gameplay-help

[forest palm]

Portland personality is like cardboard, so she may as well be trash

[keen sable]

unless you meant higher world core data?

[viscid swift]

missing SSV

[forest palm]

also all the other IX hull types

[left cedar]

IX Main
IX Vang
IX Submarine

[forest palm]

is the sea slug classified as SS, or SSV?

[viscid swift]

SSV

[forest palm]

[hallow iron]

Does the exp still increase in pr bar progress if a unit used to farm exp already have max exp? Like +0 after battle

[forest palm]

yes

[eager mulch]

/prgrind

[odd root]

Does __ count for Shipyard Combat Data Collection EXP?

Yes

• Combat in Main Campaign, Events, Operation Siren
• Ships that are level capped for any reason, if the EXP otherwise would count. Even if you see +0.
• Muse (µ) ships and loli ships, if the faction matches.
• Use faction filters in Dock to double check.

No

• EXP from Exercise, Dorm, EXP Data Packs, Commissions.
• META ships. They are META faction, not the faction of their normal counterparts.

[hallow iron]

Thx

[eager mulch]

new prgrind command

[forest palm]

just means the overflow is full, and no longer counts visually

[timid beacon]

Yes

[hallow iron]

Welcome to the game hope u have fun

[timid beacon]

I am can’t wait to get prinz soon

[left cedar]

wut Prinz ?

Eugen?
Rupp?
Adal?
Hein?

[timid beacon]

My bad Eugen

Forgot there’s multiple

[undone plover]

not to be a party pooper but stick to portland even when u get her
she is not worth spending the bulins on her

[timid beacon]

[hollow gust]

A SR that can't outdamage a common

[wispy pendant]

an EX advice?

[sweet delta]

Press advice and auto

[undone plover]

iirc u dont want to run 🦫

[wispy pendant]

so rainbow fleet without beaver?

[latent crag]

could someone tell me what it is?

[timid beacon]

Is Prinz Eugen at least better than Zara

[ember swan]

are there any resources to see the viability of characters

[soft raft]

eh
both are pretty whatever in terms of early-game reccomendation

[rain vine]

akashi quest

[sweet delta]

She's better than most CAs if you spend the expensive resources on her, and that's an expensive if

[soft raft]

Just use Porltand

[latent crag]

ok,ty

[wispy pendant]

find all the paw prints to progress akashi quest, wiki can explain it more.

[left cedar]

Eugen its chonky, but that is it, she is chonky than really mostly ships on VG, but she have a litle DMG output in everysource ... so portland being cheap to LB and having a better DPS its a better option than Eugen for campaign, and once u hit W12 that u start to prepare for last Ws u can spend to get a top tank as Agir or Ancho

[latent crag]

hmm maybe i'll follow it sometime soon

[grizzled wave]

why is scepter prefered over hunting bow for cv’s? and in the case of unicorn does it apply to her preload?

[jaunty vault]

EVA stat

[novel condor]

Coop

[jaunty vault]

no

[heady jasper]

Is it okay if i just, mlb my laffey?

[undone plover]

laffey one or two?

[worldly pewter]

he is a new player

[spice phoenix]

what augment should i use for offtank? (not special augment)

oh mb dd offtank

[undone plover]

hull dictates augment not position

torp DD prefers hammer and gun dd prefer dual swords
which dd is it?

[spice phoenix]

kazagumo

[heady jasper]

One or two?

There two?

[spice phoenix]

UR or starter?

[undone plover]

yeah but laffey 2 is from event so dw about her yet if u are new

[heady jasper]

Starter

[heady jasper]

Theres a UR version of laffey?

[jaunty vault]

yes

[undone plover]

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

[jaunty glade]

Can I bug someone to get some new player ship advice in voice while sharing screen?

[heady jasper]

Holy damn, where can i get that? Is that limited?

[undone plover]

I am afraid u will have to wait for the event to rerun

[heady jasper]

Btw its laffey one

[stark quiver]

in like a year or two

[frank pulsar]

she was free during december last year, currently unobtainable

[heady jasper]

Is she meta or?

[undone plover]

yeah MLB her
u should MLB all the ships u are using

[heady jasper]

The starter ones huh

[frank pulsar]

top pick for campaign

[jaunty glade]

if im stuck in campaign, is it better to farm easier staes or use my exp items to level up my team?

[heady jasper]

So just use all the sacrificial purple ships for mlb rightv

[frank pulsar]

thats what bulin are for, just use them as needed

[heady jasper]

👌🏻

[stark quiver]

u can use exp books to level to lvl 70 and then push campaign

[heady jasper]

I think i got the other starter unit? Do i put this aside or build her

[undone plover]

put aside stick with laffey

[sweet delta]

Only build one starter

[heady jasper]

👌🏻

[jaunty glade]

one of my gold bullins for some reason can't be used as a limit break material, I checked the following:

• no gear, not favourited, not locked

[hollow gust]

Did you click the two buttons on top right

[keen sable]

> lvl 1

[jaunty glade]

thats it! thank you

last question, I swear - this is my team:
https://i.imgur.com/DjZXUJx.png

What I have access to:
https://i.imgur.com/l1DK392.jpeg

Should I make any adjustments before leveling them up to 70 with exp packs and using limit breaking Richelieu?

[quasi slate]

I have 400/400 for UR exchange. I have all athe UR ships. I would just get shinano to max limit break. But I’m wondering if I save the UR it carries over to when they add another UR ship to the rotation

[eager mulch]

it does

[stark quiver]

itll probably be a while tho

[quasi slate]

Gotcha. Ik they just updated it haha

[balmy wharf]

Is this thing any good?

[forest palm]

No 2x

[undone plover]

replace Kii with anyone else.
u wont have the gold bulins to LB her and she will be useless
renown is ok i guess for now

if u manage to drop saratoga put her instead

[balmy wharf]

Are any of the PR7 gear or ships good?

[jaunty glade]

thank you for this, do you have any reccomendations to replace kii based on what I hjave?

[forest palm]

VIT-2 Mod, La-9, and the Twin 410 Mod

[undone plover]

u dont rly have much options. best would be to get penny in guild shop tbh

[forest palm]

last one is exclusively for musashi though

[jaunty glade]

i have a penny, ill spend the mats to get her max lb and level 70 - thank you

[balmy wharf]

Is VIT-2 better than the Ju-87 D-4? And which of the PR7 ships are good if any?

[eternal basalt]

[forest palm]

VIT-2 Mod is another timing plane it's comparable to the 3 main Converging TBs we use

[undone plover]

it is hard to say for the ships since no one has them all at dev30 to test
all of them are good though
some are potentially really good

[balmy wharf]

neat, hopefully the catgirl is really good, obviously I did that one first

[heady jasper]

Where can i get those exp modules for levelling up ships?

[eternal basalt]

School, in the weekly free pack, lvl 100 daily foor chips, submarine weekly, random other rewards

[wispy pendant]

level up the academy if you haven't yet, and then run ships over lvl 100, and a portion of their exp gets converted into exp packs

[jovial cosmos]

Any tips in skill buildings?

[stark quiver]

hm?

[jovial cosmos]

Like, do i build one skill until they maxed out or evenly distributed the level across?

[stark quiver]

max one at a time

[half plover]

if my main fleet dies bc of planes it is just due to levels, right? I got got gear already on the chars

[stark quiver]

theres like no AA in mob

what content is this?

[half plover]

hm

[wind hazel]

unicorn doko

[cobalt rapids]

put more acv in 2nd fleet and raise avg lvl

[left cedar]

Sey and Thurin in same fleet, that means literally no AA
with Agir and Aya in VG ... that fleet its literally incapable of AA ...

[viscid swift]

there's a lot tips and tricks you can use to make leveling trash easier

first, don't run pretty much everything in the fleet very underleveled, rotate in someone higher level to carry the rest

[keen sable]

where are the people who said L53 5* agir was fine now

[viscid swift]

use more CVs for ACV and for intercept in the fleet itself as the wave clearing you get from a CV

[heady jasper]

👌🏻

[half plover]

do I have some cvs that would work?

I ran out of gold bulins sadly

[obtuse knoll]

what type of armor is this month's arbiter?

[half plover]

what is acv btw?

[cobalt rapids]

medium

[keen sable]

use a good ship(That means everything. Agir is a good ship. L53 5* agir is not.) gear properly.

[cobalt rapids]

/wiki aircontrol value

[odd root]

No wiki pages found.

[half plover]

I think I will swap sandy with ayanami for now

[cobalt rapids]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Combat#Airspace_Control

[keen sable]

your boss is just going to fail. you aren't fixing the actual issues

[half plover]

my boss fleet will fail?

that fleet is good enough for 12-1 isnt it

[left cedar]

i dont think that will ... have a considerable amount of DPS and AA capability in boss

[cobalt rapids]

if 12-1 is safe its more than enough

[wind hazel]

eh, 12-1 safe boss? ez enough

[viscid swift]

the boss should be more than fine

[left cedar]

even 12-4

[keen sable]

not with those levels and removing sandy

[wind hazel]

super 🧢

[keen sable]

and if ships are that bad how is the gear?

[viscid swift]

Considering I'm using that right now for my own 12-1 boss fleet

[half plover]

I mean I really put my best gear on my leveling fleet

[hollow gust]

Chen hai tho

[half plover]

idk what she wants 😭

[hollow gust]

You have to be very desperate to use her

[half plover]

yes..

[wind hazel]

it's fine, let chen hai be whatever she wants to be

[half plover]

bearn meta is my alternative

[wind hazel]

vanguard and indom will carry you

[left cedar]

Chen its RLD Tech, so isnt desesperate

[half plover]

tbh my main fleet is kinda set up to grind KMS main fleet exp

thur and seydl

[mystic topaz]

Hi, new to AL, is there a beginner's guide somewhere?

[atomic abyss]

https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/newbie_tips
https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/early_ship_recommendations

Try these

[left cedar]

if KMS Grind why not GZ ?

[half plover]

who is gz?

[keen sable]

do you actually have nothing better?

[half plover]

ah, graf is not MLB and I am missing 1 gold bulin

[half plover]

nope

[keen sable]

like not a single cv over L103?

[half plover]

nope

only max level ships

[keen sable]

what does that mean? you have a whole slew of level 120 ships you don't want to use?

[half plover]

yeah

[stark quiver]

are you farming for xp or something?

[viscid swift]

isn't that pretty obvious

[half plover]

I have Volga, peter strasser, enty, saratoga, AvP, Indep, Shouhou and Unicorn all 120-125

[keen sable]

I think this kind of optimization is just silly. it already caused you to lose a run.

[half plover]

but it feels bad to have max level ships in a leveling fleet 😭

[stark quiver]

my brain isnt working in the morning apparently

[stark quiver]

i mean you lost a run bc of that

[half plover]

I didn't lose a run, I just had to clear with my boss fleet

but I am not familiar with these ships so I really didn't know they have 0 AA capability

bc I even gave them all my best AA gear I have

[valid spoke]

hello, can someone help me with building a fleet for w14

[atomic abyss]

Create a thread, and post what ships you have, and sure

[valid spoke]

w14

[forest palm]

[half plover]

is hedgehog BIS on mogador?

[cobalt rapids]

hedgehog isnt bis

its a situational aux, its bis when u need to kill subs and worst in slot if no subs

[half plover]

ah

[stark quiver]

i saw that

[sweet delta]

i saw that

[orchid tulip]

what's the best way to get affinity maxxed for an oathed ship? spamming 1-1?

[keen sable]

i really doubt 1-1 even works

[cobalt rapids]

spamming oilcap in ur fav grind spot

[orchid tulip]

mmm ok

[keen sable]

maybe you if you had an oathed L1 ship like this you could pass the recon requirements

[orchid tulip]

I guess spamming 1-1 only works for low level ships, I've seen people comment on that for oathing pr ships asap

[cobalt rapids]

no matter how fast u spam ure capped by morale

so u might aswell get other stuff while at it because the morale regen is slower than doing runs in even the latest of campaign

[half skiff]

getting mvp speed its, 1st secretray, dorm

[dim summit]

Is the Spearfish good for w15? Or like when is making one a good idea?

[orchid tulip]

does being 1st secretary raise affinity from 100 to 200?

[atomic abyss]

it is great for w15 if you already have enough AA from other sources to skip using wyverns
so you prob want wyverns first

[stark quiver]

never honestly, unless you got resourcs to spare

[keen sable]

not right now it doesn't

[dim summit]

Ok cool

[stark quiver]

its kinda just expensive

[half skiff]

ah no maybe not the last bit

[atomic abyss]

sec usually raises up to 90

but there are events that can raise it beyond that

[forest palm]

gotta love Lv 1 100 Affection ship

[wary timber]

Hedgehog.. u can only get one of those? I could use a second one

[stark quiver]

yea only 1, according to the legend, someone scrapped their hedgehog b4

[vale spindle]

We could all use a second one but game only gives you one

[atomic abyss]

it's not legend

it has happened

[stark quiver]

smh

[keen sable]

purple part fodder. the general part shortage is real, NOT

[half plover]

does only lvl 120 give stats when leveling tech?

[forest palm]

obtaining the ship does as well

[half plover]

ah

so it might be good to buy some new ships in the stores

[forest palm]

theorectically, yes, but ya gotta look

[stark quiver]

guild shop? yes clear the shop

[forest palm]

[stark quiver]

did i just en

[half plover]

en?

[forest palm]

Poor reading comprehension

[half plover]

😭

[hoary abyss]

I put a flapjack on Admiral is this ok I know that she needs to be dev 30 but I wanna be ready

[eager mulch]

DB in a flex slot that can take fighters or torpedo bombers is poor imo

[viscid swift]

Nahkimov doesn't get her flex slot till dev 30

[eager mulch]

so he shouldn’t use her till dev 30

[viscid swift]

yes, and that will be quite some time away

[hoary abyss]

Ok

[little tree]

What is this?

[viscid swift]

a stronghold

[little tree]

Can I do thoes or will I het wiped

[stark quiver]

pretty sure youll get shit on

[little tree]

Ahh so I'm ignoring them for now. Got it

[forest palm]

With those adapts no, but with Strongholds you can ram yourself at it till it's cleared

[stark quiver]

just heal

[little tree]

I'll do that in cause I need thoes matts they drop

[mystic topaz]

quick question: is AL still a fairly generous game for f2p?

[tame jungle]

If you manage your resources properly? Yeah

[stark quiver]

everything is doable without spending a single dollar, other than skins n stuff

[forest palm]

AL has more pay to lose than pay to win in it

[knotty dome]

what is pay to lose?

[stark quiver]

Whale for cubes get absolutely nothing

[knotty dome]

you get coins and medals

[cobalt rapids]

[forest palm]

basically putting money into something, and getting nothing in return, no advantage, or shortcut whatsoever

[cobalt rapids]

all gachas are pay to lose by that logic

[inner delta]

it is a "shortcut"

[knotty dome]

is there anything you can actually pay for where you get nothing in return though?

[inner delta]

no advantage but it is still a shortcut

[cobalt rapids]

u can pay for progression just like the other gazilion games

[inner delta]

paying for more copy literally skip UR bulin month income

[little tree]

Pay to lose as in you rob yourself of a lot of thr gameplay by taking a short cut.

[forest palm]

partly

[spice phoenix]

thoughts on these?

[forest palm]

collectable

[cobalt rapids]

toolkit sidegrade on frigates

[forest palm]

using frigates though

[mystic topaz]

in terms of spending, what are the best value packages?

[cobalt rapids]

2x gem > highest pack

[stark quiver]

The gem to money ratio is same or very close

[cobalt rapids]

as for how to spend money bought gems then its dock > oath rings > cogs > oil for pure gameplay related reasons

[mystic topaz]

is there like monthly passes or battle passes that sort?

[stark quiver]

Cruise pass

[cobalt rapids]

cruise pass and trade license

[mystic topaz]

are those any good?

[keen sable]

not for skins and qol which is the only things that matter

[cobalt rapids]

cruise pass > trade license

[stark quiver]

Not rly unless u want skins

[keen sable]

well there is commander level boost

[little tree]

How many level 125 fleets do you guys normally run for strongholds ?

[hollow gust]

1

[stark quiver]

I use my mob, I sometimes have to heal them up cuz they don’t have gear

[forest palm]

I just hit auto with my mob fleet

[eager mulch]

same

[little tree]

Hmm seems I need to level more ships up then to 120 125

[eager mulch]

amagi-chan fleet solo stronghold

[forest palm]

I used to do this shit with Percy, FdG, and JdA you don't need Lv 125s, or a bunch of rainbows

[little tree]

They need to be at least level 120 correct?

[forest palm]

of course

[worldly pewter]

level isn't as important as tuning
188 188 before going in plz

[little tree]

Okay tuning is more valuale So if i already went into one can i leave and come back

[worldly pewter]

u can open them all without doing anything

[little tree]

W

[forest palm]

that's why I said earlier that you can just ram yourself at them

[little tree]

Are any of these CV's Good to level for bossing or mobbing. Or they just sidegrades and stick to what i have and wait for PR CV?

[forest palm]

pretty sure all of those aside from Formidable, and Chibi Nano have good 120 tech

[little tree]

Oh Thats good news Ill level them all then

[cobalt rapids]

And indomi

[little tree]

indomi is good?

[cobalt rapids]

Ok mostly for w15 support nowadays

[forest palm]

oh, right awkward AA tech

[little tree]

Then they will be leveled

[maiden jewel]

hello!

how long does it take for morale to be good again?

[little tree]

Depends if they are in the dorm or not

[maiden jewel]

thank you!

[little tree]

Does Indom have better boss dmg then Formidable or about the same?

[undone plover]

I think they have comparable dmg but different load outs
Indomi has double fighter slots meaning she is better on medium/light armor

Formi has double torpedo so better vs heavy
She also has a stop but it is unreliable

[forest palm]

you wouldn't bother using either, and support fleet ships in World 15 don't see active use

[jaunty glade]

newbie, hit a cap where i can't progress campaign without leveling up commander. What should i do next, war archives? or just grind a stage indefinitely?

[little tree]

Well Formiabdle is one of my few 120 CV's so she gets used atm

[stark quiver]

do event

[jaunty glade]

spam highest event stage I can idle?

[stark quiver]

nah do event rn

[jaunty glade]

yeah i cleared everything i could with my current fleet, unless there is something else?

[forest palm]

can you do HT3?

[jaunty glade]

ht3 being event chapter T3?

[forest palm]

it's the hard mode node of T3, yes

[jaunty glade]

ohh absolutely not no, i am struggling to clear t3 non hard mode

units around 75, cleared up to chapt 5 of campaign (locked now by commander level)

[forest palm]

can you do any of the Hard Mode event nodes?

[keen sable]

if you're NOT at a good place in event then you should try to be efficient which generally means low cost aka remove some ships

sorry forgot a NOT

[grizzled sundial]

Is Meta ship rig upgrade have a limit to theirs stat or is it fully customizeable but no refund ?

[jaunty glade]

ill try t1, not a bad idea

[jaunty glade]

im not sure i understand this correctly?

[keen sable]

Farm T3 with maximum effort but with fewer ships

The less ships you use the more points you get per oil spent

[tranquil saffron]

Should I 13+ a tenrai or wyvern?

[undone plover]

tenrai but make sure u +13 some converging torpedo bombers first

[forest palm]

[ebon oxide]

Don’t converging torps miss a lot? I’m a beginner and Tenzans often miss cuz the target moves. Is that still true in end game?

[hollow gust]

Well stuff like implacable and avp exists

[forest palm]

normally if the target moves a lot sure it can miss, but you have CVs that can slow, or stun the enemy

[keen sable]

So if I extrapolated correctly, gold quint mags are the fourth best torp for overall output and since two of the better torps are essentially unobtainable, that makes it the second best torp.

[keen sable]

all torp bombers have a tendency to miss but one thing is true. if the target doesn't move, converging never misses.

[ebon oxide]

speaking of CV stun and utility, is there any CV or ship in the game that can pull enemies closer for barrages and BBs to hit all at once?

or would that be too OP

[keen sable]

no but there are bb and cl that can do it

[keen sable]

it would be op and is

[stark quiver]

bisZwei does that

[left cedar]

cl its a lie ...
and the only one that do that for now its Bis2

Chary cant pull even a mosquito ...

[keen sable]

does charybdis not actually do it? I admit to not paying attention

[glacial gull]

Bismarck zwei kind of

[left cedar]

Chary does a mini blackhole, but cant suck a shit cuz its too short and too weak to

[stark quiver]

not kind of, its a yes because its exactly what she does

[glacial gull]

I never have much luck with it sadly

[stark quiver]

her black hole stuns and pulls enemies together
and thats because it has a short duration

[glacial gull]

My timing off probably

[ebon oxide]

hopefully the upcoming UR events have good URs like that too

[keen sable]

how does not even your biskii benefit

[stark quiver]

if youre syncing with cvs, youd want cvs to fire before bis

[ebon oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-chemistry-experiment-scientific-walter-white-gif-17820266

[vagrant harness]

who should i mlb first? mlb shinano now? i have 3 UR bulin. or use bulin on vanguard? alsace? have all UR.

[ebon oxide]

speed tuning

[stark quiver]

all UR? well shinano i guess, also fully limit break a ship before moving on

[remote yarrow]

Don't post unrelated gifs or mods might bonk you

[glacial gull]

I agree with new,Shiny nano great can pair with Haku

[hollow hollow]

what would be the best 3 IB subs to go together for wolf pack? 81, 96, 37?

[viscid swift]

96, 81, and 37 or 47

miniscule differences

[undone plover]

86

[remote yarrow]

How much more core data does HW13 give compared to 12? I haven't tried it yet

[soft raft]

2 more

[remote yarrow]

I might try it out of boredom honestly

Can I get some help with the fleets?

[stark quiver]

Have u done w15?

If so use same fleet

[remote yarrow]

Nope

[shell willow]

are there subs too?

[stark quiver]

No clue

[shell willow]

i have to do it at one point as well

[remote yarrow]

My dock hasn't changed much so lemme go ahead and use my old thread https://discord.com/channels/456397991847395339/1249602215769800796

[soft raft]

no
subs only exist in event maps, W14-3/4, and W15-3/4

[stark quiver]

Assuming Guam shimanto and laff2 are mlb you should be fine

[remote yarrow]

Laffii is still gathering dust in the corner

[hollow hollow]

I have only been using guam recently because i just dont like her

[stark quiver]

Rip

[remote yarrow]

Haven't had enough spare bulins to MLB her yet, I'm waiting for the next UR to decide

[stark quiver]

Like Guam or not get AA is amazing

[hollow hollow]

shes 110, shimanto is 100. laff 2 is 125

suggested fleet for w14 ? I had cleared 14-1 a while back but i dont remember the comp

[viscid swift]

is Guam max limit broken

[hollow hollow]

everyone is

everyone is mlb and max skills or at least they should be max skilled

[viscid swift]

Mob: FDG, Unicorn, Independence, Guam, Laffey 2, San Diego
Boss: Zwei, Shinano, Hakuryu, Agir, Unzen, Anchorage

[hollow hollow]

nj gun or champ gun for fdg

[hollow gust]

457

[hollow hollow]

dont have it, still need the ur parts for crafting it, and i haven't bought it from the shop yet

my PR2 is pretty lacking

[stark quiver]

You don’t need other pr2 other than fdg

[hollow hollow]

i also havaen't done like, any pr2 at all research wise

[novel bobcat]

How does one get many dock space

[stark quiver]

Money

[abstract latch]

Should i research friedrich or august first?

[novel bobcat]

Makes sense

[stark quiver]

Fdg

[hollow hollow]

fdg

[novel bobcat]

I'm a F2P and my dock space are so low (I'm saving for Musashi dress)

[stark quiver]

Yes that’s fine

[abstract latch]

Okej, thank u

[hollow hollow]

457 is a pipe dream for me

[stark quiver]

If you’re f2p you’d rather just spend it on dock space, but u do u

[novel bobcat]

I got my priorities straight

[stark quiver]

Welp go ahead

[hollow hollow]

i'd honestly just pay for the dress when it re-releases

[novel bobcat]

It's a promise ring-

[stark quiver]

Anniversary gives one out for free

[shell willow]

we usually get a free ring for anniversary

[novel bobcat]

Oh it does?

Forgot about that, well more dock space it is

[stark quiver]

Someone needs to confirm for me but I remember last year yea

[hollow hollow]

also do people count akashi monthly as f2p or p2p

[viscid swift]

gear should look something like that

[shell willow]

nobody really cares if someone is f2p or not

[stark quiver]

Cheeky do they give out rings every anniversary

[hollow hollow]

what is this fleet setup tool

[viscid swift]

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

[novel bobcat]

I don't got any of those!

[stark quiver]

The renhex fleet builder

[hollow hollow]

and i dont have that gun, is champy fine

[viscid swift]

yes

[hollow gust]

Ngl rather use the twin 410kai

[viscid swift]

really?

[hollow gust]

Her gun damage is still fine

[elfin hollow]

I fully broke alsace what UR ship is next to mlb next? NJ mogdor? kos? should I get the IJN DD

[soft raft]

NJ > Mogador == Kron >= Shimakaze
Though I'd rather save for the Sept UR and see from there

[uneven badger]

what does albacore means? is it gear? I'm tryna build my formi

[viscid swift]

it means the plane

[keen sable]

gear lab plane if you didn't get one from her event

[uneven badger]

uh huh

[ionic edge]

so i can MLB laff2, NJ, kron, vanguard, or mogador....who should i MLB

[uneven badger]

i see... where did you get this?

[keen sable]

^

[uneven badger]

can i get it now

yes

[hollow hollow]

i only have 1 of those harbin guns, is tashkent fine? or the twin114?

[eager mulch]

[keen sable]

do you do ops at all?

[viscid swift]

Harbin gun is basically a copy of the Tashkent gun so Tash gun is fine

[uneven badger]

idk man last year it didn't reset but this year it resets like every month

[viscid swift]

it resets monthly after youy finish the OpSi campaign

[keen sable]

then you should have the mats for albacore

[uneven badger]

alright then

[hollow hollow]

since w14 is ijn enemies, could I sub the action report in for the damage control on laf2? to activate her skill right now im using the straight homing torps from EU instead of keeping gold quads

[viscid swift]

you can, I prefer the way I have it up though

[hollow hollow]

mostly cause i just want to give laf something that boosts her hp pool

[stark quiver]

shes rly tanky

[uneven badger]

hol up i can actually build it

[hollow hollow]

for formi?

[uneven badger]

yeah

[viscid swift]

Damage control is 500 HP aux though

[hollow hollow]

my bad im dumb. i was swapping from +10 towel and wasn't looking at the number as a 'down 50' i thought it was 'down 500'

and for the record laf only had a towel for exercises

is the gold helldiver ever worth it

[viscid swift]

no

[sharp socket]

what is this hvar hellcat i hear about

[hollow hollow]

event item

[viscid swift]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat_(HVAR-Mounted)

[hollow hollow]

the rocket 109 is the same thing

[sharp socket]

i cant find it anywhere
ah i see

[hollow hollow]

hvar is better vs light and 109 is better vs med

parallel isn't in the wa yet right

[viscid swift]

it hasn't even rerun yet

[stark quiver]

whens estimated rerun time period?

[hollow hollow]

if its 2 years, next xmas

if its 1 year, this xmas

[soft raft]

2 years
Yk2 was Dec 2022

[soft raft]

You're mixing her up with Guam event
Also how are you so sure it's gonna be in the same month as the original run

[hollow hollow]

im not, just meant that's the minimum

im still sad i have to farm heavy con for amagi chan cause i barely missed her when i started playing ;w;

[soft raft]

Then what is that "This Xmas" part then

[hollow hollow]

if it was 1 year for a rerun, it wouldn't happen til this xmas at least

[viscid swift]

first half of 2025

[soft raft]

once again you're confusing Yk2 and Guam events
Yk2 was 2022 not 2023

[hollow hollow]

Start date December 22nd, 2022

[forest palm]

ya so that'll rerun in 2025

[hollow hollow]

oh wait i see where i was being stupid; i was looking at the end date of 2023 and being dyslexic

it started xmas and ended after new years

speculation: all the event URs going into the pity pools... ulrich should be next?

nj+floof, shima just added, uvh is next in terms of event UR release dates if im correct

[soft raft]

UvH yee

They should generally follow the same order as the rerun schedule but they've often switched things around more than they do for reruns

(For one, Aquila event which took place before Shima event hasnt been archived, having been skipped over twice)

[hollow hollow]

musashi pls

i do wish they'd put all the event gear into the gear lab

and gave us way more UR opsci parts please

[forest palm]

#game-feedback

[tranquil saffron]

Is there a way to calculate exactly how long your subs can stay under water?

[keen sable]

X seconds = Y oxy / 10 oxy/second

umm divide oxy by 10...

[dawn crater]

Any accessible early-mid game tank? Aside from portland, my other CA/CBs are not doing tank stuffs

[vale spindle]

unfortunately there aren't any outside shipyard

your best bet is going for anchorage from pr4

[kind needle]

Can Langley’s bonus EXP affect Kear or no?

[rain vine]

no
kearsarge aint a CV or CVL

[kind needle]

Hmm. Aight.

[viral flicker]

Yo so this good for who again I think someone told me it was good for implac

[stark quiver]

any carrier

[sweet delta]

good for pretty much anyone who can use it except for Implac

[soft raft]

It's good for a wide range of carriers that can equip DBs
Wouldnt really reccomend DBs on Implac since that easily desyncs her in most triple CV boss comps

[viral flicker]

I wonder who was the guy who told me or me just imagining things

[sweet delta]

I wonder too

[viral flicker]

@sweet delta @soft raft so can I use that on york town bismarck Altace fdg or anyone else?

[stark quiver]

wait what

[viral flicker]

Btw I don't understand those short forms u guys always say

[soft raft]

Have fun trying to equip a DB on a battleship but ok

[viral flicker]

Then who can?

[stark quiver]

carriers

[viral flicker]

Who are carriers

[soft raft]

[stark quiver]

https://slaimuda.github.io/ectl/#/home
study up

[sweet delta]

You should know what carriers are by the time you got 42 tenrai blueprints

[viral flicker]

Tbh I never knew what to do those with those stuff was saving to use when I try to build a low series ship someone said don't and try to get tenrai so I was like ok

I am just dum man

[sweet delta]

Single boss
Gold quint mags and purple quad mags
Non mags

[viral flicker]

Which cats are good and can be used on fleet 1 and 2

[remote yarrow]

You will mostly only use Main fleet cats that support CVs and BBs, here's a guide
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/User:Riceist/CatGuide

[viral flicker]

What is cv and bb

[remote yarrow]

Both are backline ships, CV/CVL use planes and BBs are the ones with Big guns

[viral flicker]

OHHH

Ty for sharing your knowledge me gonna go now

[polar lion]

I think I've seen dat sheet from a certain yoootoober b4

[viral flicker]

And fix my fleets ty for your help guys

[polar lion]

But why Mark 35 good for still/normal?

[signal pollen]

Will a York 2, enterprise, and impeccable be a good anti boss back line in every content?

[sweet delta]

Because mk35 requires slow or still boss and/or vanguard, and if the ship has tight torps then normal quad mags hit better

[remote yarrow]

The ECTL Tierlist has them sorted by Hull Type https://slaimuda.github.io/ectl/#/home and there's also a Wiki Page https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/List_of_Ships_by_Type

[eager mulch]

ectl

[polar lion]

Hmm, ig coz mark 35 torps travel fast so they prone to missing the target if it's moving around much compared to slow quad mag torp

I would imagine mark 35 tight spread would beat quad mag any day on targeting but guess not

[sweet delta]

Mk35 gets no gain from spread reduction

[polar lion]

Oof das some bs there

[sweet delta]

@ Green names I assume mk35 also goes from 8 to 6 degrees

[jaunty glade]

what time does the event actually end at?

[keen sable]

29.5 hours from now

[jaunty glade]

ohh perfect, thank you - i have plenty of time

[vale spindle]

wats mk35 link wiki page of mk35

[plain saffron]

You're a green name

The 3+2? Same as quint

[keen sable]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/533mm_Mark_35_Torpedo_Mount_(Quad_Consecutive_Launch)#Type_0-0 wow they really did name it that

[plain saffron]

Wait no, it's same as 3 and 2 respectedly

Ouh that one, should be same

Actually nvm idk 🏃‍♂️

What tag does mk35 have

[keen sable]

"USS", "ST", "TP", "QUAD", "SGS"

[plain saffron]

Yeah same as other quad

Sounds weird though

Ah, there's separate one for them, so not same as quad

[eager mulch]

green names having a discussion but they’re actually purple names

[remote yarrow]

Maybe they are colorblind

[plain saffron]

Man wtf is this, SGS just redirect to Quad

[polar lion]

Das wat I thot too. I'm liek where do u guys see the green names

[plain saffron]

So in the end it's quad, at least for mlb bonus

[hushed dawn]

Can you beat W15 with suboptimal gear? Like loadouts that's close to what's meta but not necessarily equivalent, like Breguettes instead of Wyverns or gold Helldivers instead of Tenrais.

[remote yarrow]

Cuz they got the

oh I can't @ them even in edit

Well the Wiki member role is green

[hushed dawn]

@keen sable What does that reaction mean?

[remote yarrow]

That it should be ok I guess

[hollow gust]

the more you change the harder it gets

[hushed dawn]

Hmmm, alright.

[keen sable]

yes but I'm not very enthused if there's excessive compromises. not specifically gear but everything. It starts adding up.

[proud adder]

Any clue, guys?

[remote yarrow]

Clue about what? in any case, here https://discord.com/channels/456397991847395339/1204845559790440488

[hushed dawn]

That's true. Right now the planes I need are really the problem so I'm thinking of compromising on that only.

[vale spindle]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lCc6I2rq4BUX3RlC6NMP0uIWx7O-bDamVxit-h3kx9o/edit?usp=sharing

[worldly pewter]

u might need cracked ships cracked tech and cracked cats if u want to lower the gear quality

[atomic abyss]

And subs

[keen sable]

it hasn't been mined on wiki yet

[remote yarrow]

The TB stuff?

welp

[hushed dawn]

The ships, I have. Tech is... could be better. Cats are absolute trash though.

For subs, I have USS or Wolf Pack.

[worldly pewter]

izi fixable with optimized gear

and u might want to manual

[hushed dawn]

[remote yarrow]

Manual

[hushed dawn]

Awww hell nah.

[worldly pewter]

this is how it cleared for me on auto https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1200474660693876859/1269920015847784480/image.png?ex=66b3caed&is=66b2796d&hm=88f7a6ff6f0bba7e8b8d5fbd0ac88bdc59a40a04093fc90ccc5476f22d597749&

2min fight guam was at 1% for 30 sec

[hollow gust]

thats a weird comp

[elfin hollow]

Will the wyvern be better with unicorn or independence?

[worldly pewter]

weird ?

[hollow gust]

Alsace uni Volga

[worldly pewter]

what is the weird about that ?

[wind hazel]

if it clears it is not weird

[worldly pewter]

[eager mulch]

I don’t see what’s weird about it tbh

[hollow gust]

That's mob no? More used to Alsace in boss

[eager mulch]

and that’s weird?

[worldly pewter]

if u want to replace her with which one ?

[wind hazel]

basic b*tch musashi

[stark quiver]

id say soyuz is a very good replacement

[eager mulch]

back in my day we didn’t have alsace

[stark quiver]

idk if musashi will work well with volga

[worldly pewter]

i started during guam's event so 1.3y after musasi

soyuz is better because of her buff ?

TBH it is a nice test subject

[soft raft]

Soyuz is better mainly due to her gun choices being alot more flexible, primarily for anti-light

Musashi is restricted to the IJN Twin 410 for anti-ligth while Soyuz can use the typical 406 Mk6/406 Mk7

[worldly pewter]

no it was alsace vs soyuz since i don't have musasi

[sweet delta]

back in my day we didn't call good fleets weird

[stark quiver]

musashi takes the other backlines' damage to herself
which aquila will heal most of the time bc of her skill

but volga is more random so musashi will kinda just explode

[remote yarrow]

Can you evade Airstrikes?

[sweet delta]

What airstrike

[remote yarrow]

Like DBs, Fighters

[plain saffron]

Same as others yes

[sweet delta]

I still don't understand the question but if nagami says it then it must be true because he does not spread misinfo

[remote yarrow]

Cuz I'm currently doing H13-4 and I get better results with double line rather than circular

In terms of dmg taken

[worldly pewter]

musasi has damage substitution ?

[remote yarrow]

Atleast for the boss

Since mob doesn't really struggle I don't know which is better if you are not fighting a CV node

[left cedar]

if u mean the bombs or whatever they throw during they flight, yeah, crash dmg cannot be evaded

[sweet delta]

It's just main vs VG survival

[worldly pewter]

basically what i understood from this that musasi covers for other ships in the fleet
idk if they are main or vanguards
and aquila's heals are cracked enough to be able to cover the hp loss

[remote yarrow]

Oh so everything but Crash damage can get evaded

[stark quiver]

mains, yes

[timid beacon]

Wtf is this good? I was trying to get a 7th iron blood ship to get roon

[dusk maple]

Volga has two heals, one targeted, one random. Targeted one is lower than Aquila's heal for Musashi, but it still works

[timid beacon]

OH wait I do now YAYAAAYY

[sweet delta]

You got one of the best ships in the game and it's not Bristol

[timid beacon]

Oh who is it

[remote yarrow]

Aurora but you probably won't get much use out of her for a while

[timid beacon]

Wtf is this wait time

[keen sable]

6 days

[timid beacon]

Oh thanks that ain’t bad

I need to go check the tier list

[remote yarrow]

Don't need rush it tho and please don't use Combat Data Packs to rush the Combat Data Collection missions

[timid beacon]

What are those

Just asking

[remote yarrow]

shit fail embed

https://azurlane.netojuu.com/images/e/e3/CombatDataPack.png

Those, once you get them, intead of using them you Analyze them for Prototype Core

You may have some in Depot > Items

[timid beacon]

I got 50

[remote yarrow]

Analyze all of them, you use protocore to buy stuff, #bot-spam /protocore

[worldly pewter]

are u grimping the cubes instead of doing a war archive for iron blood ships

[timid beacon]

Didn’t know that existed…

[remote yarrow]

Well you could've asked

[timid beacon]

It was only 10 tho it’s fine!

[finite crag]

it couldve been 0

[remote yarrow]

Also don't pull on permanent banners

[keen sable]

you don't need war archives for 7 ib ships

[remote yarrow]

Just do your daily light build if you are low on cubes

[plain saffron]

It's not end of the day
What happened already happened, just don't do it again

[timid beacon]

Okay I’ll keep that in mind

Thanks for the help and patience you guys have

[remote yarrow]

For now just save until September to have a chance of getting the UR from the banner

[plain saffron]

Or next event if it have good ships

[remote yarrow]

Also that emphasis on if tho

[timid beacon]

So I just wait right, just to be sure…

[keen sable]

you also need to do what it says

[timid beacon]

fuc alright

[forest palm]

who else was getting an augment aside from 96

[viscid swift]

Long island...

[atomic abyss]

Neetland yes

Well I'm coping its good
Then maybe new players won't have to scour for a Saratoga so quickly

[viscid swift]

cope quick take off get's proc rate boosted to 100%

[atomic abyss]

I mean it would likely be a buff to quick take off

It can't be buffing the retro skill after all

Unless they gave her a seriously strange augment

[plain saffron]

1st load loading time reduced by 100% rng stays

Quick take off can't be 100% unless they added limit else it will be launching till phone crash

[viscid swift]

perfect for PvP defense fleet

[forest palm]

man LI is really a ghost, I keep forgetting she exists

[viscid swift]

but all joking aside, it would have to be quite the substantial buff if she wants to be comparable to Saratoga

[atomic abyss]

I mean she's literally a starter ship

[atomic abyss]

Well my cope was so she'd be a good interim option, until a new player gets Sara but

Like the issue with the newbie fleet recommendation currently is that there's no 3rd ship for the backline

Penny, uni then ?

[viscid swift]

the issue with that is she'd be tied to her augment still either way and new players don't have the cores to really craft unique augments

[atomic abyss]

Well it's better than the cope of buying weevee/colorado over penny... Just cos they have retro

[woeful forge]

dropping slots to 1/1 and nerfing efficiencies but 100%qte would be hilarious ngl
defensive god via continuous screenclear

[atomic abyss]

But eh it's pointless conjecture on my part

Unless they come out with something truly bizarre it'll be cope

[cloud fractal]

Sleepy linked a OpSi guide that I evidently failed to save the link for. Anyone know where I can find it? Trying to optimize farming the coordinate thingies for Wichita.

[stark quiver]

just do dailies

[cloud fractal]

I’m only on Chapter 2. I don’t think I have dailies yet. “Missions” is still locked.

Guess the answer is, keep doing the chapters until they open up.

[timid beacon]

I realize I’m in for a long journey working to get her

[plain saffron]

Minigame shop equip shop is rsndom drop right?

[vale spindle]

augments never buff retrofit skill

[eager mulch]

yet

[plain saffron]

Fuck it add new skill

[fast blaze]

Do you guys always go for 70k points for each META cycle? Ngl this part remains the most tedious aspect in AL from my experience. That and the whole OpSi dailies and how annoying it is to 5 star each sector because of RNG.

[eager mulch]

I personally go for 0k points each META cycle

[fast blaze]

But there's no point skipping META units now because they don't take up dock space anymore?

[eager mulch]

aim for 25k, go for more if you value the rewards

dock space was never the issue, I just couldn’t be bothered to do meta fights

[fast blaze]

Yea they're a pain to do everyday. I guess it's OCD on my part. It bothers me to see that there are unclaimed rewards

[wind hazel]

i always go for 70k

they are free, what's there to not take

[fast blaze]

I mean if i fail to score 70k by the end of the cycle and the rewards are unclaimable until they get added to the dossier

[wind hazel]

do your 2+3 everyday and you won't fail

[stoic badger]

what should I buy in core monthly shop

[wind hazel]

/coredata

[odd root]

https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/images/equip_misc/Core_Data_Priority.jpeg

[fast blaze]

True. It's just too tedious. I hope they really do more OpSi optimizations.

Like allowing us to auto all the daily missions

They already have something similar with hard mode

[wind hazel]

it's just a few clicks...

[viscid swift]

If you're bothering to log in every day a few extra clicks is nothing

[plain saffron]

No i want the game to play itself :madgeburg:

[stark quiver]

accept mission > overview > go to zone > auto

4 clicks

[plain saffron]

Times n times for each mission

Plus waiting

[viscid swift]

It could be worse, could be me trying to MLB Helmet with a fleet that was lucky to maybe clear in 10 runs....

[fast blaze]

This is the issue for me. They should allow us to consolidate all the opsi dailies into a batch and just have one click to auto all of them, preferably until we hit the 200 daily for meta fights

[wind hazel]

might as well ask for a ":Press this button to win the game"

this kind of laziness is absolutely ridiculous if you ask me

[stark quiver]

could always complain to #game-feedback

[wind hazel]

might as well don't play if you can't be bothered to do a few clicks in a game

[sweet delta]

This kind of discussion doesn't belong here if you ask me

[wind hazel]

also tru

[fast blaze]

Oh I see. That's actually a better place for my issue. Thanks

[plain saffron]

I mean like we already have 1 button for all hidden. 1 button for all daily isn't that far

Or are improvement not allowed for the game anymore

[wind hazel]

no, if that's your opinion it's fine. i personally don't really auto that much even in opsi. i find autoing everything in the game takes away the fun of playing the game. it's too robotic

[finite crag]

the game plays itself

[wind hazel]

but this is also not the place for it, as they have said above, please don't revive it

[sinful elk]

Chat is this gun good

[sweet delta]

Good for medium only which is kinda useless if you're in pr7 already

[sinful elk]

w14 usually have medium ships right?

[jaunty vault]

w14 has every armour

[rare forum]

does using quick finisher decrease the chance of getting rarer ship

[sinful elk]

Ehh i kinda lack cl guns so i think i would craft it

[jaunty vault]

nope

the ship is already rolled and set before you use the quick finisher

qf just reduces the wait time to zero

[jaunty vault]

you look like you shouldn't be doing PR7

[rare forum]

can i get starsborg from 4:20 build

[stark quiver]

between soyuz,bis2,alsace
i have 2 mk7s and 1 mk6, who should get which

[eager mulch]

no

[stark quiver]

4:05

[atomic abyss]

Alsace and BZ
Though you may have timing issues with Soyuz

[rare forum]

does it have to be exactly 4:05

[eager mulch]

yes

[jaunty vault]

for Strasbourg, yes

[rare forum]

ok

[jaunty vault]

isn't soyuz the slower one

[atomic abyss]

Yes

[eager mulch]

every strasbourg is from 4:05 but not every 4:05 is strasbourg

[jaunty vault]

so mk6 should sort of fix timing issues

[atomic abyss]

Well, Alsace will be slower than Soyuz over the course of a battle iirc

[jaunty vault]

[eager mulch]

[atomic abyss]

From what I recall
Soyuz has lower reload
But as the battle goes on Soyuz overtakes Alsace

[stark quiver]

nah its for sandy cm timing doesnt exist

[atomic abyss]

If it's for sandy, you want guns under 20s no?

[stark quiver]

ill make due with it

[keen sable]

Yes, it also requires you to use new, most likely very bad ships at a time you can't afford to stop leveling good ships like Portland, Laffey, and Helena.

[atomic abyss]

Also if it's CM, maybe not use Alsace?

[eager mulch]

rld goes soyuz (cv) < alsace < soyuz (bb)

[atomic abyss]

Alsace falls off hard in long battles

[viscid swift]

Remember, Alsace can store 2 salvos so she isn't affected by jamming like other BBs

So in practice not really

[stark quiver]

maybe vanny? but its kinda hard to sync them

[atomic abyss]

In my experience with michita
Alsace ends up behind Soyuz on her 3rd salvo despite using the same guns
She's ahead on the 2nd tho

Not sure why that happens but

[viscid swift]

I've had the opposite experience if anything against Helmet

[viscid swift]

When Sandy first dropped 410 Kais/FDG guns were used

Not mk6s and 7s primarily

[stark quiver]

fast reload?

[atomic abyss]

Yes, you need fast rld for sandy CM
Otherwise she sings and well

[viscid swift]

FDG was really good for this because her proxy barrage basically procs on cooldown

[sharp socket]

is helmet helena meta

[viscid swift]

Yes

[stark quiver]

is the goal for guns in sandy cm to get under 20s reload

[viscid swift]

More so just spamming as much as possible

[stark quiver]

2x +13 autoloaders?

is it possible to get mk7 under 20s or no

[slender heart]

Sandy sings every 18s

[stark quiver]

no f-ing way

change of plans

[copper ermine]

how do i use t1 exp data packs?

[slender heart]

Use it on the ship

[sharp socket]

press “level up” in the ship interface

[stark quiver]

click boost exp on top of ship level bar

[hollow gust]

Easily , you don't even need autoloader

[stark quiver]

bet

[copper ermine]

oh wow im blind, thanks

[sharp socket]

wait no its “boost exp”

[stark quiver]

how does this bis2 skill work?
the rld boost

[blissful hamlet]

anything new added in next maint?

[hollow gust]

Rld +15%

[hollow gust]

Free prints

[blissful hamlet]

rupprecth print

[stark quiver]

entire sortie?
oh wait im blind

[plain saffron]

Rld stats +15%

[hollow gust]

No?

[plain saffron]

It's ruppy catchup yes

[blissful hamlet]

there's other free prints?

[plain saffron]

And 1 aux as usual

[hollow gust]

You get the bug fix thing in mail

[blissful hamlet]

ah right forgot about that

[sweet delta]

Acshually it cycles between 17, 18, 19, and I forgot 17 or 18, in some order

[plain saffron]

And story for people to cope

[blissful hamlet]

dev 30 halford soon

[slender heart]

[hollow gust]

People already maxed her a week ago

[sweet delta]

So in reality you'll need the slowest BB 17

[plain saffron]

And?

Actually nvm

[blissful hamlet]

yeah but how many UR fighter prints

[hollow gust]

You are at best 10 prints ahead but nowhere near in finishing a ship

[blissful hamlet]

and after I finished all the ship I will still be ahead of everyone

[plain saffron]

[hollow gust]

[blissful hamlet]

you can overcap ships prints but you can never overcap gear prints

[slender heart]

That's outside of latency right?

[stark quiver]

exactly 17? cuz i got 17.96

wait im tripping gimme a sec

[hollow gust]

How much you even at

[blissful hamlet]

24/50 📈

[hollow gust]

Oh that's not that fast

You aren't even that much ahead

[blissful hamlet]

doesn't matter I'm still ahead

[lavish arrow]

Where do I find meow officer guide?

[hollow gust]

/cats

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

MEOWFFICER QUICK GUIDE

What are Meowfficers?
They are companions that you can add up to 2 per fleet (including sub fleets). They buff your fleets with their "skills" and "talents". There are 27 different types of them.

How do I get them?
You get them by opening Cat Boxes in the Cattery. The Cattery can be found under HQ > Cat Lodge. The first Cat Box you buy everyday is free. You can buy up to 14 more per day, with each costing 1500 Gold. It is strongly recommended you do NOT binge on them!

How do I level them?
Just like ships, they gain experience when sortied. They do not cost oil, however their exp gain is dependent on the oil spent by the fleet. They max out at level 30. You can also level them by feeding other meowfficers to them, at about 30% exp loss (20% bonus if identical). Additionally they can gain levels passively through Comf-Forts.

What are talents?
Talents buff a specific ship type or faction. They get 1-3 permanent talents, depending on rarity.. Every 5 levels they gain, they get a Cat Paw which can be used to roll new talents or raise the level of some talents. You can reroll any new talents once every 24h with gold (increases with number of talents).

What are skills?
Skills are unique to each type of Meowfficer. They usually give some stat buff or some perk to the fleet. They get 1 skill initially, and they can get up to 3 skills, each obtained by feeding duplicates (1 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd). The potency of the skills is dependent on their stats which increase through levels.
Do note that the skill stat buffs are mostly inferior to talent stat buffs.

Visit the AL Wiki Page on Meowfficers for more details.
Cat Guide by Riceist#3504 for detailed explanation of skills and talents.

[hollow gust]

Oh fuck , forgot how long that was , either way , bottom most link is good enough

[lavish arrow]

Thank u

Btw what was the new meow officer update I haven't played in a while

[viscid swift]

We got some new meofficers with fixed talents

[dusk maple]

there was no new update, they just gave us 3 mediocre event limited cats

[viscid swift]

That's it

[sweet delta]

We got fixed cats

[silver lintel]

Drake goated

[plain saffron]

So when they gonna fix more

[keen sable]

they keep breeding

[viscid swift]

Soon, trust me

[plain saffron]

I trust you

[fiery sedge]

This fleet can play 14-4?

I pass 14-4 2 times but cant clear all mob

[jaunty vault]

bring the difficulty down to safe and then clear all mobs then

improvements can definitely be made depending on who you have and what gear you have

[fiery sedge]

Sound good

[strange sphinx]

can you coin hakuryuu?

[finite crag]

no

[fiery sedge]

What is it

[maiden jewel]

i did the mistake of looking at old events and i just saw the Light Chasing Sea of Stars... do events get rerun or just the skins?

i'll do anything for laffey

[sinful escarp]

they will have reruns
but it will be a looong time before that

[finite crag]

yea just wait about 2 years after the event comes out

[maiden jewel]

nice!!!!! 😭 😭 😭 😭

are urs also exlusive to events or are then other oppertunities to build them

[south sequoia]

Previous events rerun once, however their skins can rerun 2 times

[finite crag]

after the event runs twice the ships becomes permanent

just wait twice the amount of time

[south sequoia]

There are urs you can develop in shipyard and three ships who you can retrofit into ur

However only 2 of them are worth their cost

Namely Sandy and Yuudachi, but yuudachi is held back by map drop rng

[finite crag]

as in only 2 retrofit urs

[south sequoia]

San Diego is a great dps with great aa, the third ur who is not worth it is warspite as she has aged quite poorly

[atomic abyss]

Warkai was suspect enough even on release

[maiden jewel]

are those the ones like in the build thingy or is this different?

[south sequoia]

Just masked by the fact everyone was praising her in pvp... until cv update came

[maiden jewel]

sorry im really new! so this is just a lot for me! but im taking notes!!!!

[south sequoia]

Shipyard and the build system are completely different

[maiden jewel]

retrofitting someone to a ur takes a lot of time right?

[south sequoia]

A lot of time and resources

[atomic abyss]

It's not something a new player should do really

[south sequoia]

^^

You only really retrofit them once you are stable with your resources

[atomic abyss]

They won't have the coins, the retrofit blueprints, the bulins or the retrofit item

Admittedly, elite retrofits like unicorn are also fairly costly
The difference is that you can just use purple bulins

And in uni case the pay off is huge for something you get so early on

[south sequoia]

^ you'd be practically dragging unicorn everywhere outside of boss fights

[maiden jewel]

OH! ive been meaning to ask, ive heard of unicorn but im not sure where i can get her

NVM I JUST GOT HER?

[south sequoia]

Ask and you shall recieve

[sinful escarp]

also, save up on cubes, there will be a new event soon, and that will come with some maybe useful ships

[maiden jewel]

i dont even know where to find the thingy i found her on

ive been playing for a couple of days and this is the first time ive seen it

[maiden jewel]

AHHH IM SO EXCITED! 6TH ANNI!!!

when leveling up skills are there ones that take priority over others?

[sinful escarp]

depends, but imma say this now, dont level portland's red skill
its not worth it to use indianapolis with her

[dawn crater]

I just got an extra new jersey even though mine is already max break, if I put the extra on a side fleet does that mean I get two additional off fleet barrages🧐

[inner delta]

it won't be worth

also it's not 2 additional, it just fleet barrage on 1st fleet and 2nd fleet

1 each

[dawn crater]

In Opsi i mean, not the usual maps

[inner delta]

you can't use 2 of the same ship in opsi

[atomic abyss]

You can't use dupes in opsi

[dawn crater]

Oh fck

Welp retirement it is

[atomic abyss]

The general rule is offensive skills first
Especially those that have proc rates that increase with skill levels (like barrages)

(Portland needs no skill investment)

[plain saffron]

It's only ever 1 minigame with friends ranking right?

[full leaf]

is there an ideal way to make a levelling fleet? like a way to make sure a ship gets mvp, etc,etc

[finite crag]

dont bother with who gets mvp

[plain saffron]

There's a way but far from ideal

Just not worth it

[full leaf]

so do i just slap on what ever i wanna level into a fleet and send em out farming

[plain saffron]

Yes

Ideally high enough lvl that they don't die and 12-1 above

[copper pine]

nakhimov loadout is standard flapjack, helldiver and ryuusei?

mine is SBC3 but i forgot the full name (gold one not the purple helldiver)

[shell willow]

depends on stuff you are fighting

[cobalt rapids]

use what u use on implac

[copper pine]

whats used on implac again

i forgor

[cobalt rapids]

[hollow gust]

It changes depending on content

CV gear always change depending on where you are using them

[mortal roost]

guys how strong is the ju-87 D-4

[hollow gust]

It's very good

[mortal roost]

like it's the top

[copper pine]

i guess the standard, use bf109 for light/meds, flapjack for (idk tbh), then tigercat vs fighters, then ryuusei for converging vs heavy armors... and parallel for wyverns etc?

i really forgot the basics for CV loadouts

[hollow gust]

It's timing based , not top gear

the conversing torps or bomb fighters are close enough where timing matters more then max damage

[copper pine]

i guess since reload tech is so important for CV.. but for most CV their reload stat and timing is almost identical depending for DR30 or not (if we are talking about the best of the best) unless the difference of reload is shockingly huge right?

[hollow gust]

Havrs Bf109 La-9 FW /Tenrai Skyraider/Ryuusei Ju Saiun Wyvern spearfish

[copper pine]

i remember the huge offset of hakuryuu not 30 vs 30 is night and day because at max, you finally get the tech bonus.. and also full power compared to missing final star

[cobalt rapids]

[hollow gust]

Huh? Even if CVs like haku and nano share same rld and plane slots , they still have very noticeable loading differences

[cobalt rapids]

ofc adding 40 rld will make a huge difference but thats every cv

[copper pine]

but at 30, like... in same loadouts, isn't best of the best CV have.. at the very least not that huge of a gap that you have to offset with 1 beacon right?

[mortal roost]

is te time fuzed gear worth crafting

[copper pine]

or am i completely misguided by that?

[cobalt rapids]

this nahki and implac and the sole difference is 2 rld between them and u can see they are alr offset
now add ontop different slots weightings like grey said and ull have even more disparity

[hollow gust]

No? Even junkers and Ryuusei with minor differences have impactful effects on syncing

You don't expect to give CVs one set of gear and expect it to work with any CV you pair up

[copper pine]

i guess in like 4 wave fight its like extra 0.5 seconds diff i guess?

[hollow gust]

Syncing stuff is case by case basic

.5 seconds is a shit ton for CV

[copper pine]

damn i guess i am really slacking on the loadout knowledge of AL huh...

[cobalt rapids]

over 0.24 means alr desynced

[hollow gust]

Equipping shinano and haku with the same stuff breaks syncing

[copper pine]

what is the max RLD tech for CV now?

[sinful elk]

Chat does Sara worth to lvl 125?

[hollow gust]

40

[copper pine]

damn... i miss 16 reload....

[sinful elk]

[urban spruce]

Are the tier three red fleets more likely to drop elite ships/better loot or are they just good for more experience pts?

[hollow hollow]

Any of these relevant/priority for skilling up

[cobalt rapids]

drop rates are unknown but they give better xp yes

[hollow gust]

Skill the ships you want to use, none of them are meta meta

[urban spruce]

Kay, thanku!

[grave hawk]

Is there an actual method to getting gem commissions to spawn or is it pure RNG

[copper pine]

RNG

[atomic abyss]

Complete RNG

[tame jungle]

don't go fishing for gem comms lmfao

[copper pine]

its like once in a while depending if you are lucky or not

[tropic tusk]

If this is my sub is the order correct?

[grave hawk]

I was just wondering lol

[hollow gust]

Also grab that cube , it's going soon

[copper pine]

even if you get the commission you could get no gems at all

[grave hawk]

Yeah I know, I was just wondering what caused them to appear in the first place

[hollow gust]

Chance of cube > 250-500 oil

[hollow hollow]

a man of culture and taste

[hollow gust]

Urgent missions appear when fighting stages

[hollow hollow]

do support ships get their skills in W15

[tropic tusk]

I assume U mean the skin

[hollow hollow]

like, I know I'm going to want 3 max carriers with a bunch of planes but do their skills matter

[copper pine]

yes

[atomic abyss]

Just the fighters alone

No skills

[hollow hollow]

what are the best 3 support carriers? i thought centaur was one of them

[hollow gust]

Fighters , Avi, Lvl

[atomic abyss]

Implacable, Illustrious and her variants, Indomitable, Langley Kai

[copper pine]

isn't that permanent spot for.... illustrious for support ship

[hollow hollow]

implac needs to hurry her ass up and get a re-run damn it

[copper pine]

can you use another implac on the main fleet

[hollow gust]

, just use a lusty variant

[copper pine]

is this the first case where a dupe is actually useful?

[atomic abyss]

You can, but it is extremely unlikely anyone will even have 2 implacables MLBed

[hollow hollow]

I had 6 zweis

[atomic abyss]

[copper pine]

i have 3 implac but the standard of just MLB makes it stupid to keep it ender

[hollow gust]

Implacable isn't that great for campaigning , no point

[tropic tusk]

Is the order correct

[hollow gust]

I moved on from ironblood subs , 0 clue

[atomic abyss]

It's fine

[copper pine]

37,47,96? not 81?

[atomic abyss]

At this point the order barely matters

You will need to shift the fleet around if you're actually using them to hit things anyways

[tropic tusk]

When does it matter?

[tropic tusk]

It's 3u but any of the 4 is fine

[atomic abyss]

It doesn't
You're literally going to need to shift their map placement regardless

Unless they have specific skills that want them to be in flag or off flag

[hollow gust]

This should be the best ironblood comp

[hollow hollow]

Illustrious, Illustrious µ, Indomitable viable for W15 support?

[tropic tusk]

Oh wht are their difference then

[tropic tusk]

Been trying to get 81 still no hope yet

[atomic abyss]

The range is just a different shape

[tropic tusk]

Oh ok thx

[atomic abyss]

I don't recall 96 or 37 having flag/off-flag skills at least

[hollow gust]

Shifting sub is also considering barrage patterns

[hollow hollow]

i think 101 also can work in the team just because she buffs cl/dd damage for the squad

[slow fox]

They're going to have a stronger opinion on subs when the UR sub is released in December.

[copper pine]

the one i remember is 37,81,96 not 47

[hollow hollow]

47 is meant to be a solo sub but she doesn't do enough on her own

[tropic tusk]

Meta 556 rerun when

[atomic abyss]

What on earth are you smoking megpt

[copper pine]

to be fair, subs doesn't do too much until you are going for later worlds or in arbiter