gameplay-help

[ashen crow]

Do they all have the same drop chance?

[eternal moth]

/droprate

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Q: What are the drop rates for __?
A: Map drop rates are unknown and cannot be datamined, due to being server-side. The only one known is 0.75% for Akagi/Kaga (individually) on 3-4. Community data collection suggests the other gold ship drop rates are somewhat similar, however.

Q: Then where should I farm for __?
A: Farm the highest map you can for it. Higher stages give more EXP, upgrade parts, equipment, and shop currency. Community data collection suggests the drop rates are also probably higher on higher worlds.

[barren tapir]

if you brick hedgehog and restarting wont make you miss a UR or collab boat i would restart LOL

[sinful escarp]

We dont know the drop chance, but you get more cores in higher level hard mode maps

[storm heron]

time to re clear w15 without hedgehog

[burnt bramble]

For retrofit prints? Go for the x-4s of Hard Mode. Higher you can manage the better.

[sweet delta]

Technically w15 is doable without killing any enemy subs

[stark quiver]

why take the 1 yellow triangle recon node with subs
when i can take the 3 red triangle cv node without subs

[storm heron]

so w14? but then I can cheese with 3 depth charges

[barren tapir]

ch14 can also technically be doable just only take bb node

unless it never spawns enough, im not sure on the rng

[storm heron]

nvm I understand it for the weong reasons

[sweet delta]

How about Musashi Aquila flagshipcover and just tank subs

[worldly pewter]

just face tank everything

[stark quiver]

do rerun pools use the original run pool or updated pools

[undone plover]

should be original but I think there was sth with kron rerun
rerun was special
check original run but I recall searching for it and ppl thought it was heavy for og run

[stark quiver]

i meant the ships in the pool, is it updated?

[undone plover]

u mean the 5-6 event ships themselves?
should be the same exactly

[stark quiver]

og run for yk2 was special, during rerun, is it possible to pull aquiila from the rerun pool

[undone plover]

oh I see what u mean
should be like that yes but actually that is an interesting question

[burnt bramble]

Is SR Hammer or Dual Blades Augment better for Z52?

[sweet delta]

usually dual swords

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/augment-modules/

[stark quiver]

bro actually made a augment guide
watch every1 start treating it as a bible

[scenic mesa]

Am I dumb if I'm gonna MLB Fritz Rumey first instead of Amagi CV?

[stark quiver]

you would probably see more use in amagi cv

[viscid swift]

as things currently stand I wouldn't

[undone plover]

both are good and do different things
amagi is probably better, especially if u have shinano

[sweet delta]

fritz is cheaper to use (only 2 planes) but more expensive to peak (two la9)

[soft dagger]

im nitpicking but removing bullet/torp probably worth mentioning

[sharp wave]

What does mlb mean?

[boreal wagon]

max limit break (aka max stars)

[scenic mesa]

Man I have them both

So MLB Amagi first? Is Shinano better than Rumey?

[soft raft]

Shinano has synergy with Amagi CV

[stark quiver]

i can see shinano being used mor ethan rumey

[scenic mesa]

Sadge, Rumey is so hot

[undone plover]

amagi + shinano is better than rumey + shinano for example
all 3 are good
depends what u are trying to do

[scenic mesa]

So can I run Amagi and Shinano with Soyuz?

[stark quiver]

i wouldnt
if youre not doing campsign*

[soft raft]

in what context?

[quartz jungle]

Amagi + Nakhimov with Soyuz usually

[undone plover]

in campaign sure
for single fight bosses it depends on the fight
and usually triple carrier or triple BB is better than mixed fleets

[scenic mesa]

So If I run Soyuz and Nakhimov which of the 3 would I bring with them?

[scenic mesa]

Ok thanks

[undone plover]

depends on a lot of things tbh
what vanguard u are running
what the enemy armor is
what the fight gimmicks are

[viscid swift]

do you even have a Dev 30 Nakhimov

[undone plover]

also fritz is still new
no one has tested her to see how she performs in different compositions
CN calcs say she is highest dps CV for medium and 2nd highest for light armor
u can always wait till we find out more
but we know amagi is a safe investment

[stone sluice]

What ships do you suggest using for the EX boss battle?

[stark quiver]

3ijn cv

[scenic mesa]

Thanks for the summary

[scenic mesa]

I used Perseus,Soyuz,Volga,Kronk,Anchorage and Kazagumo

[exotic schooner]

How do you find the collection page ?

Is it on the website ?

[viscid swift]

what collection page exactly?

[brittle depot]

Is there a thread or something online that shows you the locations to every item in Noshiros private quarters?

[eternal moth]

Click the arrow next to Formation, Memento, Archives

[soft dagger]

#gameplay-help message

[stone sluice]

But my vanguard dies quick

[viscid swift]

on easy or hard?

[stone sluice]

Hard

[soft dagger]

dont auto on hard

[stark quiver]

🕹️

[eternal moth]

EX is designed to be a bullet hell

You're supposed to dodge everything, not facetank it, which you'll do on auto

[stone sluice]

[sweet delta]

if you last that long, follow hipper

[stark quiver]

Sushi do you have a full play through video

[austere vault]

Long time player, but I can’t figure out how to get to C and D levels (meaning SP and EX are locked) in Substellar. I’ve completed all A and B levels with 3 stars multiple times, entire story mode.

No Normal Hard button, no arrows on right of A or B level screens. Nothing. Hopefully I’m just overlooking something, but been playing for years and never had this issue before

[eternal moth]

Click stage. Click hard

[novel solstice]

They changed the interface this time, just to mess you up. Click on the stage, then it's on the bottom-left of that screen

[sweet delta]

unlisted and won't publish, it's just proof in case i get banned for getting too low of a score
https://youtu.be/1lheuPq91IU

[undone plover]

just link to it #event-faq message

[eternal moth]

Possibly dumb question, but have they listed the amount of event points you get from a stage on the stage selection box before? i don't remember seeing it

[ivory pawn]

Yes. I remember seeing the same thing brought up in a previous recent event, so idk for how long.

[viscid swift]

yes but you had to tap on the box to see the amount

[late flame]

(bleh discord lag) /hardmode #bot-spam

[brittle depot]

isnt this for Sirius?

[late flame]

thats for sirius ya.. have not seen latest post for noshiro 3d dorm yet

[soft dagger]

oh yes mb

[brittle depot]

i see. i also realized some items only show up at night so thats where some may be

[austere vault]

Thanks. Never would have seen that since I’m so used to the Normal Hard toggle where this event just has “Operation” .

[worn quest]

when can i start beating the challengemode warspit

[sweet delta]

when you're player level 80

[worn quest]

then i need help cuz i keep losing :(

[sweet delta]

it's hard
https://suchiguma.github.io/challengemode/december

[barren tapir]

manual is always an option

[late flame]

or ignore it since there isnt any meaningful reward

[vital meadow]

can any1 gimme a surefire 1 shot comp for taihou meta

[burnt bramble]

Isn't the point to defeat over time?

[viscid swift]

well depends on oaths and fleet tech for how consistently you want to one shot
but that's what I'm running tenatively, 0 CV reload tech

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/460645783021289472/1322035653596283002/image.png?ex=677011e6&is=676ec066&hm=d197607460e6ae361a6539f75f9520047fe027410a52bf199349af076504dfd2&

[storm heron]

it's not that strong that you have to do it multiple times, you can just 1 shot it

[burnt bramble]

When I've done it I mostly focused on surviving. I'm nowhere near as developed as you guys seem to be...

[storm heron]

nah you'll be there in no time

[burnt bramble]

Though part of it was being stupid with set-ups.
As I'm quickly realizing now.

[late flame]

think of it this way : its a bonus (and no oil used) if you manage to one-shot the fight
you'll eventually get enough tech / gears over time to accomplish that
or be like me just copy the best you can and 2 shot the fight

[burnt bramble]

Think I'll just spend most of my time just farming the crap out of 12-4 and finish all my research ships, then I can focus on more mixed set-ups compared to my usual, 'pray for single faction ships to do everything for me and not need to think about it.'

86k oil is going to be one hell of a drug, until it's gone.

[late flame]

faction bonus isnt worth fielding* bad ships though

[viscid swift]

better to save your oil in storage for a rainy day

like Yorktown 2's rerun to farm for HVARs

[stark quiver]

why did you use sg on helena? arent cvs already at 20s+ rld?

[sweet delta]

my cvs aren't

[stark quiver]

also, unzen torps at 20.01 whiffs and fleet dies, should i bring it to 19.95?

[vital meadow]

either one works?

[sweet delta]

do you have the same gear +13?

if not then just use helena

[stark quiver]

no +13 drake gun
+13 imp torp

[sweet delta]

who basically guarantees 65%+ win rate

[sweet delta]

did they just miss or were too early or too late?

[stark quiver]

they missed 💀

I’m js using the usual backline + Helena kaza unzen

[sweet delta]

then get luckier

[silver lintel]

Z52 can main tank taihoum?

[stark quiver]

might actually be too fast

[storm heron]

I thought you did cm

[raven canyon]

i need more golden catapults Gah does anyone know what's the best stage to grind for them

[eternal moth]

Research

[burnt bramble]

T4/T5 Tech boxes, Fallen Wings D3, Ink-Stained Steel Sakura D2. Available in War Archives apparently according to koumakan site

[raven canyon]

oh thanksalot

[viscid swift]

Yes

Even at just level 117 and without her blue skill maxed

[eternal moth]

My level 104 Portland survived a level 15 Maihou with a Unicorn, I think Z52 is going to be ok

[barren tapir]

ive been nana tanking the whole time for taimou

[ocean trout]

so there is this site where u can recharge gems. and only snippet i found is that it is official . without naming it. is there indeed a site where u can recharge gems?

a official one of course

[eternal moth]

https://yo-topup.com/page/shop/azurlane

[ocean trout]

yes this is the site. is it official?

[eternal moth]

It's pinned in the #tech-support channel, so it should be

[ocean trout]

oh ok thank you for that

[forest palm]

[eternal moth]

[stark quiver]

is it too late to get all the figures in the gachapon if someone starts now

[viscid swift]

well you have 4 days to get them including today
you can earn up to 4 pulls a day so that's 8 expressions a day
you need 36 and you can earn 32 in that time so no

[stark quiver]

nice

forgot to tell a friend to it 💀

[eternal moth]

So if I did it opening day but then started again today I'm ok? YAAAY!

[violet oracle]

are buffs and reductions additive or multiplicative?

[soft dagger]

depends. some not stack

[gusty niche]

Is OP Siren the only way to get Gear Lab mats?

[soft dagger]

mainly and the best way

[stark quiver]

you can get it from dailies|
but its a small amt

[gusty niche]

So basically, just do your op dailies and you'll get there eventually?

[ivory pawn]

Work on the OP Siren storyline until you get the timer in the top left on the map at least. Then just spend your AP.

[viscid swift]

you want to do more than just the dailies in Operation Siren

[soft dagger]

just relying on opsi for daily is not optimal

[viscid swift]

you want to clear everything in OpSi each month all the exportables, strongholds, hidden modes, Abbyssals, and normal Arbiter on top of your dailies as well as buying out the shop

[silver fjord]

Is there like a list or sheet with gear for ships

[vale spindle]

yes but gear is pretty content specific once you get to later in the game

[viscid swift]

no, closest you'll get is the ECTL but gearing is always situationally depenedent

[gusty niche]

Right, I've mostly been stopping after reaching my max meta loggers, but I should do as much as my AP allows me

[silver fjord]

I'm fine with general

[viscid swift]

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

a good place to start would be giving that a read

[vale spindle]

^ this basically goes slot by slot instead of by ship, since ships that have the same gear slots generally use the same gear in that slot

also you have weird cases like how harbin is a light cruiser but can only equip destroyer guns

[eager mulch]

[unique lantern]

are comissions limited ?
on active days when i can check in multiple times i start getting this garbage after a few times

[novel solstice]

You are guaranteed to get commissions from a good pool in the morning, but after a couple cycles of nice 1 and 2 hour quests you start getting comms from a larger pool that has some much less good ones.

[barren tapir]

there are 10 daily resource extraction/awakening comms per day

[fair tartan]

Is firefly plane good?

[eager mulch]

not really

[unique lantern]

it seems i dont run enough commissions if i only realise this after 10 months

[forest palm]

no better than a barracuda afaik

[fair tartan]

What about SBD Dauntless?

[stark quiver]

nah
use barracuda

[forest palm]

which one

[fair tartan]

Mcclusky division

[forest palm]

ya just use a Cuda

[viscid swift]

SBD is a Divebomber

[fair tartan]

But barracuda is a torpedo plane not a dive bomber?

[viscid swift]

use Helldivers instead

[fair tartan]

But helldiver is a purple plane

[forest palm]

doesn't matter get rid of the notion, "higher rarity = better" doesn't work in this game

[silver fjord]

U can't do auto opsi?

[forest palm]

you can

[stark quiver]

shiny =/= good

[unique lantern]

smh yall have purple aux on ALL of your vanguards

[viscid swift]

you can, just need to do some stuff to unlock it first

[fair tartan]

I see I’m a new player so I don’t really understand how the game works

[viscid swift]

ok, what's your point

[silver fjord]

How teacher

[unique lantern]

woosh

[viscid swift]

I can't remember exactly, been far too long but you should have at the very worst case after your first reset

[unique lantern]

higher rarity != better
like how you want repair toolkits on your vanguards in 99% of cases

[warm pivot]

What are you guy's build on To-Love RU characters????

[viscid swift]

standard builds for their respective hull types

only thing of any note is that Nana wants a fast reloading main gun, that's about it

[unique lantern]

are tlr ships any good compared to other top ships tho?

[viscid swift]

not really, good compared to SRs but well

[granite herald]

good loadout?

[viscid swift]

for farming sure

[fair tartan]

How strong does my fleet need to be to start doing operation siren?

[stark quiver]

we live in a world of URs, they may be good/decent amongst Srs

[viscid swift]

just start as soon as you can and see how far you get

[late flame]

i find tlr ships fun to use, but yeah they do not replace anything for harder content

[viscid swift]

2 fleets of level 120 ships should clear most of it though

[stark quiver]

so many tlr copers

[unique lantern]

oh that reminds me, since rumey has same range on all guns, which would be bis? ply gun?

[eager mulch]

ply gun

[stark quiver]

for bossing use Hit AA

[fair tartan]

Not full 120 but can I start with this?

[unique lantern]

im 10 bps off my second ply gun and already got 2 ur bullins

[sinful escarp]

Imo i would replace enty with unicorn, so you dont have to worry about them sinking if you run then continuously

[stark quiver]

is that bismarck zwei

[rare wyvern]

Once you get all you wanted from core shop, good idea to go for normal chips ? (light blue)

[fair tartan]

Yes

[unique lantern]

zwei rerun in may-ish pls only good bb im missing
with zwei you dont need other slows, right? or do you need them to keep them in the pull?

[barren tapir]

generally top end golds for their hull type but not comparable to URs

[ivory pawn]

It's definitely worth to pick them up, especially if there's nothing more important you want.

[barren tapir]

always need cogs until you lvl120 every ship so

[fair tartan]

I have these two for mob clearing don’t know how well that would work

[stark quiver]

or you could get more oxytorps

[sinful escarp]

You can replace persues with another dmg dealer, even with just unicorn she can keep them at full health indefinitely in opsi

[unique lantern]

is there actually any way to run out of cog chips tho? im getting spammed with them like crazy, i havent bought them even a single time, not even in event stores and am at 30k leftover rn

[stark quiver]

meaning you dont grind enough

[late flame]

if you level many ships you will run out eventually

[barren tapir]

if you focus on levelling ships to 120 you will never have enough coggies unless you purposefully level inefficiently (like i do)

well i dontcare to optimize not using a maxed unicorn or a maxed tank sometimes, basically.

[sweet delta]

30k can go to 0 in a day for me

[barren tapir]

i like having a maxed exp carry to speed up combat over exp optimization

[unique lantern]

im not running any content except opsi with maxed ships and with a few exceptions always use all of my oil, i definitely wouldnt say theres much to grind left

[viscid swift]

Can go to 0 in half an hour for me

[barren tapir]

and if i focus on it, my cogs trend negative despite that

[silver fjord]

Is it worth it to start op siren now?

[stark quiver]

Yes

[viscid swift]

Are you grinding fleet tech yet

[barren tapir]

the best time to start opsi was when you first could tackle it, the second best time is now

[unique lantern]

you can probably pull enough out of opsi to get at least one UR mat

[viscid swift]

Because if yes just give it some time

[barren tapir]

you only get enough coggies for like 5 gold ships a month, if that

[unique lantern]

passively, havent gone on focussed farm yet, but with my oil shortage while leveling ships i dont see how i could speed that up :c

[fair tartan]

Do I have enough

[barren tapir]

this includes core data and events and meta fight rewards

[silver fjord]

Is op siren time consuming

[late flame]

sir, this is a gacha

[white agate]

1st time yes

[unique lantern]

i am however buying every source of arrays and im constantly running low

[viscid swift]

Well it doesn't hit immediately especially if you were slacking before but it will eventually get you

[barren tapir]

it can be more or less time consuming depending on how much you want out of it

[barren tapir]

how many are you even 125ing

[silver fjord]

Let's say efficiently the most useful stuff

[stark quiver]

My cog count only goes up 💀

[barren tapir]

i 125 my waifus and i have more than that

[unique lantern]

just a few

[barren tapir]

[primal silo]

[white agate]

mine too

[silver fjord]

Got 28 and another 5 or so incoming

[viscid swift]

Each month you'll need to dedicate a few hours still to clear everything and still do your dailies

[barren tapir]

mine goes up when i neglect awakening ships since they dont need it to grind exp

[viscid swift]

But after your first reset it can be autoed so you don't actually have to watch over most of it

[silver fjord]

So one time 2-6 hours or so. Then dailies how much?

[barren tapir]

i think if you farm exp inefficiently you wont have too much cog issue

[viscid swift]

No more than half an hour max

And that's really too much even

[white agate]

1 minute excluding fighting time

[fair tartan]

Are any of the planes in the core shop worth getting?

[stark quiver]

Firebrand to craft to wyvern,
Only if you don’t have opsi mats

[unique lantern]

i wasnt being sarcastic or anything btw, imo 24 is still just a few, should i not 125 the ships i use on a regular ?

[silver fjord]

I heard it resets monthly. So with the month almost over is it worth it? Also don't have auto unlock bc I need to do story. Is it fine if I do now?

[barren tapir]

125 ships you use a lot in endgame content or like a lot (if you have spares) prioritize top end ships for metagaming ofc

[viscid swift]

These are what your numbers should look like after a while

[barren tapir]

i was just double checking that you arent 125ing everyone xd

[silver fjord]

I wanted to look more into opsi bc most gear are lab gear. I usually just do normal story to lvl ships and events

[viscid swift]

well try and rush to get it to reset if you can but if you can't it's no biggie

[stark quiver]

so many plates

[unique lantern]

i 125 every UR and the SRs im using

[fair tartan]

Is the new ur cv good?

[unique lantern]

every ur except warspite*
i do like warspite, but i just dont see her being used anywhere except in pvp

[silver fjord]

How do I unlock 4 ship fleets?

[viscid swift]

she's not even used in PvP anymore

[silver fjord]

I'm noob. I just collect waifus. Depending on how op siren is I will either play it or drop if it's a hassle

[viscid swift]

after you clear Chapter 1

[viscid swift]

well if you want to play collector you will need to clear up to 15-4 of the main campaign

[stark quiver]

Do you want 100% collection?

[silver fjord]

No. Just collect the ones I like. @viscid swift why is thay

[viscid swift]

and not that OpSi is required but you would be making life much more difficult to clear W15 if you didn't

[stark quiver]

Then opsi is optional

[viscid swift]

meh, I'd still do it

[unique lantern]

if you want low maintenance you can also just completely ignore dailies and do a full afk clear with the strategic search every day or two, better than not doing it at all, and you still get enough done that way to buy most of the UR mats every month

[viscid swift]

you're making your ships stronger regardless and it's better to have something not not need it rather than the other way around

[silver fjord]

I don't have it lol. Feels like getting auto clear sounds like a hassle. I'm just used to doin everything auto.

[viscid swift]

do people just hate using AP on recognisance for explorable modes or something

[stark quiver]

You just have to bore thru the fast parts of opsi and everything after will be smooth sailing

[silver fjord]

I'm at 8-9 gacha games

[primal silo]

Clearing chapter 1 of opsi is easy

[stark quiver]

You don’t buy the 5k logger yea?

[silver fjord]

My patience isn't big

[viscid swift]

yes

[unique lantern]

you scare me

[viscid swift]

why would I ever pay 5k oil for something that gives me no value

[stark quiver]

Look if you don’t wanna then don’t, doing opsi will make your time in Al easier so I’d highly reccmend doing it

[barren tapir]

you may be fine now but imagine ch16 drops with a new waifu you really like, then youll regret not having prepped in advance :p

[silver fjord]

But how. I don't see where

[stark quiver]

Yea I agree, as a grinder, I’d much rather spend the oil getting xp

[unique lantern]

when did w15 drop? are new worlds a "common" occurence?

[viscid swift]

like seriously my routine is enter an exportable mode
pay for recon, let auto search do its thing, wait for it to finish and do soemthing else
repeat

[white agate]

doesn't it give ap and 90/90/90?

[primal silo]

I tried doing that
Couldn't invest enough time

[barren tapir]

fall 2023, i expect ch16 to maybe happen in fall 2025

ch14 was fall 2021

[stark quiver]

Yea, but my fleets are good so I don’t need it

[viscid swift]

all it does is give you some of the stuff you'd get from clearing them in advance

it's not actually giving you extra stuff

[primal silo]

In the mission part of opsi
There should pointer to the next stage

[barren tapir]

it doesnt give you bonus rewards, it just gives you some rewards earlier

[stark quiver]

How much AP do you usually have to end the season?

[unique lantern]

wait you can still full auto them even without the logger?

or do yall actually manually do the 100 or something zones

manually start*

[viscid swift]

about 1k, but bear in mind I actively work throughout the month to not exceed that amount of AP so I don't have to farm through like 3k on the last day

[barren tapir]

just recon the zone and yes. you cant strategic search everything tho

[stark quiver]

perform recon with AP

[primal silo]

Auto each zone

[white agate]

i use 5k oil
too lazy

[silver fjord]

There is like mission when I go into big map at the bottom right. It's locked though

[barren tapir]

i have like 2k ap and a lot of c2-c4 hiddens to burn through

[viscid swift]

October 2023
and W14 dropped on October 2021
I'm sure you can start to see a pattern emerging

[barren tapir]

when was ch13

[stark quiver]

do you have any specific opsi routines?
cuz without the 5k logger i usually
clear all zones, while snaking for the dailies, and stuff during first week
then work my way thru strongholds,hiddens and abyssals thruout the month
i just dont know when i should be using AP boxes

[barren tapir]

apparently sometime in 2019

[stark quiver]

long ahh image

[viscid swift]

I don't know why that hapened

[barren tapir]

wtf is that red dot doing

[primal silo]

Hmm
I don't know if I'm remembering correctly, but you have to clear a path to that zone

[unique lantern]

ye i better unlaze my ass and finally clear w13 to 15 ive been done with w12 for probably over half a year now, just never had the energy to manually navigate all those stages when i have to already do that every time a new event comes along

[viscid swift]

I actively target modes which will gurantee me 100 AP for clearing them

[white agate]

no lvl 130 for now right?

[viscid swift]

that effectively allows me to clear explorable for net 0 AP or at the very least minimal cost

[stark quiver]

and you kinda just snake towards them?

[barren tapir]

yeah i go for ap reward nodes asap, carving a path to them based on the best tuning rewards as well

[viscid swift]

after working through the explorables and getting enough adpats I go through Abyssals and Strongholds

[viscid swift]

pretty much

[stark quiver]

i usually carve a path to dailies, instead of ones with A{

[barren tapir]

depends how much you clear early, i like getting a good chunk of the map done so i can pop into dailies as needed

[viscid swift]

after that it's just picking off everything else as AP allows

I would not hold more than 1k after that point as I really don't need more than that in reserve and building up too much means it's more of a hassle to use it all later on

[fair tartan]

Is the yellow prototype triple 406 mk6 better than the purple one?

[viscid swift]

no

[stark quiver]

i remembered i used to buy the 5k logger > and just rush my way thru every single thing, abyssals, hiddens , explorables in the first and 2nd days, i realised it was inefficient

[viscid swift]

I genuinely think most people just don't know what recon does
which is understandable because I didn't for a while

[sharp socket]

i buy logger and do explorables with the boxes, then hiddens/stronghold for the rest of the month

[unique lantern]

i still dont

[undone plover]

it is not very inefficient
u just lose 5k oil
the opsi rewards are the same

[fair tartan]

Why is that?

[sinful escarp]

I dont know what it does, and i ran opsi since it was releasd

[viscid swift]

you pay at max 10 AP, and it clears all the darkness/fog allowing the individual explorable mode allowing it to be cleared using auto search

[sharp socket]

i lose 5k oil but i gain back much more in time because i can just auto

[stark quiver]

i somehow ended up with 200~ ap every month doing that lol

[undone plover]

u could also wait 30 mins for it to be free

[white agate]

i do, buy still, doing recon every map

[viscid swift]

it's basically like entering any campaign map just with a few extra taps and autoing it

[unique lantern]

oh so, enter, recon, auto? ye still need to manually enter every map 😭

[barren tapir]

its just paying oil for qol, it can be helpful if you lack time to play since then you can strategic explore the entire map in 1 go

[primal silo]

I agree
I don't have enough divided attention to recon everything

*one by one

[barren tapir]

but if you do have time to play it gives you very little for the cost (less microing basically)

[viscid swift]

is it that bad though
it's not any worse than auto farming W12

[barren tapir]

id rather get 35k coins for that oil

[late flame]

i still buy it since i hate fog of war

[sharp socket]

i can also just turn it all around by getting more akashi

[barren tapir]

nextm onth tho im considerng getting hidden logger, every 30min to do a hidden is getting a bit annoying. hidden logger removes fog of war on all hiddens automatically right

[viscid swift]

yes

[barren tapir]

not like i dont get overkill vouchers

[unique lantern]

if i had the attentionspan or energy to reopen a new zone every minute i wouldnt be at 13-1 🥹

[sharp socket]

hidden logger is basically free so ill get that every time

[barren tapir]

🧠 yeah ill wipe thru the one time shit by next month anyway so itll be free sailing

to infinity vouchers and beyond

[unique lantern]

ill give it a go next month, but i doubt ill be doing much of the manual exploring before just buying the logger 2 weeks in

[white agate]

i hate syren outpost fog trap , unfortunstely no logger works on that

[stark quiver]

when there are lvl 80's in first place leader board for ex, are those usually hackers

[primal silo]

Good luck
I gave it a go last month, when my courses were nearing deadline 💀

[sharp socket]

micro for more AP ❌ get lucky for more AP ✅

[barren tapir]

do both ✅ ✅

then cry when nothing drops you any UR prints ✅ ✅ ✅

[eager mulch]

[unique lantern]

ill finally have my third champ gun on the 1st, do i +13 them? or there any other guns to +13 first?

[barren tapir]

they are good to +13

[viscid swift]

they have priority over basically everything for +13

[barren tapir]

im still unsure if i want 2 or 3 of those though tbh.

have heard conflicting opinions on this

[viscid swift]

here's my thoughts on that

[small mountain]

Isn't gearlab getting an update soon? Maybe wait first?

[viscid swift]

I definitely see the bnefit of having instead of 2 +13 Champagne guns and 1 +13 Flandre Gun over 3 +13 Champys

[bold cove]

Wait for which gear? Champy gun we bought from protocore shop

[viscid swift]

but the issue is that there hasn't been any content thus far relevant enough for me to +13 a Flandre gun yet

[unique lantern]

can you sync a flandre with champ guns? i was told to get 3 champs for syncing

[small mountain]

just in case something better show up

[barren tapir]

i also need just 10 more pr3 prints to get 3rd champy since i did a stupid (when i thought i'd need it for warspite cm) and gearlabbed one (it has yet to be used)

[unique lantern]

also whats the flandre gun anyways

[viscid swift]

there is the benefit of you getting the former about a month sooner

[bold cove]

Probably Tenrai and some Pr5 gold gear

[viscid swift]

probably in about a month

[eternal moth]

Tenrai would be nice

[viscid swift]

but the Champagne Guns have been around and relevant since 2020, I doubt they're gonna get replaced now

[eternal moth]

What I'd REALLY like now is a rainbow converging TB, but I doubt that's going to happen any time soon.

[barren tapir]

pr8 cope

[viscid swift]

as much as I would like that I don't either because that's gonna require an eye watering amount of gold plates

[bold cove]

I dont even start pr7...

[barren tapir]

it's ok i havent either

[viscid swift]

and we're getting the 2nd Skyraider soon on top of La-9s

[eternal moth]

Good point, I'll start saving gold plates again

[small mountain]

we're probably getting some new gear as well right?

[eternal moth]

I had to spend a bunch on VIT-7s

[viscid swift]

most likely yes

[small mountain]

at least I hope so

[zinc prairie]

Help make 4 fleets for OpSi Arbiter fight https://discord.com/channels/456397991847395339/1315710938606862477

[viscid swift]

PR5 gold gear won't be until 2026

[eternal moth]

I think so, but none of what's been added in these updates have been memorable IIRC

[viscid swift]

it'll just be the PR4 gear that gets added probably

[eternal moth]

No, I take it back. The rainbow DD gun was really good.

[viscid swift]

it's all been good

just none of it really a standout

[eternal moth]

Timed fuze AA guns

[viscid swift]

well as far as UR gear

[undone plover]

@stark quiver sry for wall of text
monthly AP income is like this:
passive income: 4320
daily missions: ~1200
explorable zone 1st time clear: ~2000-2500 AP
random akashi throughout the month: variable but sth like 2000-3000 AP total
so in essence u are looking at an AP total of ~10k AP per month

there are 72 zones in operation siren. to clear them all once u need 2880 AP
~1200 for strongholds
~1300 for hidden zones
~1500 for abyssals
maybe 1k repeating zones for daily missions (not sure about this one but it is also variable)
so u are looking at ~8k used

so each month u should on average have a net of 2k AP
if u miss some of these sources u are losing on AP which explains why u might have ended with 200

[stark quiver]

thank

[barren tapir]

gigabrained

also faerlein u forgot the port shops ap

[arctic forge]

how can i fix this, already redownloaded the game

[barren tapir]

try repair assets

[arctic forge]

doesnt help

[small mountain]

Flapjack

[late flame]

probably wait for devs to fix. 3d dorm is.. a hot mess

[undone plover]

oh yeah
so probably AP used on daily missions is more than I figured but it should still be around 2k net AP each month
I wish I tracked how much is used on daily missions but alas

[arctic forge]

sirius was working before update too now idk

is my game haunted?

[fair tartan]

Is there a fast and efficient way to earn gold?

[zinc prairie]

I can't defeat Hard Arbiter so maybe my fleets are not optimized, these are the fleets I'm currently using:

[eager mulch]

#tech-support

[bold cove]

How long between the update of 3d dorm? I guess it take forever for all player favorite character to get in 3d dorm

[viscid swift]

Farm w12

[soft raft]

Those are certainly some scuffed comps

[eager mulch]

fast is buying with gems

[eternal moth]

Do you have Plymouth?

[fair tartan]

What is that? I’m new🥹

[viscid swift]

Chapter 12 of the main campaign

[soft raft]

the 12th world/chapter in campaign

[fair tartan]

Why chapter 12 in specific? Does prior or later chapters not work?

[zinc prairie]

yes but not yet ready for use

[late flame]

later chapters either require some form of AA carry, take too long, or both

[bold cove]

Most effective oil to coin, xp ratio

[eager mulch]

good balance between rewards and difficulty

[bold cove]

And safe to farm

[ivory pawn]

It's the earliest chapter that can drop cog chips, and is also surprisingly easy after you clear it a few times.
It also has oil caps, so you can field a full fleet.

[fair tartan]

Which stage of chapter 12?

[eager mulch]

12-4 usually

[soft raft]

12-1 and 12-4 are the more common picks

[late flame]

+chapter 12-1 / 12-4 once you got it to safe you can get away with fielding rubbish fleets

[bold cove]

12-1 for xp, 12-4 for coin,xp

[late flame]

also 12-1 for more consistent submarine levelling

though subs are really more for late game / optional content

[stark quiver]

do i get +25% xp gained on ships on highest affinity

[fair tartan]

How much usefulness do submarines have? I have never ever used or leveled up one

[bold cove]

Theyre strong af

[late flame]

a good damage boost but not top priority

[zinc prairie]

U can see my Dock here https://discord.com/channels/456397991847395339/1315710938606862477

[stark quiver]

a well built sub fleet can help a lot

[fair tartan]

What are some of the good ones? Is there a tier list somewhere in this discord? Or a generally reputable tier list anywhere on the internet?

[vestal glen]

Is this good?

[late flame]

nope

[eternal moth]

Flasher/Archerfish/Albacore, U-37/U-47/u-81

[stark quiver]

U81,u96,U47/37 in one comp
flasher, albacore archer fish in another
those are the 2 main comps

[late flame]

fish and wolf perform similarly, though the former is favored since they have more oxy (survive longer)

[stark quiver]

you really like ur subs

[vestal glen]

Compared to any of these?

[late flame]

UR submarine when

[bold cove]

Lunching nuclear war head?

[eternal moth]

Roomba is good, purple quad bofors. The other gold AA is fine, but you're probably not at a point where you need AA yet

[vestal glen]

I see

[fathom isle]

Am I allowed to post some screenshots of my ships in here? I just started out and I wanted to know what kind of ships I should invest into and what is worth building for my 2 fleets.

[eternal moth]

Mmm... nuclear pasta

[vestal glen]

Does SP need aa or just pure firepower?

[sweet delta]

it's your second best AA gun. Gold AA > Purple AA, very simple

[bold cove]

As i remember, Archerfish already sank Shinano right?

[vestal glen]

Currently pushing avg 110 lvl rn to get it done....was also hoping to go for second z52 afterwards

[eternal moth]

Yes, Archer sank Shinano, and Alba sank Taihou

[arctic belfry]

Should I have 2 type1AP shells on new jersey or have 1 of those and 1 of super heavy

[eternal moth]

1 of each, they don't stack

[vestal glen]

I still find it funny how every ship the japanese called unsinkable got sunk eventually

[arctic belfry]

The type 1 ap shells don’t say that they won’t stack, that’s why

[eternal moth]

Most "unsinkable" ships throughout history were sunk shortly after launching. Neptune don't play wit dat.

[vestal glen]

Lol

Anyways, so other than the first z52, hipper meta, and the torps, are there any priorities in the event shop?

[arctic belfry]

Cuz like on repair kits it says it won’t stack but on the ap shell it don’t say

[eternal moth]

BPs, cog chips, cog arrays.

[viscid swift]

2nd copy of Z52 if you're short on UR Bullins

[vestal glen]

Because im comparing second z52 and the cogs

[late flame]

or check pinned message

[vestal glen]

Aight, ig imma go for that

[eternal moth]

I'd go for at least the blueprints if you can

[viscid swift]

I wouldn't to be honest

[eternal moth]

Really?

[viscid swift]

they cost about the same in terms of event points and in terms of which takes longer to get well

[late flame]

i did some prints since i was 10 away from dev30 that sexy italian DR

[pseudo saffron]

What do these do??

[eternal moth]

Those were almost always one of the first recommendations since I started playing.

[late flame]

asmr

[eternal moth]

They whisper sweet nothings in your ear.

[fathom isle]

I just started out recently. Currently on chapter 6, I was wondering what would be the best ships for fleet 1 and 2? What should I definitely invest into?

[bold cove]

USS Harder... Might be great UR, still patrol looking for Cthulhu

[pseudo saffron]

Wdym

[viscid swift]

well opinions do change

[late flame]

just google asmr

[vestal glen]

Wait what blueprints?

[eternal moth]

The PR7 prints

[vestal glen]

Oh that, aight nvm

[bold cove]

Between the gold Bps and second z52, priority Z52?

[stark quiver]

do you guys buy the pr7 bps

[vestal glen]

Anything i can do with this?

[bold cove]

Yeah the rainbow one

[late flame]

i do once i run out of things in shop

[viscid swift]

https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/newbie_tips
give that a read and stick to one fleet or now of Pennsylvania, Unicorn, Enterprise, Portland, Laffey, Helena

also limit break your ships

[eager mulch]

use dupes to mlb, rest can get turned into medals

[eternal moth]

I don't because I already finished the season, but otherwise I would

[vestal glen]

Aight

[pseudo saffron]

Do they play in battle or only in the secrets tab?

[late flame]

smh not turning into protocore for future gear

[eternal moth]

I have 30k protocore already, I'm good fam

[pseudo saffron]

wtf is the point in buying it then

[bold cove]

Stack pr 7 dr bps till the point you can unlock a ship without research it...

[eternal moth]

Because horni

[eager mulch]

people like asmr

[late flame]

i'd argue dlsite is better but yeah

[eager mulch]

just because it serves no value to you doesn’t mean it doesn’t serve value to other people

[pseudo saffron]

Why not listen on YouTube

[stark quiver]

cuz its in game

[eternal moth]

Because posting them on YouTube is against ToS

[eager mulch]

why go to YouTube when you can just get it in game

[stark quiver]

people tend to forget what game we're playing

[eager mulch]

you can get secret tickets for free

[torn latch]

Still need gems as well tho lemao

[pseudo saffron]

Oh that makes more sense

[eager mulch]

if you’re buying all of them sure you need gems

[late flame]

+it is optional

[viscid swift]

no you don't

it's an alternative form of payment

[torn latch]

It's not giving us fleet tech stat? Oh no!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/912786051179884614.gif?size=48

[viscid swift]

what

[pseudo saffron]

I just listened to a couple and I can see why they added it

[eager mulch]

cheeky have you bought any secrets yet

[torn latch]

I swear when Im trying to buy one, they asked for secret ticket and gems, or did I do it wrong or smithing

That was like some months ago though

Will try again later I guess

[ivory pawn]

Maybe you didn't have enough secret tickets?

[viscid swift]

you did something wrong

[torn latch]

I never used my secret tickets until today
https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/673519425252753428.webp?size=48

[late flame]

+when set as secretary

[viscid swift]

If they weren't free I wouldn't have any

[stark quiver]

smh just plug voices into AI and have them speak to u there

[fathom isle]

Thank you so much!

[eager mulch]

based helena enjoyer

[forest palm]

forgot Secrets existed

[stark quiver]

is the small white parts supposed to show how far away i am from lvl up

[eternal moth]

That's how far you are into the level

[whole crypt]

the grey parts is how far you are

[stark quiver]

ye that concept
thanks

[eternal moth]

The more white the closer you are to leveling right?

[viscid swift]

Yes

[whole crypt]

fills upwards when you get commander XP

[thick plume]

What's the best/easiest way to farm gold guys?

[stark quiver]

12-4

[sharp socket]

12-4

[thick plume]

Actually I'm lvl 50

[fair tartan]

Does operation siren cost morale?

[forest palm]

Event D-3

[thick plume]

So I'm still at world 6/7

[eternal moth]

Event D1 at that level

[thick plume]

Okk

[thick plume]

Do event stages have more gold than normal world stages?

[eternal moth]

You probably won't even be able to do that right away, so just do the hardest C stage you can

[stark quiver]

are there chinese voices for AL

[whole crypt]

only on CN

[barren tapir]

less

[pseudo saffron]

Do I have to 3 Star stages on campaign to progress or can I just 100%

[hollow gust]

voroshilov, based asf

[barren tapir]

just 100% but 3 star gives gems and some useful things like gold bulin for x-4 etc

[whole crypt]

more if you're comparing D maps to pre-ch9
less if you're comparing no oil cap to no oil cap

[eternal moth]

No, but there's no commander level limit. And stage D1 introduces oil cap, which you won't get in campaign until chapter 9

[stark quiver]

also do we know the chances for the gachapon rewards

[hollow gust]

nope

[fathom isle]

How hard is it to get Agir and Admiral Nahkhimov, I wanted to buy the skins in advance and use them whenever I get those two. They are farmable right?

[stark quiver]

is 1500 gems the highest reward?
forgot what the other ones were

[whole crypt]

they're not hard to get they just take time to get

[hollow gust]

i got shitty dorm coins

[barren tapir]

it might actually be more comparing no oilcap to no oilcap bc event elites drop more than the avg mob...

[pseudo saffron]

What does oil cap mean?

[hollow gust]

there are better pretty sure

[eternal moth]

BOth are research ships, so you just need to have enough fleet tech to start working on them

[late flame]

/oilcap

[odd root]

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

[barren tapir]

[fathom isle]

Perfect then I’ll buy the skins and wait until I get them, thank you

[stark quiver]

i got the gems somehow, was gonna get more dock
but its going straight for yk2s skin

[barren tapir]

u mean from the milestone rewards or did you finish 9/9 already cos

i thought 9/9s get entered into a draw which is done after the event ends

[eternal moth]

Which one?

[whole crypt]

thanks for reminding me I need even more gems for the 3D dorm shit for Noshiro

[barren tapir]

wait what

so you just randomly get rolled the moment you finish?

[stark quiver]

i finished the gachapon last night, woke up this morning , clicked on the box and it said you get 1500 gems

[barren tapir]

shit was it for the first ppl to finish

[bold cove]

I got 1 skin pack

[barren tapir]

i think i need 1 more day idk

[thick plume]

How'd you do it so fast??

[bold cove]

Also f you

[eternal moth]

Meaning you got to choose a skin, or what?

[barren tapir]

wtf that wasnt listed in the rewards was it

[viscid swift]

Are you shitting me

[bold cove]

Idk, if the skin is selection or random

[stark quiver]

#trophy-room message

[barren tapir]

im very confused how it works now ngl

[viscid swift]

So am I

[stark quiver]

i think after u get milestone done, you get entered in a draw

[barren tapir]

WHAT THE FUCK BRO LOL

major congratz but also fck you

[viscid swift]

Yes, fuck you Alpha but congrats

[barren tapir]

but the draw has limited gem winners so the first ppl to get into it have a better chance don't they?

[bold cove]

Maybe, i remember i finish it as soon as server rs

[barren tapir]

oof alpha was 1 out of 5

[whole crypt]

meanwhile in JP we scrubs just have to buy our gems

[eternal moth]

Oh, it's a gear skin box

[barren tapir]

oh im gonna finish it in a minute, i didnt realize i shouldve speedrunned it though

[thick plume]

Wait it's just been 3 days since this started right??

So how did you guys get so many tokens??

[barren tapir]

i didnt even get 4 cubes

[barren tapir]

also just noticed there's a typo on figures hehe

[bold cove]

2 pieces per token, and it doesnt dupe

[torn latch]

Cake double u

[barren tapir]

u can get 4 tokens per day and the first day you get a free token i think from essex

[thick plume]

Ohh

[bold cove]

I remember after i finish, im still have few tokens left

[fair tartan]

Is it possible to un-oath ships?

[viscid swift]

Only if you retire them

[barren tapir]

it's not even a selection gearskin box man that has to be the worst reward LOL

[bold cove]

Need dev to add this function

[stark quiver]

retiring, but you dont get the ring back

[eternal moth]

Til death do us part.

[barren tapir]

dont oath ship you dont love, ezpz

[bold cove]

Sinking oath ship do it?

[barren tapir]

what is wrong with you ppl that's just evil

and no it wont

[late flame]

smh not oathing for stats

[bold cove]

You know, sometime let her go is good for that guy

[eternal moth]

Por que no los dos?

waifu AND stats

[bold cove]

I mean good for her from abusive husband

[barren tapir]

you got it backwards, you oath for love and that oath is to make the ship you love stronger.

[thick plume]

What's the best way to get retrofit BPs??

[viscid swift]

Moving on

[torn latch]

If you want to feels good, I just got 1k oils from the gift box :)))))))))))))))

[bold cove]

Anyway, yeah total 12% stat is yummy

[eternal moth]

I checked a friend's account yesterday helping him gear his ships, and found out he has 17 rings in his inventory lol

[frank pulsar]

campaign hard mode

[late flame]

sadge i forgot about event

[barren tapir]

id take every option over a random gearskin i have a 99% likelihood of disliking tho lol

[torn latch]

I guess that what happen when I got all of new banner ship (aside admiral hipper) with 30 pulls only

It is what it is I guess

[thick plume]

I'm doing that but I only get T1 BPs mostly, and T2 rarely

[barren tapir]

1k oil is 0.7 HVAR blueprints give or take when 1:1ing

[bold cove]

Mgtow detective, did he just buy package and leave the rings there?

[thick plume]

T3 BPs are difficult to acquire

[eternal moth]

You'll need to do harder hardmodes to get gold prints

[frank pulsar]

do the hardest relevant hard mode stages available to you, you can unlock more by progressing in normal campaign up to w13

[barren tapir]

golds start dropping in ch3hm +

[thick plume]

So I guess W9 and above??

[eternal moth]

They SEEM like they're more common in later hardmodes, but we don't have any confirmation on that

[viscid swift]

Your main source early on will be 3 starring hard mode stages

[barren tapir]

anecdotally i can support them probably dropping slightly more often in ch12hm than in ch3-9hms

[late flame]

and probably some secretary quests

[ivory pawn]

Even if they are technically more common, they're still stupid rare.

[thick plume]

Ohh right the side missions

[fair tartan]

Why am I only getting shtty low rarity parts from opsi am I doing something wrong?

[thick plume]

Yea I have 3 starred all the ones I want currently

[barren tapir]

iunno about stupid rare i got 2 in a day before i think i on average get 1 every 2-3 days? its not so bad once ur past the brand new player NEED THESE IMPORTANT RETROS hump

[viscid swift]

Higher rarity materials are rarer drops, just how it is

[eternal moth]

Higher-rarity parts come from harder corruption levels more often, or bought from the shops

[bold cove]

I dont think so, it base on luck, ur gear part income from port shop monthly and Arbiter

[frank pulsar]

theres some guaranteed ones in port shop and arbiter
most rarer materials are from cat nodes and other harder content in opsi (hidden zone, stronghold, abyssals)

[barren tapir]

every 3-4 days actually sounds more accurate mb

[vale hill]

what's the best way to play azurlane on PC

[late flame]

emulator

[stark quiver]

emulators
ldplayer,bluestacks,mumu are some

[obsidian ivy]

Is the game client seemingly more sluggish these days for you guys?

[frank pulsar]

runs fine unless im in w15

[vale hill]

which is the best emulator i heard ldplayer installs random stuff on ur pc

[stark quiver]

sometimes freezes for me on iphone

[fair tartan]

I have like only 5 items in shop available for purchase, and some of them cost 500 purple coins.

I get like 5 purple coins once in a while, this can’t be how it’s supposed to be?🥹

[stark quiver]

i like Mumu player, in my experience, runs the smoothest

[frank pulsar]

i use ldplayer and it has better stability than bluestacks for me
idk about the extra download part though

[obsidian ivy]

I'm feeling some noticeable delays even on the main screen, it's a bit annoying

[eternal moth]

Are you running on phone or emulator?

[obsidian ivy]

Phone

[bold cove]

No, just play more, finish all the map in opsi, by the end youll buy the whole shop and still plenty of purple coins left

[whole crypt]

I honestly never really noticed LD running smoother than BS, ignorning any 3D dorm issues

[stark quiver]

it may be a internet diff

[whole crypt]

but MuMu definitely feels a lot smoother

[stark quiver]

mumu and ld was the difference between runing into one and all beams in Ex

[eternal moth]

I ran both at the same time and LDPlayer used fewer resources

[frank pulsar]

al requires at least a mid-end phone to run properly, delays are inevitable if youre not on a high-end device

[whole crypt]

well I didn't really have a resource problem though and LD felt just as shit as BS, plus ads and the stupid wiki thing for JP

[eternal moth]

I was getting a lot more ads on BS, but I might have made the mistake of using X instead of 5

[obsidian ivy]

I don't think Xiaomi 14T pro is thaaaaat bad, considering it can run gakuen idolmaster on max

[frank pulsar]

isnt x the cloud version?

[eternal moth]

Actually no, it was 5 I was using

[sharp socket]

bluestacks runs fine for me until i enter 3d dorm

[frank pulsar]

its not, it has a high end chip

[stark quiver]

id assume its more of a network problem

[whole crypt]

BS just dies on 3D dorm for whatever reason but I never had to deal with it

[barren tapir]

i'm using bluestacks 5, there's only ad (banner) when loading the bluestacks itself, then nothing, and it so far runs bugfree and lagfree for me, only occasionally becoming weirdly laggy after many hours with it open, which is fine to me

[sharp socket]

recently it keeps telling me to update it though which is annoying because im on the latest version

[wind hazel]

you wont notice difference between BS and LDplayer on game like azur lane

[whole crypt]

well some people claim otherwise

[frank pulsar]

bluestacks cant maintain stable fps for me compared to ldplayer 9

[barren tapir]

oh yeah i should mention i havent touched 3d dorm so idk bout it

[stark quiver]

i notice it

[wind hazel]

rig diff

[barren tapir]

nor am i in ch15

[whole crypt]

I play 30fps regardless of phone or emulator so...

[wind hazel]

ldplayer pulls way ahead in games that uses higher fps, that's from my experience

[barren tapir]

but everything i have played in azur lane, bluestacks runs fine until i have it on for like 10+ hours then it sometimes becomes laggy until i reboot it

[stark quiver]

bluestacks makes that pc bugging sound

[barren tapir]

what sound

[wind hazel]

bitcoin miner sound kappa

[sharp socket]

my settings for graphics are usually kind of high so that might be why, though i turned all of them down for 3d dorm and it still crashes so

[wind hazel]

either way i suggest to just download all 3 emulator, test them out, see which is best on your rig

[frank pulsar]

ldplayer makes a weird loud sound for me on startup, i never had that sound for bluestacks

[barren tapir]

emulators are notoriously finicky and YMMV so yeah, give them all a try if you can

[rapid grail]

ldplayer does have random popups for ads
if you click on those ads the emulator just downloads it for you, no joke

[bold cove]

Anybody got issue that, sometime youre entering 3d dorm and it kick you back to login screen?

[stark quiver]

computer freezing sound
according to one yt vid i watched

[frank pulsar]

i never got ad popups aside from start-up

[whole crypt]

that said I'm just going back to MuMu after many years, it was for all intents and purposes, the first emulator I used until CN dropped support for direct app downloads onbard

[sharp socket]

bluestacks can turn off the ads which is nice, it just opens it in a separate tab when starting up instead

[barren tapir]

i didnt get that

and bluestacks is no ads besides a banner when bluestacks itself is booting up, when im in game absolutely 0 ads of any kind

[stark quiver]

pc bugging basically
bluestacks is unstabe for me

[barren tapir]

case in point ig xd

[whole crypt]

I've had issues with BS before but stability was never one of them
but yeh emulators are weird, just test for yourself

[barren tapir]

bluestacks does consume a decent chunk of ram but i have room so it's not a concern for me, idk how other emus compare on this either

[stark quiver]

i have tried them all, according to me, mumu is the smoothest
ive even tried now.gg on browser ( al played black and white, not reccomended)

[storm heron]

[bold stream]

/core

[stark quiver]

#bot-spam

[bold stream]

Hello all. Wish planes in this shop should be a priority to buy? I do not have any of these yet.

[eternal moth]

/coredata

[odd root]

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

[sweet delta]

No planes

[bold stream]

I see. So all those planes are bad even compared to gold baracuda.

[wind hazel]

well no, but it's not a priority for you

[sharp socket]

breguet good

vf17 for funny timing adjust only

[stark quiver]

not worth the price for most
but yea breguet gud

[sharp socket]

blackburn if crafting wyvern but you have alot of core data but few electronics for some reason

[wind hazel]

buffalo to 1hit strength 21s

[stark quiver]

dunno how he even comes up with those comps

[storm heron]

🦬

[barren tapir]

🦬

[storm heron]

I have 3 pair of shells, independence, and ddg materials
Should I go for sub materials, oxytorps, or tash gun?

[barren tapir]

i would go for sub things

what's tash gun even used for now

[stark quiver]

at most id prolly see 4 oxytorps being used ina fleet
and sub gears are gud

[barren tapir]

how often is black shell used over hpfcr

been thinking about my core data

[whole crypt]

it's still a good DD gun when you don't have the better DD guns
similar case for chapayev gun

[whole crypt]

also a matter of stock numbers, HPFCR take a while in research

[storm heron]

my ddg is not so good without the tash gun yea, only have twin 138 113 as the best option rn

wait no wrong number hold on

I only have twin114 rn

[barren tapir]

how is it compared to pr5 gun and twin128? and not sure when it'd be worth the core datas

[storm heron]

pr5 and tash gun are sidegrades in ectl

[barren tapir]

pretty sure i shall have 3 pr5 guns before i leave pr5 tbh so im good then?

[whole crypt]

harbin gun is mostly a side grade but it means you need to be doing PR5 or spending proto cores for it

[viscid swift]

Pr5 gun is just a Chinese copy of the tash gun basically

[barren tapir]

well im in pr5 for plygun and ply bps still im like 2.5 harbin guns

[whole crypt]

twin 128 depends on your lab material stock and is really only better on medium and maybe KMS DDs with AP buff

[viscid swift]

Twin 128mm is overall just worse

[storm heron]

but twin128 cheap they say

[whole crypt]

yeh you're in PR5, but not everyone is doing PR5

[barren tapir]

but the pierce tho

[whole crypt]

for newer players who manage to push up to ch12 hard it's 2.5k cores a month before missions

[barren tapir]

good point, but i only need 3 of each don't i im probably close to my 3rd hpfcr

[storm heron]

yea can do 12-2

[placid egret]

Question: is the center of the map in SirenOps unavailable?

[barren tapir]

how many black shells do i want, and when would i use them over hpfcr, is what i am wondering about atm?

[whole crypt]

if you're like a year in and already doing good with research and OS/lab then sure your options are there

but players who're like half a year in and up to 12 hard can buy a handful of useful stuff in core shop before their research and lab catches on

[viscid swift]

3 would be a safe number

[barren tapir]

unlocked with ch5 opsi story i think

[storm heron]

idk about this, black shell was good back then when fast firing is a thing, but lately enemies have so high evasion or like 20s shield

[viscid swift]

And I don't use then often these days but I do still use them

[whole crypt]

black shell is still good for just raising damage when you're not worrying about 20s

[storm heron]

and they say you can't have too much ACC too

[barren tapir]

yeah mostly i am not sure what things to get from where

[late flame]

been seeing so many rainbow torp builds for kaza/unzen looks like gotta save for em

[barren tapir]

like i have 6 or so twin128s, 2 harbin guns, 2 nearing 3 hpfcrs, 2 white shells (can buy 3rd next month)

oh im 1 bp from my 3rd hpfcr coolio

[storm heron]

6 twin 128?

why do you have 6

[barren tapir]

i lied, i have 5

[bold cove]

For the shells i only stock 3 white and 2 black

[barren tapir]

cos i had the mats for them they didnt stop me from making anything else that im aware of lol

could make like 6 more

not that i will, since i dont need them currently

[storm heron]

like only have these, so tash gun would be an ugrade

[barren tapir]

interesting

how is my gear better than yours for this at least

i have a whole bunch of purple twin120s as backup too

[whole crypt]

I still prefer tashkent gun if available mainly because of what you're usually dealing with for DD guns
you could bother yourself to swap situationally

[eager mulch]

you’re poor bro

100kailess

[whole crypt]

now if you already have twin 128s and it works fine for you, saving the cores is perfectly fine as well

[barren tapir]

tash gun is good but not high prio core data imo, ofc once you have the big stuff its certainly an option if you lack harbins

[storm heron]

is not poor though, started late and f2p

[barren tapir]

maybe i should get tempesta guns so i can actually use fancy properly

[eager mulch]

[stark quiver]

paying wont get you opsi stuff
i think

[storm heron]

but paying gets you oil

[barren tapir]

technically

gems -> oil -> ap -> opsi stuff

[late flame]

i wish i could pay for another goldburn and rainbow table

[barren tapir]

still have to grind it tho

anyhoo if i have about 1400 core datas to spend this month after cog things

black shell is the no brainer right? other options include fancy guns, tashgun, or beginning on subs ( )

[storm heron]

I guess yeah until you have 3, black shells

[barren tapir]

oh and missile i guess but i havent really used chang chun much yet...

[oak sage]

Z-52 is definitely worth the mlb right? I’m able to get her mlb rn

[storm heron]

it's the only equip that is good and not screwing up timer

[barren tapir]

yeah this will be my first black shell

[vale hill]

who should i build haven't played for a while and I see there's a series 6 and 7 now

[storm heron]

depends, worth is relative, if by lb-ing somebody like Shinano you can have the best heavy fleet, then it's not worth to lb z-52. Anyways just show all your URs and we can tell you better if it's worth or not

[barren tapir]

itll sit in my depot until i have more bbs i use, since i use hpfcr on them for acc. but yeah better to have than not, no doubt

[oak sage]

She’s my only one ._.

[storm heron]

oh then yes it is worth it

[oak sage]

Aight

[barren tapir]

actually this could go on yami ig

[oak sage]

She goes into tank slot right? I remember seeing someone say that. so like in the slot where CAs and CBs normally go?

[viscid swift]

Doesn't really matter since you don't have enough BPs for any of them

[barren tapir]

best from pr6 would be shimanto probably

[storm heron]

yes most likely, the only early tanks that can be better than her is probably ancho

[barren tapir]

pr7 nakhimov i cant spell it, green cat.

[whole crypt]

that cycle is extremely flawed because oil>AP has limited counts and cat node fishing is extremely low yield

[bold cove]

Blackburn plane if youre going to craft wyvern

[barren tapir]

pr6 hinden and kears are also good but niche and DR so

[oak sage]

Aight

[barren tapir]

it's the way to 'whale' for opsi. i didnt say it was a good way, but it exists. and you can do up to 1000 ap from oil per week iirc

[barren tapir]

already crafted it

[whole crypt]

I have tried "whaling" for OS it doesn't really get you much

[barren tapir]

it was a reply to this

as i said, not a good way but it is a way by technicality

[bold cove]

Tired, nothing much, except aiming for archivement reward

[vale hill]

i checked the tierlist it looks like kearsage is a really OP battleship is she not better?

[whole crypt]

been there done that 4 years ago

well 3.5

[barren tapir]

kearsarge is mostly used in yk2+enty antilight fleet

[viscid swift]

Okay so a few things

[barren tapir]

unless i missed a memo, that's the main thing i remember

[bold cove]

I just started on last anni, want to catch up in opsi i guess, but nothng much except clear and wait for next month

[barren tapir]

shimanto on the other hand is a really good vg ship and aa carry for ch15

[viscid swift]

One, ECTL tiers mainly on campaign up to W13, it doesn't really delve into late game which is a rather different kettle of fish

[whole crypt]

as it stands I lean towards using Kearsarge/Yorktown II/Fritz Rumey on a plane swap for light/medium

well also gun swap for Kear

[viscid swift]

2nd is investment and opportunity cost

[barren tapir]

DRs can take months to max

[viscid swift]

As it is stands PR6 is overall the weakest of the 4 latest seasons

[undone plover]

Does it sync fine

[barren tapir]

and pr7 is more important so

[viscid swift]

And the last one you want to do

[barren tapir]

pr6 is also getting catchup soonish so you can get shimanto for mostly free via that anyhoo

[whole crypt]

I haven't tried but don't see it being a real problem, the windows you need to fit are quite big

[barren tapir]

as someone without kears how would a hypothetical yk2 rumey enty fleet fare

[whole crypt]

it can work

[undone plover]

Needs vanguard slow but ykii comes bundled with nhii
Or if u have eldridge

[barren tapir]

i didnt know northhampton 2 had a slow, good to know

basically a bootleg eldridge for slowing purposes but better than nothing

yk2 event really is stacked huh

[sharp socket]

ham2 with ARA and flag cover aswell and integrated hedgehog

[bold cove]

So i can pull yk2 use it with rumey, enty and eldrige?

[whole crypt]

this is rumey at 110, I'm expecting 125 to clock in just under 24?

[undone plover]

Upcoming UR reruns all good
Implacable bismarck unzen
Newbies will be spoiled for choice

[barren tapir]

rumey also slows, so those two would stack to 65% right

[bold cove]

May i ask how long in between for new ur?

[stark quiver]

1 week from end of this to start of rerun

[bold cove]

Brand new UR

[whole crypt]

if twin la-9

[viscid swift]

New UR events usually every Late February, Late May, Mid September, and Late December

[barren tapir]

damn those planes truly be slow mfs

[whole crypt]

you can proably go with a slow comp using skyraider on Yorktown II

[undone plover]

Looks like slow planes are the meta these days

[barren tapir]

🐌

just need a plane snail gearskin i guess to match

[stark quiver]

would + 13ing a single UR aa be more beneficial than +13 A staags

[whole crypt]

23s airstrikes are not a problem if you're not syncing to 20s stuff

[bold cove]

Avarage how many new UR per year, 4?

[undone plover]

Depends on your goal but yes

[whole crypt]

as long as you're not pushing 4-strike comps it works fine

[fathom isle]

What does the slider „alts“ mean on the right side? Can I use this skin for my starter Laffey?

[undone plover]

6

[viscid swift]

Right now I'd say 6 not including retrofits and DRs

[sharp socket]

new UR is like 6

[whole crypt]

for the record I'm also currently tuned to 0 CV RLD

[sharp socket]

rerun 4 ish?

[whole crypt]

so in practice it can be a fair bit faster

[barren tapir]

rerun will eventually become 6 as well

[storm heron]

I'd say UR AA better, +13 STAAG has use on like what, BB comp in harby? UR AA can be for pvp, meta concealment, AA

[viscid swift]

4 UR reruns a year seems to be the norm now yes

[undone plover]

Will also be 6 when we start hitting guam rerun

[sharp socket]

[barren tapir]

newbies will end up needing a ridiculous number of bulins per year lol

just let us farm more spec core smh reward the nolifers

[whole crypt]

without pushing shit back continually it's only natural that the rerun pace would end up being the same as the release pace

[inner citrus]

I reinstalled and got this, what's up?

[kind slate]

What’s a good amount of wyvern to have? 3?

[bold cove]

Avarage 6 brand new ur, not included rerun, oh my yostar

[inner citrus]

This is me trying to log in with of course, my main Yostar acc

[viscid swift]

That would be a good amount yes

[bold cove]

Yes

[undone plover]

I like 4
2 for mob 2 for boss but 2-4 is fine

[kind slate]

Kk also is it worth making the mk7 BB gun?

[viscid swift]

Eventually

[bold cove]

Or you can stop at 2 wyvern and start to craft another UR gear

[stark quiver]

do new dossiers usually come when a meta season ends

[viscid swift]

Yes

[barren tapir]

wyverns what would be better than wyvern

[undone plover]

Spearfish

[barren tapir]

457 needs ordnances so its different

[pseudo saffron]

Best aux option for Fritz?

[dusky narwhal]

Hello! I wanna ask for some good opsi teams I can make with what I have leveled, do I make a thread or something

[storm heron]

[fierce sleet]

Hi could I get help making a team for operation siren

[storm heron]

the CL gun is the best, though it hardly matters at this point since you only have one of the CL gun, use on BB first

[undone plover]

Probably doesnt matter yet*
U can try the gold gun but that should go on your BB

[whole crypt]

given what you have now just use anything that's not taken by someone with more priority

[pseudo saffron]

The triple 15 gold one?

For bb?

[whole crypt]

triple 155 gold should go to a BB first

[dusky narwhal]

Opsi teams

[whole crypt]

unless you're using a USS BB in which case they can only use DD guns

[elder grove]

is there a future banner list? we are behind JP right?

[crisp wraith]

No

[undone plover]

Major servers are all synced together

[crisp wraith]

We're not behind CN either before you ask

[whole crypt]

EN is behind by half a day if that counts

[stark quiver]

tw is so behind 💀

[elder grove]

?

[crisp wraith]

Isn't it actually catching up pretty fast or am I making that up

[soft raft]

Basically China, Japan, and English/Global servers are all caught up on content

Taiwan and Korea are a few months behind

[whole crypt]

time zones and maintenance hours
event schedule wise EN is completely in sync with CN/JP

[elder grove]

still got no idea how this game got green lit in CN, then again a lot more fanservice games and characters are getting release by CN

[fierce sleet]

Operation siren team help

[whole crypt]

because all your perceptions about censorship in China is wrong, but that's not a topic for this channel

[soft raft]

and launch day AL was way less risque than current day AL

[crisp wraith]

We were 12+! (Or maybe still are?)

Anyway not the topic for the channel so I'll stop here.

[whole crypt]

CN is 18+ last I heard

[elder grove]

is any of the current banner ships good? excluding UR I got all of the ships on the banner except the UR wanna know if they are just for collection or if they are good

[whole crypt]

new URs always good

[stark quiver]

collection/tech

[elder grove]

hence why I said excluding the UR

[undone plover]

They are good tech but nothing special and hipper meta is decent but bad tech

[soft raft]

realistically tech fodder

[soft raft]

This is a certified +2 CA HP tech moment

[crisp wraith]

2?! Poggers

[elder grove]

what about warspite???? I still can't believe she is bad, I remember in 2021 when I first started playing I was told in a discord I had to build her she is a Meta UR

[icy cave]

are tenrais still worth +13?

[crisp wraith]

Well that was 3 years ago

[late flame]

she got powercrept

[elder grove]

I know but apparently she was bad then

[viscid swift]

You were lied to even 3 years ago

[whole crypt]

first of all Warspite isnt' a real UR
second of all her retrofit is seriously undertuned
thirdly she was only "meta" for PvP for a rather short while and not really for campaign

[elder grove]

I can't remember if it was here or in another AL discord I was told that bs

[undone plover]

Worth but not a priority

[crisp wraith]

At most for campaign she was use in like… w12/13 boss fleet back then?

Her duty was PvP snipe.

[elder grove]

oh any other great retrofit? I got the bow girl retrofit(can't remember her name)

[viscid swift]

Unicorn

[elder grove]

got her already

[storm heron]

indpendence

[eternal moth]

Unicorn, Independence, Nelson,

[elder grove]

yeah independence is bow girl

[undone plover]

San diego (but expensive)

[eternal moth]

Saratoga

[storm heron]

enterprise is bow girl?

[crisp wraith]

Are the DDGs retro perm yet?

[elder grove]

built her already

[whole crypt]

Warspite retrofit was like around CN 2nd anniv wasn't it, BBs were already rather meh back then

[eternal moth]

2 of them are

[undone plover]

Tai yuan isnt yet last I checked

[soft raft]

she's been heavily powercrept since like 2019 💀

[elder grove]

her?

[viscid swift]

Late 2018 or early 2019 yeah

[frank pulsar]

sara retrofit with augment is good

[soft raft]

Saratoga Retrofit is basically a lite version of Enterprise

[crisp wraith]

No stop reminding how old this game is