brute force it

if i optimized my fleet i prob wouldve had the full clear

[whole crypt]

well if it's truly 6 ships you also suffer from ACV and no support fleet

[topaz smelt]

well not 6 ships, crossfleets and support

[whole crypt]

yeh

[topaz smelt]

but i did do full clear so idk about a normal clear

[whole crypt]

dude says his 6/350 dock so

[elfin hollow]

Bs, obviously.

[whole crypt]

I don't doubt that it's bs

[topaz smelt]

i think its doable actually, since my comp usually doesnt take dmg from cvs

[whole crypt]

even without ACV and support intercept?

[topaz smelt]

ye

[fervent niche]

Team building.

[topaz smelt]

idk throw my comp in and see if it gets close

im on safe so i cant try

[versed elk]

domt worry riceist i believe u

[topaz smelt]

ppl believing in me? time to leave

[versed elk]

ur comp is pretty similar to mine after all and i got thru lethal without much trouble

come back here

[topaz smelt]

doesnt everyone run the same shit

[versed elk]

not everyone uses spear fish

[topaz smelt]

[frank pulsar]

ppl use spearfish?

[topaz smelt]

its cracked

[frank pulsar]

i thought was just wyvern sidegrade

[topaz smelt]

its better

[whole crypt]

I use it on my OS mob Aquila

[frank pulsar]

it use t3 ordnance right? at least i know what to make with them now

[topaz smelt]

i use it in 15

[versed elk]

i think spearfish is better for 15

[abstract marsh]

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[odd root]

credit: Newbie#1553 and Lunar#7777 https://i.imgur.com/wGQkqJk.jpg

[whole crypt]

well I'm not doing 15 anymore so

[frank pulsar]

for personal use go to #bot-spam

[versed elk]

the focus on single target low key cracked

[abstract marsh]

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[versed elk]

i got the idea from riceist

[topaz smelt]

what ppl here havent realized yet is 15 is heavily single target

[frank pulsar]

i dont even use (much) wyvern for w15

[topaz smelt]

i dropped wyvs entirely for 15

[whole crypt]

the rockets are kind of sad though it's just that you get more damage rolls than wyverns

[topaz smelt]

the AA is kinda fake

the rockets take out those prods sitting on the side that wyvs will never hit

[frank pulsar]

what is wyvern aa even comparable to?

[topaz smelt]

and they hit into the cv pack significantly better

[versed elk]

i use 1 wyvern the rest is spearfish

[topaz smelt]

ive been doing breguet uni, timing is really good

[versed elk]

sub 20s?

[topaz smelt]

its like 17?

[versed elk]

damn thats good desync

[topaz smelt]

18

[versed elk]

i will have to apply these strategies when i do w15 again so probably never

[topaz smelt]

never looking back at 15 again after dumping 100k oil for h2

[versed elk]

2nd run and i did a few more to test spearfish guam and laffii

[frank pulsar]

i swear if i had bulin for guam my life would be so much easier

[topaz smelt]

it was like 6x help runs a day for 3 months

[versed elk]

i want to try 2 laffiis cuz i raised 2 of em

[topaz smelt]

i tried 1 laffii and said w15 is a joke now

[versed elk]

it is a joke at least it was fun before they dropped

[topaz smelt]

trying to figure out a perma comp was fun

actually nj + nc might actually work now

[versed elk]

nc good?

[topaz smelt]

nah

might work to replace aql tho

[wary lake]

Do you need to gacha for the next two UR?

[frank pulsar]

i think only one of them like last time, but im not sure

[viscid swift]

Mogador is a shop UR

She's free if you just play the game and don't wait until the last day

[wary lake]

Damn azur lane just keeps on giving with each anniversary, unlike that one game

[south sequoia]

This kind of topic/comment goes to #al-general next time, thanks

[topaz smelt]

cleo directing ppl to places worse than hell

[steady beacon]

Is that an endorsement of the Breguet I'm seeing
Damn, I feel validated now

[still gate]

people in general channel are so awful (i once entered, saw like 5 porn pics and left)

[topaz smelt]

I've been running it since 15 came out

[steady beacon]

Same
Only got me laughed off the stage when I admitted it though
But glad to know I'm not the only one

[topaz smelt]

Ppl really don't know what they're doing and copying the same bad comps

[viscid swift]

At the same time, a lot of people don't have the Spearfish given its so bloody expensive

[topaz smelt]

Spearfish is just a better alternative, wyvs are usable

Might need a beacon to supplement the timing tho

[viscid swift]

Actually on that note

[blissful hamlet]

what you mean spearfish good for w15?

[viscid swift]

What would you recommend for crafting priority for a push through W14 and W15 from the lab

As far as Ordinance Reports and UR designs go anyway

[topaz smelt]

Nothing really changes, same old shit still works

It's still 2 457 prio

And whatever planes needed

Spearfish is just better if you have it

[blissful hamlet]

why is spearfish better?

[topaz smelt]

Better single target

Takes out prods better

[blissful hamlet]

is it still better even without the intercept?

[topaz smelt]

It's not very much intercept and if you're dying to planes it's due to something else

[blissful hamlet]

[topaz smelt]

More commonly not killing CVS and command ships

[blissful hamlet]

[still gate]

can you reccomend good aircraft carriers? i am still using long island. she is kinda weak but i dont want to spend resources on her retrofit. i chose hood in rookie missions and medal shop only offers bb or dd so i cant obtain enterprise

[atomic abyss]

Long island is horrendous yes

[topaz smelt]

Sara and ark if you have them, they're available fairly early

[atomic abyss]

You can obtain enterprise from the beginner missions rewards tho

[still gate]

as i said i already chose hood there

[atomic abyss]

Unicorn if you haven't been using her

[vale pendant]

What does the sub fleet do in "Support mode"
Is it just a way to stop my subs from wasting their ammo?

[atomic abyss]

Hunting mode uses ammo
And summoning them in battle uses ammo
Hiding them essentially stops them from doing anything

[steady beacon]

Is "support mode" when the chibi disappears from the map (I always forget the term)
If so, they stop attacking nodes for passive damage

But you can still call them in battle

OK, checked in-game, "Support Mode" is when they don't roam around their hunting grounds attacking enemy mob nodes for passive damage
"Attack Mode" is when they do
But in either mode, you can call them into battle as long as they have ammo and they are in range (setting aside Open Ocean Support)

[vale pendant]

Ok.
I saw a weird tidbit on the Tier list about Support mdoe giving an FP boost, but I wasn't sure if that was correct or not

[kindred dust]

is using hindenberg for w15 even feasible with her lack of aa

[steady beacon]

... You wouldn't happen to have a screenshot of that, would you?

[vale pendant]

Lemme go looking

[still gate]

i think i should have sara since yuudachi farming

[vale pendant]

Sorry, it was "increases Hunting damage when sub fleet is in Support mode"
That has to be a typo.

[atomic abyss]

I mean that's technically not wrong tho

[vale pendant]

But the twin 127mm Mk 12 also says that

[atomic abyss]

Any gold gun increases hunting damage

[steady beacon]

I think it's bc stat pad isn't it

[atomic abyss]

Yes

They have AA stats

[topaz smelt]

Ye it's based on fleet power

[steady beacon]

[topaz smelt]

And we're not recommending 100kai since that would be stupid

[steady beacon]

I may or may not have my +13 Pompeo gun on Leo, so I will say nothing more

[atomic abyss]

I mean there's a reason why the general recommendation was to throw the twin 127 on subs

Cos the twin 120 is better as a secondary/DD main gun

The twin 100 could instead be used for barragers that still had semblance of FP/mg efficiency

And ofc the fact that it can be upgraded to the 100kai ofc

[steady beacon]

Ngl a couple of months ago I studied and tested my three submarine fleets, thereby learning the reasons for many of the nuggets of wisdom that we take for granted, and picking up a few extra lessons along the way...
But it stopped with their torpedoes and auxiliaries; I didn't even think about their guns

[wind anvil]

Which war archives the best way to farm steam catapults?

[late flame]

one simply does not farm WA for gear

[tame jungle]

Open gold tech boxes

Or do research and you’re bound to get bps too

[wind anvil]

Why i cant farm?

[tame jungle]

Waste of oil

[late flame]

waste of oil

[wind anvil]

Ah, i see. But i'm already 60/60 in war archives

[late flame]

i wouldnt worry about that staying 60/60 tbh

[tame jungle]

Unless you wanna farm a ship drop don’t worry about that

speaking of, i gotta farm jeanne

[wind anvil]

Is there an item or ships worth farming in WA?

[steady beacon]

The answer is: Ink-Stained Steel Sakura D2
But I will second the other responses because it is quite an oil sink to farm WA for equipment (take it from me, who burned an unconscionable amount of oil for one Zara gun)
Although I will note Kawakaze is a drop there, too, so...

[late flame]

i think i'd rather try getting jeanne from *daily light pull than to farm WA tbh

[tame jungle]

Does war archive even have oil cap

[wind anvil]

Ur event is almost, i think ill refrain from farming ships in WA.

[steady beacon]

D stages do, yes
And uh
Final stages of SP I think

[tame jungle]

Saved

[late flame]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/War_Archives#Oil_Caps_and_Farming_Efficiency

[steady beacon]

Tbqh there was once a time when I contemplated farming WA for catapults
Fortunately, I shelved the idea due to being preoccupied with other things
And by the time I thought about it again, I'd gotten too many catapults from boxes

[tame jungle]

I’m still drowning in gold catapults too

Probably mostly from research lol

[wind anvil]

What about muse aux? Is it good?

[tame jungle]

HP kit sidegrade

[late flame]

(talking about WA/SP maps kek)
heels (cosmic kicks) is ok
bodice maybe but i wouldnt say is high prio

[tame jungle]

(I’m assuming you’re talking about the towels)

[wind anvil]

Ah, ok. i think I'll refrain WA for now.

[blissful hamlet]

is emden new skin l2d?

[steady beacon]

Probably these days the cloak would only be used for muse memes
Since we now have no shortage of 550 HP auxes (whereas back then it was one of like two)

[late flame]

i famed cosmic kicks* since i thought it'd look nice on agir or anchorage
ngl wish i could farm 2 of them considering i joined AL late2022

[steady beacon]

Uhhhh I don't think any of the specifications have been confirmed just yet
Will let you know when I find out

[steady beacon]

You could have two if you started earlier
Ngl, farmed it solely bc PvP meta slave...

[kindred dust]

are there any good w15 fleets that dont require laff2 or guam

[vast sparrow]

Anyone know about this?

[steady beacon]

Sure... plenty of people cleared it before either came out...
Although I admittedly haven't perused the W15 command's fleets to see if there's a Guam/Laffey-free rec...

[vast sparrow]

Forgotten game??

[tame orchid]

How good is rodney meta

[kindred dust]

where can i find those fleet comps

[wind hazel]

old pc game

[tame orchid]

Uh wrong channel

[wind hazel]

this is Azur Lane mobile

[vast sparrow]

aye #off-topic

[tame orchid]

and #gameplay-help

[steady beacon]

Reasonably standard gold BB with one barrage more mob-focused (a kind of Big Seven thing) and the other targeted but with large area
She's fine, just don't expect her to be shaking the meta or anything (at least, so far)

[gusty olive]

not 100% proc on barrage sadly

[tame orchid]

Oh

Is she worth investing into?(I have hood with aug)

[late flame]

waifu? yes
meta chasing? no

[gusty olive]

You could, but takes work... more than other units

[steady beacon]

http://renhex.github.io/alft/59
I fished this out of the W15 command but um
Dear God, I'm looking at it and I feel instant worry ngl
I think the slightly nuts fleets I put together could tackle an auto clear more safely...

[late flame]

i'm ignoring w15 until sushi rerun

[steady beacon]

A wise decision
As I would tell anyone trying to do W15
Your only reward is Houston II
The price you pay is a boatload of agony
It's not even a flex anymore, it's already been six months

[kindred dust]

its so boring having japanese boats as enemy at this point

[kindred dust]

perseus

[strong tartan]

what about Perseus

[steady beacon]

I know, that's one reason why I had a mild heart attack looking at it...

Please don't shoot me, I just fished it out of the W15 command

[inner delta]

idk about pairing both but percy work for 15

[south sequoia]

Percy + Uni was tested to be better than uni alone

[kindred dust]

nvm i threw something together and cleared 15-1

💀

[steady beacon]

The tried and true strategy of throwing enough rainbows at the problem until it stops being a problem

[winged mauve]

is there a campaign guide tag?

[frank pulsar]

nope

general idea is
w1-w12: anything works
w13: aa
w14: stagger, asw, bring 1 bb for both fleets
w15: w13 + w14

[frozen phoenix]

how do i level to commander lvl 50 quickly

[frank pulsar]

grind hardest stage you can grind

[analog swallow]

W14 + opsi fleet

[crisp estuary]

Grind a stage where the enemy ships are within 20 levels plus or minus your own commander level.

Preferably with a full fleet of 6 ships

[frozen phoenix]

im grinding lvl 76+- ships at commander lvl 48...

[atomic abyss]

Yeeep

Means you've been sitting there for too long

[frank pulsar]

champy gun or fdg gun better if no 457 in w14 mob

[vast sparrow]

umm...can i ask where is Emden? im confused where is she

or is it only for CN

[steady beacon]

... What do you mean?

The skin has, so far, only been revealed on CN I'm pretty sure (haven't seen it announced on JP or EN Twitter just yet)
But we should be getting it

[late flame]

if you mean the ship she was event only although rerun should be soon
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Emden

[karmic quiver]

is this game fully VA? also is there auto combat? never tried it before

[karmic quiver]

oh my i may have to download this

[south sequoia]

Stories aren't voice acted, only combat lines, homescreen lines and etc are voice acted
And yes this game does have auto combat

[weary scroll]

Is there anyone I should buy from here?

[novel condor]

ig Amagi?

[sweet merlin]

Is project identity 2 out?

[weary scroll]

is that the best one or is it better to just save it

[inland shoal]

Depends. Tirpitz is a common choice if you need tech pts for FdG

[broken pivot]

How many prints do I need for dev 30 agir again?

[inland shoal]

In general none of the ships left there are particularly great

/devbp

[odd root]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/460648604974055424/885529968455598170/unknown.png

[broken pivot]

513

[weary scroll]

Ok

[broken pivot]

Lemme check my storage real quick

I have around 365 prints if I include the universal prints then

[slender jackal]

Small question. This is my first time in like "operation siren that resets" so I have to ask
Does the shop itself reset every few days or no?

[nocturne estuary]

After your first reset is the shop completely static
You have access to all buyable items from day 1

[whole crypt]

you don't, the entire list is there but you need to unlock higher "tiers" by securing zones

[slender jackal]

Dang... I was hoping for more rare materials... That ain't a lot for a month of shop. Well It cannot be helped I guess thanks for answer

[jaunty vault]

you dont, you need to clear explorable zones to get access to most of the shop

[whole crypt]

which materials are you after, new shop does have at least as much as old shop

[cloud fractal]

What chapter of hardmode stages do you have to get to so you can reliably farm gold retro bps?

[whole crypt]

we don't know drop rates, just do as high as you can

[cloud fractal]

So for gold retros you could be farming for 1 day or about 6. Sad oof.

[jaunty vault]

resources are limited for newbies, thats true for every game

[whole crypt]

I've gone for over a week without gold drops it's just rng

you'll have enough just keep playing consistently

[steady beacon]

As I shall repeat forevermore
'tis better to be lucky than good

[nocturne estuary]

3 star the hard maps that drop your bp, if you haven't done yet
The mission gives like 2 gold BP for each map

[cloud fractal]

No doubt. I’m just on my last retro upgrade for Uni. Finished Jav last night! Was hoping to finish Uni tonight.

[slender jackal]

The rainbow parts to gear, but like before I entered this version of shop it reset every few days

So I could buy item X on one day and for exmaple week later I had a chance to buy it second time after the shop reset

[whole crypt]

it doesn't

the old shop just refreshed from a fixed stock every month, so if you bought it that's it for the month, it doesn't do a full reset every 3 days for a chance of the design plan

[slender jackal]

hmmm so maybe I seen it incorrectly...

anway it kinda sucks ass that I need to in theory wait for like 2-3 months to be able to get like 6 of the rainbow gear parts like wtg

[whole crypt]

they can also drop from cat dives and abyssals but it's RNG

and now you can also buy the classified loggers after a reset

[broken pivot]

I just wanna ask about the cats
Since I wanna stack damage for my NJ, should I go for all rld for the cats?

[whole crypt]

at the end of each mission chain for classified loggers there's 1 UR design print, nowadays it's possible to get enough for a piece of gear in like 2 months if you push for it

the amount of RLD you get through cats isn't going to high enough to give you another round of shelling

[broken pivot]

What's like, rule of thumbs for the cats lol

[steady beacon]

Absolutely not lol
The amount of RLD cat gives you is really miniscule

[whole crypt]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/User:Riceist/CatGuide

[broken pivot]

Hooh

[steady beacon]

Idt I'd ever reduce it to a rule of thumb
But read Rice's guide

[broken pivot]

Ok so, lemme look through the skills and stuff

[slender jackal]

okay so I guess i have to wait a bit longer to max Atago eh, thanks

[whole crypt]

ideally if you want to raise BB damage through cats you want cats that have flame, soulful and/or BB FP/HIT

[whole crypt]

as per usual the disclaimer is don't try to focus hard on one (subpar) ship, you're making things harder and slower overall

I'm not sure what you're trying to craft to put on Atago anyway

[broken pivot]

Well, stack on BB cats it is then

[slender jackal]

the Bofors AA gun and don't call her subpar I learned the opsi just for her

also damn the cats I should probably learn them someday but it is major pain in the butt

[whole crypt]

I'll be honest all of my favourite ships are either subpar or 🚮

it's just how the game works

[slender jackal]

well I prefer to focus on waifu than on META so I will do my thing and let;s just keep it at that
anyway about cats are they really so crucial? I fr didn't like care that much when training them and so on is it dumb or nah?

[shrewd raven]

does capped exp help with research exp farm?

[whole crypt]

META is not meta

cats are not crucial but having non-optimized cats is better than not having them at all

[steady beacon]

Reasonable ones are at least helpful to have
Good ones are more for pushing already good fleets further beyond, occasionally letting them some things otherwise impossible... but the road to get a good cat is long, painful, and expensive

[whole crypt]

the thing is you don't have to focus on meta, but optimizing your play is the fastest and easiest way to maximize what you get our of your waifus

[slender jackal]

hmm maybe you are right but after this many years in game I think it is going pretty well (I just don;t understand few mechanics as It was too much at the same time back in the day)

[slender jackal]

right about good ones I remember that I tried to grasp it but I failed at that. IF I want to make a good one what should I focus on? Like making a cat that buffs just Battleships for exmaple? OR like national boosts or what?

[whole crypt]

@slender jackal

[slender jackal]

oh sorri I didn't notce the link thanks

[steady beacon]

Ye just read Rice's guide
It's better than anything I can possibly say on the topic

[whole crypt]

there's not much to say about the topic anyway, at least not until an actual cat revamp

[slender jackal]

just quick question about guide IF let's say I want a BB cat I just am supposed to get talents that he listed under BB cat and it is like best option?

[rigid delta]

how do we watch the livestream

[eternal basalt]

You're a day late

[sweet merlin]

2 new urs next week?

[rigid delta]

are those research ships?

[whole crypt]

no

DR7 is going to be July but no details besides hinting an Italian DR CA

[rigid delta]

thanks

[wet prairie]

I take it there isn’t a UR event item?

I didn’t see one in the pinned

[eternal basalt]

We don't know

CN doesn't tell

[rigid delta]

where can i watch future livestreams next time?

[wet prairie]

Welp time to save for mk7 spam

[sweet merlin]

Damn, 100 cube left

[wet prairie]

CN anni on bilibili (china only) rest on YT

[rigid delta]

oh ok

[whole crypt]

depends, CN anniv stream is on bili but there are folks doing simul on youtube
JP and EN all on youtube

they didn't show event items or gear at all but a rainbow JB gun will be super cursed

[steady beacon]

Really trying to give me nightmares, eh

[rigid delta]

aight thanks

[wet prairie]

Alsace apparently didn’t use quads, she used triple

[whole crypt]

well it's either going to be something for mogs or something for alsace, or none at all

I'm not holding my hopes up either way, BisZwei didn't bring anything

[wet prairie]

Is biz gun in game? I forgot

[whole crypt]

BisZwei is just Bismarck

[wet prairie]

I know

[steady beacon]

Bis gun is Twin 380mm SKC
I.e. don't use it

[whole crypt]

do you really want a rainbow twin 380?

[wet prairie]

yes pls

I want 460 with beehive

[steady beacon]

I'd be cool with Mogador's twin 138.6s tbh...

[wet prairie]

How does manjuu select which ammo each gun fires?

[whole crypt]

that's a possibility but that's also #al-general

[crimson glacier]

they just choose

[whole crypt]

the only historically accurate shell typeis 3shikidan

[wet prairie]

How many MK7 is too many MK7?

[crimson glacier]

i dont see a reason to own more than 3

[wet prairie]

And what’s better for sushi, MK7 or twin 410 kai for opsi

[crimson glacier]

and even 3 is wasted often

410

just dont use her for light

[wet prairie]

I’m too lazy

[crimson glacier]

just use AP fleet then or carriers for light

[steady beacon]

Eh once you own 3 Mk 7s just put one on her tbh
Temperance is so easy it doesn't even matter

[whole crypt]

if you want to be lazy with Musashi just stick to twin 410

but it's not good against AP bossing

[whole crypt]

even if I had spare Mk7s I wouldn't want to ever put one on Musashi

[steady beacon]

Eh, do as you will
In fairness, if I want anti-light BB, I just swap her out of the fleet

[whole crypt]

exactly

[crimson glacier]

but do you really need to ever swap

[whole crypt]

keep in mind she somewhat counts on having an IJN gun for RLD

[wet prairie]

Tbh at that point you probably have some really built fleets

[whole crypt]

and enhacned barrage

[crimson glacier]

if you have musashi then im going to assume you have good fleets

she was released a while ago

[wet prairie]

She was released as I joined

[whole crypt]

I've killed Temperance with BB fleet with Musashi using triple 410

[wet prairie]

Sry guys

[crimson glacier]

is temp the DD or what

[whole crypt]

lightabyssal

[crimson glacier]

AP BB fleet isnt that bad vs it

[whole crypt]

jellyfish is medium and you can barrage spam it anyway

[cobalt rapids]

White shell satisfies it, ijn gun is only for improved barrage

[whole crypt]

yeh

which is still quite a bit of difference and Musashi is slow

[sweet delta]

+13 mk7 is about as good as +11 twin assuming no timing things

But even confetti gun is good enough for arbiter, choosing between two HE guns doesn't matter much

[whole crypt]

at that point it really makes no sense to put a Mk7 on her at all

[steady beacon]

In this case it is because I hurriedly checks notes do NOT own a confetti gun

[whole crypt]

then use a twin410

[steady beacon]

Nah, twin 356 Kai tbh
Still too lazy to go find the 305
But soon...
Probably...

[karmic quiver]

I’m brand new what tips should I know or advice

[cobalt rapids]

/guide read sams starting with newbie and relevant features u unlock

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Beginner's Guide to Azur Lane

If you're not sure where to start or how to optimize something, try checking these out!
🔹 General FAQ from the Azur Lane wiki
🔹 New Player's Guide by .Snub and Community TL

🔹 English Community Guide Compendium by samheart564

Contains a list of guides by various authors about key Azur Lane gameplay mechanics, including:

• Newbie Tips (By riceist)
• Common Resource Guide (By Sam)
• Research Guide (By Sam)
  and more!

Here are some other useful commands:
Use /tierlist and /equip for a ship and equipment tier lists
Use /tags for a full list of things I can help you with

[karmic quiver]

Game keeps freezing stuck loading here 3 times I restarted?

[cobalt rapids]

Try #tech-support

[karmic quiver]

This game doesn’t have English VA?

[vale lotus]

does upgrading a fighter using gold plates increase it's passive aa?

[vale lotus]

It does not have english voice acting

[plain saffron]

the dmg for the AA guns increases yes

[vale lotus]

thanks

[crisp wadi]

Does nano-chan counted in CDC?

[crisp estuary]

[steady beacon]

She does, as an IJN backliner

[hot wing]

Does high efficiency plan EXP boost also counts towards Shipyard construction exp quest?

[steady beacon]

It does

[hollow charm]

my NJ and Shinano alredy Max LB
should i claim NJ or Shinano and then retire it?
or wait until the next update yostar add new ur Ships to the exchange?

i have all UR Ships
UR that has not Max LB only Guam, Laffey II, Sovetsky Soyuz
but i can buy some bulin to Max LB them (pict 2)

[plain saffron]

i personally would keep it because i have no need for it for anything at that point

[jaunty vault]

exchange and retire for 30 medals

assuming youre a regular player, casual or not, there is realistically no situation where you would benefit from holding the spark and not utilising it for medals

[hollow charm]

will there be UR ships in this near update?

[jaunty vault]

not in this update

and the next UR in line to be added to perma pool is shima, then uvh, who you already have mlb

[hollow charm]

Is this already offical?

[jaunty vault]

there was no official announcement

but it is common sense

[whole crypt]

no but logically Shimakaze is the next UR to archive, and we already have the framework of how UR archive works

[jaunty vault]

what we dont know is WHEN the URs will be archived

[novel condor]

Goober doing gph work ic

[jaunty vault]

no u

[whole crypt]

coops is doing fine

[hollow charm]

okay i'll exchange those points and retire the ships
thanks for the answer

[whole crypt]

I'm tempted to claim the pity just so it'll stop badering me with the popup

[jaunty vault]

why keep it

[plain saffron]

idk, weird flex?

[whole crypt]

I have no use for it either way

[jaunty vault]

true

[plain saffron]

or maybe to show people, "this is what it looks like"

[exotic wren]

to build daily?

[late flame]

oath all the dupes and flex

[whole crypt]

I'm actually considering oathing my nagato dupes

[sullen creek]

Just keep 1 at 0lb lvl1 with max skill

[sharp socket]

is the sexy bofors the main thing to get in pr3

[steady beacon]

It's good, no doubt, but the Champagne gun is almost certainly a higher priority

[whole crypt]

why max skill at all it's not a EX thing

[sharp socket]

which gun is champagne gun

im starting to buy stuff from protocore shop

[steady beacon]

Even equipped on Champagne for maximum points

[coarse aurora]

Aight so i just came back and i've heard/read soyuz is better then musashi for a BB fleet, anyone care to explain to me why that is?

[whole crypt]

depends™️

[steady beacon]

"Better" is a uh...
Word I wouldn't use, at least...

[whole crypt]

she's definitely not better than Musashi against Rodney M

[jaunty vault]

soyuz is more versatile for a nonMETA/nonCampaign/nonMob fight BB fleet

[steady beacon]

In another universe we'd have called that "AussieNod"

[hybrid urchin]

i have no idea how this operation siren works or what to do in it.

[late flame]

bottom right

[steady beacon]

That's one thing ye
And red exclaim is story I think?
Been such a long time...

[novel condor]

Red exclaim is story yes

[plain saffron]

basically just follow what in this tab for now

[hybrid urchin]

how can i open this tab?

[plain saffron]

middle button

then 2nd tab

[late flame]

enter any blue port, then follow what nagami typed above lol

[jaunty vault]

dont need to enter port

[late flame]

that globe thing next to Overview at top left?

[sly raven]

did they annoucnce when the light of the martyrium event will start?

[strong tartan]

this coming Tuesday

[sly raven]

oh

[strong tartan]

is that the EN name of the event

[sly raven]

i think so

it has 2 ur r8

[strong tartan]

yeah so the 21st

[plain saffron]

still not a port, that just return you to the zone you're in rn

[late flame]

TIL that was even clickable tbh 😛

[sly raven]

how long does it usually take to get dr blueprints so as to make it dev lvl 30 from research alone

[plain saffron]

like 3-6 months for the entire season depends on luck and uptime

[sly raven]

oh. i actually need 66 for agir dev 30

any idea on how long will that be

[plain saffron]

just do season 4, all good ship and goo gear

not sure tbh, 1-2 months?

[sly raven]

alright

[plain saffron]

i think doable less than 1 month

[sly raven]

its more of an hassle than 4 rainbow bulins

[plain saffron]

research ships is always a marathon

[sharp socket]

speaking of gear do i make anything, i have 1 of the fat AA units on someone already

i need more planes so if any of those are good itll be nice to know

[kindred arrow]

Game just kicked my out to the Server Maintenance splash screen, is there an emergency maint going on?

[plain saffron]

good, better than purples, better than purples
poverty aux
all good except bottom left
best non event limited CB gun, good, plane situational as always, good general use AA gun

[plain saffron]

you prob just disconeccted bcs internet issues, yeah it shows that message sometimes for no reason when you get diconnected

it's prob like "ouh can't reach server, must be maintenance"

nntkkt wtf is that name

[kindred arrow]

Just turned wifi off and on again and I could log in, thanks!
Was a little worried I somehow missed a maint announcement

[plain saffron]

is it to bypass words limit

[whole crypt]

it's just inverse of cheeky's

[late flame]

just check #game-news and if there is maint #maintenance-channel will be up as well

[kind slate]

the update is so long lol. its take like 3 hrs to get to 200/3700 what

[tame jungle]

Truly a #gameplay-help moment

[kind slate]

it was 150/15420 yesterday lol

[blissful hamlet]

what's the difference between 100 and 200 affinity other than the stat boost?

[atomic abyss]

You maybe get an oath skin
And you might get a special line exclusive to oathed characters

That's about it
Besides the 6% stat boost ofc

[blissful hamlet]

janus oathed

[hard mesa]

wichita meta is BB?

[late flame]

meta ver does not change hull class, so should be CA

[hard mesa]

oh i just read the pins and it said wichita meta is BB

[late flame]

i could be wrong though
~~too lazy to check #cn-7th-anniversary-livestream-discussion ~~

[steady beacon]

It would appear in the pin it is listed as BB 👀
I think that's just a genuine mistake though... no reason to suspect she changed hull class randomly

[late flame]

it would be a first if BB was correct kek

[steady beacon]

Also Bearn listed as CVL, the same mistake I made
I always forget she's actually a CV lol
Even funnier, I think EN listed her incorrectly, based on the follow-up tweet

[hard mesa]

[inland shoal]

I mean she was announced as CVL in the live stream too

Also they should call the child ship Friedrich der Kleine

[steady beacon]

Oh damn, I didn't know that...

[late flame]

mistakes happen when speedrunning stuff and all that

[steady beacon]

Every CN stream feels like they're trying to beat the preceding year's speedrun record, indeed

[dusty gazelle]

When laffey 2 rerun?

[late flame]

a very long time from now

[fresh tangle]

Damn the Portland retrofit skin is weak :/

Unicorn as a first set the bar too high

[plain saffron]

they're released few years apart

[frozen phoenix]

when is the next limited banner?

[rapid grail]

soon™️

[atomic abyss]

21st

[late flame]

its a bit odd that its a tuesday (instead of the usual thursday) but hooray for extra 2 days i guess?

[dawn crest]

December of 2025

[hard mesa]

oh wait next tuesday?

[late flame]

i also legit forgot i had witchia unlocked until that post mentioning that her meta = BB in the pins (when her base class is CA) lul

[plain saffron]

prob more to jan 2026

[half plover]

this could work as a mob fleet, right?

helena is legit the only ship I can use that is not 120 yet 😭 once she hits 120 my fleet will become so weak

[rapid grail]

no backline healer = not mob fleet
especially when u are at eearly game
go get Unicorn

[jaunty vault]

for cdc?

anything works for CDC

[half plover]

my unicorn is lvl 123

the backline is purposedly like this for FdG exp

[rapid grail]

ah then, use XP packs and bulins to et them to lvl 95~ and then chuck them at 12-1

[half plover]

alr

[jaunty vault]

is the game force closing every time theres a patch supposed to be a bug

[half plover]

juneau has exp pack prio, right? bc of her aa capabilities

[jaunty vault]

what are you even fighting

[half plover]

12-1

[jaunty vault]

is your juneau retrofit

[half plover]

no

[jaunty vault]

wdym prio? for gear? for AA gun only?

[half plover]

for exp packs up to lvl 95

[jaunty vault]

oh

[half plover]

to make my fleet stronger in general

[whole crypt]

12 doesn't need an AA specialist and you'll want one higher than 95 for 13

[analog swallow]

#1241281970319659039 opsi fleet help?

[jaunty vault]

probably distribut equally among gnei, juneau, phoenic

[half plover]

alr

[icy mountain]

can i put a roomba on portland?

[atomic abyss]

You can
But not sure why would you

[icy mountain]

so quadruple 40mm better?

[atomic abyss]

Roomba should be given to the stuff with the best AA on the team

[icy mountain]

oh okay

[stone sluice]

I’d say 2 weeks

[atomic abyss]

And it's very unlikely port kai is the AA carry

[icy mountain]

i have yet to mlb my san diego

so maybe ill reserve my other roomba for sandy

[deft plume]

Where was the pr ship priority list?

[atomic abyss]

I don't think there was one outside the beginner/research guide

It's FdG > Anchorage > Agir > AvP/Haku anyways

[sly raven]

hope i get lucky

[blissful hamlet]

focus on series 4

[stone sluice]

Implacable either but a gold airplane

[haughty dust]

is this character any good? I just got her from a single light pull.

[stone sluice]

But as this is gonna be a double UR event there are still chances up

[blissful hamlet]

depend on your current fleet but yes she's decent

[haughty dust]

What does the 🤏 mean there? I’m a little confused.

[blissful hamlet]

she's ok, not bad but also not super good

[south sequoia]

I suggest we give more direct answers instead of ambiguous emotes It's understandable with the arrows but just answer more directly to avoid confusion

[blissful hamlet]

she is pinch

[half plover]

🤏 this is "small pp flex" emote smh

[hidden garnet]

Good for grinding

[blissful hamlet]

~~chapayev has pp ~~

[south sequoia]

back to normal please

[fresh tangle]

War archives: which one should I do first?

[steady beacon]

Thanks for the reminder to collect my tokens
Divergent Chessboard for German fleet tech
Otherwise and apart from that, really just for the drop SR if you want them, or for the equipment in the archived muse events

[fresh tangle]

Yeah just saw I’m almost called and thought what to do 😂

Was wondering if any of them were worth doing 60 times 😂

[blissful hamlet]

cosmic kicks

[fresh tangle]

Think I’m still gonna ignore it for now and focus my oil on pushing campaign. About to start chapter 8 now.

[blissful hamlet]

get to w9 before bothering with war archive

even cosmic kicks isn't high priority

[south sequoia]

You can actually bother with war archive a little and do polaris to grind for levels if there is no on going event and you're locked behind commander levels

[still gate]

in which world second fleet becomes necessary? the further i go the bigger stages become and the more enemies spawn

[south sequoia]

you typically don't start building a second fleet until after you unlocked world 9 and beat the first stage

because you thenf inally have access to oil cap and clearing rewards to help you gather resources and exp

without oil holding you back

[fresh tangle]

Is world 9 “chapter 9” like I’m doing 8-1 now of main campaign

[jaunty vault]

hi

[jaunty vault]

yes

we call chapters, worlds

[south sequoia]

What is ambiguous about "aldoubt" to a player asking if their fleet is good.

[fresh tangle]

Alright cool. One more world then 😂

[jaunty vault]

albadoubt does not give a clear answer

[topaz smelt]

i recommend 🚮 moving forward

[jaunty vault]

nor does it say why you doubt it

[jaunty vault]

less ambiguous definitely

[strong tartan]

hi

[blissful hamlet]

with my experience here is closer to 🚮 than to

[topaz smelt]

time for gph to get removed

[half plover]

just use everytime

[jaunty vault]

see thats ambiguous

[late flame]

ban emotes in gph

[south sequoia]

And you would be causing even more confusion

[blissful hamlet]

if gph ban emote then how they suppose to answer question

[lone vigil]

does the amount of specialised cores I have reset after this month?

[topaz smelt]

the only emote we need

[south sequoia]

Don't suddenly post stickers here please, especially if itsn't providing anything

[topaz smelt]

the collection limit resets, you keep what you have

[hidden garnet]

My bad sir

[south sequoia]

Ma'am

[sullen creek]

Sire

[worldly pewter]

test and adapt

[south sequoia]

And can you guys please stop randomly adding off topic comments

[topaz smelt]

why else would gph exist?

[sullen creek]

Truer words of wisdom

[south sequoia]

It's fine every now and then

[worldly pewter]

[blissful hamlet]

the most gph moment of all time

[hard mesa]

[digital vault]

did anyone else got a 10gb update??

[wind hazel]

is unicorn alone enough to carry 13-1? like 2bb+unicorn+3 shit DD, or do I need more AA?

[south sequoia]

It's a mandatory update

[digital vault]

wth, why is it 10gb tho

[south sequoia]

read #al-general pins

for explanation

[soft raft]

Complete asset redownload

[topaz smelt]

in my experience yes if theyre high enough level and not absolute shitter dds

[digital vault]

oh i see, that's why i thought i messed up my game and accidentally cleared the data

so it happened after updating in play store

[wind hazel]

zamn, are lv100 enough? other than uni of course

[late flame]

saved ya a click

[south sequoia]

enough if ships can take hits, otherwise

[digital vault]

alr checked it

[south sequoia]

I'd go for 105 - 110 rather than trying and them possibly exploding

[topaz smelt]

closer to like 110

[digital vault]

forced everyone to shrinked the game size

[wind hazel]

damn, guess it's 12-1 til enough cogs

[late flame]

w12 is better for shit random fleet compos

[topaz smelt]

you can get away with a lot in 13-1 if you have gear

[wind hazel]

ye was thinking of raising them while getting better cog income

[topaz smelt]

most of the time i didnt run uni

or any healer

[whole crypt]

I just use Unicorn because it's not like I'm leveling any main fleet ships

[dawn crest]

A little dumb question, my gold limit is 72300, can i save more than this to use on the event pool tuesday?

[dawn crest]

i removed honkai impact for the update '-'

[south sequoia]

You can go over the soft cap

the soft cap is the Max: x number
You can still get coins from missions, mail, maps, etc but you won't be able to claim coins from merchant

[versed elk]

unicorn and another cv is enough

[dawn crest]

i got

[versed elk]

this one depends on ships u r leveling and gear lvl u can spare

[dawn crest]

thanks

[south sequoia]

The hard cap is 600k coins so a long way to go

[late flame]

my ocd with merchant is why i usually dont hit soft cap tbh

[broken fable]

Is it possible to gain affinity at lv 125 3m xp

[wind hazel]

probably gonna stick to 12-1, running out of CV while lots of BB to raise

[versed elk]

yes

[broken fable]

Ty

Too poor for rings XD SOON!

[south sequoia]

By the way, is there anyone out here worth bringing or levelling up? I'm running out of mains to level and all I've got to level for cv rld are the problem children

Ignore the essex I just keep some dupes of her

[wind hazel]

mikasa for BB hit

think the rest are mostly fp avi

still would raise

[late flame]

instructions unclear, raises collab becos waifu

[keen sable]

funny considering massa gives even more hit

[versed elk]

just raise all the ones with fp avi and hit

[wind hazel]

ye even Ark meta

[versed elk]

ark meta have avi iirc

[wind hazel]

2 hit

[versed elk]

not maxing backline tech is bricked af regardless. just max all

[topaz smelt]

most of the meta had decent tech iirc

[versed elk]

i wouldnt know i got the tech immediately when the update dropped

[jaunty vault]

imagine not knowing tech of base ships

[forest palm]

Mass, Essex, KGV, Mikasa, Kii, Katsuragi, Izumo, Huan, Littorio, Roma, and Ark Meta from a quick glance

[versed elk]

thank you cooper

[normal hollow]

is anyone able to help me with fleetbuilding, i have a ton of ships but I just suck at making a good fleet

[viscid swift]

Start a thread, post your dock and tell us what content the fleets are for

[normal crane]

Which one should I buy first

[plain saffron]

tbh buy all

[south sequoia]

I'd go for the rainbow core then bps then the plates

[topaz smelt]

everything

[plain saffron]

you want to clear shop so all good stuff appear

[south sequoia]

I'm assuming the priority for in case you dont gather the tokens before the 24 hours is up

but since we have so much of the month left, these items would eventually return if you continue to empty out shops

[south sequoia]

well, 19 hours to be precise

[plain saffron]

i would buy all cheapest then

[viscid swift]

I would buy the gold plates first personally

[half plover]

would it be alright to get a T3 retrofit blueprint just once from medal shop? my luck is just insanely bad and I just need one for FdG. or should I just gamba and try again tomorrow

[crisp estuary]

[viscid swift]

I wouldn't unless you have a massive amount spare, they're just too expensive

[half plover]

so I will work on roon coin up meanwhile, alr 😭

[topaz smelt]

you normally get a large amount from 3 star hms

[half plover]

I 3stared hard chapters up to 8 now

so it gets a little bit hard now and I don't have normal campaign 3stared to unlock more hard stages

[topaz smelt]

time to push 9

[worldly pewter]

did u run out of 3★ the hard stages ?

oh nvm i see what u said

[half plover]

I 3star'd every x-3 I could for battleships

but yeah I think I should probably just wait

[worldly pewter]

peronally i didn't feel the jump in difficulty between 8 and 9

also don't spend ur daily 3 tries on bb nodes
it is better to use them on the cruise ones

[sharp socket]

the requirements are just a pain because the mob and boss gets shuffled around

[half plover]

why tho

[worldly pewter]

the order doesn't matter where u put the mob or bossing fleet

u can put the mob fleet in the second slot

[sharp socket]

theres requirements for both fleets

[worldly pewter]

afaik the cruise bp are more used than anything else then the cv ones

so u want to focus for around 3-4 months on these nodes first then move to the cv

[half plover]

alr

[viscid swift]

you just do hard node stages for whichever Blueprints you need

[crisp estuary]

TWO URs? 🥳

[half plover]

yeah I am sweating to get my last battleship 🥶

[worldly pewter]

yeah i meant do not get fixated on the fleet order so there is a little bit more flexibility into that
if u add that intel

[normal hollow]

is anyone able to help me with

[worldly pewter]

get it from 3★ the 9th chapter it shouldn't be hard since u have done the 8th

[topaz smelt]

theres not really much cruiser bp usage early on, prob want more dd prints than it

[half plover]

yeah I just have to 3star all normal stages first, I just rushed through them

[sharp socket]

10-4h for example makes me put deadweight on my boss fleet which isnt optimal either just to fulfill reqs

[worldly pewter]

do u mean the trp stat ?

[sharp socket]

yes

[night pumice]

is there any reason besides like stats that I should prioritize getting fdg first compared to all the other pr ships

[worldly pewter]

yeah trp stat is the most cancer by far

[viscid swift]

tat's pretty standard, you'll get around it in time when just have more ships leveled

[viscid swift]

she's a UR BB, and besides NJ she's the strongest permanent available BB and she can be coined

[sharp socket]

im not even looking at 11-4h which ive also unlocked

[night pumice]

ah okay

[worldly pewter]

do that for the hard stages now

[silk lagoon]

Imma new player which banner should I pull on ?

[topaz smelt]

none

[night pumice]

and what does divergent chessboard do for kms tech

[topaz smelt]

do daily light pulls and save for an event

[silk lagoon]

Got it not even for URS yeah ?

[worldly pewter]

u want to speedrun a little bit the game in order to get as many cubes as u can since there is an anni event in couple days

[topaz smelt]

the urs are a trap, never pull for them

[half plover]

pull on the next event in a week from now on

[late flame]

do 1 daily light pull. aside from that, save

[silk lagoon]

Ahhh ok good to know that

[viscid swift]

https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/newbie_tips might want to give that a read

[sharp socket]

11-4h requires 1800 torp stat what the hell has that much torp

[late flame]

DDs

[sharp socket]

my 2 leveled DDs have 900 combined

[topaz smelt]

thats like 3 dds

[worldly pewter]

yeah u need all the DDs to have torp aux

[whole crypt]

use DDs with more TRP

[sharp socket]

DDs are unreliable on auto because torps and tiny guns

[whole crypt]

also use CLs or CAs with TRP and not just gunboats

[worldly pewter]

can u show ur DDs ?

[forest palm]

sweet summer child...

[worldly pewter]

TBH for me ayanami saved me

[whole crypt]

if you're using shitty DDs yes that will be a problem
but you're trying to fill TRP reqs now

[worldly pewter]

why did u change ur name to a cn one i thought u were a fellow jp

[sharp socket]

heres the rest

[haughty dust]

I wasn’t sure the best place to ask this. How come the ships most of the time that you see on the war archives campaign main page is not the same as ships available in the actual campaign itself?

[whole crypt]

ask cheeky

but if it matters I'm fluent in both varieties of moonrunes

[undone plover]

The main ship for WA maps has a chance to drop from D3 or highest map for that war archive. Or if u clear D3 60 times

[worldly pewter]

can u tap now sort by trp stat ?

[haughty dust]

well, for example, I mean, New Jersey is shown on one of the main icons for one of the war archives campaign. However, I doubt she’s actually available to be obtained in that campaign as far as I’m aware, but I could be wrong.

[worldly pewter]

u will be having to use kashkent and laffei at least

[half plover]

so with 3 built DDs tpd stats shouldnt be a problem for my ships, right?

[whole crypt]

her alone can give you around 600 TRP so

[undone plover]

The exact drops are on wiki. Not sure where u are seeing NJ but yeah she doesn’t drop from the maps.

[whole crypt]

time to raise Ayanami

[night pumice]

so if I'm trying to get fdg, is it a good idea to build roon first?

[sharp socket]

i was hoping that next UR would be a DD one so i can fulfill my lack of trp stat but oh well

[whole crypt]

but there is a UR DD coming

I won't guarantee she'll have good TRP stats though

for the record a maxed Laffey II is still nearly 180 less TRP than Ayanami

[topaz smelt]

has a french dd ever have good torps

[whole crypt]

nope

[sharp socket]

guess ill level ayanami

[whole crypt]

well Forbin is in the 400s

[sharp socket]

also heres the torp stat

javelin has alot

[haughty dust]

this for example is why I asked.

[whole crypt]

you really just need to level the torp boats if you want to fill TRP stats, the reqs only get higher

[worldly pewter]

remove the DD in the sorting and just sort by trp stats all ur dock

[haughty dust]

yes, but I’m asking why is New Jersey then pictured there?

[undone plover]

Oh I see. That is just the banner for the event. The main ship from the event was New Jersey but they dont add all of them to the drop. Some get added to the perma pool like NJ

[sharp socket]

oh probably because shes 90% retro’ed

[whole crypt]

because that's the event where she was main on the banner

the same is true for basically every other archive

[haughty dust]

I see. The main reason I asked is because I’m only one star away from getting New Jersey at max limit break

[viscid swift]

because she's the poster child for the event

[haughty dust]

ok

[haughty dust]

so I’m trying to get her to her final star so that was my whole reason for wondering.

[sharp socket]

naturally subs have all the torp

[half plover]

is this taking gear into account?

[whole crypt]

just start using and raising more ships with good TRP, you don't have a huge lot of options when it comes to hard reqs in later chapters

[whole crypt]

wait for bulins or the next time you hit perm pity, but bulins will likely want to prioritize Alsace/Mogador first wait for datamine for stats

[haughty dust]

yeah, I just wanna get her to her max Starn. That’s just why I was wondering and I doubt I’m gonna get it before the new UR comes out.

[plain saffron]

i trust thorin's stats

[whole crypt]

is the statwheel even out?

[worldly pewter]

doesn't look possible i think

[half plover]

the last kronshtadt event was really a bait wasn't it

if she isnt even prio to build

[viscid swift]

depends on how you look at it, and no, Kronshtdat is not

[whole crypt]

oh right I forgot EN has statwheel on announcement tweet

[wind hazel]

muse was a bait

[whole crypt]

Kronshtadt isn't bad, but I believe we already did mention watch your cube stocks for CN anniv if you asked

and muse in between was a bigger bait yes

[half plover]

yeah I really wanted to pull but decided to save up, so it was probably the best decision

[haughty dust]

Are these 3 pieces of gear good for any particular ship?

[worldly pewter]

can u put laffei kashkent anchorage jav takao and someone else to see how much trp it gives u
and try to put all the trp aux on the dds

[forest palm]

first one is glued to Helena

[haughty dust]

What about the other two then?

I’m not currently using Helena at the moment. However, I will keep that in mind, but it does need to be leveled up a little bit further.

[late flame]

flag goes to nelson

[viscid swift]

3rd is glued to Nelson and 2nd PvP aux

[strong tartan]

cheeky what does your name mean

[forest palm]

you can use Pearl's Tear as a Toolkit, or USS Gear for Laffey II

[viscid swift]

put it in google translate

[strong tartan]

olay

[haughty dust]

wdym by PvP aux. What ships would you put it on in exercise?

[late flame]

we dunno what are the stats and skills for the new UR

[viscid swift]

the vanguard that's most likely to die first

[sharp socket]

non

ill just leave it be for now

[worldly pewter]

what hull is takao ?

[half plover]

iirc there are cvs or bb with torpedo stats

[normal crane]

Which one should I buy first

[strong tartan]

med

[worldly pewter]

i mean ca or cl

[strong tartan]

ca

[undone plover]

Do you have a backline ship with torp stat? Maybe it will help

[dawn hamlet]

is trying to farm Rodney in order to get Nelson flag a good idea for a newbie?

[viscid swift]

farming Rodney just for the flag no