gameplay-help

[worldly pewter]

usually u get a ryuu from research and one from gear lab
the rest is usually a dd gun or cl guns

[night totem]

I got 5 ryuu from research

[bleak nymph]

The barrage is most likely the reason

[glacial widget]

i read that, i was just trying to understand the math

because i thought enterprise benefits a lot from kear and york2

[stark quiver]

fritz is more consistent with damage
being a UR cv and all, enty has high dmg cieling, but she also had a chance to not proc owarida

[glacial widget]

gotcha, so just purely on the basis that her skill isnt guaranteed, fritz is better in that regard

[stark quiver]

ya, just overall consistency

[wind hazel]

100% is still stronger, probably

but aint nobody got time for that

[stark quiver]

technically you can just reset until march, but, waste of brain cells

[sweet delta]

fritz does damage to the jug

[glacial widget]

and then is there a reason specific to run HVARs over Flapjacks?

[sweet delta]

flapjacks are 🚮 against light armor bosses

[glacial widget]

oh gotcha, boss specific

[stark quiver]

hvar = high velocity air rocket

[sweet delta]

hvars do like double flapjack damage agsint light

[glacial widget]

got it, ty

[sweet delta]

so even +10 hvar will beat +13 flapjack by a lot (if you have +13 flapjack for some reason)

the replacement for hvarcat is bf109g, you can replace yorkii's first hvar or enterprise's hvar

[glacial widget]

yea ive got 4 of them, so ill put two on york, 1 on kear, and 1 on fritz

[sweet delta]

do you have 2 skyraiders?

[glacial widget]

yea

[stark quiver]

does fritz want skyraider?

[sweet delta]

skyraider does more dps than hvarcat

[stark quiver]

my dreams are in shambles

[sweet delta]

but using a second hvarcat on fritz is better than a tenrai on yorkii

[glacial widget]

unless the second skyraider should go somewhere besides fritz

[stark quiver]

it cant rly go anywhere else

without nuking your timing

[sweet delta]

i think you'll need more +13 than that

but you can try

[glacial widget]

all my +13 are in opsi

im just making a quick fleet for the challenge rn

[sweet delta]

opsi is separate from cm, I would rather take a minute to move the gear than waste 10 minutes on a failed CM run

[glacial widget]

you underestimate how lazy i am when it comes to moving gear around

[safe lotus]

Hi uh these are all my purples and above, does anyone know which of these characters I should use that are good?

[glacial widget]

but youre not wrong, ill see how it goes

[eternal basalt]

Amateur

[sweet delta]

what SRs can you buy in your medal shop?

[safe lotus]

these are my sr’s this week

[molten zinc]

They're Lil E so DD and CV medal

[sweet delta]

buy Enterprise and Kazagumo

[safe lotus]

Thank you, anything else?

[solid kite]

Is the 30 min rigging research more common for pr7 than the other series?

[sweet delta]

for now, you can use the high-level fleet to reach chapter 9+ because it's inefficient to switch too many ships before then.
Jean Bart, Unicorn, Taihou, Portland, Laffey, Suzu

[molten zinc]

wait how did he got a Vampire? Isn't she only in req and SP archive?

[safe lotus]

Thank you a lot thats very useful

[safe lotus]

Vampire?

[keen sable]

if that's what you set your focus to

[eternal basalt]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Vampire dropship

[solid kite]

I mean, when i was doing 4 i was getting maybe 2-3 a week at best...and now im getting significantly more daily. Thought it was maybe some new mechanic but i guess ots just me

[safe lotus]

I also have these for my guild this week if I should buy any

[eternal basalt]

You can buy 2 from all 3 pools each monday/friday

[sullen verge]

z1
le triomphant
tirpitz
leipzig
algerie
kaga bb
ise
hyuuga
colorado
maryland

safe to retire after 120 tech? old account assume i have everything better

[eternal basalt]

As long as you want to 120 them again when they get retro

[storm heron]

z1

[sullen verge]

6 already retro'd

[glacial widget]

6ish minutes for hard with +10 gear. Definitely slow but not that bad

[woven star]

Maybe iron blood event. Fritz

Nvm. I have too from some drop map

[solid kite]

is there any particular reason for fritz there or is it just <ur plane here>

[keen sable]

newcastle is light and fritz can use 8 hvar

[woven star]

Cv with 2 fighters slot for light armor with slow

[solid kite]

ah

[sweet delta]

bisz fritz also works but slightly less damage

[stark quiver]

[pale mason]

OpSi fleetbuilding help

[glacial widget]

what were the main fleet loadouts on this

[white agate]

are the mk7 really worth it?(i always hoped 1 would be all i needed)

[sweet delta]

if you're a bb hater, you can get away with only 1

[stark quiver]

in situations like these maybe

[soft raft]

406 mk6 works perfectly fine

[worldly pewter]

get helena
if u don't have portland get her from the guild shop too in the selector on the left of this one the first one from the right

[mild sail]

I use the mk6 up until NJ release

The fleet of golden Barracuda back in the day

[stone sluice]

What’s the start for the CM Newcastle?

[sweet delta]

https://suchiguma.github.io/challengemode/february/

[mild sail]

Strat? I guess HVAR and a lot of HE shells

[stone sluice]

Good vanguard ships for recurring damage?

Ply, San Diego, DDGs, Mogador?

[sweet delta]

basically all high dps non-torp-focused vanguard ships

[bleak nymph]

Is laffey retrofit still worth anything or has it been powercrept into oblivion already?

[stark quiver]

worth as a newb, worth as collection

[knotty dome]

my z52 isn't level 125 yet, is there an alternative?

[stark quiver]

ight bet

[knotty dome]

modssssss

[sweet delta]

<@&460646206851252224>

[stark quiver]

awhh

[patent fiber]

is kill

[knotty dome]

for helena, something like plygun, moggygun, FPAA, fumo, tookit? and would helena be middle or offtank?

[stark quiver]

look at guide

and depends

[sweet delta]

for Newcastle CM? idk how long she can survive for

[stark quiver]

my fleet survived on almost full hp for 4m with helena offtank

[night totem]

Any soyuz alt? Mine isn't mlb yet

[sweet delta]

for a BB fleet?
Bisz > Soyuz > Vanguard/Alsace > Kear > NJ/UvH/FdG

[night totem]

Hmm will something like bisz vanguard alsace work?

Aight ty, can laffey 2 replace z52 in mob?

[sweet delta]

what? are you playing campaign or cm?

[night totem]

Cm

Vanguard not mob, mb

[sweet delta]

laffii doesn't have high dps

use mogador, harbin, or a DDG

ply can tank

[night totem]

Mogador anshan Plymouth?

[night totem]

Aight thx

[glacial widget]

is the fleet tool (https://x94fujo6rpg.github.io/AzurLaneFleet/) out of date? Or am I just using the wrong one

I cant see recent ships in it like Fritz or Z52

[stark quiver]

https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/calculator/

[sweet delta]

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

[glacial widget]

thank you

[forest palm]

[left cedar]

btw, how bad is Mosano ?

[sweet delta]

Portland tankiness and Foch META dps

[forest palm]

+1 CA FP

[left cedar]

Portland Tankiness is ... surprising ... DPS is a CA, so a piece of shitty probally

[stone sluice]

[stark quiver]

damn im getting rich today

[stone sluice]

I gave a personal report

[stark quiver]

@patent fiber hey

[patent fiber]

wtf

[little venture]

Can you get the rest? Am at dinner.

[stone sluice]

[patent fiber]

ya i got em.

[little venture]

Thanks Light

[quartz breach]

Does doing advanced challenge in the event each day give rewards?

[stark quiver]

no

[jaunty vault]

its only once

milestone rewards + mission

EX should give rewards however

[forest palm]

[nimble knoll]

How can u leave OpSI?

[stark quiver]

press the home button on top right of screen

[stone sluice]

What’s the quickest you have beaten the CM Newcastle?
I got 6:35

[stark quiver]

what rld tech?

[stone sluice]

Suchi did it in 2:06

[eager mulch]

[forest palm]

[stone sluice]

[patent raft]

Should i buy enterprise or other super rare? Which one...?

[soft raft]

Absolutely Enterprise

[patent raft]

If she, what her special ability in different 3 or more ability?

[eager mulch]

what

[patent raft]

Oops nvm...

[rapid grail]

Enty for most content
you can consider getting Z46 as well if you lack KMS frontliners atm, can help with CDC grind as well. Other than those two you can keep the others for now, only get them if you are about to want them (Lusty for w13 & 15, rest are basically for collection)

Enty has a skill that has a 70% to proc; basically doubles her damage AND makes her immune to dmg for the most part, except for ramming. Epic I'd say, even for a day 1 ship. She only has one skill and even that still makes her on par or even better than current ship rosters

[patent raft]

Ohh ok

Thank gosh i have with yorktown 2

[sinful elk]

Chat is Allen worth getting

[nimble knoll]

Retro Nelson Or VV For Bossing?

[eager mulch]

worth what

[sinful elk]

Is she like erm good enough to use

[eager mulch]

she’s an ok dd

[rapid grail]

retro nelson works, vv imo is only worth it when there's other italians in the fleet

[nimble knoll]

So VV Should Be In Mob Fleet? Cuz I'm gonna use Uni And Aquila

[keen sable]

you want vv with aquila

which basically forces them to mob

[eager mulch]

staggered damage good in campaign bossing too

[patent raft]

Bruh this one skill is too powerful even tho she only have one skill

So that why sometimes in exercise people use her

[storm heron]

que?

[patent raft]

Oh no... Which one should i replace for enterprise...

[soft raft]

That LB1 Fritz Rumey

also yeet that 0LB Z52 for someone else while you're at it

[storm heron]

seems like the fleet needs total makeover

[patent raft]

I can't because for research... Rumbey

[soft raft]

You dont have any other german frontliners?

[patent raft]

Yea just that...

[soft raft]

Also Admiral Hipper META doesnt count for research

[patent raft]

Alright

[storm heron]

What are you researching to the point you need 6 IB ships

it's either main fleet or vanguard

[honest vector]

In that case, Hipper meta won't give you any exp.

[patent raft]

This..

[soft raft]

You need 7 IB Vanguards to unlock Roon development so how the fuck do you not have anyone else?

[patent raft]

Am sorry because i have poor fleet inventory even tho i done get all of them in event but didn't level up...

[storm heron]

also rumey does not fit into description of Vanguard ships, rumey is a Main Fleet

[patent raft]

I done remove

Ready to level up enterprise and research...

[weary gust]

Do I even want to ask about gear

[patent raft]

I really thought any nation meta counting give exp research tho..

[storm heron]

It still seems like your vanguard still needs a total makeover...
You're using non-mlb ship

/mlb

[weary gust]

Metas are META faction. They are not any other faction.

[late flame]

gotta use cheeky's mlb pic

[storm heron]

A picture showing Max Limit Break your ships +146% (More than double)

[stark quiver]

+146% of what

[storm heron]

anw gtg plz gphelp

[sinful elk]

Chat in term of dmg is Brest better than Kron

then is brest a downgrade or just equal to kron?

[stark quiver]

downgrade in damage

[sweet delta]

Brest is used more than kron

[forest palm]

You don't use CBs for damage

[sinful elk]

Yeah ig its time to put kron back in the dock

[weary gust]

Kron still has good crossfleet buffs and is more than tanky enough for most content and has better mobbing capabilities than other CBs. I use her in my opsi mob fleet.

[late flame]

have not built kron (lack of 🌈 bulins) so Brea- uh i mean Brest fills mob tank role with her minor heals

[forest palm]

I just replaced Kron in my Ops mob for Napoli

[glossy granite]

So you can only get Tech points from unlocking new ships and lvling up them aswell limit break?

Trying to get friedrich but i am at like 503/630

[soft raft]

/prgrind

[odd root]

Does __ count for Shipyard Combat Data Collection EXP?

Yes

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

No

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

[soft raft]

shit wrong one

[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

[glossy granite]

Hm, how much will permament events help for tech points?

[stark quiver]

just see each ships tech pt gain

[glossy granite]

Or is it best to just put all your iron blood ships into dorm

[soft raft]

that varies wildly on their hulltype and rarity
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Fleet_Technology#Tech_Points_Per_Ship

[lucid hamlet]

How do you change ships in op si

[soft raft]

that barely helps you get tech pts besides painstakingly slowly grind to lvl 120

[soft raft]

Go to a BLUE Port -> Order -> Fleet Formation

[lucid hamlet]

Thanks

[glossy granite]

I asked this yesterday but i am still not sure, My vanguards are Laffey Retro, Portland Retro and Helena and i consider switching Portland and helena for something like a Yat sen and Fu shun Retro pair but idk

[soft raft]

what content is this for?

[glossy granite]

Anything PVE really mostly events

[soft raft]

well if it's events then it barely matters
in campaign tho, depends on where specifically in campaign

Also 99% of this game is PvE

[tranquil rock]

you mean pve

[glossy granite]

Idk just all round a better fleet lol

[tranquil rock]

99% of the game is pve content, excersies (PvP) are kinda irrlevant

[cobalt gate]

does royal fortune not have an augment?

[soft raft]

"All rounder" isnt a thing in this game

[glossy granite]

and i have yet to build a 2nd fleet

[honest vector]

Sadly

[soft raft]

yop lol

[tranquil rock]

and the game does not have any true "gameplay" of any sort after 1-3 (because auto mode exists)

[cobalt gate]

was checking since i'm training the tempist ships lol

[soft raft]

That's oversimplying it wayyyyyyyyy too much

[tranquil rock]

unless you count like refitting ships n stuff

[storm heron]

cookers be like

[glossy granite]

Then idk how to explain anymore

[tranquil rock]

in battle there is no real "gameplay"

[soft raft]

Ok first off, where are you in the main campaign

[glossy granite]

I havent really played campaign at all recently, so im on 8 lol

[stark quiver]

thats true

[soft raft]

then you're still in the territory where anything can work if properly raised

[glossy granite]

My ships are like lvl 110-115+

Campaign i could prob do fine until 11 or something

[stark quiver]

if you are competetent in fleet building, then azur lane quickly becomes afk lane

[glossy granite]

But sadly i have single digit IQ

[stark quiver]

then copy fleets all the way

[cobalt gate]

thats what i do

[tranquil rock]

AL in battle becomes boring pretty quickly
but youve got some stuff to compensate (like port events, refitting ships, etc.)
AL is kinda mostly a stats game

[stark quiver]

its like any other gacha really, most of the game is in the art

[glossy granite]

Idk man i just wanted to know if it could upgrade my fleet

[tranquil rock]

and with the tools that the community has,
azur lane becomes afk lane for everyone
(im not saying having help is bad, im just saying AL can become the boring quickly)

[soft raft]

that's not even the topic of discussion here

[tranquil rock]

oh yeah
me when i get off topic

[honest vector]

#off-topic this way.

[tranquil rock]

nuh uh

[soft raft]

more like #al-general

[glossy granite]

Amazing info indeed

[tranquil rock]

what ships do you have in your dock currently

[glossy granite]

My mains are Unicorn, Hood and Yorktown II

[stark quiver]

real question is, do your fleets even need an upgrade

[tranquil rock]

doesnt seem like it ngl

[soft raft]

in your Dock not what you're currently using
Which in this case, go post your dock in a thread

[glossy granite]

Vanguards are Portland Retro, Helena and Laffey retro

[glossy granite]

Oh i am dumb sorry

[tranquil rock]

make a thread, open dock tab, take a bunch of screenshots, then you can ask for help in there

[stark quiver]

are your fleets dying?

[glossy granite]

Looking for ways to upgrade its not like they are complete trash

[tranquil rock]

yk2 is very very good

[glossy granite]

They will prob die if i reach to story 15 lol

[tranquil rock]

wait what campagin chapter r u on

[glossy granite]

8 but its cuz i cant bring myself to do campaign for some reason

[tranquil rock]

also for chapter 15 you need extremely good fleets and gear
ch15 is extremely hard, but since youre at chapter 8 dont worry about it

chapter 15 is super far off dw

[glossy granite]

Ye just looking for improvements and i am commander lvl 66 and havent even touched stuff like operation siren or built a 2nd fleet

So far only time i build 2nd fleet is cuz an event forces me or something

[tranquil rock]

try to get a good 2nd fleet up and running when you can, most of the later chapters will have your mob fleet out of ammo before the boss can spawn, so if you go in with 1 fleet youll be fighting the boss with 50% reduced damage which is very bad

[glossy granite]

Let me try to make a thread

Been on discord since 2017 and i havent bothered to learn opening threads at all

[little tree]

What armor is ARby this month

[stark quiver]

medium

[forest palm]

it cycles Light → Medium → Heavy → Repeat

[little tree]

i had no idea thatnk you

[stark quiver]

each months boss are not the same btw, different skills

[glossy granite]

Anything worth getting here or just pick one for waifu/tech points?

[soft raft]

You already got Hood so just tech fodder

[glossy granite]

Ye she already maxed LB anyways

[languid skiff]

hello, im new to the game in general, the newbie github got me going in the beginning, got Taihou and i can get Enterprise with medals or if anything better is available, ill post pics in thread (there wont be much) :"D

[stark quiver]

enty good

[glossy granite]

Oh shit yea a bit off topic, isnt Tashkent really good or something?

Or i am being drunk on Smirnoff

[soft raft]

needs augment but yeah
tho i wouldnt really say she's high prio either, esp compared to the DDGs

[glossy granite]

augment?

Oh nvm

[stark quiver]

she has an eugment

[glossy granite]

Man how can i ever get more Northern parliament into my fleets

I have a thing for them yesyes

[stark quiver]

wait for soyuz event

[glossy granite]

Will it ever come back man i really had to miss her 😭

[zinc cave]

event was early 2024, so about 2 years from then

[glossy granite]

This collection is absolutely shocking

[soft raft]

wait for russian events to happen/rerun and pray you roll russian ships off of banners
There's also three russian events in war archives

[zinc cave]

You can get Minsk, Gromky and Gangut from the Merit Shop rotation

and Tallinn from clearing Khorovod of Dawn's Rime D3 60 times or lucky drop in the War Archives

[glossy granite]

You guys gave me hope tysm 🙏

Northern parliament and Iron blood are surperior

[zinc cave]

Oh Soobrazitelny has been added to the Merit Shop too

[glossy granite]

This is my merit shop...

[zinc cave]

That's the Medal Shop

[glossy granite]

medal*

I dont even have enough damn

[silk thistle]

I have that Tashkent one in my Main Fleet

[glossy granite]

Need her augment

[zinc cave]

None of them are considered crucial so you're either considering Tech Points, Fleet Tech or waifu

[glossy granite]

How good is she

[stark quiver]

sup, does anyone know what medal shop lexy and lil e have this month

[silk thistle]

10000/10

[glossy granite]

I hear pretty good stuff about her but i dont have her augment

I think i have enough for it but idk

[silk thistle]

Sacrifices your Golden Bulin

[zinc cave]

Tashkent w/ Augment is decently strong against Light armor, but easily out competed by DDG retrofits

She applies a slow which has a niche use with Admiral Nahkimov's NP's slow to freeze skill if you don't have alternatives

[glossy granite]

I got like 170/300 and 168/200 for Nahkimov but it will def be torture to get her at my lvl

[silk thistle]

Wait, The DDG are Vanguard Fleet?

[soft raft]

their main fleet mode node on the retrofit tree is a toggle
not like it's worth it in the first place anyways

[glossy granite]

Seriously whats the priority for me with ships thats the question lol, everything feels like personal goals but not like what i should do

[silk thistle]

I want to Retrofit the Chang chun, Is it worth??

[soft raft]

currently you dont need to make any changes to progress
would be easier to answer that question once you get more ships and reach at least W9 when it becomes viable to raise a 2nd fleet

[zinc cave]

Chang Chun is worth, though some people may say to retrofit other DDGs first if available

[tulip zenith]

Is chapayev or emden higher damage

[storm heron]

well fu shun is free si chang chun might not be worth

unless I am wrong and fu shun's no longer available

[glossy granite]

Sorry to ask but any Research ships i should keep in mind in future cuz i am working on Friedrich atm

[stark quiver]

She still is

[zinc cave]

https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/research#development_order

[glossy granite]

I thought Admiral Nakhimov and Napoli were the no brainer go to wtf

Unless im reading wrong

[silk helm]

they are DR

[storm heron]

the question is, is that really the way to go or did sam oversimplified it

[sweet delta]

btw
Halford is BAD

[silk helm]

why bad?

[glossy granite]

Someone remind me what is DR again 😅

[zinc cave]

DR = UR

[glossy granite]

Wait so DR are URs in research?

[sweet delta]

her dps is worse than starter DDs', and she doesn't buff much

[glossy granite]

Btw the combat data packs series 1 are they only for Series 1 ships? Cuz for some reason i got like 300 of them

[zinc cave]

Yes

Generally the idea for newer players is to keep them and convert them to Protocores

[glossy granite]

I forgot i did Roon research a long time ago but i stopped so now all i need is Xp to finish her

Cuz i started azur lane in 2020

But i had no idea what i was doing then

[storm heron]

dont use combat data series pack, just pick 2 or 3 IB vanguards and grind up

[glossy granite]

So i just convert them to protocores?

Ngl i have never used protocores or gotten any so i dont know what to exchange them for 😅

[storm heron]

you have some rainbow equips there, with priority /protocore

/protocore

[odd root]

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

[storm heron]

huh apparently you need 2 copies of champagne gun first, though I recommend you getting 1 champagne gun and 1 flandre gun

this one

[zinc cave]

what about it?

thats the flandre gun

[soft raft]

that is flandre gun not champy

This is Champy gun

[storm heron]

oh yea champy gun is in the picture

[glossy granite]

Ofc that one not in my shop

[storm heron]

how many do you have of these guns?

[zinc cave]

you get the SR gear prints from these

Info will pull up the equipment images

[viscid swift]

it's a selector

[granite rain]

Are the twin 105 gold AA guns worth using over purple roombas?

[vale spindle]

yes

but ideally you just go to gold roombas which are better than both

[granite rain]

Sadly I'm super limited on gear and only have one. I put it on my sandy retro

[vale spindle]

unfortunate
if you have the spare coins / parts you can use the twin 105 gold AA, but purple roomba should be fine for now even if the gold 105 is better

[carmine heath]

is it worth it to grind for gold roombas on campaign?

[vale spindle]

no tech box only

i think it might also come from research as well, check your depot -> craft

[granite rain]

Basically never worth campaign grinding for gear except like events

[granite rain]

TY for the reply. Always good to see the legend himself. I'm just worried about AA because I'm farming 12-4 right now and world 13 is scaring me

[elfin hollow]

help with joint op

Felix fs5 worth it?

[stark quiver]

If u wanna be able to turn excess bps into protocores yes

Uhh if you’re gonna like stay in pr6 for it the probably not

[granite rain]

Out of curiosity, where are you in the campaign? 2x Shinano, 2x Amagi with those levels and no retro on Uni is making me

[storm heron]

what is joint op?

[elfin hollow]

3-4

but I've been getting every UR I can get

[elfin hollow]

the new event

[eternal moth]

Is there any particular reason you're on 3-4? Have you tried 4-1 and were unable to beat it?

[granite rain]

You should focus on pushing campaign. Have you been spending IRL money for builds? I only ask because there are better ways to spend if you are going to, and can offer advice

[storm heron]

we really need a screenshot tutorial for players

[elfin hollow]

no I don't know if I should

[elfin hollow]

too lazy the gameplay is so time consuming

[granite rain]

Wait, those are your pulls F2P starting at substeller crepuscule?

[elfin hollow]

I mean I hope I can get attached to some char or if whaling is kind of cheap

[elfin hollow]

what is substeller crepscuke

[eternal moth]

It's not worth whaling

[elfin hollow]

That's how you play azur lane

I play on emu

[granite rain]

The event with Fritz Rumey

[elfin hollow]

who that gurl

[granite rain]

Bruh

[elfin hollow]

no it was the racing event

[storm heron]

can you retake your screenshot in a thread, but ordered by level, and show your star?

[elfin hollow]

then it would be all over the place

[granite rain]

Rarity is not a good judge of ship strength at your point in the game. We need to see what is leveled and Max Limit Broken (MLB)

So it helps if you sort it that way for us

[storm heron]

event ends in like 3 days, so yeah, unless you'd like to miss it cause your ship ain't leveled

[rose cosmos]

Burg is basically low priority rite

Guess I’m switching to kear then

[elfin hollow]

idk what to do

[keen sable]

not much you can do if you don't play the game

[elfin hollow]

i sent the pics

[keen sable]

do long coms at least

[eternal moth]

Wait, you have level 100 ships, and you're stuck at 3-4?

[keen sable]

they're not stuck. they just don't play

[eager mulch]

when did shinano-chan run?

[granite rain]

There are a lot of layers here, scroll back

[keen sable]

or they "play" 3-4 which is the same as not playing

[glossy granite]

i got Z46 from drop lets gooooooo, easy tech points. Tho she prob is useless? lol

[granite rain]

A long time ago, but she's in the permanent pool now, which is why I asked if flop is whel

[eternal moth]

Z46 isn't terrible, but she's not a standout anymore

[forest palm]

FP tech

[elfin hollow]

well it was the wishing well

[glossy granite]

Im happy i got her from drop in that perm event, 12/60

[eager mulch]

shinano-chan?

[elfin hollow]

and I got her and perseus

[eager mulch]

I don’t think shinano-chan even reran yet

[elfin hollow]

i got 2 of her before a perseus...

that was pain

[granite rain]

Ohhh you mean little shinano mb. I thought you were being funny lmao

[eternal moth]

Her name is literally Shinano-chan

[eager mulch]

Just like Amagi-chan

[granite rain]

Yeah I am just very dumb

[eager mulch]

[glossy granite]

Also guys when building a submarine fleet, does it have to be like a Wolfpack or international fleet or whatever

[stark quiver]

what if amagichan isnt real and youre living in a different world turtle

[granite rain]

Uni is gonna be better than Perseus for you. Perseus is only used in fights that last very short amount of time, and when you need her extra healing effect. You aren't even close to there yet

[storm heron]

time to send alpha to gen

[eternal moth]

It doesn't have to be, but either Wolfpack or Fishpack (Archer, Flasher, and Albacore) are the best currently

[eager mulch]

I’ve already stopped playing AL and moved on to gfl2, im just curious as to when smolnano will rerun

[eternal moth]

Until you get those, using any 3 gold subs you have are best.

[eager mulch]

2-3 months clean, don’t wanna relapse into AL

[glossy granite]

I only got 2 gold and they are both in the Wolfpack, just need 1 more but no idea how to get U81 or U96

[eternal moth]

U96 is in medal pool if you get subs

[glossy granite]

Oof i wasnt lucky this time

[eager mulch]

anyways can someone tell me when shinano-chan first ran

[stark quiver]

April 25th, 2024

[eager mulch]

[elfin hollow]

I suck at the game omg

[keen sable]

it's always children's day

[granite rain]

We all start somewhere

[elfin hollow]

only 1 mf helping me

[granite rain]

I tried, but you never answered me in here lol

[keen sable]

well did you start playing the game?

[elfin hollow]

race gurl event

[eager mulch]

im not a child

[stark quiver]

abra cadabra
you are one now

[viscid swift]

uhh, might wanna read that question more closely

[keen sable]

i didn't ask when. that's irrelevant. start by doing all the daily and weekly missions

[eager mulch]

[granite rain]

Could you describe roughly what you do in the game on a day-to-day basis? How often you log in, what content you do, etc.

For now this will at least be helpful @elfin hollow https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/newbie_tips

[eager mulch]

Log in
Auto clear daily missions
Light build x1
3 hard mode stages
Grind 12-4 a little

[glossy granite]

I swear guys these permament deutsch events are doing wonders for me 😭

[keen sable]

see fritz was in event. that's why you missed her

[turbid gyro]

who do I pick for the 7-1 SR?

[glossy granite]

No way i went from 503 to 564 tech points by doing bunch of D4 runs on one of the perm events 💀 , how is this possible i swear i didnt unlock that many ships either

[eager mulch]

Enty > Hood > San Diego > Illustrious

[turbid gyro]

wait what I though the 2 foxes were guaranteed...

[eager mulch]

no

[viscid swift]

no

[stark quiver]

why did you think that

[granite rain]

No, a lot of people farm them

[turbid gyro]

Is it normal I got both in 2 playthroughs

[viscid swift]

no, you got exceeding lucky

[stark quiver]

yes
because rng is a thing

[turbid gyro]

oh...

[viscid swift]

0.75^2 to be precise

[granite rain]

Can you share some of your luck? I've pitied the last 3 banners

[storm heron]

7.5%?

[turbid gyro]

Nah I think I used it all up on that

[storm heron]

nvm it's in percentage^2

[viscid swift]

no, the drop rate is 0.75% each from 3-4

[turbid gyro]

I can buy enty fron medal shop rn, I have max LMB hood, what do I do?

[glossy granite]

Im sorry y'all for being off topic but now i just maxed LB prinz heinrich and i just got 38 POINTS I AM 608/630 FOR FRIEDRICH LETS GOOO

[granite rain]

https://tenor.com/view/cartman-now-we-can-finally-play-the-game-gif-26486523

[stark quiver]

[eager mulch]

San Diego

[turbid gyro]

Do I use her without her Retrofit?

[eager mulch]

gph has truly fallen

[granite rain]

Depends what you have

[south sequoia]

Only if you are able to afford her augment module

[eager mulch]

Sandy unretro + unique aug is good enough from what im told

[south sequoia]

Please refrain from posting off topic gifs here

[south sequoia]

Buy enty from medal then get sandy from exam

Sandy pre retro is only good if with augment

Its quite good but its also quite expensive

[turbid gyro]

I am still under lvl 50 😐 I don't have many augment pieces

I'm saveing for Hood's augment rn

[south sequoia]

Then get enterprise

You can think about sandy later on when you pick her for your beginner mission selector

[granite rain]

You have a good start for 50. I wouldn't worry about rushing Sandy. She is really strong, especially for AA, but the hard AA missions start later, around 12-13

[turbid gyro]

Suggestions?

[granite rain]

For your entire fleet composition? Start a thread, then post screenshots of your fleets/dock

[turbid gyro]

I only use one fleet rn, should I use both?

[stark quiver]

no

[keen sable]

suggestions to what? you need a second fleet not to replace ships

[granite rain]

If one fleet is working then use one fleet. Only change things up when you hit a wall and can't push further

You'll really know you have a problem when your ships are same/higher level than the enemies and you can't win

[turbid gyro]

I'm just on repeats right now cus I can't continue till i get to 50 =\

[lucid hamlet]

is there any benefit from getting stars in the war archives

[keen sable]

and raid hard?

[turbid gyro]

raid?

[keen sable]

the event

[turbid gyro]

Idk the last time I tried hard I got shredded

[granite rain]

Isn't hard lvl 90?

[keen sable]

and PP SP5 then?

[turbid gyro]

for campaign

[granite rain]

Do you not do your 3 daily hard campaign missions?

He meant hard in the fashion event, not campaign

[turbid gyro]

I do

[turbid gyro]

ik

and I got cooked on hard

[granite rain]

Okay, so I was asking, aren't the enemies in that lvl 90?

[turbid gyro]

Idk I haven't played it in a while

[granite rain]

I just checked. They are. Would you mind trying your current fleet against it for me?

[turbid gyro]

K lemme kill this boss real quick

[granite rain]

Sick, let me know what happens. Also, you probably don't need to use Unicorn against the boss since healing is w/e in this situation. If you have another similarly leveled/geared main fleet ship then use that. If not, just keep Unicorn in

[turbid gyro]

closest thing is my 3 star york 2 at lvl 34.....

[granite rain]

Yeah, then keep uni even if it's just for the boss

[turbid gyro]

K here we go...

wait..... should I have gotten amagi instead of hood in the medal shop......

[granite rain]

No, Hood is better

[turbid gyro]

hmmmmm

[glossy granite]

Yo guys when did Venus vacation collab come out? cuz it seems like that one and Ninja scrolls azur flash are the only collabs i played and was there for

[granite rain]

Okay, so what happened to make you fail?

[whole crypt]

raid hard is going to be rough for a fleet just at level without proper gear

[turbid gyro]

boss got down to around X10 and then vanguard died

[granite rain]

Trying ti diagnose and fix now

[whole crypt]

DOAXVV was before Senran Kagura

[granite rain]

Show me your vanguard gear. We can start a thred if you like

[glossy granite]

Are DOAXVV any special to have at all

[whole crypt]

there's like 2 ships that have some niche but nothing top meta for hard stuff

also not like it matters if it's not coming back

[glossy granite]

I also meant like are they even rare to have

[keen sable]

like what? you want to be reassured that tamaki is T0?

[whole crypt]

not sure what you mean by rare, they're not coming back if you missed the collab and rerun

[glossy granite]

Nah i mean like is it cool to have them

[sinful socket]

any good opsi guide ? it's not hard, but it's kinda confusing

[storm heron]

what is DOAXVV?

[glossy granite]

Cuz there are some collabs that are def a flex

[viscid swift]

Dead or Alive

[whole crypt]

a flex for what? being old?

[glossy granite]

Collection

[whole crypt]

they're all collection

[forest palm]

only real flex is Hololive, and Neptunia

[whole crypt]

what's with cheeky's name

[glossy granite]

Thats what i meant, are they even near as special as like Hololive

[storm heron]

he's throwing lawyers into the river

[whole crypt]

holo isn't any more special or less than any other collab

[glossy granite]

For most people prob, kizuna ai especially

[keen sable]

they want you to throw the layers into the river. gotta keep their own hands clean

[whole crypt]

all collabs are equally (not) special

[storm heron]

hololive is like fubuki right?

[forest palm]

oh, right Kizuna Ai, Hololive, and Neptunia have never seen a rerun like all the other collabs thus far

[viscid swift]

well, all but 2

[keen sable]

s.fubuki not sk.fubuki or fubuki

[soft raft]

Ryza and the ninja one

[whole crypt]

only 2 collabs have reran

[stark quiver]

how2get rikka skin

[whole crypt]

but they're also not more special besides that

[soft raft]

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

[keen sable]

which one you want?

[stark quiver]

both

locked behind event huh

[late flame]

pray for second rerun

[whole crypt]

collab skins don't perm so pray for rerun or bust

[stark quiver]

throwing myself in a river

[whole crypt]

but anyway

[barren tapir]

pink collab BEST

[stark quiver]

rikka was good for w14

at least thats what i heard from some gph guy years ago

[whole crypt]

that doesn't make rikka special, she's only special for her gear gimmick

[keen sable]

don't i share just for you

[storm heron]

oh damn hololive is the thing people are talking about

[forest palm]

[storm heron]

the gawr gura

[barren tapir]

is momo special cos she's also goated in ch14?

[glossy granite]

gimmie coins pls

[keen sable]

i used rikka for 14

[whole crypt]

remind me was rikka before or after ch14 release

[barren tapir]

after, rikka was 2021 collab wasnt she

[whole crypt]

that explains why I never tried using her for it

[barren tapir]

collab is like november and ch14 came out in october

[whole crypt]

I'll just cope for 2nd imas collab

[barren tapir]

pink collab BEST

[stark quiver]

i had to manual 14-4 boss, with a 4UR fleet

[late flame]

meanwhile me coping for ryzer rerun since i joined AL days after event ended

[barren tapir]

people without momo when they actually need good intercept in ch14:

[forest palm]

Momo is irrelevant quite honestly

[barren tapir]

[forest palm]

we've long since accomplished 14 clears w/o her

[whole crypt]

if you want good intercept for 14 allow me to introduce to you FdG who is permanently available

[barren tapir]

that doesnt mean she doesnt make it even more brainlessly easy

[forest palm]

yes, but the perception of need is largely false

[whole crypt]

if you want brainless Musashi/Aquila/Unicorn exists

[viscid swift]

I mean, does she

[barren tapir]

well you need good intercept ideally. i didnt say you need momo lol

[whole crypt]

I don't even know what any of the toloveru ships are good for

[barren tapir]

besides it was a joke smh

[forest palm]

filler

[barren tapir]

being pink, obviously

[forest palm]

I think Momo is the only actual useful one, but it's like Ryza, and Rika where they just fall off

[barren tapir]

its funny ngl cos there was like a lot of hype around lala and i havent found a use for her at all really

[storm heron]

damn I don't have momo raised, but musashi should be able to somehow mimic a battleship + momo

[whole crypt]

I guess I'm just 👴

[barren tapir]

i mean musashi is just goated so no shit

[whole crypt]

the only thing I cared about for the collab was yami because of black cat

[stark quiver]

i had no hope with tlr ships from the moment the collab was announced

[storm heron]

hopefully I can auto 14-4 with as many ships unraised as possible

[sweet delta]

coming next month™️ for people who hate CVs and don't have Bisz

[molten zinc]

[whole crypt]

that is a fair assessment for every collab 🙃

[forest palm]

eh...the quality is definitely better post 2020

[whole crypt]

what's this for

[late flame]

UR collab shipfus when

[molten zinc]

next month CM I assume

[forest palm]

well Collab ships started improving with Hololive

[whole crypt]

for March?

[stark quiver]

march cm ez

[whole crypt]

holo was still pretty meh

[storm heron]

heavy armor pinatas

[whole crypt]

it stopped being trash grade but still pretty meh

[forest palm]

for their time stuff like Aqua, and Sora were decent to have

[barren tapir]

i mean im certain there are many replacements but id be lying if i said the pink ships and yami didnt help me clear ch14 as quickly as i did. i know others have done it faster, but i did it using only ships i like so-

[stark quiver]

i only pulled for tlr cuz i got guilt tripped ahem cheeky

[barren tapir]

theyre replaceable but by no means bad, is my point. they work. so do many other things. but they work.

[molten zinc]

Fubuki's plane still launch from the main fleet right?

[forest palm]

only collab I've been truly disappointed with was imas, and that's mostly because the outfits, and character choice

[stark quiver]

what was imas

[forest palm]

Idol Master

[barren tapir]

friendship tiara or smth

[molten zinc]

friendzone

[stark quiver]

now that i think abt it, wasnt there a oath gimmick

[forest palm]

outfits were tame, bland, and generic, and there were certainly more popular girls to pick from

[barren tapir]

[forest palm]

pretty sure JP fans were disappointed with it too lol

[whole crypt]

not really

I kept one spare for the heck of it too

[forest palm]

I have one

[storm heron]

what other collabs are remarkable?

[stark quiver]

none

[whole crypt]

remarkable in what sense, because technically none of them are

[lucid hamlet]

is bolzano meta any good

[molten zinc]

Gridman since they give useful aux gear

[forest palm]

if anything Fubuki was the only prized Collab Ship till Halford came out

[late flame]

i wish i can has a second goldburn ngl

[stark quiver]

i mean can say the same for tlr

[whole crypt]

but using DD AVI for low costing is also no longer relevant

[barren tapir]

tlr has pretty gearskins does that count

[storm heron]

I'd like to have a goldburn

[barren tapir]

it was relevant just a few weeks ago

[whole crypt]

you know my opinion on that

[barren tapir]

me when suchi guide says have 2 goldburns and i have 0

[stark quiver]

just use 2 +`11 autoloaders

[late flame]

+usingryzerhealer

[barren tapir]

[stark quiver]

or just dont follow a guide and make your own fleet

[barren tapir]

oh well not guide actually i think this was his yukikaze video last year

[forest palm]

not low cost, but HM AVI reqs

[barren tapir]

that cm truly sounds like hell

[stark quiver]

oh ykk?

i mean i ran a shit setup and got it so

[barren tapir]

[whole crypt]

the only reason she was ever used for avi reqs in HM was because of low costing when you didn't want to shove a full carrier

[barren tapir]

ye isnt sneaky a top pvp aux now

[forest palm]

again that's still more value than some other collab ships can say they had

[stark quiver]

its a better kicks i think

[molten zinc]

kick but broken passive

[barren tapir]

ya

passive was also poggers for 15-2

[stark quiver]

what year was original ykk cm
and month

[storm heron]

aries

should be april

[stark quiver]

year?

2024

[storm heron]

ayo

[stark quiver]

didnt know the ss shows my gallery as well, ahem lemme pull the image

[storm heron]

I opened it in my browser already

[stark quiver]

be so kind as to unopen it

[forest palm]

[stark quiver]

Here we go
9:30 clear

[molten zinc]

[silk sphinx]

still the same profile frames from last year yeah?

[glossy granite]

What i would do for bismarck zwei and Sovetsky soyuz man

[stark quiver]

cope

[little ruin]

yo, i just got back into the game could someone help me make a good fleet 🥹

i forgot how to make a fleet

[storm heron]

https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/fleetbuilding here are some resources we have

[silk sphinx]

Qs:

1. Fleet for what?
2. Make a thread and post pics of dock, first main then vanguard

I'm a bit rusty but I can give it a go

[stark quiver]

its lixxy

[little ruin]

fleet for boss

i feel like my mob fleet is pretty good, i just have way more ships now and idk what to use

[silk sphinx]

yo alpha

[silk sphinx]

i meant for what world/opsi?
and yeah post dock

in a thread, mind you

[glossy granite]

Im commander lvl 67 and never bought anything from core shop lol, anything i should look out for?

[late flame]

/coredata

[odd root]

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

[little ruin]

i just started chpt 13

my ships

[gusty badger]

which banner should i pull on

im guessing light is the limited banner

should i ever pull on the other 2?

[viscid swift]

just do one light pull a day until the next UR event later this month

[gusty badger]

so I should never pull on the other 2 ?

[mild sail]

I have 2 SY-A1 missile, can I get more?

[storm heron]

because in general you should not spend cubes on permanent banner

permanent banner's ships also show up on most event banners

it's exactly the same reason as the genshin

[storm heron]

nope, only 2 exists

[gusty badger]

im pretty sure its a spark system

is the only spark/pity the ur exchange for 400

[storm heron]

the ur exchange ships are "outdated"

[silk sphinx]

you only accumulate the exchange counter on non-UR banners

[gusty badger]

Can u not spark for current banner character like blue arxhive

[storm heron]

nope

[silk sphinx]

if you pulled say 200 times on a UR banner you'd only be hitting pity on that banner, but your progress for UR exchange would be nonexistent

[gusty badger]

there is pity ?

[silk sphinx]

only on UR banners, and even then only for the UR ship

it's 200 pulls (400 cubes) to pity the UR for any given UR banner

[gusty badger]

Idc I want big boobies

[molten zinc]

[gusty badger]

is there soft pity

[forest palm]

Fybre is pepega on that opinion, so~

[storm heron]

let's see who uses those ships

[gusty badger]

do the Pitt carry over to the next banner

[viscid swift]

event pity no

[storm heron]

[gusty badger]

so i should not pull until i have enough to pull 200

[viscid swift]

Shinano

[stark quiver]

did fybre forget about

[viscid swift]

no, even if you can't hit pity event URs are still worth trying for

[silk sphinx]

only about 10% of players will hit pity anyways

[late flame]

shinano powercreep soon

[forest palm]

Event URs are the only UR in the pool either way

well the UR for the given event anyway

[storm heron]

lmao dangit

[gusty badger]

so i should immediately spend any cubes I have if I want the ur and only pull in the event banners

[stark quiver]

event ur

[silk sphinx]

other than the daily light pull, yes (because there's a daily pull mission that gives you one cube)

[stark quiver]

also hi is anyone here from lexington server

[storm heron]

hi

[gusty badger]

how to i see how much pity i have

[stark quiver]

or have a lexy alt

[silk sphinx]

there is no UR banner right now, there's no pity counter rn...

[gusty badger]

wdym

[silk sphinx]

if you meant UR exchange though should be very clearly indicated in the building menu

[forest palm]

ya'll failed to explain permanent UR pity, and event UR pity

[gusty badger]

no

[viscid swift]

uhh what

[late flame]

EN moment

[gusty badger]

wgere the pity for the event banner

[lime owl]

will my fleet for w11 work for w12?

[gusty badger]

That one is only to standard

[viscid swift]

there is no pity for this event banner because there is no UR on it

[late flame]

this event has no UR , hence no pity count

[stark quiver]

maybe

[viscid swift]

only URs have a pity

[gusty badger]

why i have to wait 1 hour to see what did I get from pulling

[molten zinc]

[late flame]

quick finishers be like:

[gusty badger]

i obly have like

3

[silk sphinx]

Two forms of pity, only one applies at a time:

1. Event UR banner pity
2. Permanent UR Exchange pity

the first only applies for event banners where there's a UR ship, and is 200 pulls to guarantee the UR.
the second only applies for non-UR event banners or permanent banners, and is 400 cubes (equiv. to 200 pulls in heavy/special banner, where you can then choose any of the permanently available URs to get

[gusty badger]

so i should not pulling now

no pull today

[silk sphinx]

you get the instant build drills from dailies. If you frequently build on 2-cube banners and are active, then gradually what happens is you get a strong excess of those instant builds

i have like 1.4k? of them and always use them even for 20 minute builds or less

[gusty badger]

I thought u should not pull on heavy and special

[silk sphinx]

current banner ships are pretty unimpressive and no UR... with how poor you are just pull once daily on it

[silk sphinx]

pretty much yeah tbh since those are perma pools

ships there will be available on event banners too so...

[gusty badger]

i want big boobies

[late flame]

#al-general is that way

[silk sphinx]

there'll be a UR event at the end of the month

i'd suggest you stock up on cubes for it

[gusty badger]

how do know that

[viscid swift]

educated guess

[silk sphinx]

tbh the devs didn't say that explicitly, but you get a clue from the previous release schedule

Past URs schedule
sep 17 2020 - Shinano (JP anniversary)
may 27 2021 - New Jersey (CN anniversary)
sep 16 2021 - Shimakaze (JP anniversary)
dec 29 2021 - Ulrich Von Hutten
feb 24 2022 - Kronshtadt
may 26 2022 - Vanguard (CN anniversary)
sep 15 2022 - Musashi (JP anniversary)
dec 22 2022 - Yorktown II
feb 23 2023 - Implacable
may 25 2023 - Bismarck Zwei (CN anniversary)
sep 14 2023 - Unzen (JP anniversary)
dec 21 2023 - Guam & Laffey II
feb 29 2024 - Sovetsky Soyuz
may 21 2024 - Alsace & Mogador (CN anniversary)
sep 12 2024 - Amagi (CV) (JP anniversary)
dec 19 2024 - Fritz Rumey & Z52

[late flame]

would have been faster to ask cheeky pull out his excel sheet

[silk sphinx]

? i took ten secs

or rather like two since it's a past disc message

[late flame]

thats impressive typing speed if typed from scratch

[silk sphinx]

copy paste

[runic cobalt]

I just got my first wyvern and i'm thinking on who to put this on, any recommendations?

[gusty badger]

why do i have so much juustagram posts

[late flame]

your favourite mobbing cv (usually unicorn)

[gusty badger]

no shinano rerun for 4 years ? ??

[keen sable]

you're popular with the ships

[gusty badger]

sex

[silk sphinx]

I didn't put rerun banners on it

plus events only rerun once

[runic cobalt]

I was just thinking about putting that on her, ty!

[gusty badger]

then it goes to standard ?

[silk sphinx]

yep (permanent/war archives)

which in itself takes a while...

[molten zinc]

unless it's a raid event since they dont rerun

[gusty badger]

how long would it take me too catch up if i just started

i took 1yr to complete blue archive and get level 90

[eternal moth]

It took me about a month and a half to get an alt to the start of chapter 13

[silk sphinx]

what do you mean by catchup...

[eternal moth]

Getting through chapter 13 would probably be a little longer than that, and getting through the full campaign and beating chapter 15 probably at least a few months more than that

[silk sphinx]

For what it's worth I got to basically >99% collection in about 2.5 years i think (and was at very high fleet tech achievement rate/everything else done too)

[gusty badger]

finish the story and missions up to new content

[eternal moth]

You should be able to do it in less than a year I would think.

[silk sphinx]

phrased differently, event banners take ~2 years to rerun, so if you just missed a new event that's how long it'll take for you to get them again

if it's a rerun banner though they go to perma in sub-1 year

ish... not super consistent

[eternal moth]

Technically the main story ends with beating 3-4, which should only take a day or two

[viscid swift]

W15 would take a year a least to clear from scratch without some serious try harding

[silk sphinx]

were those the last campaign cutscenes damn

[eternal moth]

What do you mean what? There's no main story after that

Notice I said STORY, not that the campaign ends there

[gusty badger]

is there not a story

[molten zinc]

main story are event story since campaign are just what happen irl Pacific WW2

[silk sphinx]

participating in new events isn't that hard, just need working fleets

[viscid swift]

the story of AL is told through events

[eternal moth]

The story takes place more in the events, but be warned, it gets REALLY complicated.

[viscid swift]

so working through that well if you wanna do it all in game is uhh, gonna take a while

[gusty badger]

can u even play the events

[late flame]

something something pinned message in #al-lore yup

[gusty badger]

that was past

I think i found the menu of past events idk tho

[silk sphinx]

for a complete newbie shouldn't take more than a month to be able to clear b3

[eternal moth]

Once the events are added to archive, you can view all the cutscenes for free

[gusty badger]

should i just do it in order

[spring bolt]

there is tutor about how to do it in 55 days f2p

[keen sable]

old story doesn't make you stronk

[gusty badger]

Im not f2p

[viscid swift]

no, in fact from a game play perspective you're better off ignoring the war archives for the most part

[silk sphinx]

tbh uh, most people on this channel don't really care about the lore

which means we don't really care at all about the story cutscenes

we just rec past events based on if the drops are nice

[gusty badger]

I will complete them all

[silk sphinx]

sure, not a hard task

[gusty badger]

so do u just do it in order in the war ardhive

[barren tapir]

thats with serious tryharding tho LOL (and manual)

[gusty badger]

does it even have all the events

[silk sphinx]

do it in whatever order, you'll still unlock them

[viscid swift]

well no because the first year or two the story is told out of order

[silk sphinx]

unfortunately no

[keen sable]

ask #al-lore if that bothers you

[eternal moth]

Events take 2 years to rerun and then another year or so before they're added to war archive

[silk sphinx]

some events don't have maps/perma event, and some events were collabs so no possibility of getting permaed in the first place

[barren tapir]

it also used 2 unicorns iirc

[silk sphinx]

but for the major story beats told through major events should all be perma already/eventually

[viscid swift]

personally I would recc just using a 3rd party site to read through the story

[stark quiver]

nagami

[late flame]

whoever wrote the story was probably high af

[barren tapir]

high on shipgirls

[barren tapir]

then ur life is easier

[gusty badger]

I bought $583 of gacha last month

[viscid swift]

cool, did not care

[late flame]

just dont whale on cubes. as a person who has done that, it aint worth it. period.

[barren tapir]

[silk sphinx]

in AL? for what, skins? not that much to spend for gameplay wise

[gusty badger]

Lol is that herta

[late flame]

he should lurk in al-gen and ask how much pin spent

[barren tapir]

dock and dorms are huge quality of life, and if u wanna talk about progression speed re:campaign, a 3rd training slot helps loads

[silk sphinx]

no the training slot doesn't

[glacial widget]

its not a competition man sheesh

[gusty badger]

he don’t like me cuz i posted polls of same question 3 times

[barren tapir]

also needless to say but whaling oil helps u progress a bit faster too

[silk sphinx]

i bought it, haven't really used it at all

[late flame]

ngl i wish i could refund gems spent on tactical class slots*

[barren tapir]

considering i cleared 15-4 with multiple ships without maxed out skills...yes, an extra training slot wouldve in fact made my life easier

[stark quiver]

js get 12 dorm

[barren tapir]

im just saying if u care about progression speed, not being f2p DOES infact make ur life easier. there's also the pr packs

[viscid swift]

ehh, just a matter of setting priorites

[silk sphinx]

the thing is, I actually ran out of books a couple times earlier in my game career

[keen sable]

has there not been a siren timeline S.P. archive yet? like blucher?

[silk sphinx]

having an extra training slot matters little when that happens

[storm heron]

[barren tapir]

i have like a huge stockpile of books

[late flame]

pr pack (i think also pinned message) is generally only worth considering if you wanna timeskip some research stuff.. at the cost of irl cash (which is also not worth)

[silk sphinx]

plus later on once you get to mid/endgame, then new ships stop being really relevant once you have all the best ones built

[barren tapir]

id never recommend training slot for f2p but if u spend a solid amt (like say 20-30 a month) i definitely would. third one at least

[silk sphinx]

like at this point my training academy is basically empty 24/7

[gusty badger]

booba always is relevant

[barren tapir]

again this is considering non-f2p

[silk sphinx]

i still always get them mind you (collection rate of 99.7% rn) and do level them, just leave their skills at Lv1

[barren tapir]

also man i really did not expect this much discourse about me saying "your life will be easier as non-f2p" like how is that false? EVEN IGNORING everything else dock space and dorm exist

[thin nova]

I really want to get perseus

[spring bolt]

we have non ftp 7 days 5h beating 14-4, or 36rmb 47 days clearing 15-4
anyway, most valuable part for non ftp is the lv70 pack, and it only costs $4.99

[late flame]

well, unicorn exists

[thin nova]

but it's just impossible to get her randomly

[gusty badger]

Idk wtf that means

[silk sphinx]

no it does make your life easier by a lot, just dorm and dock though, which doesn't take up to hundreds of dollars, i was mostly questioning the amount

[barren tapir]

oh yeah i forgot the 70 commander pack too

[thin nova]

yeah but I just want perseus

[barren tapir]

nowhere did i mention hundreds of dollars. she literally just mentioned shes not f2p so i was responding to it

pain peko

[thin nova]

I've abused Unicorn way too much, want to change a little

[late flame]

you will eventually get her during events which involves heavy pool

[molten zinc]

Perseus is bigger

[silk sphinx]

she mentioned 583$ so that's why. sorry if I appeared to be questioning you, was mostly talking to her

[barren tapir]

oh yeah idk that one was random all good dw

[keen sable]

laughing at portland ehp AND dps copium while you ride anchorage to fame and glory sure sounds nice

[barren remnant]

can someone send what the main screen looks like now?

[barren tapir]

also honestly i think she meant on other gachas 💀

[late flame]

most i spent was 2k on rings

[barren tapir]

[mild sail]

2k what?
Gems or USD?

[viscid swift]

You get used to it

[viscid swift]

What main screen

[molten zinc]

I'm even 0 morale them when I'm too lazy to wait

[barren tapir]

unicorns had 125 3m exp since like 3 weeks of playing for me, at some point you accept the fate

[barren remnant]

when u load into the game

[barren tapir]

2 weeks in, i didnt take a pic of 3m exp so im just guessing

[spring bolt]

what's max fleet tech now? 40530?

[stark quiver]

?

[barren remnant]

press start

[storm heron]

what's bro's point

[stark quiver]

?

[molten zinc]

[barren remnant]

i just want to see what the game looks like now i quit 5 years ago

[storm heron]

lol

[late flame]

you could do that at #al-general too since it aint gameplay related

[storm heron]

what a very appropriate channel to ask, surely all of us gonna appreciate it

[barren remnant]

they didnt answer at first and i got impatient but now they are

[stark quiver]

they ask i answer, shrimple

[barren tapir]

tbf, it is game related tho

wait reread the question yeah nvm

[stark quiver]

why am i getting trophied

[silk sphinx]

i like the philosophy

[late flame]

i can feel the 15 oil

[storm heron]

7 oil

[silk sphinx]

i forget, what was last month's arbiter?

[stark quiver]

temperence, light

[barren tapir]

its fun

[elfin hollow]

for hard mode umm when is it guarantee 1 yellow

[spring bolt]

or it's 40465?
since impossible to mlb bolzano meta now

[barren tapir]

never

you do get some of those for 3*ing hm stages tho

[elfin hollow]

I need 8

[whole crypt]

you mean I still have 600 to go?

actually closer to 500

[spring bolt]

i guess so
just mlb-ed my last ship that gives tech point except bolzano m

[whole crypt]

oh right I haven't MLB'd the new DE ships

wanted to wait for end of event since might still pull dupes, not that I'm short of bulins

[mild sail]

I actually short on purple bulin

[whole crypt]

that stops being a problem eventually

[spring bolt]

purple will cease to be an issue much earlier than gold

[barren tapir]

on a scale of years how long

[whole crypt]

depends on how new you are

but it shouldn't really be a problem in a year or so since you're not LBing every purple right away

[spring bolt]

it's earlier than you thought, probably
there are many purple ships, yes, but in reality you will probably get them very slowly and your purple bulin income can cover it

[whole crypt]

the main thing is you're just not going to be leveling so many of them so quickly that you run out of bulins for it

[barren tapir]

true gold is gonna be slower which is why ive begun to buy enough copies to mlb shop ships ever since i had the means to

[whole crypt]

which is why you should at least somewhat care about PvP even if not to win it

[barren tapir]

i do it when i remember to...i find it a pain cos it cant be like autoed 10/10 repeat oh well

[whole crypt]

getting to at least rear admiral each season adds up

[barren tapir]

ive also been known to buy dupes from medal shop

[whole crypt]

well I've been missing a lot of attempts lately because busy but I'm also not short of merits

[molten zinc]

pvp is easy if you not aiming for the top rank since tbh no one care about pvp anyway

[storm heron]

what

[barren tapir]

pvp is easy but its tedious/boring to have to do it when everything else has some sort of auto clear attached XD

[stark quiver]

merits dont farm themselves

[barren tapir]

i just do it when i can tolerate doing so and accept the L otherwise...

[molten zinc]

it's more anoying when you see this in the team list

[stark quiver]

skill issue

[barren tapir]

\

[whole crypt]

if they added a rolling interest for merits I can probably stop doing PvP completely

[barren tapir]

add some alternative source of merit that i can full auto ty

honestly a random pvp selector for up to 10 auto-runs would be nice. id surely lose at least half of those but i'd at least be doing it then

[whole crypt]

that one isn't really hard to beat though

[molten zinc]

I can forget 10 hit and still get admiral of the navy by the last day but not missing hit is still better

[whole crypt]

it's just annoying

[storm heron]

backlines aren't even oathed

akagi level 106 too

[left cedar]

PvP exist ?
i just do 1 day cuz 80 oil

[molten zinc]

it's just anoying because of Laffey and eagle repair take so much time to kill them

[left cedar]

also, iirc dont like it cuz CAs are nerfed and DDs buffed

[barren tapir]

i dont do it bc its annoying to micro and click thru it to do 10 of them everything else i can set auto and afk for 15-20min

[whole crypt]

I do it like a fight or 2 on day change then I forget about it

[barren tapir]

i only do it when i actually need a bulin like urgently otherwise i struggle to make myself do it xd even for the daily...

i did it for aquila, for example. but after that i slacked cos i just cant care enough

[whole crypt]

it'll take me like 4 months to dry out on merits from buying bulins even if I stopped doing PvP

[left cedar]

i have only 400k+ on stock ...