gameplay-help

[plain saffron]

[shell willow]

it does tho

[late flame]

not proven

[nimble knoll]

Should I?

[eternal basalt]

Need your coins tommorrow

[summer spade]

Is there any other free cost ?

[plain saffron]

2% to get this ship by doing gacha
more pulls means higher chance to get her

now apply that to comms

[stuck stirrup]

If you just started, don't dump into research if you need the money for building out your core fleet first and rolling gacha. After you have a stable fleet, start prioritizing going for research ships you need. Research will be there tomorrow and tomorrow

[plain saffron]

more fight = more "pull"

[nimble knoll]

Why?

[plain saffron]

though looks like there's some kind of cooldown on comms spawn

[summer spade]

Maybe research is better tomorrow

[late flame]

i'd say comm spawn is more affected by what time you do stuff

[shell willow]

is wiki wrong then?

[plain saffron]

who said it's affected by time

[summer spade]

That is what we are talking about

[late flame]

just an observation, didnt say its affected by time.

[summer spade]

Right there is the refresh button on the bottom right

[nimble knoll]

I have quite the stable fleet at the moment, it should carry to some higher worlds, so should I?

[plain saffron]

[summer spade]

If you have the oil that is

[plain saffron]

then what's your point even

[zenith heron]

Its luck based, so the more you grind, the more these appears, even in events

[eternal basalt]

Can also from explorablrme zones in OPSI, so yes

[late flame]

nevermind me i suck at misinformation

[eternal basalt]

Event

[zenith heron]

You're not the only one

[plain saffron]

no i need you to beat me to spreading misinfo

[stuck stirrup]

Generally, yeah, if you have spare money, prioritize IV projects first imo. The IV ships are pretty good. There is some new stuff dropping tomorrow though you may want money for.

[late flame]

all i see is when i need those damn comms they refuse to appear

[nimble knoll]

Aight

[shell willow]

because they are random

[plain saffron]

tbf wiki have been wrong on quite few things

[summer spade]

Just chill down for a moment and wait for more oil

[stuck stirrup]

Keep in mind a research project generates like 2 prints and you need hundreds of them, so it's not an efficient use of coins vs gacha or upgrades, but it is something youll need to do eventually

[late flame]

i've gone on a 5 hour spree (opsi autoing) with zero comms lol

[nimble knoll]

PR4 Right?

[plain saffron]

especially server side/rng stuffs

[eternal basalt]

[late flame]

and comms appearing left and right after locking in 4 x 8 hours ones

[plain saffron]

blame the green names

[nimble knoll]

I've been doing that already cuz I'm tryna get Agir

[stuck stirrup]

PR4 is best to start with, grabbing FDG first thing not a bad idea either, depending on your roster, but dont prior 2

[eternal basalt]

Only explorable generates in opsi

[nimble knoll]

Oh.. FDG First

[late flame]

i threw in oil logger so they should all be explorables no?

[summer spade]

"Depending on your roster" dont panic

[nimble knoll]

Phew

[eternal basalt]

Could be secured

[late flame]

i hate opsi

[nimble knoll]

Why is this free

[stuck stirrup]

Yeah, FDG is expensive to raise up, good ship, but if you have gacha URs, less important, and you won't need a battleship like that for a long while it can be a good move, but prioritizing PR4 stuff isn't a bad idea either

[summer spade]

Take it

[nimble knoll]

Already am

[late flame]

/research

[odd root]

credit: Newbie#1553 and Lunar#7777 https://i.imgur.com/wGQkqJk.jpg

[summer spade]

I got hakuryu on pr4

[stuck stirrup]

Huge time investment, these projects become bad when you have more money later becahse theyre massively inefficient, but if you got more time than money, go for it

[eternal basalt]

Cause bad, but takd it... yiu need resources

[late flame]

tbh i didnt touch research until i reached somewhere around w11
also me, bought up all pr packs

[nimble knoll]

I need 200 more Pt cores to buy a UR Bullin and then I'll just need 1 more

[summer spade]

Whats all the buzz around OPSI?

[stuck stirrup]

Gear lab update in the pipeline i think

[summer spade]

I havent checked it out yet am i missing big time?

[stuck stirrup]

Yes, most of the best endgame gear that is not from limited events comes from opsi via gear lab

[shell willow]

fair enough, but this time i also had my own experience backing it up

[nimble knoll]

I probably should chill for a day, cuz I've been on AL For 14 hours Now.. And I've got no oil, and I'm bored-

[summer spade]

Ahuh... well i guess i need to check it later then

[eternal basalt]

Got nothing to do in AL, need to wait for tommorrow

[late flame]

maintenance

[summer spade]

For 8 damned hours

[eternal basalt]

As always

[nimble knoll]

Same here.. I finished the weekly quests in a day.. How the hell would it be a weekly if you can just finish it in a day-

[eternal basalt]

+extension

[eternal basalt]

You sweet summer child

[late flame]

i kinda wanna experience microlayer

[nimble knoll]

What... Did I do something bad?

[summer spade]

Can you survive as an f2p in AL endgame?

[late flame]

as long as you are not throwing away f2p gems on skins

[summer spade]

All fell on dockspace

[eternal basalt]

What else do you use gems for?

[nimble knoll]

[summer spade]

Just on dockspace

[nimble knoll]

just dont ask me that question aswell-

[woven star]

Skins and rings... heh, for f2p so desired but so far

[eternal basalt]

Mission failed, bought Nya skin

[summer spade]

How many purple bulins do i need to keep? I mean soo far my dockspace is dominated my yellows

[nimble knoll]

Soo.. When I didn't join the Server yet.. I bought cubes and drills.. Using the Gems....

[summer spade]

I also did that once

[nimble knoll]

Same here

[eternal basalt]

I trash all mine, except I need dor new ships, so now 8

[stuck stirrup]

Eventually youll want to be MLBing all your ships for fleet tech

[summer spade]

Soooo should i keep them for now?

[eternal basalt]

You should have 4 SR, 8 Elite... use the rest

[summer spade]

Aight thanks

Theres tai yuan retrofit?

[woven star]

When event comes you want at least have one vr bulin other optional. I'll burn them on elite mlb

[eternal basalt]

For feb, UR, 4/8 SR (depending if META) and 8 Elite (-3 if you get many points)

[woven star]

Ah and some retro

[stuck stirrup]

Tai yuan retro needs a limited item

[summer spade]

Oh

[woven star]

Ah new event comes

[summer spade]

Wait you mean missiles? Thats hella cool

[eternal basalt]

Comes to shop

[summer spade]

The SY-1

[woven star]

Chinese ships event soon

[eternal basalt]

Raid reward (Sy-1A)

[woven star]

Many retro

[stuck stirrup]

To retrofit Tai Yuan, it consumes a seal of something(forget which animal is tai yuan), it's not currently in the shop at the moment, sounds like coming soon

[summer spade]

Wait where?

[eternal basalt]

In the raid

[summer spade]

Oh i bought that one on proto shop

[stuck stirrup]

That one is for chang chung

[eternal basalt]

It comea tommorrow to shop

[summer spade]

Ah i didnt read

[woven star]

https://twitter.com/AzurLane_EN/status/1879166579419554112

Azur Lane Official (@AzurLane_EN) on X

Dear Commander,

The Spring Fashion Festa event will be available after next maintenance on 1/16! These limited characters will be available in the light construction pool from 1/16 till 2/5, 11:59 P.M. (UTC-7).

#AzurLane #Yostar

Twitter · Jan 14, 2025, 2:00 PM

[summer spade]

Woah

[nimble knoll]

Are the gear skins good to use?

[eternal basalt]

#game-news for patchnotes

[stuck stirrup]

If... you like them?

[cunning bison]

how lucky is this

[summer spade]

Tho i admit having a special ship with missiles is hella cool

[eternal basalt]

She's the third

[summer spade]

Theres 3?

[woven star]

Don't be so happy) I spend 11k oil for 5 last prints last night

[eternal basalt]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Category:Guided-missile_destroyers soon 4

[woven star]

75 and I'm done

[stuck stirrup]

Chang Chung, An Shan, and Tai Yuan

[late flame]

4 after maint

[cunning bison]

ik im at 30k pts only 6 bps

[summer spade]

Wha..... i thought anshan was useless.....

[nimble knoll]

Where can I get more High-efficiency combat logistics? (I ran out)

[summer spade]

Who's 4th?

[eternal basalt]

Fu Shun

[summer spade]

On the weekly free package?

[eternal basalt]

OPSI

[summer spade]

Yoooo dream team

[cunning bison]

imagine 2 more ddgs full fleet of ddgs owo

[summer spade]

Tho the sy1 missiles on shop is expensive

Yo i can buy changchun on guild merit AHA

[eternal basalt]

You get a SY-1A in the Raid

[summer spade]

Where to find the "raid"

[nimble knoll]

I already got them.. (I ran out)

[nimble knoll]

I don't think I can do that yet cuz I'm level 44

[woven star]

Do you have retro Unicorn? Must have if no

[nimble knoll]

Me?

[eternal basalt]

Wait a day

[summer spade]

My first retro yes

[woven star]

Yes

[worldly pewter]

is it confirmed tomorrow and not on the monthly reset ?

[nimble knoll]

Not yet because I need more purple blueprints..

[woven star]

Help a lot in opsi at the beginning

Then just level up her. This ship insane and cheap for beginners

[plain saffron]

It's not monthly stuff, doesn't have monthly reset

[boreal wagon]

even the monthly proto stuff was labeled as tomorrow

[plain saffron]

Wait does it

[eternal basalt]

It is an eventreward, of the event Yes, tommorrow

[plain saffron]

Is this the retro item we talking about

Or missile

[boreal wagon]

the former

[summer spade]

Missile

[eternal basalt]

My bad

[nimble knoll]

My uni Is already level 91

[plain saffron]

Who should i trust here

[late flame]

sister sara

[worldly pewter]

no i meant the tai yuan retro item

[eternal basalt]

I'm getting confused

[boreal wagon]

me

[woven star]

Some retro parts can be gotten from 3 star hard. I'll recommend to focus one her before other retro. Her preload makes game much easy after retro

[boreal wagon]

but abdou did mean the retro item idk why yall doubting

[eternal basalt]

x-4 for aircraft cruiser parts

[nimble knoll]

Im already focusing her

[nimble knoll]

I've been doing 4-4

[worldly pewter]

u can combine blues to purples too but kinda expensive

worth in the long run since blues stack easily

[summer spade]

How good is eldridge retro?

[nimble knoll]

This is what I use for 4-4 (fleet two is just for stats)

[eternal basalt]

Good

[stuck stirrup]

Good, if you have the item to retro her

[late flame]

eld retro item isnt in shop as yet

[eternal basalt]

Might take 1.5 year for it to appear there

[summer spade]

Surprisingly i do

[stuck stirrup]

Worth using

[turbid marsh]

well congrat to reaching the first step to unlock one of the most broken dds - it means she is a very good ship to own

[summer spade]

Watt does that mean

[rare wyvern]

What's the good gear in PR6 ?

[stuck stirrup]

The CL gun is good on Fritz

[cobalt rapids]

Hinden gun and flandre gun

[eager mulch]

you can trust me

[cunning bison]

whats the estimated time you'll need to get one la-9?

[eager mulch]

renhex doesn’t trust me rip

[nimble knoll]

What does Yk2's outfleet thingy do?

[eternal basalt]

6 months

[silk helm]

should i do pr6 after pr5?

[summer spade]

Quite the grind

[sharp socket]

more like 3-4 months

[cobalt rapids]

2 months with gear focus

[worldly pewter]

this is with ship focus but even with that i think 3 is good enough

[nimble knoll]

[sharp socket]

less than 3 months if you're a lucky bugger

[worldly pewter]

3-4

[eternal basalt]

So people here have 3 La-9's then, july-now

[shell willow]

people who focused gear yeah

[cobalt rapids]

uh yea

[nimble knoll]

Does anyone know or should I just search it up?

[summer spade]

How do you sleep?

[cobalt rapids]

covered in blankets

[rare wyvern]

This is Flandre gun yes ?

[cobalt rapids]

no thats keargun

[shell willow]

no

[rare wyvern]

Ah, alright

[left cedar]

What should i save for in the event shop? i already got the UR plane

[sharp socket]

assume you mean crossfleet

[eternal basalt]

Wait, shop gets updated tommorrow

[nimble knoll]

Yup that.. I didn't know the word so I just used outfleet-

[left cedar]

i shoudnt use them?

[stuck stirrup]

Yellow prints are good too

[left cedar]

the yellow plane or wdym?

[worldly pewter]

how did u know that the shop updates tomorrow was it like that in the past ?

[stuck stirrup]

Yeah, if you dont get enough in drops

[eternal basalt]

Just wait a day

[summer spade]

Update

[nimble knoll]

I don't think I have any other USS Ships/Carriers (until I get Enty) so it's not that usefull?

[eternal basalt]

#game-news

[left cedar]

nothing i should get in store now?

hornet or yellow plane?

[worldly pewter]

oh en pach notes confirmed it

the jp patch notes were vague

[summer spade]

Main fleet so anything on the backline thats USS

[eternal basalt]

JP said as well

[eager mulch]

ok

[ivory pawn]

I didn’t know they were adding more stuff to Yorkii’s event shop.

[eternal basalt]

They are not

[nimble knoll]

Anyone here that's USS? (I'm not using this for hard 4-4 but this is what I mainly use) @summer spade

[ivory pawn]

But you just said otherwise.

[stuck stirrup]

Laffey, Helena, and Portland, but they are vanguard

[summer spade]

Go on dock / sort and click eagle union

[nimble knoll]

Lmao-

[eternal basalt]

Oh, they meant the eventshop with pkane and not PR4's plane ... oops

[worldly pewter]

this is the proto shop update
as u can see no mention for any date unlike the medal shop

[ivory pawn]

Shop prio can be found in pins: #gameplay-help message

TLDR: Hornet if you haven’t gotten a copy otherwise, enough HVAR prints to finish a plane, then the usual.

[boreal wagon]

EN patch notes say the entire line up update is after maint even the research stuff, cn was similar iirc

[worldly pewter]

don't worry much about xfleets u will get there one day

[summer spade]

@nimble knoll For now just let it sit on the dorm till you got NJ and enty

[worldly pewter]

i started to think that the jp notes are the inferior ones here and i will never check them again

[boreal wagon]

usually they are the better ones

[stuck stirrup]

Am I missing something, why does enterprise want york ii's crossfleet

[eternal basalt]

JP are the best notes, and ecen tell us what comes next patch

[nimble knoll]

Is USS, Eagle Union?

[boreal wagon]

which they sometimes delay

[novel solstice]

Yes

[eternal basalt]

When did they do that?

[stuck stirrup]

Does York II buff AVI? Why does enterprise want FP?

[boreal wagon]

i dont remember when or what it was but there was one incident where they said smth next maint and it didnt happen next

[nimble knoll]

All my Good Eagle union Ships.. (I don't know what I should do about the dupes)

[proud turret]

Limit break if you can

[nimble knoll]

Who?

[worldly pewter]

i just told u to not care much about the xfleet

[nimble knoll]

Ik, I'm just showing

[sonic canyon]

yorktown2 hamman 2

[rose cosmos]

These are skip rite

[nimble knoll]

Hamman 2 is good?

[wind hazel]

depends

[worldly pewter]

depends on the rest but it is the least efficient face

[proud turret]

It is good to limit break whoever you can I think, for the collections sake and for fleet points that will buff all your ships.

But if you look in gallery, you can find basically quests for limit breaking. Some give u ique items or even gems

[rose cosmos]

So skip then

[nimble knoll]

||Not Me Retiring Some Of Her Copies-||

[worldly pewter]

yeah also haku will be coinable tomorrow

go gear focus for the second tenrai if u have it move to another pr

[nimble knoll]

I'll lb them but I need to level em up

[proud turret]

Take your time then

[eternal basalt]

No skillbooks?

[sonic canyon]

with CA is good

[nimble knoll]

CA?

[eternal basalt]

Heavy Cruiser

[nimble knoll]

I see

[rose cosmos]

1 tenrai is ok rite

[worldly pewter]

look at the portland icon on the top left u will see something ( main gun icon ) with + on it

[sonic canyon]

oh CV

[rose cosmos]

Or do I need more

[worldly pewter]

1 from research 1 from proto 1 from gear lab

[sonic canyon]

I made a mistake in spelling

[rose cosmos]

There is from lab?

[nimble knoll]

Who should I replace here then? (About Hamman 2)

[worldly pewter]

no after they put it in the gear lab u get the 3rd

[rose cosmos]

Ah

[turbid marsh]

hamman2 is pretty good if with someone that can protect her little ashe, cause she veri veri squishy. but its hilarious that uss cv don't really need hamman2 if you have kear XD.

[worldly pewter]

move port in place of laffey
keep the fleet like this
after helena gets to 110 or around it replace her

[rose cosmos]

Kear is brutal to grind though

[turbid marsh]

i trust yall's ability to push through

[nimble knoll]

Alright

[nimble knoll]

Oh right I forgot (it's because I was using 1:1 so I forgot to move Laffey )

[worldly pewter]

1:1 already
who gave u this advice ?

[nimble knoll]

I forgot.. But I've been using Uni and Laffey to 1:1 some battles, and I've been using the others to put them in fleet 2 as back up

[worldly pewter]

@undone plover can this tech win for a new player ? i think it is disadvantageous even on no oil cap maps

[nimble knoll]

I really need to conserve some oil so people suggested me to do that

[eternal basalt]

Push to oilcapped worlds

[pliant sage]

what is best for fritz second plane slot? a dive bomber / fighter or torpedo=

[worldly pewter]

in that order that u wrote

[stuck stirrup]

hm, with her augment, does saint louis outdamage roon/brest vs light

[pliant sage]

so dive bombers are the best planes? is that the same for amagi(cv)?

[wispy cosmos]

id rather run a tb if for campaign

[worldly pewter]

oh i thought u put fighters
no it is fighters then dive bombers then torpedoes

[nimble knoll]

If ima be honest I might be able to 1:1 5-3 (but I'll have the others as back up)

[pliant sage]

why are fighters the best?

[stuck stirrup]

what's the point in that though

[worldly pewter]

yeah no one here would advise to low cost campaign

i mean up until now i never seen anyone say that

[nimble knoll]

Conserve oil.. Cause I literally have 300 left rn-

[stuck stirrup]

i mean, it was a thing like... years ago, but it's pretty irrelevant now because oil cap stages

[worldly pewter]

are u done from the event shop ?

[nimble knoll]

Yup, I bought the 5k oil.. But I didn't have enough oil to get Hornet 2 ..

Cuz I needed 13k more

[worldly pewter]

can u screenshot ur shop ?

[undone plover]

It is fine if they dont have access to oil cap yet

[worldly pewter]

so just rely on the raid to get commander levels ?

[stuck stirrup]

with their fleet though they should be pushing to oil cap instead of sitting there grinding 5-3 or whatever

[undone plover]

Oh I thought it was event sry

[worldly pewter]

but for example if we had a dead week after this event ?

[undone plover]

I think for campaign better full fleet it and push instead of chilling in a non oil cap map
This fleet level should be able to do passionate polaris at least
So I advise war archive with HELP > campaign if commander level preventing him from reaching ch9

[nimble knoll]

Well I haven't cleared 5-3 yet.. But I'm clearing world 5 rn, and going to world 6

[worldly pewter]

go low cost the event imo
since u were saying that u didn't have enough aug mats
u have pretty much most of the shop unclaimed

[nimble knoll]

I only have 447 oil At the moment..

[worldly pewter]

so this is for some normal progression outside any event right

[undone plover]

Event shop weekly pack and weekly mission give oil if u havent claimed them yet
Also check mail storage

[undone plover]

As always during event farm event

[nimble knoll]

Already used them all

[eternal basalt]

No rest for the wicked. Event - event - event

[pliant sage]

so uhh why are fighters the best planes?

[undone plover]

U got the important planes from the event shop

[nimble knoll]

Yup

[worldly pewter]

for fritz because that is her speciality

[nimble knoll]

For a 9 day old account, I'm doing pretty well..

[undone plover]

There is no singular plane that is best in every scenario

[pliant sage]

yeah meant why they are for fritz

[stuck stirrup]

fritz can load up on rockets, for one

[worldly pewter]

yeah she is mainly designed for light med boss fights and support w15

[undone plover]

Well her slot 1 is locked to fighter
So she needs one
And given her overall loadout she can run 8 fighter planes which makes her pretty good vs light armor and medium armor

[nimble knoll]

Hmm.. Can you only get Yk2 As The UR in the Event Pulls Or Can you get other UR's?

[bright tusk]

Is single 113mm has the highest dps for san diego refit with her augment module?

[eternal basalt]

Only YorkII

[undone plover]

Tbh she works for main fleet as well abdou
She is the best ch15 support CV but she is also great as main fleet carrier for mob and boss

[nimble knoll]

I see

[undone plover]

And if u have her already stop building imo
Save for february UR

Never chase duplicate pulls

[worldly pewter]

this sounds like fritz + the cheat code for mob

[nimble knoll]

Huh.. It only took me 4 days after I first got my first Yk2, To get a copy of her..

[pliant sage]

how long is york2 build time?

[nimble knoll]

I was trying to get Hornet 2.. But I got two UR's Instead-

[undone plover]

Well actually u might want to run double healer so maybe less good on mob

[worldly pewter]

yeah never do that especially early game

[undone plover]

Hornet will archive at some point. 2 UR is a pretty good roi

[pliant sage]

hehe i got 3 fritz in last event but not the elite Z11 i think it was

[stuck stirrup]

trying to roll the purple ships in the gacha is the real meta

[nimble knoll]

Why is the SR You want much harder to get than a UR that I can't even use cuz it needs to be MLB..

[undone plover]

Also for ships like hornet who are available in event shop and as map drop in B3 D3 and SP u dont want to build for them
U will get them for 0 cubes
Ofc this time for u it is difficult since the event shop is cracked and u couldnt farm much cause u are new but for future event keep this in mind

[nimble knoll]

I will

[eternal basalt]

Cause she is drop/shop ship

[undone plover]

Yeah she has a lower rate than the UR

[nimble knoll]

W.a.t

[undone plover]

She is on a mini rate up not full rate up

[worldly pewter]

not to mention the map drop ship always has the lowest rate in the gacha 0.5% or something

[undone plover]

She has 0.5% chance in build
UR is 1.2%

u basically never pull for these event shop/map drop ships

[nimble knoll]

Istg.. I might get another UR Before i pull a Horny 2..(i can't even pull cuz I only have 1 cube left )

[pliant sage]

i have built 3 hornets and not one north2 or york2, so yeah

[nimble knoll]

Are those Hornet 2's or just the regular?

[undone plover]

Just save
U dont want to miss the Feb UR
And next UR rerun is implacable one of the best carriers

[pliant sage]

hornet 2s

[nimble knoll]

... Gimme one (jk)

[stuck stirrup]

any word on what febuary is yet btw?

[eternal basalt]

We got a cube-event, buy them

[undone plover]

If u can farm 8k points by tomorrow u can get her
By farming the x5 and x3 bonuses
But if u are out of oil then just forget it imo

[worldly pewter]

usually during the jp strimm that is around 20 feb

[nimble knoll]

Tomorrow is Maintenance.. Right?

[undone plover]

We never know in advance
Although there will be a stream 1 week before event (usually)

[undone plover]

Yeah

Double check your mail storage
When u claim from mail it goes into a special storage tab u can claim oil from there
Some ppl miss it sry for repeating this

[nimble knoll]

And I literally only have 460+ oil left rn.. I had another 4k flowers before cuz I was farming.. But I needed 13k oil to farm the rest of the 4k I needed.. And I only had 9 oil left-)

[nimble knoll]

Special storage tab?

[undone plover]

Not missing the UR on your first event is already a huge bonus
So dont feel too bad

[nimble knoll]

But I can't use her yet, right?

[undone plover]

In your mail on the left side

[eternal basalt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/460645783021289472/1245763171999023104/image.png?ex=67887f1d&is=67872d9d&hm=cf49f56b2193da5fe38608e24ea026a199d0dcb16b0b27e8b06a453819e2e13b&

[nimble knoll]

Oh.. I didn't use that yet- (I only have 5,5k in there anyways, not enough to farm..)

[worldly pewter]

try to low cost it

[undone plover]

Yeah u can use her when you raise your second fleet
Shouldnt be too hard to MLB her if u are active
Especially since u were lucky and got a dupe

[nimble knoll]

I kept saying I used this already but meh..

[undone plover]

Could be enough for hornet II if u really want her

[nimble knoll]

Should I have been farming b-3 (so I could've low cost it) because I was farming c-2.. (Can't even do c-3 cuz not enough tech)

[eternal basalt]

And b-3 drops her, so you might save 8k

[worldly pewter]

yeah it is either get more points and exp or get a chance for a 8k drop

[nimble knoll]

I'll only have about 6k oil if I use my Canteen, and Mail oil.. It's not enough (unless I do get lucky and drop her)

[worldly pewter]

also i think u might have needed to do c2 in order to be able to low cost

[nimble knoll]

I was using full fleet, which was 67 oil per battle.. (Not good for someone with low oil)

I had to fight 4 enemies and boss, so that's like 335 per clear.. Which is bad

[pale niche]

Is it possible to auto search 14-4 safe?

[cobalt rapids]

yes, lethal aswell

[worldly pewter]

overall u did good
u can chill now

[nimble knoll]

I just need 100 more pt cores to buy a UR Bullin..

[pale niche]

Would you help me with that if I make a thread and post my dock?

[nimble knoll]

I have 6 more Quests on the Bullin Support plan (and I could get a UR Bullin) so if I buy one from the Pt Cores.. I can MLB Yk2.. But I'll probably save the UR Bullins, unless I don't get the New UR Or Yk2 Is Slightly Or Is Better

[eternal basalt]

We don't know if the new UR is better till we get her

[nimble knoll]

Yup, so I'll probably save it.. Even though I really want to use Yorkie

[eternal basalt]

Powercreep is in effect with AL, so...

[nimble knoll]

God damn it..

So god damn close

[eager mulch]

ok

[jaunty glade]

Is Azuma good? I heard recently she isn't really used in OpSCI or other content

[kindred arrow]

Good tank but outclassed by many others, that's why ppl don't use her

[eternal basalt]

Powercreeped by all other CB's

[nimble knoll]

Should I get Aviation or Hull?

[kindred arrow]

Both

[jaunty glade]

by SR CBs or other URs?

[nimble knoll]

Only 1 at the moment, not enough blueprints

[soft raft]

other UR CBs
There's only one SR CB and she's stuck in collab purgatory

[worldly pewter]

prioritize the retro then get the rest of the stat nodes

[eternal basalt]

There are only UR CBs (we dont talk about the one SR)

[nimble knoll]

So Hull First? (Aight)

[jaunty glade]

kk so if I don't have other UR options, she still might be useful - I have the choice of finishing her dev 30 (2-3 more days) or working purely on Agir

[tropic tusk]

is there link a link or sth to mark wht ships i have collected? and see wht im missing

[worldly pewter]

hull air anti air aviation then modernization

[eternal basalt]

There is also Kronk as option now

[soft raft]

Agir will be coinable tomorrow
Tho since you're close to finishing Azuma, you can go ahead get her to at least D30 before pivoting to Agir

[kindred arrow]

Do you have other tanks? I would just do Agir

[soft raft]

Tho if you want Azuma to use AP CB guns, she would need FS5

[nimble knoll]

Who should switch out with Laffey And Uni? (Dorms)

[soft raft]

No one right now

[jaunty glade]

i do yeah, pittsburg, cheshire, watarase, anchorage but no URs

[worldly pewter]

our cute lars made this
https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/db/tracker

[kindred arrow]

In game memento tab in archives

[nimble knoll]

In da dorms

[tropic tusk]

i dont want in game outside game is better

[brisk linden]

whats a good main gun for agir?

[mellow cape]

Should I have gold plates for LA9 OR just max out 2 vit 2?

[nimble knoll]

Who should I put in the dorms to replace Laffey And Uni?

[jaunty glade]

do you get tech points for dev 30?

[stuck stirrup]

The CB IV gun is alright out of non limited stuff

[turbid marsh]

yes, because it counts as mlb for normal ships

[brisk linden]

which one is that?

sorry im not too familiar with the acronyms

[stuck stirrup]

Prototype Triple 305mm SK C/39

[sharp socket]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Triple_305mm_(SK_C/39_Prototype)#tabber-tabpanel-CB_Variant-0

[brisk linden]

ah alright, thanks

are there any purple ones that would work well or nah?

[eternal basalt]

Ah, drat, all links in the wiki will be dead cause that tabber-tabpanel stuff

Purple CB guns are bad

[soft raft]

Isn't there like only 1 purple CB gun

[kindred arrow]

If you can't make that gun chances are your Agir shouldn't be used anyways because she won't be done

[brisk linden]

hmm well if thats the case then ill just make the one up top

[forest palm]

ya 283

[worldly pewter]

i m sure u don't have the luxury to put more ships in the dorm until at least floor 2

[nimble knoll]

I can put 3..

[stuck stirrup]

There is the gear lab azuma gun too, HE though
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Triple_310mm_(Type_0_Prototype)

[worldly pewter]

yeah u put ur mobbing fleet in there
preferably the ones that u will move later to the bossing fleet
laffey and helena

[nimble knoll]

Then I'll switch uni out

[brisk linden]

i mean, i could get it but id rather just do the other one since its easier

[nimble knoll]

Cuz I'm try level up yk2 in da dorm aswell

[undone plover]

Dorm is mainly for morale
Overnight u can put stuff there for xp since u wont be farming

Also I guess if u are low on oil then it is fine to just put stuff for xp

[eternal basalt]

I use floor 1 to level new ships

[rapid grail]

I see then, what's the ships and gear of the respective fleets? Can't read much chinese :/
Just logged in pc atm to even look at tl'd wiki page (but not images)

[nimble knoll]

True, but I put uni and Laffey there for morale and some Xp cuz of use them to 1:1 the event and they kept getting low on morale-

And yk2 because I don't use her yet, so she's just getting some levels passively

[pale niche]

Eldridge retro good? I have her retrofit item

[cobalt rapids]

she has the some of the best vang surv support alongside auto synced slow and some other stuff like a ghost hedgehog ( but only relevant in content with subs ) and decent aa

[eternal basalt]

Finally a second hedgehog

[eager mulch]

smh only now getting your second hedgehog

[cobalt rapids]

third

hamii also has a ghost hedge

[eager mulch]

just get more

[twin isle]

Do we know the drop rate of hvar right now? I think I wasted 20k oil and get 0 today

[cobalt rapids]

estimated at ~14%

[twin isle]

Thanks

[nimble knoll]

Should I use all my 7k oil Rn in the event (cuz it's gonna be my last chance to get hornet 2)

[viscid swift]

well it's not gonna be your last chance, she'll be made permanently available in about a year

[tidal python]

Does anyone know what Fritz Rumey's CA Main gun uses for Ammo? HE or AP?

[cobalt rapids]

shes also nothing special so only if u rly like her

[nimble knoll]

True but that's gonna be a long time to wait..

[viscid swift]

well considering the turn around time for reruns is in excess of 2 years

[nimble knoll]

Eh, she's somewhat of an upgrade for my fleet-

[cobalt rapids]

AP

[tidal python]

hmm

[viscid swift]

to nothing that's permanently available so you won't be missing much at all

[tidal python]

Aight so gonna find me an HE CL gun for her third slot then

[eternal basalt]

Except CNY, which skips reruns and goes perma next year

[cobalt rapids]

mixing ammo to cover all armor for general content

[tidal python]

I do not maximize for specific boss types, can't be assed

[nimble knoll]

True true.. I already got the best of what the Event gave me anyways (Two Yk2, za rainbow plane, and the Hvars Which Is )

[tidal python]

Although, putting a CL gun with AA stat buff might be a decent idea seeing as Fritz can equip two fighters...

[cobalt rapids]

aa stat doesnt do anything for fighters
fighter aa scales with avi

[tidal python]

oh, nevermind then

[viscid swift]

Including AA damage

[tidal python]

Russian Triple 152mm it is then.

[whole crypt]

cheeky's numbers

[nimble knoll]

Well Seeing as I don't have much time and I haven't gotten all the stuff I can here.. What should I just farm for next?

[whole crypt]

the only reason why a gun with AA stat would help Fritz is coping for AVI damage reduction when she's actually hit, and if you want to cope for that you might as well give her an AA gun

[tidal python]

Anyone running Homing Beacon on Fritz or just double Catapults?

[whole crypt]

if you're still fairly early in the game I'd say take the PR prints or SR cat box

beacon is only for tuning timing, otherwise just take double catapults for all carriers

[nimble knoll]

9 day old account..

[whole crypt]

just grind what you can and decide what to buy later

shop will be around for another week

[tidal python]

shit I'm out of catapults... nooo

[nimble knoll]

Should I grind, B-3 (so I can 1:1 and not use that much oil) or c-2 (cuz it's the best I can do but it's going to cost me 335 oil per clear)

[whole crypt]

then just use any place holder AVI aux, beacon works too

[tidal python]

I can rip it off someone else I ain't using, dis is fine, probably

[nimble knoll]

Which one?

[tidal python]

Where you getting that info, does it have her skill summon planes as well?

[whole crypt]

if you can't low cost C2 then B3 might be better, you might have to math out the point/oil

[nimble knoll]

Well technically b-3 is only 20 flowers worse than C-2.. And I can do more of it (cuz I use 147 oil to clear instead of 335 which is A BIG difference.)

[cobalt rapids]

https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/db/ it doesnt have barrages

[nimble knoll]

147 instead of 335.. That's a big difference isn't it? But I will be getting 20 lower flowers.. But it's worth it because with the cost of c-2 I can do two b-3's which would be 160 flowers instead of 100 per clear of c-2..

[tidal python]

dammit

Wanted to know what planes Fritz summons

[cobalt rapids]

/wiki user:riceist/bar

[odd root]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/User:Riceist/BarrageDatamine

[nimble knoll]

So.. Yup I'll auto Clear b-3

[tidal python]

Oh snap you can put torp bombers in Fritz' second slot too

Now I'm not sure if I want doublt fighter or fighter/torps...

[soft raft]

It's dependent on context like with all flexible slots

[undone plover]

B3 can also drop hornii if u are lucky

[vagrant steppe]

Should I take the soul farming over the confirm Agir blue print?

[cobalt rapids]

no
if ure focusing season 4 you should pick more gear oriented projects
tomorrow the entire season will be coinable

[tidal python]

Is there a Fate sim coming out for Agir?

[cobalt rapids]

not yet

[tidal python]

rip

[turbid marsh]

hey, let napoli stay in her nice little place as the tankiest

[vagrant steppe]

Oh sick, then time to just grind gold

[tidal python]

No, Agir best girl, she deserves a Fate Sim

https://tenor.com/view/azur-lane-agir-gif-22663349

[worldly pewter]

weren't u farming hvars ?

[vagrant steppe]

Just like Yorktown II, Hvar ain’t coming home 😭😭😭

[worldly pewter]

hurry up and get it

~~i should also do that ~~

[sharp wave]

What’s the best way to raise fleet tech cause I wanna build hakuryuu after agir but I need 50 fleet tech

[wind hazel]

obtain and mlb heavier ships of relevant faction

[sharp wave]

Okay

[wind hazel]

like BB CV, they give tons of points

[soft raft]

/fleettech

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Q: How do I get more fleet technology points?
You get fleet tech points by:

1. Collecting the ship (~20%)
2. Max Limit Breaking it (~45%)
3. Achieving level 120 (~35%)

-Higher rarity ships gives more fleet tech pts .
-Heavier ship hulls also gives more fleet tech pts: CV=BB>CA>CL>DD

Side notes:
-PR ships give more fleet tech pts than normal but follow the above formula with development 30 replacing MLB.
-META ships are considered a separate META faction. They give same bonuses as their non-META versions.
-Collab ships, Muse and little versions of ships e.g. Li'l Sandy, Clevelad and Lena etc do not give any fleet tech pts.
-Iron Blood faction ships receive double the normal tech points compared to other nations.

For more information and exact amounts, consult the wiki

[novel solstice]

Get ships from the relevant faction. Max-limit-break them. Getting them to 120 also works, but that's generally a lot more work than getting another ship of the faction.

Haku is IJN, and there are a lot of IJN ships available from the campaign, so you should be able to find a couple that you can acquire easily

[humble summit]

oops

i forgot to buy hornet 2, shes not that impactful right

[cobalt rapids]

as impactful as 2 avi

[whole crypt]

so like 0.3% more carrier damage

[novel solstice]

Every tenth of a percent counts on some of the annoying EX fights...

[sharp wave]

Is hakuryuu good?

[worldly pewter]

chasing tech might take quite sometime too

[sleek spade]

should we expect Yamato gun for next gear lab update?

tbh I need the hvar planes more but my RNG is really bad on this rerun

[whole crypt]

I mean if it shaves that 1s off for your high score I guess? newer EX have normal mode anyway

it definitely isn't that much of a thing for just clearing EX

[boreal wagon]

normal mode doesnt give score tho

[whole crypt]

I mean if you want to bother with it for high score, otherwise it doesn't matter because you can just norm it for chips

[stark quiver]

good tech prevents this from happening

[whole crypt]

and it's rarely consequential for clearing EX itself

[whole crypt]

welcome to RNG that the AVI may or may not have helped

[stark quiver]

i had a chanpy on soy

[cyan moon]

Guys I’m new and need a front liner so idk if Belfast or Sirius better (planning to get them in the shop)

[whole crypt]

neither

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

standard shiny trap disclaimer, don't pick ships and gear by their rarity

[eager mulch]

I forget are the flares in W14 good or bad

[whole crypt]

may be detrimental

but not consistently bad

[eager mulch]

detrimental how

[whole crypt]

flare pauses concealment gauge while active but doesn't remove it, so you can have case where you're halfway through killing a flared mob then have to shave its concealment from scratch when the flare wears off

[tender girder]

Hi guys. i just started the game 2 days ago. I have 6000 event currency and won't be able to get the dive bomber. what should i get instead? T4 boxes... and then F6F HVAR (Fighter) Prints or Build Tickets?

[whole crypt]

take build tickets first then buy eagle union boxes with what's left

[inland shoal]

HVAR prints are worthless if you can't get 25 of them

[whole crypt]

there's that too

[keen sable]

i thought you knew that which is why you didn't say to buy them

[whole crypt]

yes

practically with 6000 that's 10 tickets, 3 USS boxes and 100 points which you can buy 3 aux parts I guess

just saying to emphasize why the rocketcat prints are a bad idea

[tender girder]

why do ppl normlly recommend eagle union tech box?

[whole crypt]

the gear selection has the most possible number of equipment that's generally useful among all 4

[thin haven]

What's that gui?

[whole crypt]

one of the new UI skins

[stone sluice]

That happened to me 2 years ago…
I regretted not grinding more to get that UR plane.

But the tickets might be worth for you

[whole crypt]

Skyraider is a fairly strong plane but for someone 2 days into the game I don't think it's worth sweating over it

[cyan moon]

Yeah but out of the 2 which is better

[whole crypt]

Sirius much later into the game

[cyan moon]

As in a lot better in late game?

[whole crypt]

as in she's a good buffer for some specific boss fleets you can use in late game

[cyan moon]

Ighty thx

[turbid marsh]

（give her the pearl）

[whole crypt]

that's not really important

[tidal python]

Is Z-52 pretty good for AA relative to the other good AA vanguard ships and not just KMS stuff?

[cyan moon]

Is Belfast usable?

[whole crypt]

any ship is usable for most of the game if you want to

[atomic abyss]

she has no KMS buff tho?
her AA is considered to be very good
though not sandy or guam level

[turbid marsh]

she has like top 15 aa or something, so suitable as a secondary aa carry while doing other stuff

[trail roost]

Will the gacha points be saved until the next event? I forgot how the gacha system works in AL.

[atomic abyss]

no

[tidal python]

ayyyee, good to hear

[atomic abyss]

limited UR pity counter does not carry over

[trail roost]

I'm cooked

[tidal python]

Z-52 gets a skill heal too!?!? Cracked... noice.

[whole crypt]

just get saving you still have a good chance of being able to pity next new UR if you don't waste cubes starting now

[keen sable]

bb from shop? cv?

[turbid marsh]

much above average on... everything, except dealing with multiple enemies i think. at least when i used her in w15 as lv120 to level, her barrage doesnt do as much as i would imagine to the healer boats

[atomic abyss]

i mean, torps certainly wouldnt do much to light armour repair ships...

[soft raft]

it's not as cracked as Unicorn but yes it is there

[tidal python]

Hey between Fritz with double fighter and Z-52 I am pretty content I think with KMS AA at this point

plus Regensburg and Magdeburg are still okay

[cyan moon]

Like the one that u need medal to pay

[keen sable]

yes instead of sirius or belfast what bb or cv

[elfin hollow]

hey chat is Hwah Jah okay to use on a second fleet?

Temporarily. I want to grab the Skyraider and my main fleet has low mood

[tidal python]

Oh Duisberg seems like an AA ship too

[atomic abyss]

hwah jah is extremely bad

[viscid swift]

Hwah Jah is the worst CV in the game currently

[cyan moon]

Wdym bb or cv? Sry im new so don’t know these terms

[atomic abyss]

no she isnt an AA ship at all

[turbid marsh]

isn't hwah jah like the worst backline of all time?

[whole crypt]

what he means is there should be 2 pools in your medal shop, what is the other one you have besides CL

[tidal python]

But she gets a 20% AA Buff O.o

[keen sable]

but she is awful

[atomic abyss]

and her AA stat and efficiency are ass by comparison tho

[cyan moon]

O the other I picked illustrious bc she waifu

[elfin hollow]

don't mind the extra hornet II XD

which can I use as a good damage CV for the meantime?

[atomic abyss]

shangri la or ranger or ark

[whole crypt]

Hwah Jah wait for update and see what retrofit does for her, otherwise she's currently worst carrier in the game

[keen sable]

ark

[keen sable]

what are you even farming. certainly not hvar with that

[elfin hollow]

Skyraider ^^:

[remote nacelle]

for CN tier list, can anyone tell me what's the tier list in first image vs second image?

[keen sable]

use less ships

[whole crypt]

if retrofit at least lets her use normal planes then she's at least an average CVL

[elfin hollow]

1k points remaining and I'm good to go\

[whole crypt]

https://wiki.biligame.com/blhx/井号碧蓝榜合集 this one?

top is for campaign bottom is for OS

[remote nacelle]

yes!

Oh ok, thank you!

[elfin hollow]

okay so I cobbled the best I could muster to push some more grind in B1:

Rear: Cesare, Shangri-la, Penny

Front: Norfolk, Eugen, Juno

I won't invest in them that much since I only use them to get the skyraider

[sweet delta]

Would rather grind A3 with fewer ships, cheaper fleet, especially when it's already safe threat?

[last zenith]

Which plane should i get in core(mo)? I don't have any decent plane as of now

[atomic abyss]

none of them

[elfin hollow]

would I get lower oil costs if lesser no. of ships in a fleet?

[atomic abyss]

you get the white and black shell in the core shop first, a few sets

then independence

[last zenith]

Already have it

[atomic abyss]

how many?

[last zenith]

3 white shells

[atomic abyss]

black?

[tidal python]

So you wouldn't use Duisberg for her OOA buff in a Mob fleet over the other normal KMS stalwarts?

[atomic abyss]

no

[last zenith]

I don't have any since i don't really need it

[tidal python]

hm, aight

[atomic abyss]

even in a mono KMS
you have agir, z52, hinden

emden functions as an excellent ironblood FP buffer
and then you have felix and otto as well

[tidal python]

oh main fleet is agir/z52/hindy all the way, but if you wanted a KMS mob fleet

[atomic abyss]

that would be just silly

[tidal python]

I mean Friedrich Carl is a shoe in

[atomic abyss]

if you really wanted to run 2 you'd just run a z trio

[tidal python]

Sir you doubt my dedication to my beloved KMS girls

[atomic abyss]

duisburg is far down the ladder

[tidal python]

rip

I've used a lot of Felix and Otto tho, ye, and Regensburg when I needed AA in the past.

[atomic abyss]

nurn does AA better than regens anyways

[tidal python]

Z-46 AA has also been solid

[atomic abyss]

why dont you need it tho?
if you have 3 gold FCR/AFCT you should have decent planes

[tidal python]

Regensburg beach skin tho bro..... BEACH SKIN

[tame jungle]

not a topic for this channel tbh

[tidal python]

srry >.<

[silk helm]

is yorktown ii powercrept?

[atomic abyss]

not entirely at least

she's still the best CV for light

[silk helm]

kk ty

[jaunty glade]

OpSCI fleets - Improvements & Questions

[dim osprey]

Hi not sure if I missed it, but will it be possible to get Ting An in the next event? 🙂

[tame jungle]

Ting An will be permanently available in the coredata shop

[dim osprey]

Yay thanks. Just wish they tried a bit harder to give her more functionality. She looks so nice.

[slender turtle]

So just so im understanding, kazagumo is out of the pool starting tomorrow???

[jaunty glade]

yeah and into medal shop

[slender turtle]

Ahhh okay okay, thats based

[clever lance]

If we auto call subs on a stage with oil cap, do we still use oil to call them?

[atomic abyss]

yes

subs have their own oil cap

[clever lance]

So.. is it better to have them on perma standby?

They don’t really serve any purpose if your fleet is strong enough right?

[atomic abyss]

yes if your intention is to save oil and if you dont need them

[clever lance]

Got it thanks

What’s optimal build for avp to use with yk2 and enty?

[soft raft]

Dunno if better setups have come out since, but this is what I have saved
(BF109Gs for anti-med, HVAR for anti-light, iirc this is like this because I only had 1 HVAR at the time during Yk2 intial run)

[clever lance]

5)8/

Thanks. Is the second aux steam cat also?

[soft raft]

Yee

[remote nacelle]

Is there a reliable 1-shot comp for META without Helena?

[atomic abyss]

assuming you mean taihou, there is
but you'll need more tech ofc

[spring bolt]

all backlines oathed, cv rld 15, that 6 oxys are ok at +10 but will lower one shot rate
https://www.bilibili.com/opus/1016800156912189445?spm_id_from=444.41.0.0

[untold beacon]

Should i be using any of these on my ships?

This is my formation.

[keen sable]

maybe? depends on what you are using

[untold beacon]

Here is with equipped showing

[keen sable]

yikes.

[untold beacon]

Did i fuck up?

[keen sable]

helena gets z23 gun
z23 gets portland gun

portland gets nelson gun

nelson gets helena cl gun

z23 gets toolbox +8 and hedgehog

sara gets oil tank

uni gets catapult + junk

nelson gets purple shell + autoloader

helena gets toolbox + camo

portland gets camo + precious

don't +7 awful gear...

[stone sluice]

What aux do you use for Plymouth?
I use an Eva aux and the goldburn.

[barren tapir]

rudder + toolkit usually i think

[keen sable]

rudder + albion or goldburn are the only recent choices

[forest palm]

[spring topaz]

I just hit Yorktown II 3 pulls away from pity ... I can still do the 3 pulls and get the pity as well? since I'm so close

[viscid swift]

I would at that point if you're short on UR bullins

[spring topaz]

and the event ends when exactly? tonight ish??

[forest palm]

ya

about 10 hours

[spring topaz]

another sillier question, the prints for the plan, do I only buy what I need to make a full plane? assuming since the prints can't be farmed outside of the event? Or just buy the whole stack and next time around (2 years?) I'll start off a little bit closer to a plane

[forest palm]

just buy what you need

[spring topaz]

lol ok thanks

[bleak nymph]

Hi guys, for an IJN fleet (Yes i know faction fleets aren't the most optimal) assuming no Musashi, how good or bad is pairing shoukaku zuikaku and shinano for main fleet? Also, Wakatsuki Noshiro, who could be a third vanguard?

[undone plover]

depends where u will use this
campaign outside of chapter 12 and 13 u want a BB to intercept boats
if u lack musashi I would just run nagato if u have her tbh

[viscid swift]

pretty medicore, especially considering Hakuryu is coinable next patch

and of course there's Amagi CV as well

[bleak nymph]

didn't reach pity on that event sadly

[viscid swift]

also yes, does beg the question of for what content exactly

[bleak nymph]

Plan was to use them for exp grind on getting hakuryuu

[undone plover]

we advise ppl against faction fleets but we could recommend you one if we have more context for example your dock and where u plan to use this
as long as u know this is not very optimal

[viscid swift]

well one, you don't need faction fleets to grind CDP esepcially seeing as you only ever need main fleet or vanguard XP

[barren tapir]

well if it's just exp grind in ch12 most anything works, so that fleet works

[viscid swift]

2nd, it's preferable to not use maxed ships for grinding CDP given how easy W12 and D3 are to farm

[bleak nymph]

Yeah, that much I know, but i'm looking for the fastest possible clears with what ijn main fleet i have, let me snag a quick screenshot

[viscid swift]

why the fastest?

[bleak nymph]

ideally for 11-1 right now as I don't have auto for 12-4 yet

[undone plover]

i mean that fleet will be pretty fast and it is also good since they have AVI tech at level 120

[soft raft]

Fastest
Faction that has basically zero ships with preloads

[keen sable]

if you're going to do 11-1 might as well do D3

[undone plover]

11-1 gives slightly more xp but not worth in the long run
just get to 12-1 at least

[viscid swift]

uhh also, triple CV is dodgy in W11 because of suicide boats and BB burns

also what do you mean you don't have auto for 12-4 yet

[bleak nymph]

i've not cleared world 12 yet

I will within the next week

[viscid swift]

I would clear at least 12-1 first then grind XP

[undone plover]

then do it

[forest palm]

12-1 should be significantly easier

[bleak nymph]

prepping for push for w15 by april :c

[rigid onyx]

world 12 gives cog chips for clearing, so it is a lot more advisable to farm than world 11

[bleak nymph]

Thems my IJN main ships

[viscid swift]

sounds, optimistic

[turbid marsh]

you have a very positive word choice

[rigid onyx]

world 13, 14, and 15 are exponentionally more difficult than the last stage before them

[undone plover]

well it is good to work to a goal and if it makes u push to later chapters and farm opsi I am all for it

what is your main 1-2 fleet(s) atm to push campaign?

[bleak nymph]

Eh my non-autistic non faction based fleets, the proper ones, aren't all that bad

[viscid swift]

probably but I think you're underestimating the difficulty of the MC past W12

[turbid marsh]

oooo confident! what do you have?

[viscid swift]

as said difficulty increases exponentially past W12

[bleak nymph]

working them up to over 120 right now

[viscid swift]

those would barely clear W13 if that

[keen sable]

that's bad

[viscid swift]

and that's being very generous

[rigid onyx]

non mlb dps ships are bad

[bleak nymph]

odds are I am yup

[rigid onyx]

I mean once you clear w12 there is no disadvantage to parking on 12-4 and looping there eternally, unless you need gems asap

[viscid swift]

start by benching all non MLB ships

[keen sable]

if you want to be positive, you're doing a good job if hindy survives one fight

[undone plover]

a few fundamental things of note:
1- in general u dont want to use ships that are not Max Limit Break (MLB) i.e full star
so for now u should replace hindenburg, z52, AvP and possibly rumey and FdG (I cant see thier stars)
2- it is better to put BB in center and 2 CV on side

[bleak nymph]

oh i just finished her lab like 2 days ago

[rigid onyx]

with catchup she'll only be mlb in like 2-4 months

[keen sable]

and then who knows what else hindy is hiding. maybe some more bad stuff.

[bleak nymph]

before hindy i was running anchorage, but she's not FS either so eh

[undone plover]

I think your goal should be to push to chapter 12 as soon as u can
then u can chill there and raise more ships
Have you been working on operation siren? and research academy?

[rigid onyx]

the game is a slow burn, fortunately or unfortunately, and the late campaign stages aren't really a great place to farm anyways

it's good to have achievable goals for progress but you should probably be a bit more granular

[turbid marsh]

helena and hind aren't excatly what I would bring for main campaign, but that's just me. also anchorage don't need FS, mlb is fine.

[keen sable]

maybe 0LB cranes are an actual improvement

[viscid swift]

also this just goes as general advice, do get more dock space

[rigid onyx]

/gems

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Gem Spending 101

Gems in Azur Lane are fairly rare from an F2P perspective. However, the gacha in Azur lane does not require gems and their main usage is expansion of facilities like dorm, academy, docks and depot, as well as buying resources, resource packs, premium items (rings and name change), and skins.

As an F2P, you can get up to 4700 guaranteed gems (3750 for 3* clearing all 15 main campaign worlds, 800 for completing Bands collection and 150 for 8 days login campaign), not counting random gems from commissions or occasional bonuses from events or other sources.

Considering limited availability of gems for F2P players, even if spent exclusively on QoL upgrades, it is impossible to upgrade everything.

This is the recommended way to spend gems as an F2P:

• 3rd Dorm slot (300 gems)
• Dorm 2nd floor (500 gems)
• Dock space (remaining gems)

The main purpose of the dorm is for faster morale regen while grinding. Using ships with 0 morale will receive a 50% exp penalty and lose affinity.

The 2nd floor of the dorm will have the same number of slots as the 1st floor. While it lacks passive exp gain, it has faster morale regen. 3 dorm slots with the 2nd floor gives you a total of 6 slots, which is enough for your whole mob fleet.

Dock space is the biggest constraint for players. While this can help casual players collect all their waifus, there is also practical use in collecting ships - for later levelling to get their fleet tech on reaching lvl 120. These are important for players as they provide crucial additional stats that help players to tackle the hardest content (W14/15, H.Arbiters, CM).

Alternatively, players may consider getting the 3rd Academy slot for faster skill training or more dorm slots instead of just dock space (not recommended).

While players may opt to buy skins/rings with the F2P gems, this will come at the cost of QoL. It is recommended to only buy those with real money 💳.

[viscid swift]

210 is really not gonna feel comfortable in the long run

[bleak nymph]

Yeah i've been clearing opsi since last week, still don't understand it very well but working on it

[rigid onyx]

opsi is like 70% of your gold plates and 50% of your endgame gear so it's well worth to do it even though its a bit of a grind initially

[undone plover]

did u clear current event btw?
the shop has a very good plane for 10k tokens and another one for ~2k
u need 13k total

[barren tapir]

optimistic is a much friendlier word than i was thinking

[bleak nymph]

Yeah I cleared it up to SP and got the skyraider

Don't know who to put it on yet, but I know i need to +13 it

[undone plover]

did u also get the HVAR prints? 15 in shop and 10 from milestones?

[undone plover]

I wouldnt do it first thing
u should +13 other stuff first

[turbid marsh]

hold that thought

[native knoll]

yall think i can get 37 more bps? xD

[barren tapir]

is +13ing skyraider even a priority at all? feel like finishing all ur converging tbs matters more

like 2 of each for timing etc

[bleak nymph]

Currently sitting. on 21/25

[undone plover]

get the last 4
it is a really good plane
u have 10 hours left to do it

[barren tapir]

bout 9 hours left...probably not tbh. but 12? definitely doable

[undone plover]

then make a thread and show your dock
we should replace some ships in your 2 fleets
then u can push to chapter 12

[keen sable]

if you leave gph i'm sure you can

[barren tapir]

go get em tiger

[viscid swift]

to be honest, I would very much treat it as a +13 when needed case

it's very powerful but also relatively niche compared to the TBs

[undone plover]

well cant rly blame em the /plus13 chart has it at top with red border

[barren tapir]

basically my line of thought, yeah. tbs are more generally applicable in use

[stark quiver]

Just nyak Fritz all the way, no need for ad1

[barren tapir]

and it being UR costs as much as 3 gold planes too, so opportunity cost feels high if you do it too soon

[viscid swift]

spoken like someone without 2 A1ds

[bleak nymph]

then make a thread and show your dock

[barren tapir]

huh why

[twin isle]

Its drop rate ridiculously low, I bored to grind for it even

[barren tapir]

yeah it really does require a lot of dedication to grind it out. im surprised i managed to do it

[twin isle]

I spent like 70k

If it s not a dedication idk what

[undone plover]

idk tbh Sam makes that iirc
I guess his thought is u need to know which TB to +13 but for skyraider and La9 the +13 is not wasted
since u should +13 them at some point

[barren tapir]

i got 4 with 121k oil it was a near thing, even now i only have regenerated ~7k excess oil

[undone plover]

~~all that c1 training paid off ~~

[twin isle]

Geez man didn't you sleep ?

[barren tapir]

my calculation for total event oil was almost 100% accurate, 129k calculated, 128.5k reality (at 1 hour to maint, approx)

[stark quiver]

Aurora has 5 total?

[barren tapir]

i feel proud of myself for that math

[barren tapir]

definitely did sleep. i burned through about 270 helps

[barren tapir]

yeah and then my dumbass forgot i could use them on harby

[viscid swift]

I too grinded 6

[stark quiver]

My Fritz is 107

i was too lazy to wait a few hours for new week
so i bought oil

[rigid onyx]

i unironically think that newish players grinding more than 4 is suboptimal considering that it probably wont make-or-break any meta 2-shots and it would be a while before you can get the fleet tech to one-shot metas, along with it just taking up +13 resources to get 5 hvars

[barren tapir]

true, theyre best in class for their slot and respective role, but i think listing as red border is a bit misleading

[viscid swift]

honestley the +13 list has always been a bit contentious

[barren tapir]

my reasoning was better to have them than not, im not gonna be using more than i need, but it's nice to have backups

[twin isle]

Well I have 2 hvar and 3rd one is 8/25 atm

[rigid onyx]

the optimal way to +13 is just +13 gear that will help with a breakpoint that is good longterm imo, no need for a chart

[twin isle]

Lets burn the rest and hope the best

[viscid swift]

like how Sam has the French 152 higher than the Plymouth gun

[barren tapir]

i just +13 on a needs basis after taking into consideration recommended advice and general feedback from here. so far it hasnt led me astray yet

[keen sable]

try to be a tier and an investment list and failing at both

[viscid swift]

that's pretty much how I'm taking it these days

[feral salmon]

z52 - Laffey II and Eldridge retro who is the best front tank?

[barren tapir]

laffey2

[rigid onyx]

I usually +13 gear that I doubt will ever get powercrept, or just +13 when I need the extra push in damage in a stage. I almost never just +13 random good gear atm without purpose.

[rigid onyx]

depends on content, you only need to tank as much as the vanguard pressure necessitates.

eld is a fairly bad tank though you want her in off-tank

[barren tapir]

z52 is likely competitive in mob but definitely falls short of laff2 in boss.

eldkai herself isnt entirely maintank material due to rngness, she bulks your whole vg instead

[barren tapir]

yeah same i +13 when i need it and notbefore (exception is champyguns bc thats a nobrainer, needed or not)

well some gear to me is nobrainer and some is needs-basis.

nobrainer to me is champy and improved quadmag and improved missile, planes is very much more a needs basis imo

[rigid onyx]

in terms of tankiness:

laffii > z52 > eldkai

damage:

z52 >> laffii >>> eldkai

eldkai has extra utility that isn't suited to being a maintank but instead just overall vanguard ehp

[undone plover]

~~just ask renhex for +13 advice ~~

[stark quiver]

just dont +13 🧠

[barren tapir]

eldkai is technically average tankier than z52 in a vacuum but is extremely rng unlike the other two (high variation on true ehp) and loses to z52 if it's more than 1 fight anyway

[rigid onyx]

I +13'd mog gun b/c it let me to l70 ranger bogue ddg for d3 with 100% consistency even though it was fairly low prio otherwise

[barren tapir]

needs basis

after some point you probably know your game well enough to pick what to upgrade for your goals anyway

[stark quiver]

like that one +13 sg i have

[vagrant steppe]

This good as a temp Type 1 AP/super Heavy shell?

[feral salmon]

aside from UR, do we have any front ships that provide cross fleet support?

[viscid swift]

no

[soft raft]

/crossfleet

[odd root]

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

[stark quiver]

what gear did you guys use on the bbs to auto ex

[haughty dust]

I just barely got Hornet II in time. Is she any good?

[soft raft]

sure for Type 1 AP
not really for SHS

Ironically it has more HIT but less FP in comparison to Type 1 AP lol

[rigid onyx]

she's quite decent

[stark quiver]

good tech

[soft raft]

+2 AVI

[glass quest]

what do I look for while equipping Napoli? High DPS?

[stark quiver]

standard cb/ca gun
ur dd
UR aa
beaver

[soft raft]

Her secondary slot is CL not DD
Napoli also cant mount CB Guns

[stark quiver]

huh

[undone plover]

I hope you also got the planes in the event shop

[glass quest]

so CA Gun isn‘t that important? I figured I‘m just going to give her a Triple 234mm

[stark quiver]

yea that works

[forest palm]

[haughty dust]

I think I already had at least one of them. I definitely got the UR.

[undone plover]

the gold plane is also good and worth grabbing
shouldnt be too hard to get tbh

[haughty dust]

I have to double check. I think I already had one of them crafted or something. I gotta look again.

[woven star]

what the best main gun for refited Eldridge?

[haughty dust]

so I did have a few of the SR planes, but just not that particular version. It took me long enough to get the UR plane and hornet II.

[woven star]

I'm between 113 single or rainbow 100mm

[static harbor]

So uhh, what do I do with this spare Skyraider?

Oh, should I put 2 on York-2?

[haughty dust]

I am like 4 bps away apparently from being able to craft one of the SR planes but not sure if I have enough oil to get the necessary event resources rn

[bleak nymph]

So the HVAR, +13 or +10?

[barren tapir]

one of the best gold cvs that isnt enterprise (light armor oriented)

[prisma temple]

I got a quick question so i unlocked shipyard and i wanted to get hindenburg PR 6 but when i try to find it in the research thing it doesn't show up at all- it only shows up to PR 5, why is that?

[viscid swift]

what you're probably looking at is catchup

[keen sable]

Umm that's catchup

[prisma temple]

oh- where do i get hindenburg then?

[keen sable]

Scroll right

Don't tap anything

[prisma temple]

alright i will do that ^^

[haughty dust]

Actually, I double checked. I’m still 10 away actually now from being able to craft one.

[prisma temple]

thank you by the way ^^

[keen sable]

I doubt you can develop her and even if you could do anything useful with her though

[barren tapir]

lab -> shipyard -> pr6

[static harbor]

So where does Z52 fit in? Mob or boss?

[undone plover]

If you can buy 10 or get it from milestone then go for it
If u cant buy anymore since u already bought from shop and got all the milestones then ignore it

If I are unsure screenshot your event shop and your milestone rewards

[static harbor]

She only gives a 5% damage taken debuff no?

Uhh, guess I can replace Mogador with her in my York 2 fleet?

[undone plover]

she works in any and every fleet
she has good dps
good ehp
good AA
good debuff

[turbid marsh]

she just fits.

is she the most optimal for a certain role? not really. but if you lack those specific ships, slam her in.

[static harbor]

I got alot of strong ships in most of my fleets tho, especially like Agir and Hindenburg

Laffey 2 and Unzen in mob

[haughty dust]

I would have to try and spend more gems to get more oil regardless I wouldn’t have enough time or oil left to even try for the remaining amount. Before I made my first post about it earlier, I was at like 10 or 11 out of 25 and I only just got five. But I have like next to no oil left.

[turbid marsh]

in my opinion, z52 replaces either hinden or unzen in this case (assuming main campaign)

[undone plover]

oh that is fine then just ignore it
does that mean u got the first copy?

[static harbor]

OpSi

Hinden huh? I use her in my BB fleet

[haughty dust]

I don’t have any copies of it that hellcat I have is a different version of it

[undone plover]

are u out of all oil?
weekly missions?
weekly pack?
mail storage?

[haughty dust]

Yes

[turbid marsh]

who is the third person on your agir hindenberg fleet?

[undone plover]

I see
then no worries it will be added in the future to some shop

[static harbor]

Plymouth

[undone plover]

just double check this tab as well in mail since some ppl forget storage means this part

[stark quiver]

You always use ply in a bb fleet
Unless you’re quyet

[soft raft]

lol

[turbid marsh]

z52 can replace both hinden or unzen at this point, but the different is like, 5%? in terms of dps. adds a little survival on your bb vanguard.

[static harbor]

Can she replace Sirius or Aurora in CV fleets?

[soft raft]

You got any math to back up that DPS claim?

[haughty dust]

I already did earlier today.

[stark quiver]

Lemme do a test rq
Against taihou

[turbid marsh]

actually i dont have math for hinden, only on unzen, have to go home on my save files. its like less than 5% when i test on taihoum but i have to rely on cn people on other armor. im pretty sure i can dig hinden up.

[keen sable]

I mean cn clearly says unzen is a sub for z52 not the other way around

[stark quiver]

I mean diff isn’t that far, but only 2 samples so

And 120 z52

[undone plover]

unzen is buffed by amagi as well dont forget

[viscid swift]

not to mention whatever fuckery AA damage is doing there

[undone plover]

I have also seen unzen do ~300k in this fight so she will have a higher ceiling I believe

[storm heron]

just use both

[turbid marsh]

I feel like I’m not choosing the right word. I meant they are like same level replacement, difference so tiny so it’s only difference is survival. I used to think the diff is a lot, but then I test on my own….

[stark quiver]

I can’t one shot meta
I give up

[rigid onyx]

one shotting meta a flex anyways; you can always request support

[wide dome]

I have like 42,000 coins laying around with a cap at 18,600. Should I burn the extra coins on something to start earning them via my merchant or should I just hold on to them? If so, what should I spend them on?

[rigid onyx]

If that's your coin cap then your merchant is probably low level anyways. I wouldnt worry about being at soft oil cap

You should limit break + cog awaken ships + upgrade your gear + retrofitting

[viscid swift]

well if your cap is only 18600 then you probably have a lot of useful stuff to spend them on like limit breaks, retrofits, enhancing gear, etc

[stark quiver]

My pride goes against it

[viscid swift]

just Helena it

[storm heron]

I doubt 18600 coin cap can cog awaken ships

[wide dome]

Yeah I'm super new lol I'm on like 2-4 right now so i'm still learning the ropes and whatnot

[rigid onyx]

its funny how quickly someone can get an acc to 12-4 & be able to clear all harby's and it'll get resources just as fast as a hyper-endgame acc

[viscid swift]

well Harby still takes a few months

[stark quiver]

3 proc Helena did worse

[vale spindle]

Don't worry me too

[viscid swift]

and being able to and actually doing it are 2 rather different things I'm finding

[stark quiver]

I’m suffering from skill issue

[elfin hollow]

what is harby

[stark quiver]

Hard arbiter

[viscid swift]

hard arbiter

[keen sable]

arbiter hard

[stark quiver]

~~ or a fast food place~~

[agile harness]

which is better for a mob fleet in stage 13, z52 or eldridge?

[whole crypt]

I mean oneshotting showdowns is strictly a stat check, there's basically no skill involved

[elfin hollow]

I see, I only recently defeated harby

[whole crypt]

either you can copy a oneshot comp or you can't

[stark quiver]

Or I can make one 💀

[hollow gust]

Replace Guam with Helena

[stark quiver]

That was a test I fleet
I’m like using 52,kaza,unzen

[whole crypt]

make one out of what, the comps are already optimized by the dalaos, if you can't copy one of those you're not going to make one better

[viscid swift]

that that one needs a lot of investment

[storm heron]

z52 I believe

[viscid swift]

isn't that consistent either at one shotting

[half plover]

the battle just started and my ships gets melted. how can I beat ex

[viscid swift]

you either need to manually dodge the attacks or build a much toucher vanguard that can survive, i.e. Anchorage, Jeanne d' Arc, Eldridge

[half plover]

manual doesnt work

[stark quiver]

It didn’t survive

[half plover]

the red bomb just one hits my ships

and it goes everywhere

[viscid swift]

well you might need to reset a few times

[whole crypt]

Star ball:
First safe spot is always to the left
If you're not hit at all next safe spot will flip sides
If you're hit by any pellets safe spot will be on same side
Lanes:
2 of 4 lanes will be safe at any point during the bullet waves
First set of 3 will be relatively slow with red lane warnings immediately before the bullets
Second set of 5 you will be shown the pattern in red lanes, then all 5 will come in quick succession
Third part will be 3 sets of full screen bullet waves, where the red lanes will indicate the safe zones instead
Puddle/orbs
Stay in middle of puddle, orbs fire outwards.
5 slow ones will show one by one
5 quick ones will show pattern first, then puddles in succession like in second part of lanes.
If you finish all 3 phases and still haven't finished go back to first.

[half plover]

to the left?

[turbid marsh]

Left side of the ball

[half plover]

oh

[storm heron]

is this EX insanely hard?

[hollow gust]

Oh wait is this the one with the trick Lazer

[turbid marsh]

Manual is easier with one ship tbh, or anchorage jean eld

[whole crypt]

not laser but yes trick bullet trail

[storm heron]

cause people I know reached 6k last time can't even reach 4.5k

[hollow gust]

This one is very easy

[stark quiver]

People just don’t care for this

I have officially retired from
tryharding and am now a casual

[whole crypt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjDvIkNO3C0 this is from 2 years ago, I think I saw fluffs kill in one round with Alsace this time

[inland shoal]

I just went with the strat of moving my vg far right, very little of her attacks hit far on the right

[stark quiver]

Juwumy got 7k

But he’s juwumy so that’s also normal

[half plover]

I cant wasd move somehow

[viscid swift]

Yeah you know it's casual when I'm on the board

[half plover]

this is gonna be pain manualling

ah I can now

[stark quiver]

Try Harding pve made me get nightmares
PvP time

[half plover]

I beat ex

ty

[pseudo saffron]

Is it possible to get 10k event points before it ends?

[whole crypt]

you have like... 6 hours, the odds aren't great

[eager mulch]

will there be a datamine tn

[whole crypt]

10k points is going to be roughly 5 hours of D3 non-stop

[viscid swift]

hopefully yes

[eager mulch]