gameplay-help

[forest palm]

oh no...

[wind hazel]

it's not much, don't bother. remove her

[forest palm]

tale as old as time

[sharp echo]

oke

[eternal moth]

Yeah, that's one of the classic beginner traps

[left cedar]

its rare times linked skills are worth it
see something like u gona buff someone in 10% but lose about 50% or more to use something worse

[forest palm]

stop investing in Portland's skills

[sharp echo]

fleet 2

[left cedar]

u dosnt seen to be in W9 to start a 2nd fleet rn

[forest palm]

you're just wasting books on Portlands skills which are both useless

[left cedar]

also, LI isnt worth, so its double cost for something that already bad that its only worth it to 120 cuz stat tech

[eternal moth]

Yep. I'd rather see someone raising 2 Ranger than LI. Ranger, at least, has some function in low-cost farming

[sharp echo]

ooh ranger better?

[tame jungle]

Low bar rather

Ideally you’d use an actual good ship

[eternal moth]

Personally I wouldn't invest in either until you can afford to later game

[bold stream]

Using current event ships might be better for you... Like haruna and momo...both are free.

[sharp echo]

i cant finish chapter 4 event yet lol need lvl 65+

dunno if i can finish whole event later

[queen jackal]

i heard something about sandy is bugged?

[bold stream]

You have no more books and oil?

Long Island is bad i think... But she is your. Highest lv main rn...

[unique lantern]

is there any way to guarantee one of these? i only wanted the stars from that box, and i legitimately got everything except the star and one of the ufos
my sandy needs more stars

[left cedar]

too many gold ships for a begginer, aside rookie missions, and if played correctly u can get FdG and others gud ships quite fast, so not need focusing into spending goldbullins and cubes into collab banner with a New UR right on the spot next month ...

its a shoot on ur own foot

[bold stream]

But didnt she with the collab in mind?

[bold stream]

I think your only option is to carry on using your highest lvl ships. Been there before, it might be rough if you do not have enough oil to spam..

[left cedar]

if he get beated into W4, pretty sure its bad gear choice specially with lvl 70 nimi and 60~ uni

[unique lantern]

no i assume then? (except gems i mean, cant get 20 boxes for the mission guarantee with f2p)

[zinc cave]

Completing this mission will give you a Selection box to pick 1, otherwise RNG

[left cedar]

and i'm gona eat my meal and sleep cuz i have to work in few hours, so i cant help rn

[zinc cave]

Why not?

[unique lantern]

you get 10 from shop and nothing else, no?

or can you get 10 somewhere else? the mission drops dont count as boxes

[unique lantern]

ohh

damn it im all out of coins, i even spent my remaining 60k on pulls (i did get all 4 event SRs back to back tho so no regrets there)

[zinc cave]

Might have to go off-event to coin farm then

[whole crypt]

there's still a whole week and the box refreshes every shop refresh so you can get up to 3 a day

[zinc cave]

T5 income is quite low

[unique lantern]

i still need 18k event points to buy the 9 event shop boxes tho 😔 well, we still got like a week i guess

[whole crypt]

the mission doesn't repeat so you only need to buy 5 more and that's it

[zinc cave]

In the mean time you can pray for some

[whole crypt]

I'd just farm the gear skins from stage

[unique lantern]

ive been only farming t5

hence the coin shortage again

[whole crypt]

somethingsomething lowcost T4 if you really want to try

[weary gust]

Gear skins are pretty easy to get during events. The last stage drops them (and other stages probably too), 3 per day from coin shop, 10 from event store, a selector after 20 boxes if you somehow don't have a copy of them all by then, plus usually some from the minigame rewards.

[zinc cave]

They need to update the Prize Corner stock more generously

There are some old gearboxes I want back

[weary gust]

The old gearskins are total garbage imo. Super lame random ugly objects, the plane skins are all manjuus shoehorned onto random objects, almost nothing appealing in any of them except the muse ones which you can farm in war archive.

[whole crypt]

not all events drop gear skins from stage off the top my head, some of those that don't you could be stuck with missing pieces because RNG sucks, a lot

[zinc cave]

Yeah most of them are pretty bad, random objects

The worst offenders are the plane skins which look great at first but have an ugly ordnance skin

[weary gust]

All modern events do I think, except perhaps the raid events (do those even have gear skin boxes?). The older ones yeah, no stage drops.

[whole crypt]

I don't actually really care about how they look for most part, it helps that I barely look at the screen

[weary gust]

Unless some random object just so happens to sort of fit a character (I like the pinwheels for shimakaze, or meat for Yuudachi, or crayons for Anchorage), it just is lame. Like ... a piece of chalk? A protractor? A phone booth? A double decker bus?

[zinc cave]

Pretty sure they only do gear skin stage drops for collab events

Actually I take that back, they did for the recent Tempesta event

[whole crypt]

but it wasn't in ode or steelborne

so I have no idea where do they draw the line for whether gear skins will be in drops

[zinc cave]

Yeah Tempesta seems like an exception for this

We're almost 3 years behind on Skin Boxes in the Prize Shop damn

[full trout]

Is it best to buy the bulin in the specialized shop? Or the retro fit items?

[wind hazel]

depends on what you need

only buy the UR bulin if you can fully MLB a UR ship

only buy the retro item if you don't need to invest into UR bulin

[gilded carbon]

At what Point should Investment into UR-retros start. Like, Sandy. Before the aircraft-world? I mean, it is very expensive

Couldnt afford that currently

[cobalt rapids]

depends on ur goals

[whole crypt]

14-1 Musashi wants 410 right?

[cobalt rapids]

the purple one should be the same as daisen gun

[amber frost]

well just now beat the living daylights out of meta nagato level 90, that level 100+ is still abit too powerful for my butt though.

[keen sable]

I don't think it gets easier to oneshot

[zinc cave]

Technically it does due to the support barrage getting stronger over time

[keen sable]

Do what you need to do. 6 ur bb doesn't help you clear campaign maps.

[bold cove]

Normally how much points do i need for 1 season meta ship?

[keen sable]

25k

[bold cove]

Well, idk about that, 67,5k already

Now i know, save little bit time for next season 😦

[whole crypt]

25k is needed to MLB, you'll want to do more anyway for the other stuff in point ladder

[keen sable]

I think it's bad to lose your rhythm. Humans are creatures of habit and if you start skipping you'll just end up skipping for 2 months and miss everything

Also ship doesn't equal best rewards

[bold cove]

Have to login every 30' to click help request

[keen sable]

Heh

[agile sparrow]

Hey all, I'm just coming back to azur lane it looks like I'm on 14-2 norm and 13-1 hard and I just want to auto steamroll content

[zinc cave]

Make sure you join a guild and have people's urge to help a guildie out obliterate your META opposition

[keen sable]

#bot-spam /w15

[agile sparrow]

This is what I got

[agile sparrow]

What?

[keen sable]

Click #bot-spam and type "/w15"

If you still want direct assistance feel free to post or use a thread

[thin haven]

Is Nelson good in the mob fleet? Since her the only ship that has a higher level than the others

[keen sable]

Maybe you should use her in boss then. Also strange that unicorn isn't highest.

I suppose she doesn't win mvp until rf

[gilded carbon]

And they couldnt. Not owning as many. And Carriers are too cool to pass up upon anyway

[dapper trench]

Does anyone have the picture for event puzzle thing

[gilded carbon]

Wich one

[dapper trench]

Last one

[forest palm]

tap this 5 times

[gilded carbon]

Was ist this one? ^^

Or so. But where's the fun

[gray sphinx]

Is it just me or was the data logger in opsi recently somewhat nerfed? I can’t tell if I’m just missing something but I used to be able to auto search even hidden areas but now I have to do them manually?

[dapper trench]

Thanks you, the last one giving me problem

[keen sable]

Hidden is hidden zone logger

[gray sphinx]

There’s a logger to reveal hidden maps so you can auto search them?? I swear there was something that let me even reveal the area inside hidden places so I could auto search it. Like I wouldn’t even have to use that lighthouse.

[keen sable]

You need to buy the hidden zone logger...

[gray sphinx]

Where do you buy that

[keen sable]

Exchange shop

On global map

[gray sphinx]

Ohhhhh I’m blind

Thanks

[zinc cave]

Move face closer away from screen to observe clearly please

[gray sphinx]

[zinc cave]

Big improvement

[agile sparrow]

Best place to farm gold?

[wind hazel]

w12 and above

[zinc cave]

Basically highest level you can do comfortably

Common places are 12-1, 12-4, 13-1, 13-4 for a mix of reasons

[forest palm]

highest event node is the next best option if you lack access to any of that

well T5 in this case

[ocean fog]

how to effectively farm gear lab materials?

[zinc cave]

Go to OP:S with a beefed up mob fleet with all the cross fleet buffs you can stuff into the other 3 fleets

Set it on auto on everything

Reassemble fleet for Abyssals and Arbiter

Buy out the shop, profit

[ocean fog]

how many fleet we could have? 4?

[mellow cape]

4 fleets but one realllllly good mob fleet can clear 95% of op si lol

[zinc cave]

^

[ocean fog]

So, 1 mob backed up by 3 cross fleet buff,
when finding abyssal and arbiter, retreat and redo it with a killer fleet?

i honestly new to this mode, so im kinda blank

[vale spindle]

No you can't retreat without the zone going away

[mellow cape]

I mean you could just stuff all the good cross barrages on one fleet and have 2 other boss fleets. Then have one reserved for mobbing

[vale spindle]

You want 1 mob fleet and 3 boss fleets
BEFORE you enter a boss zone like arbiter or abyssal you can change the mob fleet to a 4th boss fleet

[ocean fog]

i see

[zinc cave]

You can save Abyssals and the Arbiter near end of the month so you can rearrange your fleets for 4 specialized bossing fleets

without disrupting your mob fleet rampage too much

but powercreep is high enough these days that you can just slap on unicorn + aqulia and they will drag whatever is in your mob fleet to the finish line

[mellow cape]

That sounds annoying to do loll. Especially for every monthly reset

Just make your 3 other fleets dedicated to the boss like Sam said

[zinc cave]

Well they said most effective

It is annoying i wont lie

but it is hilarious seeing the screen at 15s blow up with all the cross fleet barrages

[ocean fog]

when I should've automatically unlock 4th fleet because i havent

[vale spindle]

When you clear enough opsi story (red ! Zones)

[zinc cave]

Have you finished the story far enough yet

Fleet 3 & 4 is locked until you do

You want to clear the entire story ideally since Ch4 unlocks daily mission, stronghold and auto mode and Ch5 is Arbiter fight

[ocean fog]

well . . . about that. . .

still havent touched pass 6-4

not that I can't but, slacc

[zinc cave]

Oh not in Campaign

[ocean fog]

ah opsi huh

only 4 so far

[zinc cave]

Can't get all the shiny stuff without putting in the work

I couldn't be bothered with OP:S and Guilds for a long while which I came to regret over time

[languid reef]

hood or monarch?
my hood is already built with her augment

[vale spindle]

Hood

[zinc cave]

Hood has more uses

[gilded carbon]

Hood

Or Nelson, If you have and can retrofit her

[spring bolt]

dps wise hood is better against light and monarch better against med and heavy
and yes nelson is better than both

[vale spindle]

Wiki does

[sweet delta]

In other news , the all-french-vanguard skills of Le Mars and Forbin now work with both senran kagura and to love ru ships

[gilded carbon]

Samheart? Thank you kindly for your Guide! It has helped alot

[soft raft]

Quality spaghetti code
Sasuga, Majuu

[hot flare]

Harbiter Help

[agile harness]

is hakuryuu better than amagi cv for content in general? like, high stages, opsi etc

[reef flume]

They both works fine but Amagi have better AA capacities

[forest palm]

Amagi should outperform Haku

[hollow gust]

Amagi is generally better

[forest palm]

if she isn't that's a skill issue on the players side

[still nest]

It's always the current season focus no?? I'm on pr5 focus

Maybe pr7 research is better because I might get la9?

[undone plover]

Are u close to finishing pr5
Especially plymouth and ply gun?

[still nest]

Nope 😭

[undone plover]

How many BP u have of each?

[still nest]

[undone plover]

Imo stay and finish plymouth
Then u can move on to pr7
Dont buy plymouth gun from protoshop yet
When u are done with plymouth buy however much u still need from the plymouth gun

[spring bolt]

the only place haku being better than amagi is ch 14 boss, as haku has more db, and total db eff
but neither of them is the top pick for that spot so it's not important

[still nest]

I already bought all of those at shop

[spring bolt]

oh wait, when used solo against light, haku is also better, like being the third ship for kear+yk2 comp, but again neither of them is the top pick for that spot

[undone plover]

Then finish plymouth and move on to 7 imo
U can stay and finish brest and second plymouth gun if u want
Up to you

[still nest]

Hmmm alright thank you for the insights

Planning to get 2nd gun -> pr7 focus -> get Hindenburg -> whatever pr7 ship

[undone plover]

Why is db best against that boss

[cobalt rapids]

coz aoe

[spring bolt]

ch 14 bosses are glorified mobs

[undone plover]

If u do focus 7 how u plan on getting

[cobalt rapids]

who is top pick

[undone plover]

[spring bolt]

aquila imo

[shell willow]

is there a cap on arizona meta fight fog damage increase debuff? i just saw my 70% hp mogador die to a single anchor

[still nest]

I just want to own her, I want her

[cobalt rapids]

and the other cv ?

[undone plover]

Ah the ship not the blueprints
Sure u can get whoever u want
As long as u have someone to coin no harm

[cobalt rapids]

i feel like if u use nano in w14 boss it auto top picks the other ijn cv aswell

[spring bolt]

i prefer double bbs for ch 14 bosses, with cv flag so only 1 spot

[still nest]

Ah I changed my mind, gonna move at pr7 immediately after I finish Plymouth, Ideally I want to finish whole pr5 like I did on pr4

[undone plover]

Pr5 will be coinable soonish
That is why I say get ply dev30 and move on
And maybe stay for brest and 2nd ply gun
Or go back for them later

[noble osprey]

Guys where do you get Nelson's Pennant of Victory?

[viscid swift]

from mementos, nelson class specifically

[undone plover]

Collection
MLB nelson and rodney

[noble osprey]

Hmm ty

[pliant acorn]

How many T1 Exp book needed to fully level up (125) ur ships?

[ivory pawn]

1516 for non-UR/DR and 1784 for UR/DR.

[trail nymph]

Hey im new to this game been playing for like 4 days. I want to clear the SP mission for the To Love Ru collab but I need a good 2nd team. These are my current best units. any advice would be appreciated

[undone plover]

Mlb and retro unicorn asap
Mlb hood if u have gold bulins
Raise portland and starter DD

If no gold bulins can do nelson instead of hood

[trail nymph]

sorry whats mlb and gold bulins? is that the unit that lets u increase its star level?

[viscid swift]

MLB is max limit break

[undone plover]

Yes
And mlb means max limit break
Mlb means get them to full star

[spring bolt]

max fleet tech in EN is also 39584, right?

[trail nymph]

so elite units can be useful? I always thought I had to use 6 stars to get far

[viscid swift]

no...
Unicorn is literally a staple in mob fleet into end game

[weary gust]

Good ships good. Rarity does not make a ship good. Ships should be max limit broken before use. There are quite a few elite units that are worth using for certain things, and even some rares. A lot of SR ships are trash.

[undone plover]

Yes they can be
Depends on the individual ship
As a rule rarity is not everything even for gear

[viscid swift]

and conversely some SRs are shit like Warspite

[trail nymph]

ahh okay so apart from Unicorn is there any other units u can recommend. whats starter DD? sorry for all the questions ^^"

[weary gust]

Z23/Laffey/Javelin are the starter DDs

[undone plover]

Portland
Starter dd is laffey in your case
Also like I said if u cant MLB hood nelson is a good alternative

[mellow cape]

@trail nymph https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/

[trail nymph]

oh thank you for the link

sorry another question how do I get retrofit Unicorn?

[mellow cape]

Pretty much how I started. reading this to understand what the abbreviations like DD and etc stood for

[viscid swift]

you do these for which you need retrofit blueprints which to get you need to do campaign hard mode

[mellow cape]

You also have a MLB/nearly full MLB love ru team so that might carry you for a bit until you can get resources for Unicorn retrofit

[viscid swift]

just curious what did you spend to get

because no way you did all that without paying

[trail nymph]

I got all 5 units apart from Lala for free I then paid gems to do another 10 pull and got Lala

even Momo from wishing it was painful I also got like 3 Nana's and 3 Yami's before 1 Lala

[viscid swift]

uhh something doesn't seem to be adding up

[noble tulip]

He could just be very lucky

[undone plover]

Make sure u only spend future gems on 3rd dorm slot/2nd floor and dockspace

[mellow cape]

Well, read the newbie tips and move on from there. That link I sent you has nearly everything you need to start out

[barren tapir]

the exp in 4 days is a hell of a lot

[trail nymph]

ohhh the level 70 thing I paid for though

[undone plover]

Did u buy the 5$ commander pack @trail nymph
U dont have to answer if u dont want to
nvm

[barren tapir]

ah makes sense

[viscid swift]

that explains the XP at least

[barren tapir]

good for you that all the gold collab ships are great

[noble tulip]

It's a good investment if you're gonna go hard on the game

[trail nymph]

this is my hq so far is this important?

[viscid swift]

so that means probably no bullins left and poor gear overall still

[undone plover]

Dont spend gems willy nilly pls
Check /gems in #bot-spam

[weary gust]

The things that matter in that interface are comfort level, dorm slots, 2nd floor. Everything else is cosmetic in there.

[undone plover]

I see 6/6

[noble tulip]

We do a lil bit of whaling in here

[zinc cave]

Aside from what everyone else said actual arrangement doesn't matter, owning more furniture will increase Comfort (if it could theoretically fit) and increase the overall XP gain on Floor 1.

[barren tapir]

no gold bulins isnt gonna be too big an issue since they can run something like yami uni yui (replace when you can) lala nana momo as their one fleet to ch9+

main thing is just max unicorn asap

[trail nymph]

yeah im a big fan of To Love Ru and now im kind of addicted to Azur Lane lol

if I have to whale to help with anything please feel free to tell me lol

[barren tapir]

portland starter dd can go for fleet 2 when they need one

[noble tulip]

depends on you, if you have the disposable outcome for it there are smart way to spend money in the game

[trail nymph]

I also have these too. do I dare just make a 2nd To Love Ru team?

[viscid swift]

no

[barren tapir]

damn that's a lot of dupes you should use dupe over bulin to limitbreak if you have them, dont pull for dupe

[undone plover]

Never pull for dupes in azure lane

[viscid swift]

either way no matter what you did ending up with dupes after your ships are MLB is bad

[barren tapir]

if they spent money does that mean they got saratoga? not sure how that works

[viscid swift]

yeah probably

[trail nymph]

oh no no I would never pull for dupes. I just pulled till I got Lala which took 317 pulls

[barren tapir]

excellent 1 fleet would then be yami uni sara lala nana momo

[viscid swift]

you definitely whaled a lot for cubes then

[barren tapir]

understandable

[viscid swift]

so uhh, what did you exactly buy because your gear situation be quite better than most at this stage

[cobalt rapids]

make sure you get 2nd dorm
spend then on dock space with a comfortable buffer
these two are important to have longterm QoLs investments that will make ur game experience more enjoyable
for further whaling
theres other early game boosts such as PR packs
(PR4(anchorage)>PR1(izumo<>ibuki)>PR3(odin>=chesire))
or
trade and cruise pass that provide better overall long term resources ( and cruise pass skins ) but not as a powerful boost early

[mellow cape]

Dang getting a maxed PR ship at that stage would go nuts lol

[trail nymph]

sorry why is the 2nd dorm so good? for the mood improvement? and what is comfortable buffer?

[cobalt rapids]

yea its helpful but its nothing crazy

[cobalt rapids]

yea 2nd dorm is for double the morale recovery slots from 1nd floor
usually its recommended to go 3 slots on first floor + 2nd floor for a total of 6 which fits 1 fleet
but u alr got 6 so u can dorm 2 fleets now or use 1st floor solely for xp passive

[weary gust]

60-100 open spots in your dock so you can farm stages without maxing out dock every few runs.

[viscid swift]

yes it's good because of morale recovery

0 morale means you can't farm without an annoying pop-up and getting your ships above 119 morale gives them a 20% boost to XP gain

[trail nymph]

ahh I see ok I got a lot to remember lol. I really do appreciate all ur help u guys.

oh so with retrofit how do I get the drops needed?

[mellow cape]

LOL just never buy gold or oil with your gems

[undone plover]

Azure lane is pretty f2p overall
So dont feel the need to spend
Do 1 light build now/day till next event
Save cubes for december
We should get a UR event
Ultra rare

[cobalt rapids]

farming hard mode stages in campaign
3* hard mode missions guarantee 2 prints
X-1 for destroyer prints
X-2 for cruiser prints
X-3 for battleship prints
X-4 for carrier prints, u should aim for carrier prints since those are for uni

[trail nymph]

ahh okay and I would normally take my time but I want to get the last piece before the event ends

[cobalt rapids]

u still have 1 week should be morre than enough
abit more lvls, fixing gear and prob splitting ur fleet abit so the boss can have ammo should do the trick

[trail nymph]

I thought about splitting the fleet but it didnt go so well

[river shadow]

so question because I don't see where else to ask this, for the current event, the help me miss lala puzzle bit, for the 3rd mission what is the line that needs to be drawn? I got all the pieces in place but i can't seem to get the line right i get it through all the pieces and it disappears

[cobalt rapids]

unicorn retro will help alot so u can reserve more stuff for boss

[cobalt rapids]

tap on help me miss lala 5 times

[river shadow]

well that will do it.... just auto complete

[trail nymph]

okay ill try my best to raise Unicorn thanks

[vapid finch]

The first event level is rough, even after leveling my ships a bit higher than 20. I could use some tips on how to make my ships stronger

Level said it’s level 20 and I thought my ships were ready but I was wrong

[viscid swift]

you have read this yes?
https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/newbie_tips

[atomic abyss]

the only way to make them stronger at your point is to play more

[noble tulip]

Might have some books he could throw at his ships

pretty sure you get some from weekly free oil

[viscid swift]

you do but not a lot and I'd rather not use them at this stage of the game

[sweet delta]

would you use them on gneisenau?

[noble tulip]

We don't know what ship he's using afaik

[remote quarry]

So, I have been trying to be efficient with coining for DR and PR prints. I usually do 10 of each a day. Is there another method people use, or am I using the most efficient already?

[sweet delta]

efficient for time is inefficient for coins

[cobalt rapids]

if u do 10 of each ure efficient
efficient is just doing how many ur income allows without sacrificing other progression aspects
pref with a similar or higher DR:PR ratio if its fdg the rainbow

[sweet delta]

so do whatever is good for the efficiency you want

[ocean orbit]

in this guide below upgradable resources title it says never open t1/t2 tech boxes

what is the point in there

[sweet delta]

yes new players should never open them

[cobalt rapids]

compose em up to t3

[ocean orbit]

how

[viscid swift]

you don't open them because you want to craft them to T3s

[cobalt rapids]

click compose

[ocean orbit]

oh it says combine 5 to craft

[viscid swift]

T1s and T2s drop virtually no useful gear whereas T3s at leat drop some useful gear

[ocean orbit]

i never read this and see now

i opened all of them xD but not big mistake right

my acc is 18 level now

[cobalt rapids]

no biggie, just a pebble in the pond

[ocean orbit]

im relieved thanks

also i have 400 gems now should i buy a dorm or dock space

[cobalt rapids]

check /gems in #bot-spam

[ocean orbit]

that was useful thank you again

[pliant acorn]

Is this fleet good enough in world 15-1?

[cobalt rapids]

did u try it ?

[noble tulip]

What you sneaking in there

[pliant acorn]

I havent and i have some ships that is under level like shimanto,volga and otger cv

[sweet delta]

he's asked that question like 3 times already and the fleets are still not following recommendations

[pliant acorn]

Im planning to bring 2 Ur aa too after i clena next month's OpSiren

[atomic abyss]

im pretty sure i told you that soyuz shd be on boss and volga on mob...

[cobalt rapids]

lvl ships u wanna use to lv120 in the first place
volga and shimanto arent helping
read w15 guide
if still fail then come back and open a thread

[pliant acorn]

Noted!

[swift vector]

can someone help me with that?

[viscid swift]

just to make things crystal clear
Mob: Soyuz, Unicorn, Volga, Laffey 2, San Diego, Cheshire
Boss: Musashi, Yorktown 2, Implacable, Guam, Shimanto, Agir

just from that

[tame jungle]

tap the logo a couple of times

[pliant acorn]

I have read the guide and watched the suchiguma's vid in YT

[atomic abyss]

tap the logo 5x

[swift vector]

damn ty

[pliant acorn]

Last question. Does dev 30 shimanto work on w15 or she need to be fully fate sim?

[cobalt rapids]

she does, give her her own gun to turn her in aa mode

[pliant acorn]

May i know which gun is it?

[pliant acorn]

Thanks you bro!

[languid reef]

is there a point where i should stop doing meta synchronization with a certain character? or is it just go from 100% to another?

[soft raft]

at least 25k since that's when you get enough dupes/crystals to MLB

[keen sable]

You want ships or stuff. You pick

[turbid dawn]

Does anyone know if you have this on and the enemy fleet has the naval treaty on does that mean BBs do 25% less dmg or do they not stack?

[cobalt rapids]

they stack

[eternal moth]

Opposing naval treaties also stack, right?

[cobalt rapids]

no

frontier doesnt stack with frontier and treaty doesnt stack with treaty
they only crosstack

[eternal moth]

Huh. Ok, thanks

[turbid dawn]

Ye that makes sense, I was just double checking because running 2CV+Alsace, I noticed she was doing a hefty bit less then usual. Thanks

[fervent niche]

can nagato meta (15) be 1 shotted (in one sortie/battle)?

[cobalt rapids]

yes

[viscid swift]

yes

[fervent niche]

dang 😦 my fleet isn't up to it, I only get 92k in

[cobalt rapids]

well then ure very far off
focus on progression and rely on supports

[fervent niche]

this is my fleet https://mrlar.dev/s/d21230fbe320d8f2662ccaa87ec1d91057aea949 recently got it to help me beat the middle opsi boss (first time I beat a hard opsi boss) it was amazing to see them go

[viscid swift]

well for a start you're using HE guns against a heavy armor boss

[cobalt rapids]

well a simple change that would give a significant boost would be to use good ap guns on ur bbs

like champy guns on soyuz and alsace and daisen or izumo gun on musashi

[fervent niche]

oh I don't look at armor too much that's like a step above what I do in this game

[viscid swift]

still, wouldn't expect that fleet to not even do 10% of of Nagato's HP

something smells off

[sweet delta]

They probably mean 920k

Which is quite impressive with HE guns

[plush nebula]

Need help on last part of TLR minigame circuit hell

[cobalt rapids]

tap on miss lala 5 times

[plush nebula]

Thanks

[fervent niche]

this is my avg run on lv 15 nagato meta, with the HE guns

[fervent niche]

I did mean 920k I just misread the number sorry

[viscid swift]

try something closer to that

[fervent niche]

I don't have mushi's main gun is it from gear lab?

[cobalt rapids]

season 7

[sweet delta]

It's from depot in PR7

[fervent niche]

ooo

[stark quiver]

soyuz is better?
bc of the skill buffs?

[fervent niche]

looks like I need to get more pr7 researches in I only have 4/25 for it recently changed my research focus to 5 was a 4 for the longest time even b4 pr7 came out

[viscid swift]

use the Izumo gun for the time being then

[sweet delta]

Izumo gun and change white shell to autoloader

[fervent niche]

will do just making some changes to presets so I can switch back to the old versions if need be

[fervent niche]

is there a gold auto loader?

[stark quiver]

No

[fervent niche]

been searching my gear depot for about a minute looking for it 😦

[queen jackal]

what is c1 farming

[viscid swift]

farming C1 in OpSi

[stark quiver]

low cost farming in opsi for xp

[queen jackal]

as in corrosion 1?

do u just set it to repeat a c1 area until u run out of ap

[stark quiver]

yea

[undone plover]

U set it up to stop for akashi
So u get AP back
The goal isnt to deplete AP in c1

[stark quiver]

i forgot if u can get akashis there

[queen jackal]

sound good i have it on stop on akashi anyways

[stark quiver]

oh yea thats the part i forgot abt

[undone plover]

If u just want to burn the rest of your AP for the end of month do c3/c5 + stop for akashi

[fervent niche]

any easy way to farm this?

[forest palm]

don't AFCT, and HSFCR sorta count for this

[undone plover]

Ch12 should give a bunch of these when u farm it
Make sure u use the selector plates in your depot

[fervent niche]

I do use all my selector plates for it, I just use so much 😦

[undone plover]

It is quite common to struggle for them early on though

[viscid swift]

sure

[undone plover]

I dont think that was a question cheeky

[viscid swift]

sometimes it is hard to tell

[barren tapir]

c3 best right

im gonna probably wind up at 2.5k ap needing to dump

[undone plover]

I cant prove it with data yet
But it should be yes

[barren tapir]

also yall were right about vouchers, im set to obtain 8.5k currently and that ap should turn it to about 10k so i didnt have to worry ig

[undone plover]

C3 means more akashi should drop than C5
So if u start with 2500 AP expect around 700-1000 extra AP from c3

[stark quiver]

how do you have that much ap
i have 400 to burn

[undone plover]

2000-2500 is expected unless u have been slacking

[barren tapir]

after dropping as low as 100ap from a very bad string of c1 ive been continuously profiting and am currently at 2.1k ish

[stark quiver]

idek if ive been slacking
moreso i dont know how to get more
i used a big chunk on start of month to get all the hiddens and stuff out of the way, then every monday for strongholds
else ive been doing just dailies

[barren tapir]

events are typically good for purple plate since elites drop more than regular mobbings

low oil event even better like this one with 160 per run

if t4 drops purple plates, i didnt check, it would be even better to low oil it for plates

[hollow sail]

yes

[barren tapir]

outside event, you can low oil ch6 if desperate, or just be patient and grind ch12 like usual and upgrade less shit.

[undone plover]

Do u spend AP for recon?
Or for fleet deployment?
Did u buy all the AP crates from the ports?
Did u buy all akashi AP?
Did u let it overcap?

[fervent niche]

t4 only dropping blue t5 has purp plates

[hollow sail]

as long as you stop for akashi

[barren tapir]

can try low oil t5 too someone had an 8 oil fleet iirc

[barren tapir]

also dailies

[stark quiver]

no
a little, like 100
yes
she never spawned frequently 💀
no?

[viscid swift]

that required a UR Bullin at 120 which yeah....

[noble tulip]

Me and Nard have data on it, no difference in drops between c3 and c5 but given that you'll get twice as many runs farming c3 and that akashi spawn rate is fixed no matter the corrosion, c3 just allow you to farm more in total

[barren tapir]

oh yeah right

completely unrelated, do bulin events ever rerun? UR bulin is excellent low cost meme option with her augment iirc

[queen jackal]

so c3 over c1?

[viscid swift]

I honestly don't remember

[undone plover]

Then it could be an unlucky month
It happens
And yeah dont forget daily missions

[noble tulip]

You farm c1 over the month and dump your ap into c3 last days

[barren tapir]

c3 to dump ap, c1 to cycle ap for exp and comms

[queen jackal]

[undone plover]

C1 if u want miniscule xp and potentially ap gains
Most normal ppl here just dump in c3/c5 and move on
Assuming u did all the icons already

[barren tapir]

you can get unlucky streaks fr fr even c1 is volatile to say nothing about higher ap costing stuff

[stark quiver]

yea ive been doing dailies with just free ap
btw do you have like a schedule or list to do opsi
from start to end of month

[queen jackal]

yea ive been practically sitting on ap so i dont mind leaving c1 in the background often

[barren tapir]

i do c1 when afk or waiting on morale

[noble tulip]

I have over 7k runs this month (which isn’t realistic for most people), when you farm too much you’ll usually run out of those yellow coins, that’s when you go to farm c3

[barren tapir]

damn u farm twice as much as i did, and i thought i did a lot (im going off repair boxes)

[undone plover]

Honestly everyone does it differently
Some ppl clear everything week 1

I dont buy oil logger
So my opsi schedule is

1- clear the zones one by one trying to snake for the daily mission zones
Then just do dailes and prevent AP capping
2- do hidden zones whenever (I manual select and autosearch them) but if u wanna use the strategic search just do a bunch when they stack up like maybe last week of the month

3- do strongholds, abyssals and arbiter last week of month

4- buy out ports

[barren tapir]

also next month im definitely not buying special tokens learned my lesson on that!

[undone plover]

~~Veerra is the og c1 cultist dont compare yourself to them ~~

[barren tapir]

new role model unlocked

[inland shoal]

[noble tulip]

Go back 1 year ago and this channel was completely anti c1, the fact that people can talk about it now without pushback is an improvement

[stark quiver]

that if the abyssals/strongholds overlap with the zones

[undone plover]

Not sure what u mean

[stark quiver]

zones with dailies*

[barren tapir]

one could even argue c1 produces oil via comm generation

[hollow sail]

not just oil

[undone plover]

Dailies dont spawn in abyssal/stronghold zones

If a daily mission shows up in one of those zones it is hiding under the stronghold/abyssal

U can select which zone u want to enter from the left corner
Or pick the daily mission from the mission list it should pick the correct zone

But u could also just do the abyssal/stronghold
I like to do them all in one session
U dont need to do it like me

[undone plover]

Iirc ppl used to farm 2-1 for comms

[viscid swift]

oh boy that was certainly something

[barren tapir]

for me this month i did hidden/abyysal/stronghold when i run low on coins to c1 with lol

[mellow cape]

When you are saying c1, what are you referring to?

[stark quiver]

is the 1234 for the weeks?
or just in order

[undone plover]

Honestly that is probably how most ppl do it
Leaving things for last week might not be the best idea

[barren tapir]

corrosion zone 1

[mellow cape]

Oh loll

[barren tapir]

now we have b1

[undone plover]

Just for organizing
I do dailies and first clear (explorable zones) throughout the month

Everything else is last week usually

[barren tapir]

AL is fun cos there's a lot of cursed hardcore things u can do

[stark quiver]

oh so u dont speedrun with ap boxes

i usually spend my ap boxes to speedrun every hidden and zone, and buy all the loggers like first 2 weeks, then do just dailies

[undone plover]

That is also perfectly fine
Rushing hidden/abyssal/stronghold or doing them later has 0 difference on outcome

[stark quiver]

but wouldnt you also spenda lot of ap boxes to do the abyssals/strongholdfs end of month

[undone plover]

Yes which is why I said there is no difference

[barren tapir]

c1 supposedly trends to multiplying ap

if you do all the fun stuff later on then assuming this is correct, you have more time to multiply said ap

[hollow sail]

better to make inroads on to the AP box clear rewards early and get closer to C6 zones for potential dailies that spawn there but leaving rest not cleared, stack up on AP boxes then when you have a solid amount go C1

[mellow cape]

Wait what strat are you referring to? I'm unfamiliar with this one

[barren tapir]

calling it a strat is generous

its just nolifing opsi's version of 2-1 for hours on end in the background

[noble tulip]

There are reasons to hold off a bit on spending ap on strongholds/abyssals, by stacking more AP you reduce the odds of unlucky streaks 0'ing you out

[undone plover]

Yeah but that is assuming u farm c1 which I am not assuming for the average player

[barren tapir]

you also can save those for coin replenishing if needed

[mellow cape]

Is there a reason to repeat that certain node?

And should I do it?

[barren tapir]

free exp and comm generation potentially increased ap over time

[mellow cape]

Oh mm

[barren tapir]

you're effectively converting vouchers into exp from my understanding

[undone plover]

Disclaimer: it is very tedious

[noble tulip]

It's not something I would do casually, you kinda want to all in on it

Or you get incredibly lucky and get like 1k ap in less than 200 ap spent

[barren tapir]

disclaimer: you might be a weirdo like me who gets dopamine when seeing a good akashi, or you might not. use that to determine if c1 is for you or not

[stark quiver]

when u clear zones 1 by 1, how long does it take?
and without using ap box?

[barren tapir]

but yeah i would not do it until you have at least 1k ap stored to be safe (in boxes, i mean) while also leaving enough time/boxes to finish all of opsi. bad luck can be bad.

[noble tulip]

I've had an unlucky streak this month, went from 3.3K to 1K so it can definitely be rough

[undone plover]

Well u would pick a zone > recon > auto
Wait 30 mins > pick another zone > auto

Depends how often u login to the game
And I dont clear all the zones day 1
Maybe 5-10 each day

[stark quiver]

ig no ap box spent?

[undone plover]

Spend if u need
There is no harm
Just dont stack all to 1k AP farm a few zones and then sleep
Try and stay slightly under 200

[noble tulip]

100 AP spent for 110 AP generated is the average

[jolly spruce]

How do i use special gears?

[viscid swift]

what "special gears"

[prime glacier]

Hi all

@undone plover I got FdG!

[jolly spruce]

I cant seem to use this on nana even though its designed for her and is DD

[queen jackal]

it says DD

[viscid swift]

have you max limit broken her

[barren tapir]

is nana MLB

[jolly spruce]

Mlb?

[jolly spruce]

Nah

[viscid swift]

well then that's why

[elfin hollow]

yea they needa be max limit breaked to use augments

[jolly spruce]

Oh fr?

I guess i need her at lvl 70 then...

[elfin hollow]

mhm

[undone plover]

good job
Although this channel is usually for asking questions so pls try and use it for that
if u want to share your progress u can use #trophy-room or #al-general

[viscid swift]

yes, augment module slots don't unlock until you max limit break them

[jolly spruce]

Alr2 thank y'all

[prime glacier]

well, I wanted to ask what is next :)

[undone plover]

Oh that is fine then
Have you done anchorage/AvP/agir?

Do one of them next
Especially anchorage or avp so u can start spending coin to get them to dev30 fast

[prime glacier]

FgD Is my only Tier 2 ship, I do not have higher

what is avp?

[undone plover]

August von parsevel
She is in pr4

U can use the same fleet u used for FdG to farm for her

But if they are level 120 try and use new ships that need xp to farm

[barren tapir]

you can use fdg to farm avp exp (she just wont do much of anything until dev30)

[prime glacier]

would this be enough?

[barren tapir]

she needs like 500ish for dev30, 700ish for fs5

[prime glacier]

what is fs5?

[stark quiver]

fate sim 5

[zenith heron]

Good thing she is coinable

[prime glacier]

Also I saw some tickets are DR and others are called different, what is that?

I have the tickets as well

[forest palm]

this specifically work on DRs

the Rainbow Research ships

[undone plover]

keep these for season 7 ships

[prime glacier]

what does dr stands for?

[undone plover]

decisive rarity
rainbow version of shipyard ships

[prime glacier]

Is this what I will put my money from now on?

[undone plover]

yes
stick to 10/day only

higher is not worth
so spend 7200 gold for her each day

do u have any other shipyard ship at all? like season 1-2

[prime glacier]

I have a lot of gold now

62k

[undone plover]

it is okay
stick to 10
u want gold for a lot of things

u can spend 3000 to get roon and saint louis to dev30 as well
try and unlock AvP/anchorage then spend that 3000 on them instead

[prime glacier]

one of them?

[undone plover]

I mean ideally do both
I just mean start with one
if u need a tank get anchorage first
but AvP might be easier and faster to get for u since u already have the required tech

[prime glacier]

seems like that discount is per all ships?

[inland shoal]

Per all PRs and per all DRs yes

[undone plover]

spend 3k on roon u will see the discount is gone for monarch
the last 5 discount levels are not worth

[inland shoal]

Worth depends on your income. If you are low on gold even 10 can be a lot and you should opt for 7 instead or maybe even less

[prime glacier]

ok, thanks!

What should I do with the gold left? i have 48k

[forest palm]

some people do do a bit of unnecessary spending

[inland shoal]

If you don't have anything you need to spend on hoarding isn't the worst thing to do

[prime glacier]

worth doing any ship + 120 for now?

[barren tapir]

give it to me, i need coins

[barren tapir]

no harm in holding onto it til you need it honestly...you need so many coins for everything you don't want to overspend and be caught out

[prime glacier]

do they not cap?

[undone plover]

if u mean 125 then probably not
u want level 125 for hard arbiter and ch14+ mostly
if u want general advice who is worth 125 show your dock

[inland shoal]

They soft cap at some point, but that only stops you from collecting merchant income. Beyond that 600k is the limit

[barren tapir]

you 125 ships you use in endgame on an as-needed basis, don't rush to do so

[prime glacier]

Anything to 120+ ? Or something I should build?

[elfin hollow]

shinano and helena

[fervent niche]

does the ops dmg in +13 gear mean its for opsi only?

[elfin hollow]

no just the dmg boost

[inland shoal]

Yes, but the "Damage Modifier" is more important anyway

Cuz "Damage Modifier Level 1/2/3" means 4/10/18% extra damage

And that's not exclusive to OpSi

[prime glacier]

how much time is left from the event?

[inland shoal]

A week roughly

[elfin hollow]

until december 4

[prime glacier]

Plenty of farm left then

when it is over I should push for story 12? I am 10

[undone plover]

does musashi backline protection also protect CV gauge or is it dmg only?

[undone plover]

yes
u want to farm chapter 12 overall
best comfort farm with good xp and gold

[prime glacier]

which ones from 12?

[undone plover]

12-1 for more xp and slightly easier
12-4 for more gold
depends what u want

I mostly farmed/farm 12-4 since I need the gold

[prime glacier]

I see, and during event the hardest stage always?

In this event T5 would be the best stage?

[inland shoal]

Yes(nt)

[undone plover]

overall yes
for this event T5 yeah
for most major events u want to farm D3
there are other variables but overall that is the best

for 14-4 farming do I want rudder/fire extinguisher on musashi?

[hollow gust]

Neither

[undone plover]

she is losing alot of HP to fire

[inland shoal]

How should I know what you want

[hollow gust]

Then rework your fleet , cause non lethal w14 should not be able to kill a Musashi

[elfin hollow]

u want an AP shell on mushashi

[undone plover]

she is level 120 maybe that is why

[inland shoal]

Don't take my word for it, but iirc only dmg (Which ofc does sth for cloak too)

[elfin hollow]

and heavy shell

[still nest]

Is it worth to +13 ryuusei and saun kai?

[whole crypt]

I'm doing 14-1 with AFCT and WNT on Musashi so

[whole crypt]

well 10% is 10%

[undone plover]

yeah was just wondering
cuz even with another 10% an unlucky run can kill her
well i guess maybe u guys run aquila

[whole crypt]

if you're not using Aquila you want at least someone else that has a targeted heal that can work on main fleet

[undone plover]

who else is there ?

volga with her rng?

[whole crypt]

Volga's first proc is not RNG but you could take a heal from your vanguards

haven't tried but Zuihou may work

[undone plover]

oh... wait how many ships are u levelling?

[whole crypt]

in 14 you probably don't want to be leveling more than 3

[stark quiver]

14-1 leveling fleet

[inland shoal]

Leveling ... are you on safe yet?

[whole crypt]

and if you're leveling a main fleet ship you might want Brest in front

[undone plover]

yeah I am doing eldridge uni sushi + 3

[whole crypt]

or that yeh

[inland shoal]

Hm Sushi dying on safe

[undone plover]

to fires yes
on last OOA node

[whole crypt]

if you want to level while 14-4 and Musashi is dying then maybe cut down 1 leveling slot

[undone plover]

yeah will ditch hiyou meta for zuihou maybe

[mellow cape]

Wait I got conflicting answers reading this. I thought 14 wasn't feasible to level your ships up there

[barren tapir]

endgame stuff

[undone plover]

it is not for levelling ships
i am trying to farm new orleans but if I can squeeze some ships to level why not

[stark quiver]

you can, if you can keep them alive

[whole crypt]

you can but the fleet will look something like this

[inland shoal]

Well, you get only 3/6 farming spots compared to other worlds and the benefits are basically only cog chips

[inland shoal]

Is that how lvl numbers look on JP?

[prime glacier]

Is lowering affinity that bad?

[barren tapir]

yes?

[elfin hollow]

yes

[whole crypt]

I know the font is ugly now

[prime glacier]

What if just 1?

[elfin hollow]

still bad

[undone plover]

what is the boss fleet looking like do u mind sharing

[elfin hollow]

thats 1 whole lvl

[mellow cape]

Fair enough, loll ty for the correct answer.

[whole crypt]

well in the long term you can earn the affinity back, but better to just not lose it at all

[prime glacier]

I am in situations that I need to finish the boss, and the affinity kicks in

[elfin hollow]

swap in different ships

[barren tapir]

why would you want to lower affinity

[whole crypt]

take a 5 minute break

[keen sable]

Do it and you'll find out whether you can

[inland shoal]

Put the ships you want into dorm helps too

[barren tapir]

wait a few minutes

[elfin hollow]

cant believe these ship abusers tsk tsk

[whole crypt]

affinity only reduces if you do the fight with red morale, which is only at 0

[prime glacier]

Ok thanks! Wanted to know if that boss fight was worth the affinity

[whole crypt]

so you could take like a 5-10min break then do the fight

[inland shoal]

Also if your ships sink that's really bad for morale

[barren tapir]

the strategy is to not go that low to begin with :p

[undone plover]

u dont lose progress on the map by just waiting
even if u close the game
as long as u dont exit the map

[barren tapir]

you have up to 12 hours to finish, yes

[inland shoal]

Or close the game for 11 hours

[prime glacier]

I do have a second fleet ready always, and they are all in dorms

[undone plover]

does it exit after 12h

[inland shoal]

Yes

Has this really never happened to you?

[whole crypt]

yes

[undone plover]

exit azure lane for 12h?

[barren tapir]

12 hours is generous anyway smh

[whole crypt]

most people who have to ask probably never tried

[inland shoal]

I can't imagine being this unbusy smh my head

[undone plover]

wait I was running double shell on sushi maybe the AFCT will help

[barren tapir]

12hr is enough to start a map before maint and finish it after maint with hours to spare xd

[whole crypt]

that'll pretty much only change the shelling timings, 14-4 also has less leeway than 14-1 since you're more NO grinding not leveling there

[keen sable]

Some people care about this and some are more than 500 ships over

[whole crypt]

lowering affinity is also bad because you lose stat bonus, but it's pretty minor

[prime glacier]

How can I gain affinity? battles?

[mint flint]

that and first secretary slot up to a cap of 90

[inland shoal]

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

[whole crypt]

it also means you have prospensity for domestic abuse

[elfin hollow]

LMAO

[barren tapir]

slavedrivers

[prime glacier]

oath does not allow the affinity to drop?

[keen sable]

I don't even sortie without 20% bonus xp

[elfin hollow]

remember to sortie responsibly

[barren tapir]

same, unless im in a rush or doing low oil stuff i always try to stop before orange

[whole crypt]

affinity will still drop with oath, but you won't drop below base oath affinity bonus even if you do
you will still lose max affinity bonus if you drop from 200

[barren tapir]

this is domestic abuse

[prime glacier]

was thinking exactly at that :)

[whole crypt]

I prefer it when the ships abuse me instead

[prime glacier]

so is it better to do the event + iron blood xp farm with the +20% buff?

[stark quiver]

how do i get more t3 bb retro bps without doing x-3 hm

[inland shoal]

Buy them in guild shop

[barren tapir]

medal shop too if you have lots of medals (new players avoid)

[stark quiver]

i cant even unlock georgia 💀

[undone plover]

if u still need to farm event yes

[jolly spruce]

Im still level 26, how do i farm exp mats for ships? They're quite very hard to find

[whole crypt]

passive XP pack generation doesn't come till quite a bit later

you only get the ones from weekly supply pack, besides that you'll need to get your XP from using the ships

[undone plover]

is shimanto a backline healer/protector if I wanna ditch one of the vanguards for consistency?

or are there better options

[jolly spruce]

So im forced to use characters i have used in the very beginning?

[prime glacier]

Is there a point where I can stop farming the event?

[whole crypt]

you can put the ship in dorm for a little bit, then swap it into your fleet

[undone plover]

we recommend 55k points for the gold plates
u can do less like 35k if u cba to farm that much

[whole crypt]

ideally you don't want to swap ships too much in early game because XP is poor early on

[jolly spruce]

Oh

[whole crypt]

but if the ships you chose to start with are poor then sure, swap them out for a good fleet then push on
check these for options https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/newbie_tips https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/early_ship_recommendations

[fallow sedge]

Recommended cv for mid game campaign that can be used on late game campaigns

[inland shoal]

Unicorn

[prime glacier]

open?

[forest palm]

Unicorn, Enterprise, and Saratoga are nice easy to get targets that aren't from research

[mint flint]

no reason not to other than hoarding

[forest palm]

use'em if you got'em

[prime glacier]

yellow tickets mean that FgD does not get them? It only needs to be UR rarity?

[mint flint]

pr bluprints only work for pr ships, dr prints for dr ships

[prime glacier]

upgrade this for 16k gold?

I have oil farm and gold farm at 9, worth making them 10?

[mellow cape]

Understated cause I've been playing this game mostly on my own accord and some random guides, but thank you all for the answers to my questions this past week

I feel like I'm correcting my bad habits lol

[undone plover]

always upgrade these buildings if u have the gold and can spare it
but also either farm event T5 or try and push for ch12
dont stay in ch9-10

[prime glacier]

I am 36k into event

[bold stream]

Do analyze all combat data packs?

[viscid swift]

yes

[undone plover]

i would personally go for 55k but up to u when u want to stop

[prime glacier]

Sure thing

should i do this?

[barren tapir]

gold plates

[barren tapir]

if you can then sure why not, it's just uhh chatframe or emote/stickers iirc? not actually sure lol

[prime glacier]

should i do identity now?

[eager mulch]

how does one farm oil?

nevermind EN moment

[barren tapir]

oil yes coin can wait tbh coin takes actually quite a while to pay for itself but oil while it also takes time, takes less and you get more than coins for the extra oils

if you have plenty of spare coins you can ofc level the coin too

[mint flint]

its completely optional content with no gameplay benefit

only has cosmetic rewards

[forest palm]

a plastic card with 3 whacky numbers on the back

[eager mulch]

mines solid gold

[gilded shale]

Is there a way to check if I already have a gear skin or not? I wanted to check if I've collected all the gear skin in the To Love Ru event.

[viscid swift]

like so

[forest palm]

huh...that's a neat QoL
then again I ignore gear skins like a plague

[fathom sable]

Is there a guide for this?

[novel solstice]

Drag pieces over to cover the dots. Then the second part is dragging a line through all the squares, and the non-obvious part is that you can go diagonally.

[gilded shale]

Press the help me text on the top left corner

[fathom sable]

Many thanks!

[prime glacier]

I went broke by mistake 😭 they will all least be lvl 10

[stark quiver]

its chatframe for easy clear
not so extravagant portrait frame for normal clear
cool portrait frame for hard clear

[prime glacier]

Could I do it with lvl 120 ships with gold gear?

[sharp socket]

good ships and gear maybe

[prime glacier]

i have these

[barren tapir]

easy clear is relatively easy i think

[sharp socket]

maybe easy is doable

[barren tapir]

time unicorn to 19.94-19.97s and have decent dps and you're good

mind you im only able to do it in 9 minutes so the dps part might be hard (i have no good antilight stuff though)

[prime glacier]

why is that time good?

[barren tapir]

cancels out elbing poison debuff

[stark quiver]

So you won’t die

[prime glacier]

oh so as low as possible?

[eager mulch]

no

[prime glacier]

ah i see

[eager mulch]

that specific timing, or you die

[barren tapir]

for me, lvl125 unicorn with +10 gold hellcat and +9 purple barracuda with +0 rld tech gets me 19.96

[eager mulch]

for me, perseus

[stark quiver]

Or just run Perseus

[barren tapir]

assuming they have perseus but also she does less damage

[eager mulch]

but I can turn my brain off by putting her against the challenge mode

[barren tapir]

according to their screenshots i dont think i saw a percy

[light flax]

Hey has anyone got golden darkness

[barren tapir]

and for a newer player dps is a big concern i survive just fine on normal but only do 65%

[eager mulch]

I do

[barren tapir]

need to make rockets or something idk

[light flax]

…. Ima cry

[stark quiver]

You need ships with good anti light dps, not just rocket fighters

[crystal gull]

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[barren tapir]

yeah i dont have ships only a few at 120+

[light flax]

Not even a single darkness

[eager mulch]

sir this is gameplay help

[light flax]

Ima cry

[barren tapir]

if i had pink vanguard at lvl120+ i think i could do normal with some finangling (amagi doesnt seem good bc shes heavy focus but i got no one better)

they did solid dmg while 15-20 levels lower after all i dont have enough time this month though

[mint flint]

if you dont need help this isnt the place

[light flax]

Can u help me get her 😿

[barren tapir]

125/125/120 105/107/101

i had no slow so i used parallel torp + db focus on amagi didnt have anyone better sadly

maybe i could try nagato meta. but vg too low lvl either way 30-40% less dmg

[stark quiver]

I think it’s time to invest in ddgs

[barren tapir]

from all my levelled vg i think pink fleet is the best i got rn honestly, given the lack of time to level other stuff

i could give helena a try, but sara wont sync. nagato might ig

[prime glacier]

worth getting something?

[forest jasper]

no

[quartz jungle]

Unless you need BB Rld tech from Fusou no

[barren tapir]

all 3 have good tech but that's it

[prime glacier]

what should I get for core?I have 2500

[barren tapir]

core data?

[prime glacier]

yes

[barren tapir]

white and black shells, cog arrays

[barren tapir]

would nagato meta do 1m+ dmg

[prime glacier]

medal shop? I have 370

[barren tapir]

spec core, gold bulins, ship if you need, purple bulin if you need

also DR prints i think

[undone plover]

do u have aurora

[spark ridge]

currently only have purple torps, u96 has mark 16 torps, compressed oxy (will replace with snorkel next month when shop refresh) and pure oxy torp, u47 has g7e, pressure resist hull and snorkel. i can craft 2 bidders, who is better to use them? both have unique aug

[barren tapir]

sadly no

[forest jasper]

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

[prime glacier]

game changed a lot in the last years, feels like it gives more. I last played 4 years ago

[barren tapir]

my choice of ships is still rather limited. i have no good antilight backline (ive tried nelson and she sucks lol) and my best vgs are level 110 or lower being collab ships

could try helena over nana or momo and cope ig

i need to do about 1.5x damage overall

[undone plover]

antilight is just a struggle early on
helena is pretty good in CM actually I think
her scan gets averaged out mostly

[prime glacier]

what about proto? I have 9000

[stark quiver]

/protocore

[odd root]

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

[barren tapir]

i will have to see if i can sync nagatom to it. sara is too fucking slow

[undone plover]

no shame in manual

[barren tapir]

we have a problem

[undone plover]

any BB RLD cats?

[barren tapir]

21.65 will desync right

[stark quiver]

run it thru a calc, see what works

[barren tapir]

i dont trust manual unicorn on time every time

[undone plover]

just double tap auto before she finishes reload

[barren tapir]

is this an autoloader moment

apparently it is, a +10 autoloader should make her 20s

[undone plover]

i am not rly a CM expert
did u have AvP? i forgot

[barren tapir]

nope

[undone plover]

not sure it matters much
use bidder g7e combo on one
and bidder purple torp on the other one for compaign at least till u get better gear
u want bidder all wolfpack later

sushi recommends this for mid-end example
with manual u might be able to make it work on normal

[spark ridge]

does u47 count for wolfpack (like yes kms, but she deosnt provide team buff) or owuld i preferably want other Uboats

[undone plover]

wolpack generally means u96 + u81 + u37/u47
so yeah she is fine

[barren tapir]

it should remain sync for most of the fight right?

[stark quiver]

in sync with helena?

[barren tapir]

oh i can give her staag too

[undone plover]

maybe not most but for a good portion

[barren tapir]

pray she carries me normal i dont think i have a better option

[spark ridge]

can only get u81 from spec construct right, so just gotta hope i get lucky in some future limited banner that uses special pool?

[undone plover]

yep
u can use u37 for now
get her from merit shop

[spark ridge]

lmao she was in my merit shop yesterday or something, esxcpet i only have 10k :/

have to farm some more up and wait for her to cycle around

only way to farm it is to just use all the exercises right

[sharp socket]

is uni 19.93 not enough for CM

[barren tapir]

idk i use 19.96

which works until 0:00

also this isnt going too well im gonna guess helena is too much a deadweight

that or nagato meta bad

its very possible that nana + nagatom barrage gun and actual dps aux would do more tho ngl

it is however going better than amagicv

[sharp socket]

dahek

u talking to yourself or

[barren tapir]

reporting result

do u guys think levelling vg would do enough in a couple days

it'll do about 80-85% compared to amagi nana 64%

[undone plover]

play it out

lets see the end screen dmg report

[undone plover]

iirc the vanguard was bugged to do more dmg this challenge
so yes it could help

[stark quiver]

is la9 that much worse against heavy compared to tenrai

[undone plover]

iirc it was around 10% worse

[stark quiver]

ouch

oh wait nvm
im using implac

[sharp socket]

i thought la9 was a fighter

[undone plover]

yeah for flex slots the comparison to tenrai is appropriate

[stark quiver]

cuz my 3 sakura fleet forces me to use la9 on amagicv

[barren tapir]

significantly better than amagi at least, nagato did desync by about 4min left tho iirc

levels on lala would do a lot, she does a lot of dmg

[undone plover]

what do u have on uni? can u show

[barren tapir]

right now she has -30% dmg dealt sooo this comp shud work with more levels

[stark quiver]

hold up
for flex slot
is a helldiver better than a la9 at heavy

[barren tapir]

im gonna try no helena with barrage gun tho i think helena is best (sadly)

[undone plover]

do u have a bf109?

[stark quiver]

la9 vs helleiver on amagi cv
unless im reading it wrong

[undone plover]

that is assuming 100% physical hit rate on the helldiver

which is not realistic

[stark quiver]

icic
thx faer

[barren tapir]

nope

[undone plover]

did u skip pr4 focus?

[barren tapir]

ok ill try my 120 laffey idk if she or 107 nana better but nana is weak on light

yeah ive been doing pr5 from the start blame sam guide

[undone plover]

nah it is fine but if that is the case just get bf109 from protocore

it will probably end up using electronics in gear lab so better to get with protocore

if u do protocore min/max from catchup u wont have to worry

[barren tapir]

was bf109 or hvar better

[undone plover]

and u can stop at 2x champy gun imo
dont get the third one like the guide suggests

hvar but it is not available

also bf109 2nd best vs medium after La9
so u still want it

[barren tapir]

so many planes

[stark quiver]

is 3384000 damage per strike for a cv fleet realistic

[barren tapir]

those numbers shud be without air resistance

[stark quiver]

i was looking at them and they seemed a bit off

[undone plover]

most CV strikes do ~100-150k with buffs against BiS targets

[barren tapir]

well i do think i can do it without more gear finangling just need more levels and see if helena or a dps better

also if nagasync or nagabarrage better

[stark quiver]

thats weird

[undone plover]

the lars calc gives dmg for the whole fight not perstrike
it also assumes a few things like 100% physical and normal hit rate unless u change it
also u need to make sure u are selecting the proper enemy

[stark quiver]

i can select enemy?

[barren tapir]

you need to input enemy AA, Eva, Lck

laffey and barragegato seems equivalent to helena and syncgato

so maybe helena and barragegato with lala levels shall do it

[undone plover]

there are also templates u can pick from
filter for a specific meta fight if u want

[spark ridge]

do u get any benefits or mats back for using levelled gear for gear lab crafting? like if i craft a firecrest but cant craft the wyvern yet, is it bad to level it

[barren tapir]

all plates and 25% coin iirc

[undone plover]

u lose most of the gold but get all the plates back

[spark ridge]

ah oke ty

[undone plover]

dont use firecrest tho so dont upgrade it
just stick to gold cuda till u get the wyvern

[crystal gull]

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ b bv

[stark quiver]

where can i find templates

[sharp socket]

one too many zeros?

[stark quiver]

goated calc

[undone plover]

the dmg calc also does not take barrages into account just fyi

[stark quiver]

i js need approx damages,
so i can see how fast the clear may or may not be

[barren tapir]

how is it lala dmg went so much lower, laffey only do 100k more, but total dmg dealt to elbing higher

[undone plover]

for bombs u shouldnt assume %100 physical hit rate
rice wiki page has info on expected hit rate for bombs
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/User:Riceist/BombSpread
u can kinda assume 100% for rockets and torpedoes tho if u use stop

[wind hazel]

because you used helena, maybe

[barren tapir]

no but like it doesnt add up mathwise, i lost like 250-300k end screen damage but did 1% more dmg to elbing

i see now why ppl say dont trust end screen, tho idk what happened.

time to try helena with barragegato

[viscid swift]

remember burns and flood damage aren't shown in the end screen

[barren tapir]

oh i didnt know that so i got luckier burns/floods ig

[stark quiver]

if all goes wrong
torch them

[stark quiver]

so if around 50% hit rate, do i just divide the damage shown in calc by half

[undone plover]

yeah
for tenrai it is 58% I think

[stark quiver]

oh man

i guess im looking at 878000 damage per strike
hopefully

oh fuck me

[undone plover]

again it is not per strike
it is the whole fight
if u want per strike set the duration for 25s or so

[stark quiver]

oh yea

218000
sounds about right i think

unless i did some math wrong

[undone plover]

yeah but another 20-30% will be lost cause of hit rate

what are u trying to do exactly

[stark quiver]

see how much damage my fleet may do per strike against warspite cm

[undone plover]

oh

[stark quiver]

if around 152600 damge is what i could do per strike, and warspite has a good 5.3m hp
how would that even work
wait a sec

[barren tapir]

lala dmg bugged? how in the world can her dmg range from 300k to 600k lol

[pallid robin]

? I see 324k and 359 from your pics. No 600k

[undone plover]

there was a previous screenshot with 600k #gameplay-help message

[pallid robin]

I see!

[undone plover]

did u change gear?

[barren tapir]

nope

well not on lala

[pallid robin]

maybe helena proc when lala deals her damage

[barren tapir]

the 650k is nagatom with autoloader and mk6, the 360k is nagatom with hsfcr and 410

i am now trying hsfcr and mk6

[wind hazel]

you're testing lala's damage right?

maybe remove nagato from the fleet, it would be more consistent

and helena too

[barren tapir]

no im trying to find out what gets me the best shot of clearing when i level the vg, hopefully

[wind hazel]

oh

[undone plover]

i dont think nagatoM 10% FP buff explains this difference

[barren tapir]

the difference is purely number also, since ending hp is the same +-1%

[vapid finch]

What should you do if moods are low before you battle?

[undone plover]

put them in dorm
stop playing for a while

[vapid finch]

Where can I find a dorm?

[wind hazel]

main menu>HQ>Dorm

[vapid finch]

Same there isn’t enough room for all of them. Can I just do the op ships and rest from grinding AL for them to calm down?

[undone plover]

not sure what u are asking exactly

[vapid finch]

Give me a second

Need to finish the last battle and see what to do

[undone plover]

cycle them in dorm if not enough space
ideally u want to buy 3rd slot on floor 1 then get 2nd floor

6 total slots for mob fleet

[humble solar]

I just realized that equipment effects do not stack. So it is pointless to have 2 units who has SG Radar

[jagged harness]

Which is better guys SHINANO or KAMIKAZE?

[barren tapir]

ok so mk6 but no attempt to sync with helena (natural sync for several cycles 3 times total) best result so far. lala dmg once again sus

are CAs just that inconsistent or is something up

[humble solar]

Wait, if Effect Do Not Stack, does SG radar and AA radar Ambush Dodge chance stack?

[wind hazel]

tbh if your mainline is maxed out, im not sure if 120 lala gonna bring in the difference if you're still missing 13hp bar

have you tried manual gaming tho

[vapid finch]

Sadly, I need to expand the room, which I don’t have enough coins to do so

How do I get decor tokens?

[undone plover]

wiki says does not stack with sg radar
but just get recommended recon and u disable ambush
early on might not be very possible tho

[humble solar]

I can't believe it took me 2 years to retrofit Saratoga

[barren tapir]

well i dont think i can 120 them before the month ends tbh, but it's worth noting lala is missing 30% dmg and momo 32% (and helena 14%)

[storm heron]

shinano is better

[undone plover]

mainly from commissions
early on it will be slow
best thing to do is cycle your ships in dorm
I am afraid not much else u can do
and take a break every now and then

[barren tapir]

and theyre still my highest dps vgs

[humble solar]

Is Shinano gonna have a rerun?

[storm heron]

kamikaze is a bad dd iirc

[wind hazel]

wait for next year elbing

[vapid finch]

Dang

[wind hazel]

no she's already in permanent pool

[humble solar]

Dang, I left during UR Lexington II - @wind hazel WAIT WHAT

[wind hazel]

you left your meds

[zenith heron]

Doesn't the boss have like a bigass of a hitbox attack?

[humble solar]

I wonder if Musashi, Vanguard, or Shinano had been powercreep, not to mention Monarch

[storm heron]

monarch is never on the same level as those three

[forest palm]

Monarch got power crept ages ago

[humble solar]

Ehat about Warspite Refit

[zenith heron]

Monarch is sadly not in leagues with the URs

You basically have Musashi, Zwei, Alsace, And Soyuz on top

[wind hazel]

all of them are still viable

[zenith heron]

Its a trap

[forest palm]

Hood w/ Aug is better than Monarch at this point

[humble solar]

No wonder Warspite performance is kinda subpar

[undone plover]

what gun do u have on lala?

[humble solar]

HOOD?!?

[zenith heron]

She is just an old retrofit, basically wasted potential

[forest palm]

Warspite has always been shit, and her retrofit was a band-aid fix to her issues, so since she ostensibly has no future proofing she falls flat

[barren tapir]

cheshire gun +10

[forest palm]

you can pray that Warspite gets a good augment, but that's a hard cope

[humble solar]

Marry for love X
Marry for stats ✓

Cleveland retrofit when

[dreamy blade]

there are only 6 CBs in the game?

[zenith heron]

Do this if you whale, but not significant if its the free rings (for a small amount of stat increase that is)

[forest palm]

5 if we pretend Kala doesn't exist

[dreamy blade]

ah ok, i got enough bps for a cb gun then realized i dont have a single CB

[humble solar]

So uhh, are Laffey and other starters still good?

[dreamy blade]

theyre good for early game but fall off

[humble solar]

who are the good vanguards?

[eager mulch]

Helena

[dreamy blade]

uh that depends what you need from them and what stage of the game youre at and for what content

[humble solar]

so far I am still in 9-3 and uhh New York area in opsi

[storm heron]

/guide

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Beginner's Guide to Azur Lane

If you're not sure where to start or how to optimize something, try checking these out!
🔹 General FAQ from the Azur Lane wiki
🔹 English Community Guide Compendium by samheart564

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

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

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

[storm heron]

your welcome

[dreamy blade]

ok so still early so your staples will be like portland/laffey/helena

if you have any of the gold ships from the current collab banner they are good too

[humble solar]

not yet

[dreamy blade]

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

[humble solar]

I am left with debt from a year ago, I have 50 cubes but no coins

[dreamy blade]

with that many cubes i wouldnt pull on this banner at all and save for the next UR event

[humble solar]

who is next

[viscid swift]

we dont know

[dreamy blade]

we dont know, we're due for a new one at the end of december

[glass basin]

why is FR 10.33 on avp but 10.00 on enty

[barren tapir]

btw random fun fact, from all this CM ive confirmed momos plants can snapshot this particular effect leading to a 30% chance for her plants to have 100% evasion rate for their entire duration

[humble solar]

stats?