gameplay-help

[soft raft]

Sam's guides may require alot of reading, but they're alot more up to date than most guides

[whole crypt]

jimmy is good for some info, I don't recommend following his stuff until you know the details better

[eternal moth]

At least he didn't recommend Kimo

[plain saffron]

tldr all guide bad, enjoy game

[hollow gust]

Trolling yes, idiot not really , but he still provides good information if you know what you are doing n

[eternal basalt]

GuardianE never turns me wrong

[opaque gate]

which youtuber is the most reliable in AL?

[south sequoia]

none

[viscid swift]

none of them are "reliable"

[plain saffron]

only wiki is right, everything else is wrong. no bias

[viscid swift]

one of the pretty big downsides of AL is legitimately the lack of good CCs

[turbid dawn]

Might be a bit of a strange question, but why does the lower stages of this event cost so much more even with clearing mode? Has this always been a thing and I've just never realised?

[whole crypt]

wiki only has facts until the wiki people get the facts wrong

[eternal moth]

If you have questions it's better just to ask here.

[eternal basalt]

Like with the aug just 1 hour ago

[soft raft]

only D maps have oil cap

[whole crypt]

because C maps have no cap

[plain saffron]

not helping when whenever someone mention youtube everyone start to shit on them

[atomic abyss]

because of the oil cap function thats only on D maps

/oilcap

[odd root]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/901103255935942706/969285900607553606/unknown.png

[viscid swift]

uhh I'm gonna need more details

[hollow gust]

I trust Jimmy more then ALO

[soft raft]

I think he's doing a non-D stage and expecting them to have oil cap

[velvet slate]

yeh absolutely not, based on the advice i saw here i didnt even bother trying chapter 15 cuz people were capping how u need 10+ flapjacks and shouldnt even bother without having a whole bunch of units. So while some advice that is given here is good advice (cleo for example gives good advice), there's people who give absolutely horrible advice

[viscid swift]

that's what I figured

[whole crypt]

he specifically said lower stages so it's a very good chance of C without cap compared to D with cap

[viscid swift]

you don't need +10 Flapjacks specifically for W15 but chances are if you're lacking on Flpajacks the rest of your account is also gonna be lacking so you're gonna be unable to compensate for the lack of them

[plain saffron]

what if they just never crafted them

[eternal moth]

He said 10+ flapjacks, as in 10 or more

[plain saffron]

are my account lacking

[whole crypt]

not sure who was telling you that you need 10+ flapjacks, you definitely don't

[blissful hamlet]

is there recap for the next collab? I mean real recap not just picture like who's who and what hull and what rarity

[eternal basalt]

You get 6 support planes?

[viscid swift]

I would ask why at that point given how good they are but that's really the exception not the norm

[whole crypt]

but some ships are definitely extremely favourable for ch15

[velvet slate]

yeh i know its not needed. I beat chapter 15 and 3 starred it with no flapjacks at all.

[atomic abyss]

Check #tlr-collab-livestream-discussion pins

[hollow gust]

The most optimal support fleet isn't even full flapjack

[eternal moth]

What is it then?

[atomic abyss]

No one has made full summary

[viscid swift]

oh not this again

[blissful hamlet]

I mean not pictures, I need names, hull type, and rarity

[hollow gust]

You are mixing in fws

[eternal moth]

Why?

[whole crypt]

the optimal support fleet is the one you can make with the least investment and not fail the stage

[fluid umbra]

But the pictures have those

[viscid swift]

SSR Lala: CA
SSR Nana DD
SSR Momo CL
SSR Yami BB
SR Sairenji Haruna BC
SR Kotegawa Yui CV

[atomic abyss]

Lala: SR CA
Momo: SR CL
Nana: SR DD
Yami: SR BB
Haruna: E BC
Yui: E CV

[blissful hamlet]

I can't read japanese

[whole crypt]

best time to learn moonrunes

[eternal moth]

Only if you speak Japanese

[soft raft]

the pictures at least have the rarity in english

[blissful hamlet]

thank you cheeky and ender very helpful

[viscid swift]

just use an image translator btw
https://translate.yandex.com/en/ocr

[hollow gust]

Something something balance between alpha , dps , flight time . Ricest can explain it much better then I can

[viscid swift]

I mean I get the theory, just not sure how it's proovable/if

[blissful hamlet]

aw man no gold CV

[hollow gust]

Honestly you can just use it as excuse to not spend on that many flapjacks

[atomic abyss]

At that point people would then ask why not 6 FWs?

[eternal moth]

Yeah, it seems like every event has a new battleship, and they hardly ever do CVs

[whole crypt]

but JP rarity naming is whack compared to EN

[viscid swift]

I mean I would recc it over flapjacks just for the cost return alone

[atomic abyss]

I've heard contradictory responses on the whole mixing thing

[viscid swift]

just that proving it's actually better I have not seen any conclusive and through testing in it

[cinder hornet]

is this the right picture to look for secondary guns? cos the ones that in the DD section are only selectable as main gun when I try to equip them

[atomic abyss]

Some say it's better to mix
Some say it's worse to mix

[whole crypt]

the best support fleet is just simply the one that costs you the least without failing the stage

[hollow gust]

Worse to mix is

[viscid swift]

yes, all those DD guns can be equiped by BBs as aux guns, just scroll down

[eternal moth]

That's for secondary guns on battleships

[atomic abyss]

Yes this is the for BB secondaries
Some BBs can't use CL secondaries (US BBs)

[shell willow]

some BBs can equip CL guns as secondary, some can equip DD guns

[hollow gust]

FW and Flapjack each have advantages and disadvantages

[cinder hornet]

so DD guns can be equipped as secondary on BB? ok, then where should I check what to equip as seconday on DD?

[soft raft]

(More like some BBs can equip both CL and DD, but some can only equip DD)

[atomic abyss]

DDs... Don't have secondaries

[eternal moth]

DDs don't get secondary guns AFAIK, it's all torps

[atomic abyss]

DDs have torps

Some CLs and CAs have secondaries

[soft raft]

secondary guns dont exist for DDs
only some CAs and CBs have secondary gun mounts, whether by default or as a option later

[whole crypt]

I made 6 focke-wulfs for ch15 back then, then repurposed 2 of them to gold which I now regret

[cinder hornet]

oh, torpedos are not seconday weapons, gotcha

[viscid swift]

no

secondaries are all guns
torps are their own thing

[opaque gate]

js there a reason to reply on the texts in AL?

[eternal moth]

Torpedoes are not guns, that's correct

[soft raft]

for fun
that's it, really

[whole crypt]

you mean the chat thing? it's mostly flavour and waifuing

confers 0 gameplay bonuses

[opaque gate]

ow.. useless then, ty

[fluid umbra]

But waifu

[atomic abyss]

I'm asking cos apparently some people say it fucks with the timing as opposed to help

[fluid umbra]

How big is the difference between my main tank being 120 vs 125 when fighting level 126?

[atomic abyss]

So I genuinely do not know who to believe

[whole crypt]

improves your gameplay efficiency because player morale but balances out by spending time that's not used on stages

[atomic abyss]

You take 10% more damage

[eternal moth]

You also deal 10% less damage

[opaque gate]

is helena the only reason timing matters for battleships?

[viscid swift]

no

[eternal basalt]

+stats for 5 levels

[atomic abyss]

No, there may be certain boss gimmicks

Such as 20s shield spawns

[whole crypt]

clevebro also 20s

[atomic abyss]

Or you have bosses like renown? meta which require you to break her skill bar in certain windows if not she hits really hard

[opaque gate]

thanks

[atomic abyss]

Was it renown or repulse, I can't remember

[whole crypt]

they both have whacky gimmicks which make you use weird timings

[atomic abyss]

There's ALSO Rodney meta
Who becomes outright immune to damage if you spam backline attacks too quickly in succession

[whole crypt]

Rodney ultimate desync check

[atomic abyss]

Sometimes it's anti-sync as opposed to sync

[storm peak]

Its Renown

[velvet slate]

every level difference between you and the opponent is 2% extra damage taken and extra damage dealt. so you'd be suffering a pretty decent penalty albeit not impossible to overcome

[novel solstice]

Dealing 10% more damage and taking 10% less damage is like the difference between a good ship and a mediocre ship.
This is why literally any ship is usable in the early game -- the worst ships in the game can just grind out a few more levels until the level difference makes up for their badness.

[whole crypt]

it's a bit more than just that but yeh

[cinder hornet]

ok so for CL's (Helena), as seconday gun what's best is raw DMG and range right? what stats should I look in a piece of gear for that, only DMG? or is there anything else involved in the calc?

[eternal moth]

You typically want as much FP as you can get on the secondary, since it's going to be doing a lot less than the main gun

[atomic abyss]

Not all gold DD guns have high FP

So it's important to check

[whole crypt]

for vangaurd secondary guns that use DD gun you just pick from the damage gun slots, preferably something with good FP but the options are limited

[atomic abyss]

Purple Twin 120 is the best poverty option for a reason

It has higher base FP than the gold twin 127 and the gold twin 100

[whole crypt]

it also actually does okay damage

[atomic abyss]

Yep

[cinder hornet]

(I have shitty gear so don't focus on that too much, I'm just trying to understand how it works) so I guess I should keep on Helena what she has? cos the other options have less FP?

[plain saffron]

for vg guns depends on pattern and dmg

[viscid swift]

is you want to try and understand what makes a gun good and what doesn't don't right now

[plain saffron]

from reading last few mins i think yes

[viscid swift]

it's a lot of information you have to consider a newb like you won't even close to understanding

[soft raft]

You're not exactly in a position to be particuarlly picky with your gear for optimization just yet

[atomic abyss]

The current single 127 is fine for now

[viscid swift]

just consult sam's gear guide and if it's not on there at all it's shit

[plain saffron]

ngl sounds like elitism

[whole crypt]

do you have any more boxes to open, if you don't have guns on the gear guide then it's not really going to matter very much which you slap on

[atomic abyss]

[eternal moth]

I'd also recommend turning all your boxes to purple before opening them

[cinder hornet]

even if it's there it's not like I can just equip it and that's it, right?

[viscid swift]

what

[cinder hornet]

yeah I'm already doing that

[cinder hornet]

like there is not just a best in slot, there are other things to consider to decide what to equip

[whole crypt]

don't really understand the question, if you do have the recommended guns then it's fine to just put them on

[viscid swift]

best in slot will depend on the situation yes but you're not in a position to worry about that right now

[whole crypt]

much later you might want to consider some BIS depending on your options and what you're fighting, but it's nothing you have to or can worry about now

[soft raft]

"Best in slot" varies alot depending on the content
but for a newer player like you, like I said before, you're not in a position to worry about that right now

[atomic abyss]

The current thing to do, is to at least use something that "isn't bad"

Rather than jump to bis

[whole crypt]

you literally may want to swap between 3-4 guns depending on what you're fighting or whether another ship can use that "better" gun better as well

but that's very far off and likely not guns you have access to yet

[cinder hornet]

btw, totally unrelated question, is it worth/needed to 3 start the C stages of the event? cos I will most likely need a second fleet for that

[sharp socket]

if you have not 3* A and B yes

if you have then no need

[whole crypt]

there are 3star rewards but you can come back to it later
rewards are also shared between norm and hard

[soft raft]

there's neat rewards for 3*'ing event stages
Also I think you're better off sticking to A/B since C/D is the hard mode version

[cinder hornet]

yeah I have 3* on A and B, but C is too hard for me

[soft raft]

then you already got those missions done
And stick with B

[whole crypt]

if you've already done 3 star on A and B then you can skip it on CD

[viscid swift]

you already 3 starred a and b stages so there is no point to 3 starring C or D stages

[soft raft]

dont force yourself to do C if your fleet is in no condition to clear it

[whole crypt]

ngl in more recent events I gave up on 3-starring CD in favour of lowcosting on AB

[leaden garden]

im currently using Prototype BF-109G for Yorktown II but i have other options such as
F6F Hellcat
F4U (VF-17 "Pirate" Squad)
Sea Hornet
Type 0 Fighter Model 52
Messerschmitt Me-155A

[soft raft]

definetly not Messershit

[viscid swift]

only better in campaign, only better in campaign, only better in campaign and against heavy armor, shit, shit

[leaden garden]

oh

[whole crypt]

the fighter you want to use depends on where you're using the ship

[leaden garden]

Alright Thanks

[whole crypt]

but basically never Me-155A and Zero

[leaden garden]

Okay

[sharp socket]

are the A and B daily event pts increase good to get with low cost fleet

[viscid swift]

yes

[sharp socket]

i dont have the low cost fleet so indep + dd?

[whole crypt]

depends on which carrier and which DD

if you don't have any lower rarity ships I guess

[viscid swift]

that might be pushing it a bit but Unicorn and a DD might still just come out net positive

[soft raft]

UniKai + DDG

[whole crypt]

should still be better eff than no-bonus-D3

[bold stream]

Hello all. I just got to lvl 60 and unlocked gear lab. Due to my severe lack of cariers and having musashi + hutten, I am thinking of focusing on BB guns. Which BB guns should I take note off? Is the UR BB gun on the event good?

[viscid swift]

the event gun is niche but still worth getting for just in case situations

[whole crypt]

you won't need to bother with the lab for quite a while if you just unlocked, you'll want to focus on clearing up OS first

[sharp socket]

i personally find 0lb commons to be very sus to run so i dont know if it actually works despite people saying it does

[viscid swift]

they do

[soft raft]

1. Really at most Twin 410 Kai for Musashi, Triple 406 Mk6 works fine for most BBs and you can get a Triple 410 for Musashi from protocore shop, not worth teh cost
2. Niche af due to taking half a min to reload by default, but could see use on UvH if she's off flag

[viscid swift]

though admittedly I always run a full cross fleet fleet

[whole crypt]

B1 is probably fine without full cross fleet, but B2 and 3 can get hairy

[sharp socket]

all the cheeky propaganda about 0lb ships being trash really stuck with me

[whole crypt]

they are indeed, trash

[soft raft]

that's still true in regards to pushing content
We're talking about optimising oil efficency for low cost event grind

[bold stream]

Okay thank you.

[sharp socket]

guess ill raise a ranger

[whole crypt]

and honestly low cost B1 isn't your everyday strat, it is significantly more time consuming than D3 grind

you also need to spend additional time to spend the saved oil for returns

it's why we still by default recommend D3

if you want to go for it you're basically signing yourself on for extra tryhard not covered by normal reccs

also you don't have to raise a ranger for it, a lv70 Mahan can carry a fresh ranger through A anyway

[sharp socket]

im not doing it for low cost B1

im doing it to get extra points in B maps for the 5x pts

[whole crypt]

if you can't stack cross fleet then I gues a lv70 ranger could be nice

[sharp socket]

i can stack crossfleet somewhat

[whole crypt]

you can still do your daily A and B 5x up to B1 without using a leveled ranger

[cinder hornet]

ok, I progressed less than I think I would (stuck on C3), what would be the best way for me to farm the event, just repeat the last normal stage I can safely beat?

[sharp socket]

i guess it does work, 12 oil cost

[whole crypt]

if you're concerned about saving 1 oil

[soft raft]

yes just stuck with B
and like I said earlier, dont force yourself to do C

[whole crypt]

literally any MLB DD can handle B1-3

[eternal basalt]

0xp

[sharp socket]

i dont have a common DD at 120

[cinder hornet]

I just thought I could do more, but I'm not going to push for it, thanks 🙇‍♂️

[whole crypt]

laffey is fine if you don't have worse I guess

[sharp socket]

or more than 70 actually

[whole crypt]

but you save oil that'll be spent back in 12 anyway

[sharp socket]

i lack bad ships, this is a good problem to have although it is a problem still

[whole crypt]

though usually you would be using an even cheaper fleet for tryharding

[jaunty dawn]

I started playing when the event started and got musashi twice what do I do with the second one

[whole crypt]

use to LB

[cinder hornet]

oh, and what's better to do, manual or clearing mode? like, it's doing manual more oil efficient or anything? I believe only the boss gives the event currency right?

[jaunty dawn]

Ty

[whole crypt]

there's rarely any reason to turn off clearing mode, besides campaign hard mode when you need to fill the mob node counter

[hollow gust]

I will never tryharding regarding low oil for points , should just use your grinding fleet to get points as fast as possible and then gtfo for better stuff

[whole crypt]

there's no bonus to manually picking nodes, though you may want to turn off autosearch with clearing mode on for doing 3stars where relevant

but my grinding fleet is a waste of oil half of it gets no XP, low costing gives me better returns when said oil is spent back on grinding 12

[hollow gust]

Well very few people have all the tech ships completed

[whole crypt]

you're just trading time for it and I have the time to burn

actually even if you haven't finished main fleet tech it should still be more efficient to save oil and spend back on 12, it's just a significantly more no-life grind

keeping in mind event is also worse coins, no chips and aug stones

[tight parcel]

Is the super rainbow gun at the event shop good?

[soft raft]

Niche (Mainly since it's so fucking slow)
but get it anyways

[tight parcel]

Okie thanks

[whole crypt]

it's a niche gun, you won't really use it very much
get it anyway might have uses later, better to have and not need and not need but not have

[reef flume]

Speaking personally: good
Speaking generally: niche

But it is UR so get it

[whole crypt]

nothing to do with UR or not, unique gear is always recommended to be taken just in case

[sharp socket]

how can i make my SP onefleet only, musashi is really hard to kill with my current setup

second team does it easily but at 90 oil

[soft raft]

2:2 that shit

[whole crypt]

1:1 + 1:1

try Unicorn + 1
boss use Soyuz + 1

personally I'm doing Unicorn/Laffey II and Alsace/Kronshtadt

[bitter garnet]

are there any good guides for true beginners of the game? I wanna try it more because of the collab but have always been turned off by the ui/menu navigation…nothing has ever made sense to me

[whole crypt]

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

[sharp socket]

so like this? 220 oil instead of 320 is already a big improvement

[whole crypt]

you can probably cut out Shinano and Helena too

[outer walrus]

Where do I use this currency?

[left cedar]

generally my SP are somethingdumb as
FdG/Agir
GZ/Hindy

[whole crypt]

you don't spend it, when you have enough the event's chat frame is unlocked

this usually means getting all the event ships for a rerun
skipping one ship will mean doing the sortie missions instead
if you're missing more than one ship there's probably not enough points

[bold stream]

Hello all, what should I prioritize from these?

[whole crypt]

eveything in the top row

[velvet slate]

no1, rainbow top secret
than try to get Ap boxes whenever u come across
the other 2 things on first row are very good also for farming more resources

[whole crypt]

R2 coords are actually meh, but they're voucher neutral and you want to clear up the shop anyway

[eternal basalt]

And the bottom row too, to help cycle new stuff, especially near the nd of the month

[whole crypt]

that said you don't have any currency yet anyway, do some grinding up in the next 2 and a half days before the shop cycles

[bold stream]

Okay. thanks guys!

[indigo olive]

Help, what one of these is good? And can any of them retrofit?

[cinder hornet]

do I have anything worth upgrading just to complete that mission?

[viscid swift]

/coredata

[odd root]

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

[viscid swift]

hell diver, Portland's main gun, Mk6, and the toolboxes would be the main ones

[cinder hornet]

toolboxes do you mean repair toolkits?

[viscid swift]

yes

[steep bobcat]

what vanguard would you say is the fastest mobbing clear team for event stages?

Backline would probably be a mix of CVs like unicorn, indep retro and some other reduced reload carrier

I was thinking shimakaze + 2 other DPS like maybe hindenburg + unzen?

[viscid swift]

like D3 or B1? also any reason for speed in particular?

[cobalt rapids]

mby they got all ships lvled

[viscid swift]

maybe but that's a pretty tall hurdle to cross

[steep bobcat]

D3

reason for speed is so i can just do it faster lol

[viscid swift]

that aside in terms of just clear time, I don't think you'll get much faster

[steep bobcat]

pretty much

[stark quiver]

What’s the firing time supposed to be for nagato m to sync with mog

[viscid swift]

I think the stages might be easy enough to where you could stack more preloads but a bit of a coin flip

so like instead of an early load maybe Chise or Aquila, Luna would be a good choice

I would unironically also maybe consider dropping Hindenburg or Shima for someone like Mogador for a bit of a smoother damage curve

[steep bobcat]

unfortunately i dont have mogador since i took a break from the game. Seems like one of the most useful URs i missed lol

[viscid swift]

rip

someone like Tai Yuan retro also works though

[steep bobcat]

ah didnt realise there's another DD retro. I'll look into tai yuan thanks

[opaque gate]

improved snorkel good?

damn bought one for my sub lol

[stark quiver]

?

[atomic abyss]

22.6

[novel solstice]

For most subs, the best aux gear is an improved snorkel and a pressure hull.

[foggy cypress]

I have a question with the musashi re run happening could I still pull let’s say Albion from the special banner in a musashi event banner? Or is she only exclusive to the special banner ? Thank you

[viscid swift]

no because Musashi's event is based on the heavy not special pool

[atomic abyss]

for musashi specifically no, because her banner uses the heavy pool

[foggy cypress]

Ah I see thank you for clearing that up I appreciate it

[atomic abyss]

if it was say, yorktown2's banner, then yes

[foggy cypress]

Ah I understand now thank you

[wanton dawn]

Super bad luck… 189 pulls for my first Soyuz… shld I just use another 22 cubes to get another for free? So I can save a bulin?

[viscid swift]

I wouldn't with such a low cube count

[atomic abyss]

well

[stark quiver]

did we time travel

[wanton dawn]

Yea ok gotta save for Guam 😭

[atomic abyss]

event ends in another 12 days

[wanton dawn]

Tw server

[atomic abyss]

do 1 roll a day and you'll hit pity

[frank pulsar]

tw server is behind by a year

[atomic abyss]

instead of doing 1x light do 1x event everyday

[wanton dawn]

Ah right right gd idea ty

[viscid swift]

it's a bit more complicated than that

their event schedule is all over the place

[wanton dawn]

If u have two URs of the same character, u shld just use it for enhancing rigjt instead of saving it?

[viscid swift]

yes

[atomic abyss]

limit breaking, not enhancing

big difference

[wanton dawn]

Okok ty🙏 right Mbmb😭

[opaque gate]

where to get pressure hull aux

[atomic abyss]

core data shop

[opaque gate]

worth buying for sub?

[atomic abyss]

extremely

[stoic forge]

how to change ship is operation

[atomic abyss]

https://tenor.com/view/azur-lane-gif-25770903

[opaque gate]

nc, so snorkel and pressure hull

[stoic forge]

thanks

[stone sluice]

Shall I farm the golden gun prints from the event or is the Daisen gun enough?

[opaque gate]

i thought torpedo aux was a good one lol,bought 2 before

[atomic abyss]

if you have neither levelled past 10, daisen gun better to +13

[sweet delta]

If you use bidders or g7e like most people then oxytorp is good only on a select few submarines

[opaque gate]

why does community tier say oxy torp should be used for flagshil only

[fluid umbra]

Is there any reason why I would want a second triple 460?

[left cedar]

[fluid umbra]

That gun is like bad, right like very niche, but still bad

[eager mulch]

it’s shiny

[tame jungle]

the gun is not like bad, if it was like bad it would not even be niche

[sweet merlin]

about to get my 3rd usr bulin. should i mlb muashi?

[fluid umbra]

But like, no reason to have more than 1 right

[glacial widget]

did you split bulins between ulrich and shimakaze?

[sweet merlin]

errr

[tame jungle]

musashi good so yea

[sweet merlin]

ok then

[viscid swift]

it's niche but has it's uses and better to have it and not need it rather than the other way around

not like there's much else of value to get with event points anyway

[sweet delta]

Flagship submarine? There is no good reason for that, it's context dependent, with the most important factors being the specific submarine and boss distance/movement, and less importantly flag vs off flag

[fluid umbra]

I'm asking if I should get a second copy of it

10k event coins is a lot to ask in a 7 day rerun event

[viscid swift]

and I'm saying yes and it's really not

from missions, SP, and daily clear bonus and normal and hard nodes you get over 44k event points from that alone

[eager mulch]

why don’t you ask their discord server?

[faint jacinth]

what good standard dd gun?

[atomic abyss]

refer to this

[lunar mason]

I’ve just started playing the game is there any research ships that I should rush to complete?

[fluid umbra]

I missed yesterday's SP run cause I was busy

[atomic abyss]

friederich de grosse and anchorage

[viscid swift]

that's still only -800

you have a lot of wiggle room still

[lunar mason]

How do I get the points to get to researching them

[atomic abyss]

https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/fleet_technology you can refer to this guide for friederich

anchorage, just mlb some US ships

[pliant acorn]

Any tips for world 14?

[viscid swift]

stagger your main fleet, 120 ships and +10 gear at minimum, use the rigth aux guns on your BBs

[pliant acorn]

If i use al my ur ships should it be enough?

[viscid swift]

a good W14 fleet is certainly not all URs

[pliant acorn]

Any particular ships i need here? Lile unicorn for mob and helena for boss?

[viscid swift]

not Helena for boss and depends on what you have

[jaunty glade]

after fdg, what is the highest priority DR ship to get (that can be coined)?

[pliant acorn]

Will this be enough? Or hsould i put more Anti air?

[viscid swift]

AA is much less of a concern compared to W14

[forest palm]

enemy subs, and bbs are the main issue

[viscid swift]

looks servicable though zwei should be flag not Implacable, and I prefer to have UvH and Vanguard replaced with CVs

[pliant acorn]

Drake

[hollow gust]

Azuma is better

[forest palm]

both are the same

[pliant acorn]

Is this enough or should i use DD's with good anti sub?

[viscid swift]

ship wise looks fine, of course that's only half the battle, it'll still fail if it's poorly equipped

[eternal moth]

I'd replace Azuma with a tanky DD like Laffey 2 if possible.

[hollow gust]

Just use like a yatsen

[eternal moth]

I mean, I did the whole thing with Jervis as mob tank, so either should be fine

[pliant acorn]

Last question, is this enough in w 14-2?

[eternal moth]

Should be fine as long as you're equipped correctly. 14-2 doesn't need much, but you'll need quite a bit of ASW starting on 14-3 IIRC

[viscid swift]

Jervis off tank is doing nothing useful, go back to San Diego

[pliant acorn]

Thanks thanks

[viscid swift]

that still stands

[leaden garden]

Should i scrap the Beehive ammo type BB Gun, i used it and it was bad

[spring bolt]

yk2 for heavy armor boss fight is weird but you should be fine anyway, the fleet is overpowered even equipped with half decent gears

[viscid swift]

it's on the safe to scrap list for a reason

[leaden garden]

Alright thanks

[sweet delta]

Are there enemy submarines in these B maps?

[frank pulsar]

how much coin is good to save again before a ur event? 200k?

[sweet delta]

That's subjective

[sweet delta]

Yes

[frank pulsar]

statistically i probably wont need more than a hundred pulls right? ill just aim for 200k

[novel solstice]

Also bear in mind that you'll be getting a lot more coins during the event, from running the event maps, the coins in the event shop if you need them, etc, so you don't necessarily need enough coins sitting in your pocket at the start of the event. And a lot of people have piles of coins in the mail; if you're one of them, you can just pull some of those.

[inland shoal]

Depends on how much you trust your chances. Pity is 300k in the end

[loud cedar]

Between Shinano and Musahi which would be the better one to use my Bulins on?

[eternal moth]

Musashi, since you can get copies of Shinano from perma pulls

[loud cedar]

Ty

[cobalt rapids]

depends on ur other URs

[loud cedar]

I haveAmagi CV(already maxed her though), New Jersey, Shinano and now Musashi

[cobalt rapids]

then musashi is fine yea

[loud cedar]

Ty

[eager mulch]

what is eld kai ehp and what ships are similar in ehp

[eager mulch]

[stark quiver]

What intervals should my ships fire for arizonaM

[sweet delta]

Just do triple IJN cv at any interval with Eldridge

[sterile trout]

Guys, is this item unavailable for purchase after 11/20? I haven't seen this line before

[sweet delta]

IDK why it says expiry

[forest palm]

weird

[stark quiver]

Trying to sync with sashi

[little geyser]

Can this gun be used for other ships than musashi?

[sweet delta]

There's no expiry date on my shop Albion but I already have one

[eternal moth]

Assuming you mean the triple 460, it's not even that good on Musashi

Other ships can make better use of it

[sweet delta]

It is the best by far, sometimes

[sterile trout]

In my Core Ltd. shop all items have this weird expiry date, could be a bug then

[forest palm]

better to just say the Triple 460 is the type of gun that you use if you know what you're doing

[little geyser]

Sry the file wouldn't load for some reason

[eager mulch]

TbtsK or 155 kai for W14

[stark quiver]

Can’t read that but I guess 25s?

[sweet delta]

Alsace and Musashi are the usuAl users in EX.

[inland shoal]

We knew what you were talking about anyway. It's rather niche

[cobalt rapids]

this means it goes in the middle, everything else is movement except first 3s

[sweet delta]

Looks like 22s

[hushed cliff]

Is the rainbow BB gun in the shop even that good? With its 50 year reload time

Maybe UvH can make good use of it at least

[cobalt rapids]

many BB can make use of it when the situation is good but theres not that many situations when its good

either way all limited equipment is worth buying in shops

[soft raft]

It's niche, but always get event gear

Better to have it now and not need it in the future than to not have it and need it later

[keen sable]

Yes and its not 50 years

[forest palm]

r/woosh moment

[barren tapir]

only 49 years

[tame jungle]

41.65 with AFCT

[modern pendant]

Is this a decent team?

[cobalt rapids]

are you new? whee unicorn

[viscid swift]

no

[modern pendant]

Lvl 31 and I have her but not leveled atm

[cobalt rapids]

replace hiryuu with her, she cant lvl if u dont user her

and replace speet with portland

[modern pendant]

Speet?

[noble osprey]

Guys how do you get enough gold for 200 pulls? I have enough cubes but i dont think i can make enough gold for all the pulls untill the event ends at the 20/11

[cobalt rapids]

graf spee

[modern pendant]

Oh

[cobalt rapids]

voro can stay ig coz shes overlvled but hood and enterprise need to be limit broken first

[viscid swift]

2 things mainly, farming W12 and preparing in advance

and for newer players cutting back on unnecessary spending

[eager mulch]

farming W12 in advance

[viscid swift]

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

[barren tapir]

you can also get enough coins (w/ careful spending) thru the event by d3 as well as long as you stocked up oil beforehand

[keen sable]

Play the event d3

[viscid swift]

I wouldn't to be honest

you can get 40k event points between missions, daily first clear and SP alone

[noble osprey]

Whats W12? Im not lvl 80 yet, oh and i definetly didnt prepare in advance 😅 guess ill skip pulling this event

[modern pendant]

dont have her for some reason

[viscid swift]

that should cover the bulk of the important stuff leaving minimal need to do any extensive D3 farming

[barren tapir]

yeah that is true tbh

[viscid swift]

chapter 12 and don't

[cobalt rapids]

can exchange for her in guild shop

[modern pendant]

nvm i do i dumb

[viscid swift]

even if you can't hit pity it's still worth at least trying for her, at least use up your tickets

[barren tapir]

although if they havent reached ch12 i would just farm event

[noble osprey]

I am farming event, whats d3 though?

[viscid swift]

D3 stage of the event

last stage of hard node

[keen sable]

The event map that gives coins

[barren tapir]

and if you arent able to do d maps in event, then uhh ch9 i guess, however far you can go in campaign

[noble osprey]

Oh i hope i can clear it then

[barren tapir]

don't give me that look, my first event it was quite hard to actually just meet the minimum average lvl requirement of d1

[turbid nebula]

Any advice on clearing Extra? I can get 50% with UR BBs and Agir

[barren tapir]

(even tho i could clear it easily)

[viscid swift]

use Eldridge retro and Anchorage

[turbid nebula]

I will try

[full musk]

shinano or ulrich van hutten

[viscid swift]

Shinano

[eternal moth]

Do you have NJ fully MLB?

[full musk]

Not yet unfortunately

[eternal moth]

Then just get a NJ copy

[viscid swift]

how many limit breaks does your NJ have

[full musk]

Just one right now

[viscid swift]

I would cut my losses

[storm heron]

grab the +2 sec gun mount?

[eager mulch]

lb2 NJ so twin 138.6 will actually be good on her

[modern pendant]

whats a good way to level in the lower campaign area's cuz theyre both too low for me to continue

[tame jungle]

There’s an event going on right now so go do that instead

[keen sable]

Xp packs which you didn't waste

[forest palm]

[novel solstice]

Dorm her for a few days so she can survive, then drag her along with your best ships into the highest content you can manage without her dying. Possibly with survivability gear in her aux slots to keep her alive longer.

PvP is also free XP, so stick her in your PvP team for that bit of XP as well. It's not a lot, but she'll get some.

[pliant acorn]

Help, any tips in world 14-3 im having a hard time clearing it

[eternal moth]

Probably need more ASW

What's dying?

[forest palm]

time to see all that you are doing wrong

[pliant acorn]

Here is my sfleet for 14-3

[eternal moth]

What's dying, vanguard or main fleet?

[modern pendant]

What should I prioritize in the event shop?

[pliant acorn]

Mob fleet (fleet 1) the back fleet is always dying

[forest palm]

potentially not killing subs, getting hit by rammers, or BBs are overwhelming

[novel solstice]

So something is getting through. Watch to see what it is. If subs: Do you have hedgehog for anti-sub on someone? Does Unicorn have an ASW plane? If surface ships: is something causing your front line to not do a lot of damage? Are you not focusing on them because you didn't realize how brutal they are if they get through?

[eternal moth]

I started a thread for them

[storm heron]

what is a missile strike charge?

I never realized it at all when playing ddgs

[storm heron]

priority is on the pin

[storm heron]

what about the shipbuilding ticket?

[pliant acorn]

Is she already have mushashi get those

[novel solstice]

In addition to what Rafu marked, the oil is a good one to get early, because you can then spend the oil to get more event tokens. Also the shipbuilding tickets, that will save you some cubes.

[steep bobcat]

is there a setting that vibrates my phone/tablet at the end of an opsi autosearch/triple repeat clear?

[viscid swift]

augment reroll mats are definitely not a priority

[steep bobcat]

I vaguely remember it happened before but i've forgotten if that was something i turned off or a setting on my phone

[viscid swift]

first 3 things to pull from the shop would be the 460, 1 copy of Wakastuki*, and the building tickets

[steep bobcat]

thanks, do u remember the name of that setting?

[modern pendant]

Are Heinrich and wakka any good?

[viscid swift]

they're ok, nothing special

[steep bobcat]

is it "Combat End Notification"? Must be i'll try it. Ty anyways 🙂

[storm heron]

I vaguely remembered when my phone used to vibrate everytime 3 clear is finished, yeah you can try it

[queen jackal]

yes should be, u can also click the settings and itll pop up a little description

[stark quiver]

As it says it’s a missile that u can drop on enemies

[steep bobcat]

oh didnt know a description pops up. Thanks. I always have to wait for the text to roll :L

[storm heron]

what does it do, is it like the w15 missle strike?

[pliant acorn]

@storm heron @viscid swift @eternal moth thanks

[keen mural]

Does D3 keep on playing story and gets stuck on repeat farm only for me or is it a known issue?

[storm heron]

known issue, fixed for the next events, this event still like this

[keen sable]

Hp reduction like sub and cats

[storm heron]

just hold on for about 10 stories

and you're be fine for the next infinity sortie

[keen mural]

Oh after a while it goes back to normal?

[keen sable]

You're already overloaded on sr. Don't compound the issue

[rare wyvern]

Is there a way to know whether it's worth it to privilege AoA/on-firing skills with low reload guns without just, asking ? Like for example Scylla I was advised small gun for AoA and small torps for torp triggered skill, but is there a way to figure it out by myself ? Like a general rule ? Or really trial and error

[keen sable]

Do math

[viscid swift]

Usually said ships have really poor main gun mounts

Hence the likes of Shima

Scylla doesn't have a bad main gun per say its just her barrage are pretty busted

[rare wyvern]

That was usually because the skills says no more than "Level 10 barrage" 🥴

[rare wyvern]

Fair enough, thank

[keen sable]

Wiki has full barrage damage

[eternal moth]

To give you an idea, this is what Shima's efficiencies look like. If a ship has a sub-100 gun efficiency, you probably want a barrage gun

Are you going to explain the emote?

[keen sable]

Very few ships want shitty guns

[eternal moth]

And very few ships have sub-100 efficiencies

[barren tapir]

its a combination of shitty gun efficiency and a very good aoa not just one or the other iirc

[barren tapir]

most ijn trash dds have sub 100 but also terrible/mid aoas lol

[keen sable]

Wrong

[eternal moth]

Yeah, but in most of those cases the gun doesn't even matter lol

[storm heron]

I think the point is the ratio between barrage and main gun damage

[rare wyvern]

Also, I got the UR Mogador DD gun, does it fare good the 2x100% mount of Yuudachi ? I usually would put it on Mogador but I don't really use her for that matter

[barren tapir]

it does by technicallity if you still care about minmaxing them despite them being bad ships so...

the point being, trash damage barrage gun checklist is not just <100% eff, but also a very strong aoa

[eternal moth]

It's one of the best guns in the game. YOu want to keep it on a ship in your boss fleet, if anyone can use it as a primary

[barren tapir]

shima is a perfect example bc she has both

[keen sable]

Ayanami has a pretty shitty barrage comparatively

[barren tapir]

dunno what's recommended for ayaya but she does have a very strong steroid tied to 5% on gun fire buff which would also lean towards barrage gun

[eternal moth]

And most people still give Ayanami a blue gun. What's your point there?

[tame jungle]

You use it for ayanami for the skill proc right

[barren tapir]

so ig i should amend it to include "great aoa and/or great non-maingun steroid triggered based off maingun"

60% trp is no joke

[keen sable]

Barrage isn't everything. The answer goes back to math as always

[barren tapir]

tbh it is probably common sense once u get a better feel for the game

the problem is en dont read

[glass flare]

how does tempestuous blade on Musashi work? as long as she has at least ONE piece of sakura gear equipped? or is it PER item equipped?

[eternal moth]

Usually the main gun will fill the one piece requirement, since she really wants an IJN gun for her first skill

[dawn ledge]

how do you get musashi

[eternal moth]

Roll on the event gacha

[dawn ledge]

with supply?

[steep bobcat]

does the combat end notification not work in opsi?

[eternal moth]

What?

[dawn ledge]

I'm new i dont know anything

[frank quartz]

Is there anything I should change/upgrade for w12? Or is my current team good enough?

[keen sable]

Get and use build tickets first but barring that you will need cubes and coins

[glass flare]

IJN gun?

[sweet delta]

Way too overkill in terms of ships

[eternal moth]

Twin 410/kai/Mod.A or triple 410

[glass flare]

im still equally confused lol ill look at what i have equipped when im done this stage

[eternal moth]

If you're new, use this

[ivory pawn]

IJN = Sakura btw.

[keen sable]

Filter on Sakura. Easy

[glass flare]

well yes i did that lol

[dawn ledge]

here?

[rare wyvern]

How far is Cheshire worth for campaign as main tank ? Does she lose her use after w13 because her advantage to other tanks is her AA ?

[keen sable]

It will work and you don't really have anyone to replace Kasumim with anyway. Maybe build a ddg

[glass flare]

Looks to be the same. My current setup while I grind for the UR from the event supplies

[sweet delta]

She loses her use as main tank because she's not tanky enough to be main tank in late game content

[rare wyvern]

Fair

[sweet delta]

Good for tanking 13, not furtter

[stark quiver]

Kinda

[frank quartz]

Any help?

[still nest]

Anyone worth swapping?

I recently acquired Amagi CV MLB, Fs4 Hakuryuu, Fs1 Fdg

[foggy cypress]

For w10 and on what should my recommend levels be? I assume around 100 and the levels for their gear? Any advice is appreciated

[paper mural]

Does Maryland's retrofit change her build in any way?

[tropic tusk]

is this gun good for mushi?

[forest palm]

can be, but she doesn't strictly use it

[keen sable]

+10 for as long as it lasts is good as a general rule

[tropic tusk]

which one should i use on her?

[reef flume]

Personally: yes
Objectively: niche

[still nest]

4th row 1st item iirc

[storm heron]

[tropic tusk]

this?

ur not shitting me right?

[still nest]

Yeah if you can't craft kai

[tame jungle]

musashi ijn gun skill

[tropic tusk]

like this ok?

[keen sable]

105 ships don't work too well in ops

What's with that secondary

[tropic tusk]

which one better

[foggy cypress]

I see thank you I appreciate it

[still nest]

I'm still farming coins

[tropic tusk]

feel like non of my secondary gun is good

if i go craft which one good for mushi

[viscid swift]

Just use a triple 155

[tropic tusk]

this one right?

3q

how about aa that one ok?

[rare wyvern]

You want a hazemayer or a staag for your BB I think

[forest palm]

Quad Bofors is fine if you've nothing else better

[tame jungle]

good enough until you get staag

[keen sable]

R3c4, r3c5

[forest palm]

nonsense

[tropic tusk]

nice 3q

[forest palm]

[dense cairn]

Is there a priority purchase list for the event shop?

[forest palm]

check the pins

[dreamy blade]

is the sakura boundary permit aux just bad

[cobalt rapids]

yea

[dreamy blade]

I guess it's a better purple oxytorp

[cobalt rapids]

i guess

[dreamy blade]

actually idk if that's even true since oxytorp has rld stat

[cobalt rapids]

both are statsticks for trp requirements

u wouldnt use a purple oxytorp otherwise

[rare wyvern]

I heard of the HVAR F6F farming recently and like, am I very blind or the event is not in the war archives ?

[eager mulch]

it’s not there, hasn’t even rerun yet

[viscid swift]

yes it's from an event that's not permanent, Parrallel Superimposition

[rare wyvern]

Yeah, I thought I heard of people actively farming it

[viscid swift]

it's been a topic of discussion because the event is due to rerun sooner rather than later

[rare wyvern]

I wouldn't mind Yorktown 2 really

[clever marlin]

hii, very new player (level 65) - i have retrofit Portland and i just got Tallinn. which one is better? they seem to both be "tanky" heavy cruiser ships

[viscid swift]

it would not be worth leveling Tallinn to replace Portland at this stage

[stiff isle]

Where do I acquire "Miyuki" for the Event Mission?

[viscid swift]

event milestone rewards

[stiff isle]

Oh ok. Thanks. I shoulda figured

[haughty dust]

how is her retrofit version?

I retrofitted her recently, but I was just curious how she is.

[soft raft]

barely relevant
not terrible but she's no standout

[viscid swift]

she's CL hit tech

[haughty dust]

What are you both mean exactly?

[viscid swift]

blaster's is pretty self explanatory

what I mean she gives +1 hit stat to CLs when she reaches level 120

[haughty dust]

hmm

OK, well she’s only level 111

[soft raft]

IE she's basically tech fodder for all intents and purposes

[haughty dust]

ok well I’m mainly using her right now to grind XP for a PR 7 ship

[eager mulch]

ok

[rare wyvern]

Seattle be good generally speaking ? Feels that double main gun is the way, but what is her role ? AA support ?

[sweet delta]

Generic ship

Decently tanky (but must be put in the back), decent damage, decent AA, decent everything

[soft raft]

quite outdated DPS CL
and you put another CL gun on her flexible slot yes

[rare wyvern]

Yeah, losing a 65% efficiency CL gun definitely not worth 15% eff on her first slot

Also, I was really just checking my ships, Avrora's sole "+35% vanguard damage" skill is not really worth not having a solid DPS ship instead is it ?

[viscid swift]

The issue with Avrora is you need to have some really good vanguards to utilize it fully and even then your wouldn't often run her because she's fragile ship with nothing else to really offer

which pretty much makes her useless in later campaign stages and a niche buffer for certain set ups in OpSi and meta showdowns

[stone sluice]

555k coins

[rain bobcat]

pretty common for those who farm to 600k then use up coins on cats

[forest palm]

ya...when you start to have less things to spend on it just piles

[rare wyvern]

Is there a guide to build Meowficcers correctly ? Maybe the difference is not as tiny as I think it is

[sharp socket]

does secondary IJN gun on musashi not count for her skill

[viscid swift]

it does for this Increases this ship's FP by 10% (20%) and ACC by 1% (5%). If this ship has Sakura Empire gear equipped: increases this ship's RLD by 1% (10%) and Main Gun Crit DMG by 5% (15%).

but not this When this ship fires her Main Guns: 50% (100%) chance to fire a Lv.1 (Lv.10) special barrage (DMG is based on the skill's level); if this ship has a Sakura Empire Main Gun equipped, this barrage is improved.

[rare wyvern]

Only the second

[sharp socket]

but main gun IJN will proc both?

ty

[rare wyvern]

To be fair I think the IJN secondary is pretty good either way

[sharp socket]

cause i read 137mm is new 2nd best for secondary gun

[forest palm]

well that's if the BB can only equip a DD gun in the Secondary Gun slot

[rare wyvern]

NJ moment

[sharp socket]

so its not better than tri155?

[ivory pawn]

/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.

[forest palm]

I haven't heard such a thing, sounds like some weird logic, if there's something, or someone that has said it

[sharp socket]

cause on suchi’s page it looked like it was better

[rare wyvern]

Incredible, thank

[forest palm]

then maybe Suchi's provided something that's more so min/max, but without clarification I'd say 155 > 137

[sharp socket]

from his w15 guide

[fallow sedge]

Is musashi 515

[sweet delta]

Depends on where you're using musashi

[forest palm]

build timer?

5:15 is correct

pretty sure there's like 3 ships that share that timer in the pool

nope just Mu and VV

[eager mulch]

I forget what’s amagi-chan’s build timer

[forest palm]

4:25

[eager mulch]

ok

[opaque gate]

what is the best azuma gun for sim5?

[cobalt rapids]

guam gun for heavy and med, her own gun for light

[hollow ridge]

is the event rainbow type weapon good for musashi UR? i heard cheese YT saying that weapon is good in general

[eager mulch]

no

and kimocheese is an idiot

[hollow ridge]

oh, any reliable Ytbers for azur lane guides and stuffs like events/upcoming news?

[eager mulch]

no

[sharp socket]

just read patch notes and datamine inside here

[hollow ridge]

ok

[stark quiver]

It’s niche, only for some situations,
Kimocheese says whatever gets him views and has shit opinions

[sonic steeple]

what apps do yall use to play on PC?

[forest palm]

AL simul-releases across JP, CN, and EN

[stark quiver]

Ldplayer, bluestacks etc

[eager mulch]

[sonic steeple]

what email address should i email regarding changes on skins?
I found this but idk if its correct:
[e-mail]

[heady remnant]

Stupid question: what kind of back line ships work well with York 2 for operation siren? Thinking enterprise and was considering Essex, but the suicide boats and other things make me think I should try a bb in the center

[forest palm]

Enterprise, and Kearsarge

[viscid swift]

there are minimal amounts of suicide boats in Operation siren

[atomic abyss]

what do you mean by "changes on skins?"

[heady remnant]

Tysm

[sonic steeple]

wanted to potentially ask about the slight eye color inconsistency on the upcoming momo skin vs base.

[atomic abyss]

definitely the wrong place

that is a customer support email

not for things like that

if anything, #game-feedback

[sonic steeple]

ah ok thanks!

[ornate narwhal]

Should I use a UR eventhough I don’t have UR bullin to limit break?

[atomic abyss]

no because of this

[rapid grail]

does blue towel and boundary crossing permit block a single torp's damage, or it absorbs part of the torp's damage?

[languid reef]

are the 5x clears relevant enough to do over d3 spam?

[cobalt rapids]

the latter

[cobalt rapids]

very efficient with low oil

[rapid grail]

nah just do the 5x clear once for the mission if you didn't yet
then do d3 spam because all the rest have shit gear and you're better off farming event points for the good stuff

[rain bobcat]

with very low oil use

[languid reef]

k

[rain bobcat]

d3 only has izumo gun

not that good either lol.

[rapid grail]

not that good by today's standards

[rain bobcat]

1 clear a day per B stage is efficient with low oil use and obviously do all 3 d stages atleast once a day

[cobalt rapids]

i would just do daily clears and then dip u should have more than enough points

[rain bobcat]

^^^

[rapid grail]

i presume it does the latter?

[cobalt rapids]

yes thats what i said

[rapid grail]

o i forgot reading the comments afterwards
ty neko

[left nest]

so i'm very close to finishing my second tenrai (48/50), what's the next research focus should I be focusing on next? the samheart guide says PR5 or 7 but idk which one has more importance

[eternal moth]

Do you have Ply at Dev30?

[left nest]

nope

[eternal moth]

Go PR5

[left nest]

oki thx

[eternal moth]

IMO Ply is more impactful than anything in PR7

[fathom sable]

Which aug do Musashi use?

[soft raft]

officer sword like all the other BBs that dont have a unique aug

[opaque gate]

goodnloadout? also, how can i increase reload of shinano so they can sync

[atomic abyss]

Give her a beacon

[soft raft]

Depends on the content
and you adjust timings by changing planes and/or using a beacon

Also wheter you want to sync or not in the first place depends on the content

[atomic abyss]

Or conversely, slow down amagi

Give her the ryuusei and give shinano another saiun

[opaque gate]

oooooh, ok thank you

[humble perch]

Any Sardgena or Parliament vanguard ships with exceptional AA? Trying to EXP farm on 13-4 for that one DR ship

hmmmmmmm 🤔

Voro seems ok?

That might be my only option honestly. Voroshilov

[viscid swift]

nope

[humble perch]

I might go voro, ognevoy, chappy and see if that works. Maybe a ton of fighters will make it work

if anyone is interested I can report back

[hollow gust]

im confused on why u would farm 13-4 tho

[soft raft]

just go farm in W12 to save the trouble

[atomic abyss]

Best of the pastas vg AA wise are the capitani romani class destroyers

And even then it's just 135% eff on sub 200 AA

Giuseppe and Duca are 300+ AA but capped on 110% eff

As for the soviets, pretty sure only Voro
Barely scrapes 400 AA, but also hampered by 110% eff

Yeah it ain't great lmao

[humble perch]

I read capitani as kappa-roni the first time my eyes went over it

Macaroni XD

[humble perch]

https://tenor.com/view/martinlutherking-ihaveadream-gif-4834306

Will report back soon

[viscid swift]

good luck fighting 2 nodes out of ammo

and remember there's a non zero chance both of them are 3 star CV fleets

[sacred skiff]

How will collab augments work? Like let’s say i dont craft la la’s augment during the event will i never be able to craft it again till rerun?

[weary gust]

Most likely the collab augments will be obtained through completing some kind of task, and will not be obtainable once the event ends.

[viscid swift]

you don't craft them

you get them from other means like the shop, milestone rewards, mini game, etc

[stone sluice]

Any advice for violet tempest EX?
I tried Bismarck Zwei, Alsace, Vanguard, Anchorage, Eldridge and Jeanne D'arc and died 10 bars before killing Musashi but it’s an rng thing

[viscid swift]

using ships that are stronger against heavy armor

[stone sluice]

Such as?

[viscid swift]

Like so

[stone sluice]

My Musashi is lvl 108
Can I try Soyuz instead?

[viscid swift]

sure

[eager mulch]

using musashi to kill the musashi

[viscid swift]

though you'll be losing damage on the CVs

[sharp socket]

do converge TBs hit without stopper in EX?

[viscid swift]

not all of them but enough do

[leaden garden]

How do i unlock the other TBs do i reach certain number of stats?

[soft raft]

what

[eager mulch]

wdym “unlock”

[languid reef]

how to unlock quick battle for tactical training lvl 100

[eager mulch]

blaster what do they mean by “unlock”

[viscid swift]

S rank the fight

[languid reef]

dang

[nova halo]

if i scrap an oathed ship, will the game give back my ring?

[eager mulch]

no

[soft raft]

no

[nova halo]

crap

[soft raft]

dont tell me you already did the deed

[nova halo]

almost scrapped my oathed lusty

tks guys

[fiery raptor]

is skc 127 still good for gun CL secondary (fargo) is the NP 130 twin a better choice?

[stark quiver]

Stall comp?

[stone sluice]

It worked!
Thank you

[eager mulch]

kms has 2 127mm and I don’t think either of them are good

[fiery raptor]

the gold ap dd gun

[eager mulch]

you’re off by a mm, it’s 128

[sweet delta]

I used confetti guns for EX

[eager mulch]

happy birthday

[fiery raptor]

on second thought i'm sending fargo to w15. maybe i should just invest in UR 100 twin

[stone sluice]

I had to use Musashi gun on Soyuz to synch with Amagi and shinano airstrikes… it got synched only for the first salvo but it worked

[sacred skiff]

Ahh gotcha

[eternal moth]

Then you might need to adjust your CV RLD in fleet tech

I think it's set to 16 or 17 for syncing

[tame pivot]

For anyone who's bought 3 rerun skins during the black friday event.. does the 300 gem discount coupon works for all skins or just rerunning ones? (Wondering if it'd work for the To Love Ru skins)

[eternal moth]

All

I don't know if it would apply to skins not currently in the shop though

[tame pivot]

Yeahh.. thats what Im curious about.. since I plan on getting this skin for darkness.. and so far I've only bought 1 rerun skin.. have a couple others im considering.. but if I could save 300 off this skin that'd be nice 💛

So far the only one I've bought this event has been the Laffey 2 L2D to use with my normal Laffey. Sadly I started playing at the end of Jan so I just barely missed Laffey 2 and have to wait for her event to rerun

[humble perch]

no way is that actually an AL skin

[ivory pawn]

Not yet, if you really wanted to be technical.

[leaden garden]

This. Sorry for the late reply

[eager mulch]

you have to get an ending with each of the personalities

[leaden garden]

Ohh alright thanks!

[stone sluice]

I forgot to mention that I used the admiralty fire control table on Soyuz

[rare wyvern]

Am I having any CL with good DPS aside Ply here ? I'm close to her LB but I wonder which to use for dps on bosses mostly (Scylla feels very mobbing with her aoa)

[viscid swift]

depends on what you classify as good dps

[rare wyvern]

Sandy, Seattle and Shimanto feel more AA focused

[viscid swift]

there's also more than just dps you can use for bosses, for instance Helena

[viscid swift]

Sandy and Shimanto do have notabe if not top tier damage

a ship can excel at more than one thing, especially when one is lacking options

[tame pivot]

Which skin will improve my Anchorages DPS more bois.. debating between the two

[viscid swift]

Mogador would be one if you can max limit break her

[viscid swift]

I like both coin toss

[rare wyvern]

Oh she is mlb, just mildly underleveled for big content

[viscid swift]

then get her leveled

she's your highest damage ship right now

[rare wyvern]

113 maybe ? I have obsessed over getting AA CLs so my DD pool is smol

[tight parcel]

Any replacement for Portland?

[viscid swift]

there's only 3 chapters where AA is relevant enough to even bother optimizing AA

[viscid swift]

since you're so early into the game no

[eager mulch]

hit them with the newbie tips

[viscid swift]

also you'd want to drop that Eugen for Helena

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

[tame pivot]

Yeahh.. the 2nd one has more interraciality.. BUT...

the 1st one has her grind on the floaty

[viscid swift]

like I said it's a coin toss, really just comes down to what you like the most

[rare wyvern]

This what I have for le DDs

[viscid swift]

also don't focus so much on hull type

different ships within the same hull type, especially vanguards have vast varying capabilities

[rare wyvern]

Looking at you Felix Schultz lmao

[eternal moth]

Go ask #al-general

[stone sluice]

Why not both?
I bought them

[tame pivot]

Because you can only have 1 Anchorage

[barren tapir]

that is #al-general skins dont affect gameplay

[opaque gate]

best gun for azuma other than azuma gun?

[viscid swift]

when's FS5 the usual CB guns

[opaque gate]

what's the usual cb guns? mine is sim5

[viscid swift]

best would be Guam's gun followed by Agir's or Kronshtadt's

[viscid swift]

there's an agir gun right there

[opaque gate]

interchangeable with 305 right? depends if AP or HE

or is agir gun better in general

[viscid swift]

Agir gun is better on the whole, worse than Azuma gun against light but not somthing I bother optimizing usually and not something you're in a position to do

[opaque gate]

50% burn damage looks good

ok thank you!

[viscid swift]

it's not something going out of your way to proc

[eager mulch]

what 305, agir gun is 305

[languid reef]

what does the event faq cover? to me it looks a little bit outdated

[eager mulch]

how so?

[soft raft]

it simply just hasnt been updated in a long while
not like there's much to FAQ for this event anyways when you can just look it up on the wiki

[viscid swift]

even FAQ only get's updated for big new events pretty much

[languid reef]

as blaster said it just doesnt look like it has all the events covered but thanks for your concern

[eager mulch]

wdym “doesn’t look like it has all the events covered”

like what is it missing

[viscid swift]

they probably mean the current rerun

it's also missing the last Tempesta event

[eager mulch]

[languid reef]

like the reruns

now that i think about it a simple search couldve solved my question but ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[eager mulch]

I still don’t get what you mean

[languid reef]

like why doesnt the event faq cover that one roma event, tempesta event, and this one

[eager mulch]

are you saying it should be more generalized?

[languid reef]

im not saying it should, im just asking why it isnt more generalized mostly out of curiosity

[eager mulch]

oh you mean the #event-faq channel?

[languid reef]

yeah, like what is the criteria for an event to be posted there

[eager mulch]

my b I though you meant the FAQ in the pins

[rain bobcat]

pon moment

[languid reef]

its all good

[eager mulch]

amagi-chan brainrot + im fishing in WEBFISHING

[rain bobcat]

[storm heron]

daisen-chan brainrot

[vale spindle]

the criteria is mods having spare time to manually type everything xd

[eager mulch]

sounds a lot like ectl

[rare wyvern]

What makes the quintuple mag torps (rainbow gear lab ones) not cool ?

[vale spindle]

in an ideal world its changed to the most recent event

[viscid swift]

they're only a side grade to the gold quad mags from tech boxes

[south sequoia]

yuni*

[vale spindle]

na its ender now since yuni busy

[viscid swift]

they have higher alpha but a longer reload, so they're just a side grade, a very expensive one at that

[storm heron]

same dps, but worse ballistics

[viscid swift]

what?

[eager mulch]

mf said “ballistics” about a goddamn torpedo

[south sequoia]

maybe if ender let me and thorin have a go at it we could help with it too

[forest palm]

[vale spindle]

discuss in the mod channel or smth idk im not paid enough

[eager mulch]

lock ecgc behind a paywall

[vale spindle]

pay $5 a month to get samvaluations 6 hours earlier

[forest palm]

galaxy brain

[rare wyvern]

TRP stat upgrade not even that worth ? DPS seems roughly similar, albeit I know, way less reliable because pattern of 5 is shit and you likely hit as many torps anyway

[south sequoia]

reload longer

[forest palm]

they basically perform the same

[south sequoia]

it's too expensive for minimal upgrade on the downside of higher reload

[viscid swift]

25 trp not game changing in it of itself

and I must reiterate, its sidegrade can be obtained from tech boxes

[storm heron]

5-pattern just eh, longer reload means that there will be more time quad wins than not

[south sequoia]

and it's not that expensive in gear lab as well

[rare wyvern]

If all the torpedoes would hit, now it would be actually quite worth... I'll just cry over the 8 universal UR things I converted to torps now

[south sequoia]

[eager mulch]

25 trp on a double +13 rainbow oxy on a 200 aff 125 shima

[storm heron]

downside is insanely expensive

[viscid swift]

using shima in 2024

[south sequoia]

If only every 5 torpedo hit reliably

[rare wyvern]

IF ONLY, I wish so too

[eager mulch]

upside is it’s shiny and contributes more to fleet power

[eager mulch]

im picking shima for my T10

[rare wyvern]

Also, how are the weird 3+2 torps from the Alsace event ?

[viscid swift]

meh, not a standout for anything

[rare wyvern]

What's their gimmick ? Never tested out

[eager mulch]

they shoot 3 then 2 in a staggered volley

[rare wyvern]

Spread or Parallel ?

[eager mulch]

spread

[astral turret]

Would Indom/Nakhimov/Lusty work as a good support carrier fleet for w15?

[rare wyvern]

Huh, sounds meh indeed

[storm heron]

what's a good nakh loadout for w15? fighter/fighter/tb?

[eager mulch]

prob

[eager mulch]

🐢 not having w15 done already

[twin quail]

been on a hiatus for like 2 years now, finally back any guides I can use to get back in the game?

[storm heron]

nah I'm just curious whether using fighter loadout for AA is better than a tb/db loadout for more surface damage

[eager mulch]

[viscid swift]

Sam's guides would be a good place to start https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/

[fiery raptor]

is the to love ru event immediately after Musashi event? Or do we have the "usual" week intermission?

[viscid swift]

the former

event drops on the 21st

[vale spindle]

immediately after yes

last year, it was
tempesta event -> UR rerun -> 1 week break -> collab

this year its
tempesta -> 1 week break -> UR rerun -> collab

idk why they changed it

[viscid swift]

the devs do like to do some trolling

[vale spindle]

also both the UR reruns were jp anni URs which means we can expect unzen at this time next year

[viscid swift]

might get her earlier to be honest

we're only looking at about Operation Convergence, Yorktown 2, Implacable, Zwei, and Clemenceau between then and now

[soft raft]

Guess Yk2 aint rerunning this year either at this rate

unless they feel fine with jamming yet another UR rerun between collab and Dec UR

But wouldnt be surprised if they do a SR one instead and jam Yk2 rerun basically right after Dec UR

[little tree]

how good is Guam compared to current PR DR ships you can get? same thing with UZEN

[soft raft]

Guam is Cheshire but even more pog, she doesnt really fufill the exact same roles as the research CBs but she's still competent as a main tank

[sonic egret]

Currently struggling with 12-4

[storm heron]

if you mean Unzen she is one of the best dps

[little tree]

I ment tosay both

[storm heron]

guam is a tank with very good AA

[fierce robin]

Uhm I just got musashi but I don’t know to put them into a mob or boss fleet. And I might need to overhaul my mob and boss fleets too but generally speaking which fleet should musashi be in

[sonic egret]

yo guys so i just finished agir
who do i go for next? or should i just go for anyone

[storm heron]

musashi is the best campaign mob

[viscid swift]

she can in either, probably your boss fleet though if you can max limit break her

[viscid swift]

you mean unlocking?

[sonic egret]

yep

[frosty dune]

musashi will save your carriers' lives in chapter 15 mobbing

[storm heron]

just go for anyone that you can farm their combat data collection

[fierce robin]

Though probably kind of irrelevant now due to powercept I assume but I was building a Odin for what reason I forgot

[sonic egret]

so i should just go oonga boonga is what you're saying

[sweet delta]

Musashi powercrept?

[fierce robin]

Nooo I mean Odin

[sweet delta]

Yeah Odin pwercrept like 3 years ago

[fierce robin]

I assume Odin has been powercept

[frosty dune]

by a longshot

[sweet delta]

Just use rainbow BBs who aren't warspite

[languid reef]

is there like a meta to training ships in the dorm or is it just "do wtv you want as long as they're level <125"

[rare wyvern]

A weird question, does the maintenance after Musashi event rerun starts at midnight of the 20th or midnight of the 21st ?

[viscid swift]

Anchorage, AvP

[fierce robin]

Excluding warspite, musashi is my only rainbow ship

[sweet delta]

Dorm is used for morale more. If you have extra slots, then put low level ships who would die while farming chapter 12+

[sweet delta]

Gold BBs released in the past 3 years also are better than Odin. Indiana, nagato meta, hiei meta, constellation, etc. are all much better than Odin

[frosty dune]

you got about 5 days and 3 hours

[languid reef]

i know this is kind of dependent on the ship but
what would be the kind of the general level you should have for chapter 12+?

[fierce robin]

I took a massive break from AL only recently come back so I doubt I have those

[storm heron]

was Odin a better pick for w14 mob or something?

[rare wyvern]

I'm in a weird spot where I'm just dumb and can't figure if the evening of the 20th (GMT+1) the event is up or not

[viscid swift]

I'd want at least level 70 so the ship can be max limit broken

[languid reef]

k thx 👍

[sweet delta]

Yeah budget option if you didn't have fdg 3 years ago

[wind hazel]

the event ends on <t:1732172340:f>

[viscid swift]

Ships usually end up being bit all over the place in terms of levels

[rare wyvern]

Okay, that works

[fierce robin]

I could change my development ship to either Mainz or AvP idk if their any better then Mainz

[rare wyvern]

Thank you yis

[storm heron]

I see, fdg turns out to be just better

[sweet delta]

I also see

[viscid swift]

There are quite a few ships better than mainz but start AvP and then work on unlocking Anchorage

[wind hazel]

i didn't see

[storm heron]

[hollow ridge]

guys it says not attack requirement idk what to do, here it is:

[wind hazel]

fulfil this condition

[viscid swift]

Your torpedo stat is too low

[storm heron]

Replace ships with other options that has more trp

[fiery raptor]

equip better torps if available

[storm heron]

example is switch helena to some dds

[hollow ridge]

ok

i'll try that

[fiery raptor]

double checking, UR quint mag is worthwhile on Unzen? is at least a modest improvement over gold quad?

[viscid swift]

Not really

It's a sidegrade still

Only an improvement week like for this META showdown when you have mogador dragging her in to target the torps

[fiery raptor]

so in that use case, mog has the quint for facetorping?

[sweet delta]

It's an upgrade for showdown without mogador too because of showdown battle length

[storm heron]

Unzen has the quint for facetorping

[viscid swift]

I just run quads on her because I cannot be bothered to +13 another one