gameplay-help

[signal leaf]

Owari (Which i already use) and uh idk ryuuhou?

[viscid swift]

for the main fleet yes

[elfin hollow]

why is aquila good again? (wrong response mb)

[soft raft]

Very good secondary healer

[sweet delta]

So what is this fleet for? Seems like a weird mob fleet

[rapid grail]

then shimanto's an alright pick for there because of burn removal, right? Not for the AA

[signal leaf]

everything tbh hehe haha

[viscid swift]

yeah, there's plenty of other good options though so you don't need her specifically

[remote yarrow]

So it's for W15? there's no thing as "for everything"

[soft raft]

that is not a thing in this game
It is basically impossible to make a fleet that's optimized for every major piece of content without making any changes

[sweet delta]

hoho then I'd put more rainbows and/or unicorn instead of owari/ryuuhou

[rapid grail]

fair enough. Just confirming something

[signal leaf]

[viscid swift]

have you even finished the equip upgrades I reccomended last time?

[signal leaf]

yep well most of them

[eager mulch]

you can make really good faction fleets if you ignore factions entirely

[signal leaf]

dont really know why that aa gun aint recommended in the tier list but oh well

[remote yarrow]

Non Faction Fleet-Faction Fleet?

[viscid swift]

for a game that's all about collecting it seems strange people focus so much on factions

[signal leaf]

its pretty interchangable with the quad 40mm bofors but eh

[viscid swift]

which AA gun was that again?

[signal leaf]

uh the twin 113 mm

[viscid swift]

the Roomba? it is reccomended

[signal leaf]

slightly longer firing cooldown and and a bit more range

it is?

[soft raft]

Damn that's crazy

[remote yarrow]

How do you guys level up your subs? Opsi and books?

[eager mulch]

auto call subs and ignore

[viscid swift]

several months in the dorm

[signal leaf]

well shit not for bbs tho

thats what ive been looking at

why is owari so high up anyway she has pretty mid skills (I am bashing my wife)

[remote yarrow]

Well that's because AA doesn't really matter that much for BBs , STAAG and Hazemeyer are used for Hit iirc

[signal leaf]

derp

[viscid swift]

her skills are actually quite strong
she's basically the strongest SR BB in the game by far and almost competes with FDG

[signal leaf]

I mean yeah the special barrage is useful

[viscid swift]

and that's part of why

[sweet delta]

I'll take Rodney meta over owari for mob

But owari and flandre are the strongest boss gold BBs

[remote yarrow]

RodM good?

[signal leaf]

her buff skill is pretty unreliable IMO!11!!!

[sweet delta]

And duke

[tired condor]

this good?

[sweet delta]

Can't get more reliable than 100%

[remote yarrow]

How so? Explain yourself

[soft raft]

Ok swapping Guam and Brest around worked-ish
Vanguard got melted pretty badly towards the end

And I think my Yk 2 and Ety are way too close to eachother, how do I desync them?

[sweet delta]

Make Enty faster

[viscid swift]

that's not a signifciant factor of her kit

[potent slate]

also how I get dorm money for fruniture

[signal leaf]

not really unreliable but eh

[soft raft]

mainly comissions

[smoky palm]

Any tips to get more Mark VIII sub torp pieces? Like is there a specific level supply line disruption I should be doing? Or just keep doing level 95 one and praying to RNGesus?..

Just wanna craft more bidders for my subs since I only have 2 so far and I'm being limited by not having any mark VIII's

[signal leaf]

barrages come in clutch

[sweet delta]

Gold is one of the best for BBs and ok for CLs

[viscid swift]

not really, that's your only source and you are at the complete mercy of RNG

[sweet delta]

Just continue 95 and wait

[smoky palm]

That's kinda what I figured.. slowly over time while praying..

[remote yarrow]

Will actually getting my Wolfpack Subs geared and 120 make my 14-3 and 14-4 experience easier? I didn't get U-81 for WW but got Archer so I was planning on changing to Fishes but that'll take some time

[sweet delta]

She wipes the screen of (non-w14) suicide boats every 12s, and the ones that do slip by are likely to ram her phantom and die. And the rest of the kit is just fdg lite

[viscid swift]

it'll certainly help

[remote yarrow]

Do I still try to get U-81 or nah? I'm at 500 cubes

[sweet delta]

More is better than less ||except for misinformation and disinformation||

[viscid swift]

what are your current wolf pack options?

[soft raft]

Like this?

[warm flax]

Is sub tech relevant

[sweet delta]

Sub meta changes every few months. Pick a fleet or gamble

[viscid swift]

I wouldnt with just 500 cubes

[remote yarrow]

101 96 37

That's it

[viscid swift]

it's good enough

[sweet delta]

Why do they have rudders, this is 13-N not 15-2 right

[soft raft]

13H
Rudders are just leftovers from their 15-2 setups

[sweet delta]

As long as Enty strikes first, theyll start to desync more and more every strike

But Skyraider bad for 13-4

[viscid swift]

yeah....

[remote yarrow]

I don't really know much about Sub gear

[sweet delta]

I do

[remote yarrow]

I do have 3 snorkels and hulls just in case

[soft raft]

ok then
I got Enty at 22.56s and Yk2 at 23.38s according to in-game so yup sounds about right

And yeah I'll swap the skyraider out for Tenrai once I do 13H-4

[sweet delta]

101 doesn't use hull

[remote yarrow]

What does she use?

[sweet delta]

Oxytorp, snorkel, and hull are the three general submarine options

If 101 uses hull, she will be too far forward and fail to find enemies in the torpedo targeting angle

[potent slate]

can do 3-4 as I need 2 fleets

[remote yarrow]

I have a Torp, can get another one

[remote yarrow]

Just chuck in whatever to fullfill the requirements and don't use the second fleet

[sweet delta]

Add ships with gear to the second fleet, you don't have to battle with them though

You'd better kick either Alsace or hood for unicorn though

[remote yarrow]

So something like this?

wrong torp on 37 woops

[sweet delta]

What even is that torp

[remote yarrow]

idk

[sweet delta]

same

[remote yarrow]

I don't know anything about subs

[sweet delta]

I mean I know 37 has type 95, but idk what the other two are using

[remote yarrow]

"Ferry" or some shit 96

[potent slate]

what is a good seconf fleet for me to have?

based on my characters

[worldly epoch]

does this work on her µ version?

[sweet delta]

Actually that's not even type 95

[eternal moth]

Generally you want both slots to have the same torp, usually bidders

[soft raft]

37 has Mk 12 Ferry and th other two have Type 96

[warm flax]

You need one more CV

[potent slate]

cv?

[remote yarrow]

Yeah the Type 96 was an error mb

[remote yarrow]

Wait so I need 6 bidders?

[warm flax]

Aircraft Carrier, ships that carry planes

[sweet delta]

I don't see a solution. Play 2-4 hard for now, and passively level up enterprise, Yorktown, and/or hornet in the dorm

[potent slate]

is there a good one from the guild shop?

[smoky palm]

This is my sub fleet rn, still tryna improve their gear over time. But they def help out 👌

[soft raft]

you are barely anywhere close to being able to afford to raise a 2nd fleet rn

[warm flax]

What matters I guess is you fill in the reqs of 2nd fleet

[potent slate]

well I mean to slp in my dorm to passively level

[warm flax]

But no need to rush

[soft raft]

frankly barely anyone there is notable/worthwhile outside of who you're already using

[eternal moth]

Personally I like AMS, but I know a lot of people here don't

[warm flax]

I'm basing off HM

[sweet delta]

There's no CV at all in guild shop

[remote yarrow]

Hmm now I wonder if I have enough mats for 6 bidders

[craggy kettle]

Hallo, just want to know if i finish one of this stage, do i get the ship itself or just a blueprint?

[sweet delta]

@potent slate

[eternal moth]

You get the ship, but it has to be done 60 times

[potent slate]

yeah I was just thinking how so I could get gold drops for retrofiting my uni

[soft raft]

no
the ones with the star are just denoting the SR ship drop from the D3 map from that section

And there is a 60 run pity if you dont manage to get them to drop before then

[craggy kettle]

I see, any recommendations here which to get?

[eternal moth]

Most of them aren't worth the time.

[soft raft]

Divergent chessboard for Iron blood tech > Polaris if you havent unlocked W9 or are currently unable to push due to commander lvl restriction > Everything else

[eternal moth]

If you're looking to spend oil, run the event instead.

[remote yarrow]

Wait so 6 bidders it is then, I was asking cuz I saw some using 3 bidders and 3 ferry or some other torps

Subs are weird

[craggy kettle]

I do really need to spend my oil, cant finish the rookie task

[remote yarrow]

wdym doubt

[craggy kettle]

Anyways, thanks for the help

[eternal moth]

Buy curry

[soft raft]

just buy dorm food or grind grind grind

[eternal moth]

If you really want to go through oil, buy curry in the dorm

[steady beacon]

Anyone using a Ferry crafted it by accident

[remote yarrow]

oh

[craggy kettle]

Will do that, thanks again

[remote yarrow]

This hurt my mats but thanks for help

Btw what do you use for Secondary on your subs or does it not matter that much?

[eternal moth]

This is what I currently run

[remote yarrow]

aight Twin 100 it is

[inner delta]

the fast gun for breaking shield

[steady beacon]

Ye
Only sub who is particular about her DD gun is Leo

[eternal moth]

Hmm, I wonder if the new gear lab gun is better now

[smoky palm]

Wish I had enough mark VIII's to craft 4 more bidders.. it's the only component I'm missing

[eager mulch]

surcouf

[remote yarrow]

I had just enough BPs for 6

[steady beacon]

TIL Surcouf's gun is a DD gun

[eager mulch]

wiki lists it as a SS gun

[old zodiac]

in my boss fleet should i do a cv flagship?

[soft raft]

Depends on the content you're doing and what the fleet looks like but for a majority of content, no I wouldnt

[old zodiac]

ok thanks

[smoky palm]

Lucky haha

[whole crypt]

4G, 1.5G or 2E

[smoky palm]

I started playing AL at the very end of Jan on only last week finally cleared the lvl 95 supply line disruption with S Rank so I should slowly start to get more Mark VIII parts now

[keen sable]

goodbye alsace. hello unicorn

[spice glacier]

Is there a way to get gems by doing quests?

[eager mulch]

no

[remote yarrow]

Like sorties? Nope

[eager mulch]

well, 3 star rewards

[whole crypt]

meh guess I'll hit up 4G

[remote yarrow]

What's 4G

[whole crypt]

4 hour grant

[spice glacier]

that sucks there's some really cool skins

[eager mulch]

five guys’ but minus one

you shouldn’t really be buying skins as a f2p

[cloud panther]

That one guy became burger

[remote yarrow]

Do not buy skins as a F2P you are really screwing up your qol by doing so

[soft raft]

you gotta use the 💳 if you want to buy skins

realistically you will prob wont be able to buy the average regular skin with all F2P gem income including comission RNG

[spice glacier]

might have to sink some cash into the game for some skins

[remote yarrow]

https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/common_resource#finite-currency Check the bottom of this on how to get gems besides using your CC, but then again don't buy skins as a f2p

[warm flax]

its just pixels

[spice glacier]

pixels that look very nice

[warm flax]

pixels you can browse online

[keen sable]

someone doesn't have a phone with touch

[spice glacier]

not while Im playing

[potent pecan]

whats next UR rerun?

[weak turret]

Out of curiosity can I stack regular jintsu and meta jintsu abilities in same fleet (I just realized I had Jintsu meta just sitting around)

[warm flax]

Vanguard I believe

[old zodiac]

should i use gems on dock space or dorm space?

[weak turret]

oh does that mean another rainbow firecontrol table

[warm flax]

Yeah

[remote yarrow]

Both, 3 or 4 Dorm slots (total) + 2nd floor and dump the rest into dock space

[weak turret]

nice

I did 3 slots + second floor (1 whole fleet morale boosted)

[inner delta]

2nd floor is not always full 100% recommended, if said person doesn't play that much then it's a waste

[remote yarrow]

Yeah true

[old zodiac]

what about the xp though?

[inner delta]

you don't get exp in 2nd floor

[remote yarrow]

Only first floor gets passive exp, second floor doesn't but what it has is higher morale recovery than 1st floor

[old zodiac]

ah i see

[weak turret]

theres 4 more days of the event right?

[old zodiac]

so just unlock 3rd slot and wait for 2nd floor and rest to dorm space?

[remote yarrow]

Yeah you can have your Mob fleet resting at all times by doing so

[old zodiac]

also should i still grind the affinity for lil friedrich? is it good as a boss fleet flagship?

[remote yarrow]

Sure and nope

[old zodiac]

alr ty

[soft raft]

She's better than Pennsylvania that's for sure
but if you're considering her for boss fleet, you most likely lack enough ships to consider a 2nd fleet anyways

[warm flax]

Is her barrage 100%

[weak turret]

What are the PR ships I should skip getting, ie what are the lowest priority PR ships?

[soft raft]

Dunno how exactly you want us to quantify the worst picks so imma do the opposite as per usual

Research priority is FdG > All of PR4 > At least Plymouth from PR5 > Everyone else

[remote yarrow]

Where Brest

[weak turret]

why is PR 4 so good

[remote yarrow]

Cuz it has 4/5 commonly used Ships plus decent gear and Tenrai

[soft raft]

basically everyone there except for Marco is still used in mainline comps despite being a nearly 3 Year old season at this point

[viscid swift]

Good ships, good equips

[weak turret]

so all of PR 4 minus marco?

[remote yarrow]

Now that there's coining get Marco anyways so you remove her from the Pool to get Haku to Fs5 faster

[soft raft]

you still want to do Marco anyways purely to max her out to make getting the prints needed for the other PR4 ships faster

[warm flax]

+13 Tenrai good?

[remote yarrow]

Good yes, prio no

[weak turret]

wait u cant coin PR4 can u?

[remote yarrow]

You can Coin the PRs, aka Anchor, Avp and Marco

[warm flax]

U can coin the gold ships

[weak turret]

ohhhh fair i only have hak from that and im like i can coin this? 😛

[elfin hollow]

I can coin azuma lmao why is that?

[viscid swift]

Because you can....

[remote yarrow]

You should finish getting the other 3 to Fs5 for you to get hers faster

[warm flax]

Because you can coin everything below pr4

[tranquil hemlock]

Do all limited skin comeback in anniversary?

[signal plover]

Lil question
How do I understand what armor type a boss have?
And are the 3 numbers of efficacy against armor in guns ordered as light-medium-heavy?

[tranquil hemlock]

Wait there is armor type?

[weak turret]

huh ok, well i have been grinding suboptimally but eh ill go for PR 4 now ig, im get August von Parseval rn, and ig ill grab agir next and then idk

[viscid swift]

All skins before a certain cut off date rerun in the Black Friday event

cut off last year was in June

[weak turret]

tho i should have enough universal prints to just finish hak, how many does it take?

[soft raft]

/devbp

[odd root]

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

[tranquil hemlock]

So black friday is soon available? This year

[viscid swift]

You look it up and yes

[weak turret]

hmm well i have 153 rainbow general prints for series 4, 153 for series 5 and 157 for series 6

[viscid swift]

Black Friday is in November

[weak turret]

worth using the series 5 prints to immediate fate sim hak when that comes out?

[remote yarrow]

No, only use the PR4 ones

[viscid swift]

Pr4 prints sure dump them on Haku

5 and 6 no

Also Haku already has a fate sim

[signal plover]

Thx
What about bosses like that eldritch horror from ex stage?
Is it heavy?
Cause I wanted to try and see how much dmg would improve if I gave all my ships non HE weapons

[weak turret]

ohhh

[viscid swift]

Ex boss is heavy armor

[weak turret]

then i shall dump em immediately, ngl i finished hak recently and havent thrown her into my fleets yet cause im lazy af

[remote yarrow]

You mainly know from Datamine or asking in here for EX Bosses

Don't think there's that info in Wiki, I might be wrong

[signal plover]

Thx
Iirc heave armor is weak against ap ammo, right?

[viscid swift]

Also ammo type, especially for vanguard doesn't strictly dictate how good a gun is against armor types compared to other options

Like the Plymouth Gun and the Mogador gun are the best CL and DD guns against all armor types

[signal plover]

I guess cause they are strong enough to offset that multiplier?

[weak turret]

also i fate sim 5ed drake cause i got her some time ago, should i use the general series 3 prints on FDG or coin fdg and turn those prints into those thingies to buy BPs with

[keen sable]

buying bp bad. buy gear

especially rainbow gear

[weak turret]

wait are the gear things not blueprints too oops, i meant the gear thingies

[remote yarrow]

What gear thingies? Protocore?

[viscid swift]

Why not just use them on Drake and convert them to prototype cores now

[weak turret]

i still have a few more 234 triples i can buy and the 457 pieces

bought out tenrai and the plymouth gun with all the xp packs

ye protocore, i forgot the name, wait u can do that?

[viscid swift]

There's a multitude of factors

Just consult Sam's gear guide

[remote yarrow]

The Drake thing Cheeky said? Yeah

[weak turret]

so turn em into drake and coin azuma/fdg?

[remote yarrow]

Better off than using them on FdG since she's coinable

Yeah and analyze the leftover Drake bps into protocore

[signal plover]

Gotcha, thx

[weak turret]

oh damn 54 prints is 1k protocores? i honestly expected much worse rates idk why

[soft raft]

iirc a DR BP is worth 20 protocore so yeah that sounds about right

[signal plover]

Where do I look for it btw?

[weak turret]

hmm 6 more for 243mm triple, can u get those while doing other series or no?

[remote yarrow]

DR is 1:25 iirc

[soft raft]

question: Have you got Tenrai yet

[weak turret]

i got 1 tenrai

[soft raft]

was that from PR4 research or the protocore shop

[weak turret]

i bought out the tenrai the plymouth gun and the drake gun now from the core store, but im missing 6 pieces for second drake gun

[remote yarrow]

Was it all 50 tho?

For Ply and Tenrai

[weak turret]

ye all 50

[remote yarrow]

Aight

[weak turret]

i gots 2 ply guns, one for ply and one for helena

[remote yarrow]

I guess you can buy Drake Gun bps it's on Gearlab too btw

[viscid swift]

It's in #bot-spam /equip

[signal plover]

Thx a lot

[weak turret]

well the thing is i suffer from a severe case of laziness so gear lab practically doesnt exist cause i dont grind operation siren so.... suboptimal but lazy

[knotty dome]

have they ever mentioned whether they will make the purple METAs available again?

[weak turret]

basically i want max result for minimum grind

[viscid swift]

They will we don't know how or when

[knotty dome]

nice! thanks

[remote yarrow]

You can literally afk OpSi tho

[weak turret]

oh for this event should i grab bearn meta crystals or wait for that shop thing?

[remote yarrow]

If you buy the 5k oil thingy and let it explore by itself

[viscid swift]

You know you can just ask grind Opsi if you cough up 5k oil a month right

[weak turret]

see i never actually complteted the damn thing the first time XD

[viscid swift]

Also not doing OpSi at all can and will bite you in the rear

[remote yarrow]

Bruh

[weak turret]

ill get around to it one day maybe

[remote yarrow]

Just get to chapter 4 of OpSi and try next month idk

[viscid swift]

Stomach it up and finished the campaign then

After your first reset things get a lot easier

[remote yarrow]

You are missing out on alot of gear

[viscid swift]

You don't have to deal with puzzles and what not After clearing campaign

[weak turret]

ehhh tbf since i dont do op si i havent really felt the lack of gear in anything i do yet 😛

[remote yarrow]

Well you don't really need that good gear if you aren't in like W13+ or even W14

[viscid swift]

Well, can't say I didn't warn you

[remote yarrow]

But Opsi good regardless

[signal plover]

Same for me, I never played opsi a lot
How important is to do it and what should one do in opsi?

[topaz smelt]

its like half your gear

[signal plover]

I see

[weak turret]

i mean i just got to 13-1 right before this event so that paused things, ngl i was hoping to just use lvl 125 rainbow fleets to power through with suboptimal gear XD

[zinc turret]

meanwhile me never get any gear from opsi yet

[signal plover]

I always crafted mainly gear from blueprints

[topaz smelt]

good gear > good ships

[viscid swift]

You can't

Gear is more important than ship choice

[remote yarrow]

Well, you don't get gear from Opsi, you get materials which you use in Gearlab to craft gear

[weak turret]

welp ig im about to find out

[remote yarrow]

gl I guess

If you fail we are here to help

[viscid swift]

Bad ships that are well geared will succeed where good ships with bad gear fail

[signal plover]

What kind of gear is bad gear?

[topaz smelt]

just use scylla

[remote yarrow]

Mostly the golds you get from boxes

[signal plover]

What's so cool about her?
except that she is hms

[remote yarrow]

There's only a few that are actually good from them

[topaz smelt]

there prob like only 5 pieces of gear from the entirety of techboxes that are good

[exotic wren]

Does that include the ones craftable to usable ones?

[viscid swift]

Depends but if you're still stuck with transitional gear by the time you get to w14, that's not good enough anymore

[topaz smelt]

most bis guns/planes are locked behind opsi

[weak turret]

well most of my gear is from research I think, i dont think i have any box gear other than gold catapults and ya

[signal plover]

I usually base myself off tier list gear
Don't have ur guns but I can usually craft pr guns or some Smol things from gear lab
Is it good enough?

[viscid swift]

depends on the content

[weak turret]

basically thus my carriers are underpowered cause i dont have best planes but the BBs should be fine?

[viscid swift]

really though this obversion from OpSi is just stupid

[weak turret]

cause afaik BBs use that 406 AP gun from research, staag from research, and the shells from core data

[viscid swift]

the first clear is a buit rough and tedious yes but after your first reset things become a lot easier

[remote yarrow]

Ngl I also avoided Opsi early on but it is so important you will notice once you get into it

[old zodiac]

is fleuret better than starter laffey?

[viscid swift]

you barely have to do anymore tapping than autosearching W12 and you're gaining so much valuable materials for the gear lab to mention it's your main source of gold plates

[topaz smelt]

you get your 5 pieces of gear from protocore, now what?

[signal plover]

What is a must do in opsi?
Those coordinate thingies?

[south sequoia]

Even if she was you wouldn't think about replacing laffey since you still need to level and use laffey for starter missions

[remote yarrow]

Everything

[viscid swift]

you do everything each month

[south sequoia]

And starters post-retrofit are great

[remote yarrow]

Explore all the map, then all hidden coords, abyssals, strongholds

[old zodiac]

alr thanks

[viscid swift]

clear everything with an icon, buy what you need from the shops, and dump any remaining AP each month into C5 nodes

[signal plover]

Gotcha
More of a headache than I thought ngl

[viscid swift]

it's really not

[remote yarrow]

Believe us, it isn't

[topaz smelt]

opsi is also the source of half your gold plates

[south sequoia]

If you cough up 5k oil you can just leave it to afk for like a week and you'd be done with a lot of your chores

[remote yarrow]

It sounds way more complicated than it is

[viscid swift]

once you realize scan exists and all you do is tap a few extra times practically

[south sequoia]

It's easy to recover the 5k if you do your commissions

[signal plover]

It's just that auto opsi takes so quite a bit

[topaz smelt]

i find that extremely wasteful

[remote yarrow]

It's mostly for lazy ppl like me

[lusty cargo]

Chat how do I balance my fleet 2 with my fleet 1, my fleet 2 is under leveled and I'm struggling to level it up like my fleet 1.

[viscid swift]

Just do recon request for every node

[plain saffron]

the thing i hate recon is you either spend AP or wait 25 mins

[signal plover]

It just clears the map, right?
Whats the difference?

[south sequoia]

Some may find it wasteful, some may find it useful
It's all about how active you are in playing AL
If you don't play much and don't mind spending the extra 5k you can cough it up
If you do play a lot and are willing to manual stuff and navigate then good for you

[viscid swift]

it unlocks the map so you can use auto search to clear it

[remote yarrow]

Put them into your dorm ? But mostly what campaign stage are you at?

[south sequoia]

It's all up to the player and how much time and attention they're willing to sink into the game

[lusty cargo]

4-3

[topaz smelt]

too bad you dont have the ap to clear it

[remote yarrow]

You don't really need a second fleet until later on

[signal plover]

Cool
Then I guess I already did it unconsciously

[plain saffron]

now that i read it again the gametip not telling much

[remote yarrow]

May I take a look at what you are using?

[lusty cargo]

My fleet?

[remote yarrow]

Yep

[lusty cargo]

Hold on

[shell willow]

can i somehow fullheal fleets in opsi? i kinda messed up i think

[signal plover]

We doin fleet sharing, uh?
I'm ready to get roasted too

[south sequoia]

Go to a blue port and then heal in there

[remote yarrow]

Those are uuuh, interesting to say the least

[viscid swift]

yeah don't run 2 dfleets right now

please give that a read https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/newbie_tips

[lusty cargo]

Thanks

[south sequoia]

Blue port > port > formation > repair all

[remote yarrow]

And if you don't understand you can ask for help with your fleet in here

[shell willow]

ohh thank you

i was in port already but couldnt figure out what to do from there

[calm cradle]

I just finished the last fight before the boss in our guild event but the boss is still locked. What gives? I assumed the boss would just be available as soon as the previous fight was finished

[whole crypt]

relog

[signal plover]

This is the fleet I used for ex boss (and I guess what I will use for opsi bosses too)
How bad is it?

[calm cradle]

oh ofc

[remote yarrow]

Not bad but you need AP Guns for this EX boss

[wraith oyster]

just curious, when doing opsi, what are the chances my independence will be using eagle union planes? i dont have any gear lab planes yet

[viscid swift]

not bad, BB gear is all over the place though

[remote yarrow]

Maybe replace Unzen for Helena too and put her in the middle

[whole crypt]

ship choices are fine but I'd probably put Unzen middle
also missing some levels
gearing yeh

[signal plover]

Any advice other than ap weapons?

[viscid swift]

the fighter slot will be Eagle Union, TB slot potentially never

[whole crypt]

Unzen is fine, less RNG if you can kill regardless

[topaz smelt]

selfish vanny

[signal plover]

Unzen is hot
And yeah, feels less rng than Helena

[viscid swift]

that for medium and heavy armor

[wraith oyster]

f6f hellcats are about my best option so yeah ig they will be using eagle union fighter

[zenith pebble]

its been a while, but is there still a ship and equipment tier list i can base my team off of?

[viscid swift]

that for light armor

[signal plover]

I definitely have the musashi gun
Is the other one from gear lab?

[viscid swift]

it's in the gear lab yes but I reccomend just protocoring it

[zenith pebble]

since when did bismarch get a ur?

[whole crypt]

PR3/lab

[viscid swift]

since last May

[whole crypt]

since a year ago

[zenith pebble]

wtf

[wraith oyster]

should i be +10 gold f6f hellcats or is it not really worth it

[signal plover]

Interesting
Vanny uses purple gun
Not gold 2 barrel?

[remote yarrow]

Isn't the HMS shell that he has slightly better?

[viscid swift]

they're worth +10

[viscid swift]

The Mk6 is the best HE gun against light armor

[whole crypt]

triple higher shelling damage
and if you use twin she'll desync from BisZwei and Musashi

[signal plover]

Souka

[viscid swift]

also syncing yeah

I'm also just gonna hope you didn't craft those neptune guns

[zenith pebble]

is there a good tierlist?

[keen sable]

#bot-spam /tierlist

[remote yarrow]

Slaimuda/ECTL is the only up to date one I guess

[zenith pebble]

oh word? thats still up?

[remote yarrow]

Always been

[signal plover]

Uuuuh
Which neptune guns?

[remote yarrow]

The secondary guns of your BBs

[viscid swift]

the aux gun you have your BBs

[signal plover]

I might disappoint you

[remote yarrow]

Welp

[signal plover]

Iirc i crafted them with bps

But not 100% sure

[whole crypt]

prints are fine... but you shouldn't have been researching PR1

[signal plover]

Guess they are just leftovers from long ago

[keen sable]

not even the first alt. That would be Yorkii

[whole crypt]

unless you farmed it from that 1 event that dropped it... which event was it again?

[viscid swift]

I think it was Idolmaster

[dusky narwhal]

I don't have too many good vanguard options, especially when it comes to DDs who should I level up out of these because they are nice to have?

[signal plover]

Cause I really don't use gear lab a lot so I doubt I went there to craft all those guns

[whole crypt]

what did SSSS dropa gain?

[viscid swift]

I mean you already have quite a few good options

[viscid swift]

155s among others, nothing too special of note iirc

[signal plover]

What's the purpose of this gun on vanny then?

[zenith pebble]

what should a normal mob and boss fleet consist of?

[inner delta]

faster fire

[viscid swift]

ask the ECTL, for practical purposes though she should never use it

[signal plover]

But faster fire rate doesn't cause desync?

[remote yarrow]

It does

[signal plover]

Ectl?

[inner delta]

ectl doesn't care about sync or desync

[viscid swift]

english community tier list

[dusky narwhal]

I do? I'm just asking as I haven't played in a little while so I don't know how power creep has been and mogadors worth I've also heard ognevoy is pretty decent

[remote yarrow]

English Community Tier List 🐌

[whole crypt]

for VG specifically I don't think there's any practical use case where she wants a twin, besides 457 for PvP

[signal plover]

I see

[warm flax]

Ectl is campaign based

[keen sable]

the name of the site you screenshotted...

[whole crypt]

even based on campaign VG doesn't want to use twins unless desyncing

[viscid swift]

well even if powercreep did set in you don't exactly have the ships anyway so it's not particularly relevant

Moagdor's good if you have the bullins for her but other than that

[signal plover]

So...
Slaimuda is kinda not good?

[whole crypt]

the gear rec is meh

[signal plover]

Fu-

[topaz smelt]

we kinda wrote every guide there is

[remote yarrow]

The gear recommendations are not from top to bottom, read gear descriptions

[viscid swift]

gera is situational and you need to think about what you choose to equip

[remote yarrow]

Delete beginner guide since it's outdated

[viscid swift]

just looking at a tier list's reccs doesn't really do much, esepcially if you don't read the descriptions at least

[zenith pebble]

[dusky narwhal]

I don't yet but I'm working on getting the bulins, I just finished Alsace so I can level her now

[warm flax]

How many gears use UR main gun plan?

[signal plover]

Gotcha
My overall knowledge is only about same firerate for syncing and different ammo for different hulls
Not sure if there is something more I should know about

[remote yarrow]

Well Mob is mostly for Ships that have good clearing + a Healer(Unicorn), Boss is mostly for your stronger ships that can do alot of damage in a short time so to say

[whole crypt]

rice

[topaz smelt]

too lazy, newbie tips exists for a reason

[zenith pebble]

what should my vanguard and main consist of?\

[viscid swift]

depends on the content and what you have at our disposal exactly

[keen sable]

firepower is nice to have

[whole crypt]

duck and Mk7

[remote yarrow]

We don't know what you have

[viscid swift]

AL doesn't have or cater to one size fits all fleets

[warm flax]

Mk7 good?

[whole crypt]

it's a shiny Mk6

[viscid swift]

yes, but not a high priority to craft

[remote yarrow]

If you want help with your fleets drop your dock in a thread sorted by Level and filter out commons and rares

[warm flax]

How is it's spread

[topaz smelt]

im thinking i should write a sequel to newbie tips

[viscid swift]

yes you should...

[remote yarrow]

You should, some people come here saying they've been farming for Hiryuu in 3-1

[whole crypt]

same

[topaz smelt]

tell them to do pvp more

[remote yarrow]

Aight

[sharp socket]

pvp give bulin very good mode

[unkempt mirage]

How big is the coin difference between 13-4 and 12-4, i do want coins, but unicorn is fat on xp, and 13 is hard without her

[topaz smelt]

i think it was like 10%

[unkempt mirage]

if only the auto would pick up the ammo...

[topaz smelt]

if its on safe it shouldnt make a difference

[whole crypt]

13-4 takes less shitters if you don't want to bring Unicorn or some sort of carry

[potent slate]

Im constructing Sait Lousis and Monarch but why it take so long

it takes like what a week

[remote yarrow]

That's the short part

[plain saffron]

it's marathon

[golden moth]

Guys btw how many buffs and changes happened on mogador..and is she still uhh "useful"..or if i have the likes of plymmy hinden etc..its enough

[stone sluice]

I think it’s around 40% but I’m not sure

[whole crypt]

CN got 2
JP and EN just rolled the last version
she's now a top tier DPS ship

[remote yarrow]

Cuz it does idk, Building them is the short part, the long one is coining and/or getting them to Dev 30 for them to be useful

[potent slate]

dev 30?

[remote yarrow]

Instead of Limit Breaks and Enhancing PR/DR ships use Blueprints to get them, Dev 30 is MLB and that takes between 1 ~ 2 months to do

[soft raft]

With D10 being LB1 and D20 being LB2 as well

[unkempt mirage]

Another q, I recently came back from a long break 1.5y, to discover i had 14 rings unused, so to avoid accidentally quitting without using them again, i spent most of them and now have a bunch of 125 ships that need affinity.
whats the best way to build them up

[whole crypt]

use them for carrying other ships to level

[remote yarrow]

Use them in battle that's the only way

[elfin hollow]

So my Laffey’s getting crinkles (I’m gonna retire once she hits 120.) Any good substitutes for my fleet?

[keen sable]

most efficient? push 15.

[plain saffron]

farm any stage i guess

[remote yarrow]

Wait what? You are gonna retire her once she's 120 or do you just plan on replacing her?

[plain saffron]

still no idea if affinity fully rng or depends on stage

[whole crypt]

that's not going to work if the ships he oathed aren't great ch15 options, also just doing 15 in itself isn't enough for 100>200

[elfin hollow]

I mean yeah cause.. I don’t like Laffey.

[keen sable]

if you're lucky hussii doesn't drop

[topaz smelt]

why do oaths matter for w15

[elfin hollow]

Just a tiny stat increase

[whole crypt]

they don't, he's looking for some place to do affinity for lv125 ships he just oathed

[wind hazel]

EN

[topaz smelt]

just toss them in whatever your farming, like the event

[viscid swift]

If you need her just keep using her

[remote yarrow]

That doesn't sound like a good idea ngl but I guess you can replace her for Z23

Retiring a Lv 120 ship just because you don't like her sounds kinda dumb, but you do you

[unkempt mirage]

Looks like the final answer is there is no shortcut, i'll just try and put them in whenever i can, thx all

[soft raft]

Also if you didn't like her, why did you even raise her to lvl 120 in the first place

[plain saffron]

prob saving dock space

[topaz smelt]

he can retire his laffii in 3 years

[wind hazel]

sounds fine tbh

[plain saffron]

i would just use them in events

[wind hazel]

better than retiring without lv120

[viscid swift]

Just get more dock space of you're short

[plain saffron]

lvl to 120, get fleet tech, retire, repeat for all ships

[remote yarrow]

Till I have no ships?

[elfin hollow]

This is why

[keen sable]

150 says no

[viscid swift]

This is where those F2P gems should be used

[elfin hollow]

[soft raft]

Truly a moment of all time

[topaz smelt]

guilds are a thing

[elfin hollow]

I just got carried away with Mogador

[remote yarrow]

Wait you bought her skin as a F2P?

[little tree]

[elfin hollow]

SOBBING DONT LOOK AT ME

[remote yarrow]

[elfin hollow]

I SAW MYSELF IN HER TOO MUCH AND I NEEDED HER OKAY?!

[soft raft]

Bruh

[little tree]

is ther a max dock space limit you casn have?

[keen sable]

don't even need a guild. public is up to what? +12?

[remote yarrow]

Depends on your net worth/wallet

[viscid swift]

Either way, retiring a lvl 120 ship when it doesn't even look like you have that many in the first place is just dumb

[soft raft]

Not only did you buy a skin with gems, it was a L2D skin....

[keen sable]

3000(3030)

[remote yarrow]

Wait it has a hard cap?

[plain saffron]

depot and augment also have cap

[elfin hollow]

Fair.

[vagrant panther]

Is there a list of ships with cross fleet barrage or buffs? Or can it be filtered from the ECTL?

[unkempt mirage]

auto and oilcap changed the game so much, i remember auto going in, but you needed safe, so i quit, this modern stuff is great

[plain saffron]

/crossfleet

[odd root]

https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/images/equip_misc/Cross-fleet_Effects.jpeg

[vagrant panther]

Thanks!

[kind needle]

Is vanguard most likely going to have a rerun than sushi?

[viscid swift]

She's likely gonna rerun sooner yes

[remote yarrow]

But both of them are going to get a rerun tho

[warm flax]

How many times do I need to clear this file mission

[kind needle]

If I get the UR equip (like example from Sushi’s 460) will I get an another copy of it when it reruns?

[silver lintel]

Yes

[topaz smelt]

yes idk why you would want another one

[vagrant panther]

More shiny

[remote yarrow]

One for each Main Gun Slot the actual ship has

[keen sable]

for mushii obviosuly

[steady beacon]

One day we'll be able to build it in the Gear Lab and BBs will start operating on a timer of 23 + 26x

[vagrant panther]

In all seriousness though, the BIS for BB main gun slot was restricted to reruns for the longest time

[kind needle]

Idk, never had 460 ever, and my bro has one, and quite curious to ask it

[topaz smelt]

you mean 25/27/29s timings

[steady beacon]

I should note that the Mk 7 isn't unconditionally BiS

(Actually nothing is unconditionally BiS)

[soft raft]

She'll definitely rerun before Musashi, The only question is if we're gonna be able to squeeze Musashi rerun within the year or not

[vagrant panther]

True. It's one of the best general purpose guns, but not the unconditional BIS.

[remote yarrow]

Ply and Mogador gun come into scene

[kind needle]

I’ve missed Zwei and Unzen, since luck ain’t on my side.

[vagrant panther]

Wtb more plyguns

[potent slate]

where do I use trainig points

[steady beacon]

Nah, fascinatingly, even those have their occasions where you might use something else 👀
(Very narrow, weird cases, though)

[vagrant panther]

Newish players gonna cry for UR Bullins

[topaz smelt]

the game gives you too many bulins

[viscid swift]

Well besides ships that prefer other guns is there actually?

[kind needle]

Should I always take the rainbow researches even tho I’m saving coobs?

[remote yarrow]

What training points?

[plain saffron]

you won't get that many UR research anyway

[topaz smelt]

if youre low on cubes, skip cube research

[viscid swift]

Depends, if you're above 400 sure

Otherwise skip

[plain saffron]

it's a milestone type of points, no need to spend it

[vagrant panther]

Have to ration it somewhat though. The double UR was juicy but I'll still have to choose between MLB my Laffey2 and the new DD

[plain saffron]

just get 3000 and claim the frame

[whole crypt]

2800

[kind needle]

I have 400

[remote yarrow]

Those are for a frame you dont use them

[potent slate]

a frame?

[viscid swift]

Then don't

[keen sable]

Event > Call to Arms

[vagrant panther]

Cosmetic. You're not missing out on anything functional if you don't get it

[potent slate]

ah

I thought there was like a shop I could spend them in

[vagrant panther]

Basically your chat bubble to others has more bling

[steady beacon]

I would consider ships preferring other DD guns to fall into the aforementioned "weird" cases given that they represent a tiny fraction of the total population of ships that use DD guns
As for Ply gun, cases where you need increase pellet volume per second
And I guess if we want to go there, PvP BB secondaries, but it's not like most people can outfit their entire backline with Plyguns anyway

[keen sable]

A shop with one thing yes

[topaz smelt]

shimanto

[viscid swift]

Ok yeah I suspected as much

[steady beacon]

Oh ye, Shimanto gun is another good example...
But I probably don't use it quite the way it is intended...

[viscid swift]

Yeah

[potent slate]

is the Newcomers Support campaign no longer in the game?

[viscid swift]

Nope

[potent slate]

damn sadge

[viscid swift]

Last one ended a long time ago

[topaz smelt]

wasnt it like 2 years ago

[viscid swift]

That event was really broken though

[topaz smelt]

ye

[viscid swift]

Unicorn retro day one was hilarious

Among other things

[topaz smelt]

didnt it give like 10 catas

[remote yarrow]

Explain?

Cuz nobody expected she was going to be broken or what?

[viscid swift]

The event shop gave you enough mats to retrofit Unicorn day one of starting the game

[remote yarrow]

oh

[topaz smelt]

exp books included

[viscid swift]

And a lot more besides

[soft raft]

Oh yeah that was when the Little E server came out

[topaz smelt]

iirc it gave a bunch of those gear selector boxes too

[remote yarrow]

Why don't they do it with all retros

[viscid swift]

Literally couldn't spend the T2 xp packs fast enough that event

[soft raft]

Still find it hilarious that we had Perseus rerun like two weeks before UniKai came out

[topaz smelt]

you pretty much had a full lv100 fleet day 1

[viscid swift]

Not quite

You could select some gear but you were limited to one each for the SR gear

[topaz smelt]

ah right

[exotic wren]

Then a shitton of toolbox and good transitional gears

[warm flax]

And Nagato

[slow fox]

Toolbox my beloved

[old zodiac]

is akagi kaga good for boss fleet?

dem alr guess not worth grinding them

[remote yarrow]

Even if they were decent they are a waste of time and oil

[soft raft]

Akaga strat has been outdated since like 2019

[remote yarrow]

Are you watching a YT guide or something?

[old zodiac]

what are some cvls and cvs i can use for my boss fleet?

[remote yarrow]

What campaign stage are you at?

[old zodiac]

yeah

[remote yarrow]

oh god stop, they are mostly outdated and filled with misinformation

[old zodiac]

let's just say chap 5 currentlu

[eager mulch]

chapter 5 is one fleet territory

[remote yarrow]

https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/newbie_tips Give this a read

[soft raft]

Pennsylvania/Unicorn/Enterprise Portland/Starter DD/Helena, stick with that

You are noooooowhere close to a 2nd fleet right now

[eager mulch]

rread

[old zodiac]

alr

[remote yarrow]

My keyboard is old and E,R tend to double type

[signal plover]

Sorry for bothering again
What site did you use to display fleet like this?
Looks very nice

[remote yarrow]

https://renhex.github.io/AzurLaneFleet/

[empty palm]

If I accidentally sent a dupe ship to a commission and it leveled can I not use it to limit break anymore?

[signal plover]

Thx

[remote yarrow]

You can, it's just hidden

[eager mulch]

You can just have to disable the filter that prevents ships that aren’t level 1 to be used

[empty palm]

Ah thank you

[remote yarrow]

Regarding guides and whatsoever, only refer to Sam's guides and any question you got ask them in here regardless if they sound dumb to you

[old zodiac]

alr thank you for the help :))

[eager mulch]

is amagi-chan good?

[true kraken]

So the faq said even tho they are both UR but Alsace performance is great and Mogador is ok?

[remote yarrow]

No, retire her asap

[true kraken]

Not much outstanding like other UR?

[signal plover]

You are a bad father

[eager mulch]

retiring is out of the question

[soft raft]

The Mogador part was prob written before the fixes hit EN
She's very good now

Tho at the same time, there's no real place for her in the overall meta

[signal plover]

Does she still have survivability problems?

[soft raft]

Not as much as before

[unkempt mirage]

thanks for this, thanks to this i went back to see why with uni was so much better, and the answer is, i should have moved the wyverns over when i took her out

[loud rover]

did mogador have a problem with her kit?

[remote yarrow]

She used to be suicidal

[light trail]

she used to not work well at all and die extremely easily

i ran her on an a2 stage after hearing about it and she died in the middle of the first or second battle

[loud rover]

oh was her ramming reduction/invulnerability not proccing?

[inner delta]

she doesn't have that at the start

[topaz smelt]

was never bugged

[inner delta]

only ramming reduction

[remote yarrow]

It was, but at the same time she ate torps and bullets which killed her in 20s

[plain saffron]

it's not bugged, it's bad design

[loud rover]

thats all auto AI, especially when i auto my abyssal fights

[light trail]

fixed

[soft raft]

Yeah it was just designed poorly

[plain saffron]

then they buff it

it's working as intented since launch

[remote yarrow]

You play on auto 90% of the time so it was a bad design

[eager mulch]

mog cucking your buttons was a bug, mog killing herself was bad design

[light trail]

if it builds, it works. no need to test!

[plain saffron]

what is QA

[remote yarrow]

Anyways she works now

[topaz smelt]

you

[plain saffron]

where's my salary

[remote yarrow]

We pay you in exposure

[topaz smelt]

youre paid in nimi pings

[light trail]

we dont get paid in money. we get paid in something better--knowledge. nothing is more invaluable than knowledge. if someone said "do you want a million dollars or do you want a book that teaches you how to build the best fleets in azur lane" i would take the book. the reason is because money can never buy me good fleets, just good ships. things to think about.

[inner delta]

[light trail]

what ships are worth grinding war archives events for

w/r to using them in actual content

[remote yarrow]

Divergent Chessboard for IB Tech for FdG

That's it

[wind hazel]

JdA too

[eager mulch]

cosmic kicks

[topaz smelt]

so still nothing here

[light trail]

damn so only stuff to unlock fdg (already have her finished) or waifu?

[remote yarrow]

And the Black torps for torp memes tho I don't remember what WA it was

[eager mulch]

Aurora noctis D1

[light trail]

whats in that

[remote yarrow]

I guess, haven't touched a War Archive in like a year

[north forge]

you can buy them now, right?

[remote yarrow]

The Black torps I was talking about which shouldn't matter to you really

[light trail]

okok

[strange sphinx]

Black torp, is that IJN torp?

[light trail]

lets say i grind for waifu (west virginia->retro, chapayev), what are each of them best used for?

[remote yarrow]

Don't think so? They are in gear lab

[eager mulch]

black torps are in core data shop

[remote yarrow]

oh

[north forge]

I'm talking about the 533mm mags that's in core shop

[steady beacon]

You can buy them now in core shop
They can be farmed (if, for some reason you want to) from Aurora Noctis D1

[eager mulch]

smo0tie is spreading misinformation

[remote yarrow]

I was checking Wiki

[steady beacon]

Black torp is German btw

[keen sable]

wv is a good barrage bb with funny requirements. chapayev is a good cl gunboat.

[remote yarrow]

Wait I was looking at the wrong ones

Woops

In my defense these look black enough https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/533mm_Mark_35_Torpedo_Mount_(Quad_Consecutive_Launch)#Type_0-0

[steady beacon]

Ah, that's why you thought Gear Lab probably
Those are indeed in the Gear Lab

[remote yarrow]

the left one looks like a recorder

[eager mulch]

looks like a torpedo

[remote yarrow]

You uninstalled AL?

[signal plover]

I'm no Chinese expert but it looks like aquila is pretty strong

Wasnt aware of that
Common Sardegna w

[wind hazel]

[opaque galleon]

[remote yarrow]

CN Tierlist is for W15 btw

[signal plover]

Souka

Whats different in w15?

[remote yarrow]

Lots

But ask the experts I'm still stuck in W14

[inner delta]

planes, ramming, submarine, multiple boss

[signal plover]

I mean
If aquila is strong in w15 I would suppose she is strong elsewhere too

[inner delta]

i mean yes she is strong

[opaque galleon]

[plain saffron]

She's still strong but prob not that high tier

[opaque galleon]

Not like SS tier strong though

[plain saffron]

Like why would you need to build her for opsi when unicorn exist

[signal plover]

So China is biased?

[plain saffron]

No. It's the content

[remote yarrow]

No, it's a W15 tierlist

[signal plover]

So w15 is biased

[wind hazel]

but you can use aquila with unicorn in opsi...

[steady beacon]

It's all about bringing the right tools for the job

[remote yarrow]

W15 is really different form most content

[plain saffron]

It's tierlist specifically for chapter 15-1 - 15-4

[topaz smelt]

everything after the 1st row is sus

[opaque galleon]

Like despite how we have uni as EX tier on en tier list, no one is gonna use unicorn in boss fleet

[strange sphinx]

ok I need a refresher, what World map is good for EXP?

[topaz smelt]

agirs pretty sus too ngl

[keen sable]

12+

[remote yarrow]

Well she has a mob tag for a reason

[zinc turret]

What should i buy ?

[wispy pendant]

Agir second best boat in game behind NJ

[remote yarrow]

#bot-spam /protocore

[signal plover]

Sadly I'm no chinese expert
Tried to Google lense translate but result was poor

[remote yarrow]

No need to be a Chinese expert when we told you what the reasoning is

[signal plover]

True

[remote yarrow]

W15 tierlist meant for W15 and no other content

[forest palm]

forgot how much of a fucking mess CN TLs are

[signal plover]

Ngl, it sounds like w15 is a whole different game

[topaz smelt]

a bit

[signal plover]

From bullet hell to soulslike

[remote yarrow]

ECTL has a more "general" point of view, although I think it is or was W13 based

[wispy pendant]

Reach enlightenment when you discover w13 on safe is just w12+

[inner delta]

it's not w13 based, it's just looking at ship individually

[crisp estuary]

[gusty warren]

Do ships not in the Big 4 also provide fleet tech points?

[vagrant harness]

3 days left.. can i still get mogador if i have 0 vouchers right now lol

[zinc turret]

Wait wut how is it even work ?

[remote yarrow]

wdym?

[crisp estuary]

Did you complete the minigame?

[gusty warren]

so whats the split of the factions? Like what tech points for Iris girls give?

[vagrant harness]

what minigame?

[remote yarrow]

The pipes one

[crisp estuary]

Manjuu plumbing

[gusty warren]

the minigame where you fill da pool

[vagrant harness]

its over?

[crisp estuary]

...?

[zinc turret]

I buy the series 3 , choose the 406 gun but i cant craft it yet ?

[gusty warren]

did you finish it tho?

[vagrant harness]

im bout to play it

[gusty warren]

cause you get Mog from it

[sweet delta]

you need 25 blueprints to craft 1

[remote yarrow]

You gotta go to your items and use the General bps to get the blueprints

But you also need 25 which you got 20 of

[zinc turret]

Ooooooo the limit was 20

I tought its like barracuda and only need 15 print per craft

[vagrant harness]

how many voucher we get from it?

[remote yarrow]

105 in total from the minigame

Check the pins

[gusty warren]

So what tech points do Iris girls give?

[crisp estuary]

Who's the white hair meta ship with the eyepatch?

[sweet delta]

iris

[remote yarrow]

Btw you don't even need to play it, you can just enter, pause and leave and you still get the rewards

[steady beacon]

Kirov presumably

[crisp estuary]

Ugh. Too many metas. I'll check her skills

[remote yarrow]

Or you can be Stig and beat the game in under 30s

[wind hazel]

havker

[thick geyser]

New to AL here. The online guide says to convert prints into protocore, but where can I convert it?

[remote yarrow]

Depot > Items > Click on them > Analyze

[sweet delta]

iris tech points are not used for iris faction tech, but shipyard ships like Brest are locked behind iris tech points

[thick geyser]

which one is CDC?

[crisp estuary]

Tf is Kirov meta being top tier buffer for? Speed debuff?

[remote yarrow]

forget about it, look for the item

[wind hazel]

you can click this too

[wind hazel]

CDC is different thing

[remote yarrow]

Yeah mb

[signal plover]

No idea

[gusty warren]

so they don't benefit from fleet tech?

[remote yarrow]

You can't analyze/convert them if the Ship isn't Dev 30

[sweet delta]

you can't convert bps until the ship is dev 30

[signal plover]

Perhaps strong buffs for all meta ships?

[sweet delta]

all MLB ships benefit from all factions' tech and all individual ships' tech

[crisp estuary]

Mfkr, I thought my fleet missed out on a strong buffer that takes my optimised carriers further beyond

[thick geyser]

oh, do i just to the research academy until they are dev 30?

[gusty warren]

oh so it's not just iron blood fleet tech benefitting iron blood ships?

[remote yarrow]

Are you even done with FdG or PR4 yet?

[old zodiac]

got 200exp packs should i use them all on my starting fleet?

[strong tartan]

info unclear, needs more red arrows

[old zodiac]

cuz i saw on wiki push to chap 9 can i get to chap 9 with them?

[signal plover]

Dunno, sounds pretty solid to me

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Kirov_META

[thick geyser]

I don't think so. I've very new, and set up my research following the research guide. I think it said to pick 4 or 5 and i ended up picking 5

[wind hazel]

sure, it will make the journey easier with level advantage

[remote yarrow]

Wait it says that?

[gusty warren]

how do I leave a guild? THe one I'm in is currently dead.

[wind hazel]

click on the thingy beside guild's name from lobby

[remote yarrow]

Oh you kinda misunderstood, the better focus is
FdG > Anchorage > Agir > Rest of PR4 > Ply > PR5

[gusty warren]

RIP the homies... it was fun while it lasted.

[thick geyser]

oh ><, which one is FdG? is that friedrich der grobe?

[gusty warren]

literally no point in which faction the guild is in, right?

[sweet delta]

Do you want to see st Louis or see Leipzig every day?

[thick geyser]

should i change my research even if im halfway?

[remote yarrow]

Btw what campaign stage are you at?

Cuz Research is kinda expensive if you aren't at W12

[thick geyser]

i've been farming the event, so i'm only up to 5-4

[remote yarrow]

Halfway with what?

[wind hazel]

are you maybe confusing research with developing

[thick geyser]

I think i am

[sweet delta]

maybe smootie is confusing them

[thick geyser]

ahh, i confused the shipyard

[wind hazel]

i think so too LOL

[remote yarrow]

Maybe I'm stupid

[thick geyser]

ok, so i changed my research to FdG

[remote yarrow]

Send a screenshot to see what you are currently doing

[thick geyser]

just changed this

i was getting confused with this

[wind hazel]

i dont blame you, the UI is dogshit

[remote yarrow]

oh that's fine, but change the top one "Research Focus/5" to 4

[thick geyser]

ahh, ok

FdG is 2 and focus of 4 is correct, right?

[remote yarrow]

FdG is your Catchup

But she's and her Season are coinable so she doesn't need to have her Season (2) focused

[thick geyser]

this stuff is so confusing for me as of yet, but thanks for your help!

I'm guessing i'll get it the more i play?

[remote yarrow]

Don't worry we are here to help with whatever question you got

[remote yarrow]

For now consider Research as a side thing until you reach W12

Cuz then again is expensive to keep up

[thick geyser]

ahh, ok. is there ever downtime between events for me to push main campaign?

[remote yarrow]

Yes, downtime is coming soon ™️

on the 13th

[thick geyser]

ahh, ok. that's great. I guess my priority then is to farm event until then, and then push as far as I can?

[remote yarrow]

Yep, try to farm as much as you can and then you can push campaign

If you don't know what to get from the event shop check out the 5/21 Datamine in 📌

[hallow iron]

Is hard mode for chp 11 harder than chap 12 normal

[remote yarrow]

Kinda? Haven't really compared them

[thick geyser]

the shop priority says to buy bearn meta, but if I have 2 copies from pulls, should I still buy it?

[remote yarrow]

No, you buy the crystals then

They are the same as bulins, you need 4 of them in total + Bearn herself

[tranquil saffron]

If I buy a skin for Yorktown can I use that skin on Yorktown II?

[thick geyser]

ahhh, ok

is bearn meta good? I tried using her, but she did no damage compared to alsace

[remote yarrow]

She is but you might be missing on her "Enhancing" since it requires special materials

[thick geyser]

ahh, ok. that's probably it

[remote yarrow]

Check out Lab > Meta Lab > Rigging Fortification

[thick geyser]

i've got it at 28%

[remote yarrow]

That may be why you feel she's kinda weak

Also she needs to be Limit Broken + Skills

META Ships are kinda weird in that sense

[steady beacon]

(Also, does no damage compared to Alsace)
Between preload and her being a UR BB, your bar is set kinda high lol

[remote yarrow]

But I doubt her Alsace is anywhere close to MLB too

Since he just started

[steady beacon]

Ah

[thick geyser]

thanks for your help. Just one last question for now, should I be putting in a lot of effort for operation siren already? I heard that's where I can get the materials to craft items

[tranquil saffron]

Is Laffey II good enough to be mob tank on w14?

[remote yarrow]

You should try to atleast clear the Opsi "Campaign" up until chapter 4 which is just following the exclamation mark

[thick geyser]

gotcha. Thanks again!

[zinc turret]

im die at event's sp chapter

[sweet delta]

Many players do

[zinc turret]

Halp me sp level

[fresh tangle]

Just so I can calibrate myself here: are t3 retrofit prints in medal shop very pricey? My instinct says it feels weird they’re as pricey as they are

[steady beacon]

They are very pricey ye

[remote yarrow]

Yes, they are a scam

[fresh tangle]

One day I’ll get to finish Helena 😭😂

[remote yarrow]

Only shop you buy Retro bps from is Guild shop really

[fresh tangle]

Yeah I’ve done that a few times. Just not rolling t3 in rewards

Or I could go back and do chapter 6/7 as you get t3 first time there

[hallow iron]

How much retro mats do you usually get from farming the hard stages u usually farm? Just curious what's the difference between the lower stage and higher

[remote yarrow]

There's no droprate difference as far as I know

Just a higher core data

[hallow iron]

So it's normal to get 2 blue retrofit mats? Damnn how long u guys get 6 gold retro then averagely

[remote yarrow]

idk I get like 3 or 4 gold every week on average I think?

It's just rng

You can get guaranteed ones from one time side missions by 3* a hard stage

[hallow iron]

Icic maybe higher stages have higher chance for the rng tho? Idk if about the same I'm super unlucky then farming at stage 5 of hard

[remote yarrow]

They give their respective bps

[fresh tangle]

Yeah tomorrow I’m just gonna go back and do easier chapters for the guaranteed gold. This last skill node on Helena is bothering me 😂

[remote yarrow]

Like I said they don't have higher chances, it's just rng

[fresh tangle]

And core data is incredibly important for progresssion so keep pushing 😂

[hallow iron]

Im Just making assumption of course to clarify it,but thanks cause your average 4 gold a week is higher than my 2 weeks farm at stage5

I could also just be very unlucky

[fresh tangle]

Is there a trick to get more xp on one ship? Penny feels like she’s leveling so slow. Still only 115 and I need 120 for tech then can bench her

[inland shoal]

exp packs

[remote yarrow]

Flag and MVP when grinding, outside of that just exp books

[hallow iron]

I will unlock stage 11 of hard now, will 3 star normal first, not confident I can do 12 hard

[fresh tangle]

Yeah like is there a trick to getting her mvp? Hood is so good at stealing that 😂

[inland shoal]

Matter of fact is we don't know the drop rates.
I think we would know by now if they were wildly different though

[remote yarrow]

Getting your hood to do no damage whatsoever

[atomic abyss]

Wait
Hood and Penny are in the same team?

[remote yarrow]

Yeah that's also something I was wondering

[atomic abyss]

Yeah no shit penny is never gonna MVP unless you off flag hood

[fresh tangle]

Oh yeah penny is a flag bb 😂

[inland shoal]

Mvp control is

[atomic abyss]

Yeah Penny still a flag BB

[tranquil saffron]

Who would be a good off-tank
W14 mob fleet

[inland shoal]

Also flag gets more exp

[remote yarrow]

Why don't you just use Azuma as a Tank and Laffii as off tank tho

Or Anchorage better

[wind hazel]

better yet ply tank, laff offtank

[remote yarrow]

There's a few better choices than main tanking with Laffii in your dock

[wind hazel]

probably don't wanna use UvH flag tho

[old zodiac]

I already have the 3 starter ships should i grind them to get Ayanami asap?

[wind hazel]

no FdG?

[tranquil saffron]

I have FDG, NJ and UvH

[remote yarrow]

Ayanami doesn't really matter that much tbh

[wind hazel]

yeah use FdG instead of UvH

[remote yarrow]

She's just... there

[tranquil saffron]

What secondary gun should I use on FDG?

[remote yarrow]

Triple 155 or 155 Kai if possible

[snow coral]

is the spearfish just a light armor version of wyvern?

[inland shoal]

Not rly

[steady beacon]

I was gonna say light armoured version of the Saiun, but I'm not even particularly happy with that characterisation...

[sharp token]

in terms of damage who would be superior? Yuudachi Retrofit, Mogador, Tai Yuan, Kawakaze? they're all maxed and MLB

[remote yarrow]

Maybe Mogador?

[steady beacon]

Might potentially depend on enemy armour type

[remote yarrow]

I heard TY's dmg was also good

[snow coral]

Then 2nd question, is it worth going for?

[frank pulsar]

should be mogador

[crimson glacier]

if mog doesnt beat all of those then she is just garbage

[inland shoal]

Isn't its usecase more like Wyvern than Saiun tho?

[frank pulsar]

depends on what you currently have
its kinda expensive but its the only parallel torp that is very good at killing elites

[inland shoal]

It's quite expensive and has few advantages over Wyvern
So ig kinda for the rich only

[snow coral]

I have 0 spearfish but 4 wyverns (never really grinded op siren too much)

[steady beacon]

Normally is, ye
But my interest in it from day one has been anti-light bossing on ships whose TB slot I can't switch out for a rocket fighter

[frank pulsar]

youll prob be better off making a 457 or two before you start making spearfishes

[snow coral]

I have 4 of those too

[tranquil saffron]

From the questions I've asked

It's not worth getting over the wyvern because it's more expensive but it is better in some situations
(Just get wyverns)

[frank pulsar]

get a spearfish or two then, idr anyt else important that uses t3 ordnance

[wet prairie]

tenrai when it comes out

[frank pulsar]

not like youll use more than 3 tenrai at once

[tranquil saffron]

That's like a year and a half away isn't it?

[wet prairie]

6x tenrai mob fleet

[wet prairie]

should be this year, when idk

[frank pulsar]

personally ive never needed more than 2 so i havent bothered with trying to get more

[tranquil saffron]

Huh?

[snow coral]

I still only have 2 tenrais

[frank pulsar]

ngl i feel that i wasted my plates on my +13 tenrai

[hard mesa]

3 ur gears are necessarily a lot

[rose cosmos]

Do these things worth getting

[snow coral]

who would alsace replace on triple BB fleet?

[remote yarrow]

Unless you are a whale, hell naw

[rose cosmos]

What are the packs you recommend, aside from monthly and bp

[remote yarrow]

The first time x2 gems

Which refresh on EN Anniversary

[rose cosmos]

What do you use those gems for

[spice phoenix]

sovetsky i’m pretty sure

[remote yarrow]

Gem spending varies if you are a F2P or spender

[whole crypt]

skins, dorm, dock

[remote yarrow]

I mostly buy gems for dock space and some skins here and there

[inland shoal]

Is it rly better at that?

[whole crypt]

if F2P usually strictly only dock and dorm

[snow coral]

damn I didn't even get to use her much since I have been inactive

[spice phoenix]

yeah sovetsky got replaced almost immediately

cuz alsace’s preload changes the new meta by a LOT