gameplay-help

[atomic abyss]

if you are a new player

META ships are pretty much useless

even the actually good ones are just more difficult to raise than a regular ship

[full drum]

But i just started playing i have only 2 stars max then i guess its okay :I?

[atomic abyss]

no

all the more you shd stick to the default beginner fleet

which is easier to get to their max stars due to their low rarity

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

refer to this if you hvnt

rarity isnt king for a new player

plenty of permanent high rarity ships that are traps and waste your limited resources

[narrow arch]

Is the battle pass worth it

[atomic abyss]

if you want the specific skin, yes

otherwise no not really

[narrow arch]

Damn

[full drum]

what of the shitty i use as a team?

[atomic abyss]

did you read the guide i sent above

it tells you what to use and how to get the ships

[full drum]

yes i dont have all

[atomic abyss]

did you read how to get the missing ships?

[dreamy blade]

is it ok to use dr6 prints for ply or still save them for hindy/kear, I won't be building them anytime soon

[viscid swift]

the guide literally tells you how to get them

[full drum]

yes guild shop but im not in a guild and started todaya

[whole stump]

Anyone from here good? Already got enty from the other one so I gotta wait for refresh

[worldly pewter]

if u care about oneshotting with kear then save for kear

[atomic abyss]

you dont need to be a guild to access guild shop, and you start at 4k coins

[viscid swift]

you don't need to be in a guild to access the guild shop

[shell willow]

not really

[whole stump]

Ok I pick wife

Or save? Lol

[viscid swift]

"Every new player starts with 4000 Guild Coins. Guild Coins are easy to acquire if you are in an active guild.
To get to the Guild Shop, click Shop -> Supply -> Guild."

nowhere does this say you need to be in one to access it

[narrow arch]

I'm 100% gonna get my wife (new jersey) and then never take her out of my lineup

[worldly pewter]

if the ship aren't good to raise
the next job is to help u hit a certain threshold for tech in order to unlock the shipyard ship

[atomic abyss]

NJ isnt in medal shop anyways

[viscid swift]

famous last words if I've heard some

[full drum]

@atomic abyss how to open the guild store?

[viscid swift]

my dude

[narrow arch]

I will NOT complain no matter how bad it gets

[crisp geode]

I need some help to setup a mob and bossing fleet

[whole stump]

Is retrofits ok to buy with medals? I can finish Lacey and unicorn if I do

[atomic abyss]

very not worth

[viscid swift]

they're overpriced, I wouldn't

[worldly pewter]

u can finish unicorn with just 3☆ the hard maps

[ruby grotto]

I got too many augments, 170/150, lot of blue ones, what do I do with them?

[atomic abyss]

use them as fodder to enhance other augments

[ruby grotto]

ok blue doesn't need any saving? pure fodder? just wanted to check first

[viscid swift]

or stick them on unused ships

[atomic abyss]

blue is basically fodder
you'd use purple anyways

[ruby grotto]

thanks

[narrow arch]

How bad actually is NJ though compared to whatever outclasses her

[atomic abyss]

noticeably worse but far from bad

[viscid swift]

she's not bad but given how limited UR bullins are as a resource, you need to be picky with which URs you invest in

[full drum]

start with the healer or Helena?

[viscid swift]

you can refresh the guild shop for 50 tokens so order doesn't really matter

[atomic abyss]

doesnt matter cos

You buy one of the ships per rarity, then refresh the shop using Guild Coins (top right), then buy the other two missing ships. You will be using these ships (except Pennsylvania) for the majority of the game!

all in the guide

[narrow arch]

So what urs would you invest in then

[atomic abyss]

it would depend on what you actually have

[viscid swift]

well depends on what URs you have

[full drum]

okay i dont look at the images and just red it 😄

[narrow arch]

Ok out of the guaranteed ur pool

[viscid swift]

Shinano, then I'd save for Vanguard and Implacable's rerun

[atomic abyss]

you save the UR bulins for limited URs
if perma only, shinano

[narrow arch]

Lemme take a guess when her rerun is lol

No really? It's not next week?

[turbid marsh]

next week... impla

[atomic abyss]

it is next week

[turbid marsh]

i think vanguard already has reran already

[atomic abyss]

vanny is due to be perma next

[slender turtle]

Are there any easily available royal navy vanguard I can get that arent from shipyard?

[viscid swift]

Leander, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Shropshire, London, Javelin, etc

[atomic abyss]

if you count medal shop, sirius

[turbid marsh]

london, exeter and such XD

[narrow arch]

So I gotta try to save 400 things by next week

[atomic abyss]

no

[worldly pewter]

312 is enough

[cobalt gate]

how are 15-3 aircraft carriers so bulky?

[slender turtle]

I have sirius and Gloucester leveled, just trying to find a 3rd to be my combat xp vanguard for royal navy

[robust jackal]

anyone have a 14-4 mob fleet comp without Unicorn or Aquilla?

[viscid swift]

ask the devs

[crisp geode]

Need help with a mob and boss fleet. Started last week and followed Saim's guide but ended up with a single fleet until 9-1. I've been reading the community newbie and farming some gear to get my ships with the bare minimum equipmet. Current fleet is: Hood(flagship), Enterprise, Unicorn, Portland(retro), Helena, Z23(retro).

[midnight bluff]

If i finished researching pr7, what PR do i focus on now. Research ships maxed

[atomic abyss]

because you are at a level disadvantage

[cobalt gate]

champaing gun does like no damage somehow

[atomic abyss]

use perseus if you dont want to use uni

[worldly pewter]

why are u excluding the best healers ?
zuihou maybe

[atomic abyss]

volga to replace aquila

[narrow arch]

I have 11, yeah it's doable

[atomic abyss]

tho aquila herself is not needed for w14

[viscid swift]

start working on Saratoga for fleet 2, that's all I really have to say

[atomic abyss]

removing uni just makes things way harder tho
percy at the very least

[worldly pewter]

just beliebe

[robust jackal]

I want to build another mob fleet to rotate in when the one using Uni/Aquilla needs to recover mood.

[atomic abyss]

that's when you shd do opsi

[slow fox]

[worldly pewter]

yeah farming for the drop with 2 fleets isn't worth

[viscid swift]

one screen/tap further

[robust jackal]

Using her in the boss with Souz and Claudia

[viscid swift]

why

[atomic abyss]

why are you even using 4 healers

also again, just do opsi instead

[viscid swift]

you don't need healers in the boss fleet for 14-4

[atomic abyss]

morale out? do opsi till morale returns
when else are you gonna do opsi

[cobalt gate]

any tips for 15-3 against the aircraft carrier ?man i can't even beat 2 star aircraft carrier on 6the battle

[atomic abyss]

use subs

[crisp geode]

For fleet 2 is it going to be Saratoga, Enterprise and?

[viscid swift]

frankly no one else in your dock is worth highlighting

[full drum]

T4 Tech Boxes (Gold Rarity) - grab Eagle Union since they contain the most useful equipment. im dumb or i dont find it?

[atomic abyss]

they dont always appear

[paper mural]

Safe to say, the backline shouldn't be expected to do much during Hornet META fights, right? On account of the blinds

[viscid swift]

what

you have read the mechanics yes?

[full drum]

okay

[atomic abyss]

the only time that has been the case is rodM

also renown or repulse meta has blinds too no

[paper mural]

Yes, Hornet blinds people preventing them from firing airstrikes and main guns

[cobalt gate]

wait even 2 star has 2 waves of double carrier?

[viscid swift]

it's literally just once in the entire battle and only for 6 seconds

[cobalt gate]

who designed this

[atomic abyss]

sth sth use subs

[paper mural]

Wait, right, one stack of optical camouflage is gained every 18 seconds

[robust jackal]

I use 14-4 for polishing off ships to 120 while grinding for the last New Orleans drop for mlb.

[atomic abyss]

this isnt rodM, you'll be fine

[paper mural]

So the blind happens 54 seconds in and there's just one of it. Thought there were more blinds for a second

[undone plover]

at worst it delays the 4th salvo for 4 strike teams
or it just delays 3rd salvo
the emp pulse does not mean backline doesnt do anything this fight
it is mostly an inconvenience
the eva rate is the bigger issue i think

[robust jackal]

ill try some non healer boss comps to free up for the mob, thanks for the tip.

[viscid swift]

well you'll have to make comprises then
if you want to conitnue farming 14-4 without Unicorn and Aquila your best options is to move Klaudia and Volga to the mob fleet

[paper mural]

Yeah, if it's only one blind then it's fine. Who knows, maybe the blind could potentially even happen while your airstrikes/salvos are still loading

[atomic abyss]

then just grind opsi while morale regens

you do realise you're already using 4 lv120+ ships?
kinda defeats the purpose of levelling imo

[paper mural]

Which could probably be adjusted with the appropriate gear

[undone plover]

run the fight and u will see
it is not a secret

[viscid swift]

if that were the case it would in the datamine

there's nothing being hidden here

[paper mural]

Well, gonna have to wait a few days at least, currently available bosses just get one shotted

[robust jackal]

its mainly vanguard leveling, the main is a bit more rigid with comps for consistency

[undone plover]

there is a video here if u want to see a level 15 fight

[viscid swift]

why are we allowing such things in this channel again

[atomic abyss]

cough

[paper mural]

It'd be a matter of gearing your backline so that, at 54 seconds, your backline attacks are still loading. I don't know the exact loadout that would be necessary right now, but trial and error reigns

[viscid swift]

what, just use a calculator

[atomic abyss]

or just use a 3 strike comp...

[viscid swift]

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

[atomic abyss]

3 strike comp can comfortably lose 5-6s

4 strike tho...

[worldly pewter]

3 strike without the last helena radar

[atomic abyss]

does it even sync up with a 4 strike window to cause issues

[tame jungle]

does anyone know if hornet's as hyperactive when it comes to moving as taihou first half?

[atomic abyss]

imagine using CVs with helena

[viscid swift]

no clue tbh

[atomic abyss]

if your CVs are weak enough that you need helena to 1 shot

[cobalt gate]

well guess i'm not doing 15-3

[atomic abyss]

i dont think your 4 strike loadout is going to be that good to begin with lol

[viscid swift]

just sounds like you haven't built your fleet properly

[atomic abyss]

it's just changing 1 problem for another

[cobalt gate]

nah 6 battle is just way too brutle

[undone plover]

CV 4 strike shouldnt even lose a second right? cuz they can store airstrikes?

[atomic abyss]

also also, sth sth 1 shot comps are for flex anyways

[viscid swift]

that's why you save your subs for the out of ammo fights

[atomic abyss]

i think i've said use subs for the 3rd time now

[cobalt gate]

well i don't like moving subs

[viscid swift]

also I reiterate, better fleets to begin with, we've been 3 starring W15 since week 1

[atomic abyss]

my dude, moving subs costs like

20 oil?

[viscid swift]

we'll you're gonna lose more time and oil having to start over

[atomic abyss]

much more oil

[cobalt gate]

probably i jsut hate the map

[viscid swift]

all the more reason to do it right the first time so you get it done over with quicker

[atomic abyss]

in this case it's genuinely a "you" issue if you're lazy to move subs lol

[viscid swift]

I don't really know what to say at this point

[atomic abyss]

or just dont bother at all

[turbid marsh]

what fleet are you using lol?

[atomic abyss]

i still refuse to bother with w15

[worldly pewter]

i used +13 gear on nano haku mamagi
they don't oneshot unless with helena and barrage

[cobalt gate]

yeah i'm not going to bother with it anymore , just iretrerating thow bad i think the 15-3 aircraft carrier node is

[atomic abyss]

IJN CV comp for which boss tho

[viscid swift]

not the place for that

[undone plover]

i think we were talking about hornet abdou not taihou

[viscid swift]

I presume Taiho

[turbid marsh]

i mean what were you using?

[atomic abyss]

and IJN CV comp will be noticeably weaker against morn

[viscid swift]

Helena was ironically more consistent

[worldly pewter]

does this mean that i have a shot to do it without helena ?

[viscid swift]

but anyway, not the point

Hornet, I have no idea how easy or difficult it will be

[undone plover]

we dont know yet
wait for level 15
if u have La9 u have a shot I think so who knows

[atomic abyss]

for all we know, BB comps could be superior for lv15 morn

[viscid swift]

1.28 million HP is the 2nd lowest HO of any meta boss so far and she's medium armor

[undone plover]

her AA stat isnt out of this world so I am coping CV will work fine

[atomic abyss]

and we just got a brilliant anti med gun

[atomic abyss]

issue like maihou is conceal

[viscid swift]

the bad news, she sends out planes, and in the last half of the fight has +18% evasion rate

[undone plover]

mixed fleet maybe
if emp doesnt desync stuff

[viscid swift]

and we don't know how high or low vanguard pressure will be

[atomic abyss]

soy nakh rum will prob be supreme

[viscid swift]

we'll see how many LA-9s that will need

[worldly pewter]

sounds like 4 la9

[paper mural]

What's Morn's armor type?

[atomic abyss]

same as regular horn
med

[undone plover]

most carriers are medium
i think lusty class and taihou were the only heavy armor ones

[dreamy blade]

so am I supposed to run a faction fleet for jintsuum

[undone plover]

unless there is more

[viscid swift]

Implacable, Shinano, Hakuryuu

[worldly pewter]

haku is taihou class ?

[cobalt gate]

was using this

[viscid swift]

that's not good

[undone plover]

tbf we dont have these as enemies yet afaik

[viscid swift]

I honestley don't know what you were expecting

[atomic abyss]

...for 15-3? no shit you're having issues
are you trying like no UR backliner comp or sth

[cobalt gate]

well going to ignore 15-3 till much later

[atomic abyss]

that is honestly bad even by w14 standards

[cobalt gate]

i mean it is fine till last battle where i went from 90% hp to nothing

[worldly pewter]

what do u mean no ur backliner
there is one there

[viscid swift]

you failed to achieve your goal which is to 3 star, it is by definition bad

and you should know battles with ammo are nothing compare to out of ammo fights

[full drum]

@atomic abyss how i build that T4 stuff?

[atomic abyss]

you cant

[viscid swift]

this is not the time to try and economize/be lazy, bring your best

[atomic abyss]

t4 boxes are not craftable

only t3 and t2

[turbid marsh]

i had a feeling he was using... non URs

[atomic abyss]

so did I

i wasnt expecting this tho

[turbid marsh]

so thats why i wondered defuq he was using by asking his fleet

[full drum]

ok

[atomic abyss]

mini chesh and hamm 2 on w15 is

[viscid swift]

I'm not sure what he was expecting

[atomic abyss]

like... why mini chesh?

[tame jungle]

that's concerning

[turbid marsh]

you can start by removing everything beside eld and unicorn. you probably have equip issues too.

[atomic abyss]

just regular chesh at that point

[viscid swift]

I'm just gonna guess too lazy to swap gear on the ships you'd actually want for this

[atomic abyss]

painleve is fine if he lacks aqui/volga ig

[turbid marsh]

in that case might as well let him make a thread lol. i wanna observe what he has and what he has equipped

[atomic abyss]

laziness is an insidious killer
trust me i know

[dreamy blade]

well my only thing close to a reasonable faction fleet is IJN CVs and don't think that will go well

[undone plover]

dont faction fleet
but dont use a lot of factions if u can help it

USS fleet should work fine
or zwei + fritz

[viscid swift]

no

[undone plover]

actually aurora is kind of crucial and she is HMS and u would run her with any comp I think

[atomic abyss]

i mean i guess you can run US anti light but why

[worldly pewter]

can use impla instead of kear ?

[dreamy blade]

I just got aurora from light so still leveling her unfortunately

[atomic abyss]

at that point go soy nakh...

[viscid swift]

Realistically for that comp no

[dreamy blade]

oh is mintsuu Eva really high is that why I did no dmg

[undone plover]

this one is mintsuu

[worldly pewter]

my issue with kear is the same as nakh
no dev

[viscid swift]

well she reduces the damage she takes by 20% for the first 50 seconds of the battle

[atomic abyss]

just 2hko like the average player

im one of them too, pls

OHKO-ing newer metas is pretty hard for the average player

you'd need to be a good or hardworking one for that

[viscid swift]

yeah...

[atomic abyss]

tho apparently morn's HP is lower so there is a chance it might not be too hard (?)

[dreamy blade]

Or wait a few weeks for the air support thing to ramp up

[sweet delta]

Maybe if CN anni gives UR Aurora who applies to all hull types

[atomic abyss]

that's not to say older metas are universally easier

cough QEM

[viscid swift]

ah yes, Huang He, the most powerful surface unit in the PLAN in the 1950s...

[dreamy blade]

would I be able to 2shot mintsuu without aurora or not possible

[atomic abyss]

2 shot min without aurora shd be easy

[dreamy blade]

I did 550k my first attempt

[atomic abyss]

you are missing a 3rd UR BB so cant be helped

[dreamy blade]

Something like fritz fdg sushi I guess?

[atomic abyss]

with your specific ships, probably ye

aurora alone isnt gonna fix your issues anyways, not if you're at 550k at least

[turbid marsh]

(Or wait 15 minutes)

[atomic abyss]

rafael sushi fdg shd hit 2hko range

[undone plover]

I would probably wait for implacable tbh

less headache
just save your attempts

[atomic abyss]

oh im not saying to use UR bulin for rafael over impla ye

im just sayin

that said

[sweet delta]

Yeah but it's 15 minutes and 60 oil vs 15 minutes and 40 oil

[atomic abyss]

would sth like dork out perform rumey in such a comp

assuming no hvar

[sweet delta]

Rumey already has a 8%, dork's 12% isn't worth it

[atomic abyss]

fair

[sweet delta]

And fritz 8% is Perma so all of vanguard

[atomic abyss]

at that point might as well wait for perma vanny

[dreamy blade]

I do have hvars

[undone plover]

tbh that 15 mins is very annoying I find
i guess if u want jintsuu for pvp u dont want to wait

[atomic abyss]

sushi fdg rum then

sounds delicious

[limpid dock]

Is it worth crafting champy gun in gear lab over protocore

[stark quiver]

not rly

[full drum]

unicorn heals only with the airstrike?

[narrow arch]

Should i fully limit break hood

[tame jungle]

rule of thumb = mlb every character you're using

[narrow arch]

Done

[agile furnace]

whats a good mob and boss fleet for ch13 hard

[viscid swift]

what have you got to work with

[agile furnace]

like my current fleet or my dock

[viscid swift]

dock

[full drum]

what i do if mood is low?

[little tree]

Let them rest in dorm or wait for it to regen over time

[full drum]

okay i wait dorm is shitty at the beginning 😄

[agile furnace]

i also got uni and volga at 125

[viscid swift]

Boss: Alsace, Amagi, Nahkimov, Napoli, San Diego, Guam
Mob: Unicorn, Volga, Independence, Laffey 2, Plymouth, Z52

[agile furnace]

uh my independence at level 70

[viscid swift]

Yorktown 2 then

[agile furnace]

the restrictions are getting in the way

[viscid swift]

they shouldn't

[agile furnace]

maybe i put them in wrong ima check

[viscid swift]

unless you're trying to use the boss fleet in teh first slot and vice versa

[agile furnace]

which slot do they go in

[viscid swift]

the other way around

[forest palm]

Chkalov com? Most everything is shit

[ivory pawn]

Maybe the H? But depends on how many cubes you have and if you've finished any of the PR7 ships, probably. Otherwise just Chkalov.

[forest palm]

ya...

[dreamy blade]

hvar+skyraider or double hvar on fritz? for anti light

[ivory pawn]

Per Cheeky's mockup, Skyraider > HVAR. Assumes you don't have somewhere better to stick the Skyraider ofc.

[dreamy blade]

and i should +13 an hvar right my current +13 planes are a saiun/ryusei/bfg109

[iron lily]

How long you think it would take someone playing 3+ hours a day to get to chapter 9? Lost my account from a couple years ago and last thing I remember is reaching chapter 9, any ideas?

[dreamy blade]

a couple weeks

[viscid swift]

A week or 2 easy

[iron lily]

hmm... might be making a new account then I guess. Any new player guides that aren't 3 year old youtube videos? xD

[vernal minnow]

Is it ever worth to pull on standard banner or are all standard banner units in the event banners for this game? and are event banners frequent?

[viscid swift]

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

[iron lily]

lol...
love that the first line is literally the thing I was thinking xD thanks for the link 😄

[ivory pawn]

One light pull a day because you get the cube back. Otherwise just save for events, they'll have the standard ships in their pool too.

[viscid swift]

pretty much never besides one light build a day, event pools do draw on a pretty recent iteration of the heavy or special pools, and a new event drops at the end pf each month with reruns inewteen

[vernal minnow]

This is literally what I was looking for too, ty

[foggy phoenix]

Anyone has the stats for the new Augments barrages?

Especially Massa

[tame jungle]

yep check pinned messages

[opaque galleon]

The 15-2 boss is killing my BB flagship in two salvos, do I need to manual and save an airstrike?

[foggy phoenix]

Is the new Barrage good for Massa?

[crisp geode]

Who should i go for the PR1? I'm currently developing Roon. And tf does PR Focus works? Should i use it for Roon or another ship?

[undone plover]

pr focus put on series 5
catchup put on anchorage
for pr1 roon is fine to develop

[left cedar]

Is hornet meta good and worth getting?

[forest palm]

Meta don't take up dock space, so may as well

[slow fox]

I'd get the commission research

[sweet delta]

If you can put an eagle union ship as flagship with manjuu, that gives you a lot of time to quit the battle

[turbid marsh]

errr you have aquila? use her + z52/hamman2 + put a hydraulic on the bb that is in the middle then XD

[left cedar]

Is it better than what i have Tho?

[foggy phoenix]

Any idea when the retrofit item for Eldridge is available again?

[ivory pawn]

Nothing concrete. Hope it's after a year, which would be August ish.

[vernal minnow]

Is it better to use ships that have limit breaks rather than higher rarity non limit break ships?

[opaque galleon]

Is this like an unavoidable problem?

That the BB bosses will just nuke your flagship?

[viscid swift]

pretty much

[sweet delta]

They nuke your revealed main fleet ship. If your flagship is a hidden carrier and you have a BB to the side, then you sacrifice the BB

[dreamy blade]

just use odin

[viscid swift]

the shots are targetted

[vernal minnow]

How do i check what this skill does?

[dreamy blade]

if you go to the limit break screen you can tap play on the video but AoA is a very common skill that is an extra barrage of shots that come from the ship and not the equipped gun

[vernal minnow]

I see ty

[weary gust]

There is also this for a lot more detail.
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Barrage

[whole stump]

Are there any other gem costs for the 2nd floor after the 500 to unlock it? Or can I start expanding dock space

[ivory pawn]

Once you've unlocked it, that's it.

[whole stump]

Tyty

[forest palm]

2nd floor will have as many slots as you do on the first

[whole stump]

Ohhh kk so I’ll have 6 once I do, good to know

990 tokens away 😭

[vernal minnow]

Is there a benefit in fighting higher tier mobs like more loot/exp or is it just harder?

[spring basin]

should i compose all of my skill books ?

[ivory pawn]

Bit more exp, maybe bit better loot? Tbh, it's not particularly important, I'd rather prioritize making sure I can clear the boss fleet, where the best loot is, rather than getting a tiny bit better from the mobs.

[sweet delta]

Does give more exp/loot
But

1. If you're newly clearing a map, fight the easy ones because they're easy
2. If youre three starring a map, then fight the hard ones first while you have ammo
3. If you're farming a map, use auto search, which will choose the closest enemy for you

[sweet delta]

If you have 2 skill slots (which is recommended for f2p), then you'll end up with more books than you can use. So compose them. Composition increases the time efficiency but decreases total exp.

[carmine heath]

Is this any good?

[tame jungle]

yeah

[eager mulch]

it’s pretty good I guess or so im told by this guy above me

[strong tartan]

the guys above me say they're good so I'll say it's good too

[hallow spoke]

what does secret ticket do?

[viscid swift]

you can buy secrets with it(read ASMR)

[hallow spoke]

idk what that means

wdym secrets

[viscid swift]

The term ASMR can also refer to media (usually audiovisual) meant to evoke this phenomenon, with the sensation itself being informally referred to as "tingles".

These are secrets

it's a roughly 5 minute asmr video

[hallow spoke]

ohhhhh

[eager mulch]

helena secret is peak

have they rerun secrets yet?

[viscid swift]

yes

[molten zinc]

Kashino and Chen Hai has

[eager mulch]

made permanent or just reran

[molten zinc]

just rerun

[hallow spoke]

ngl i would like a alsace secret

[elfin hollow]

Dumb question but does salted emails work for reroll on this game?

[eager mulch]

I don’t know but rerolling is kinda bad in this game

[weary gust]

tf is a salted email

There's not really a point in rerolling an account. You get lots of cubes over time, and accumulate other things. You can't transfer items between accounts either.

[eager mulch]

I think it’s like [amaginom][e-mail] where n is a whole positive integer

[weary gust]

The only time it would have any marginal benefit is during a UR event if you just happened to be starting right then and could not get enough builds to pity.

[elfin hollow]

Salted emails is like name+1@gmail then theres also n.ame@gmail

[elfin hollow]

Oh ok i see. Im just impatient and want a ur right away and not have to save up for pity so i figured min max and reroll off rip

[eager mulch]

the UR won’t be good that way

[elfin hollow]

Oh? Would it help speed up the game progress fast thou? Or about the same if i didnt?

[sharp socket]

the resource to raise URs are timegated

[elfin hollow]

Oof

[sharp socket]

as in itll take a month or 2 for your first UR and usually itll be a limited UR

[elfin hollow]

Kk ill just start without rerolling ty everyone

[sharp socket]

you also dont start preloaded with any pulls and the tutorial is an unskippable 30mins or so

[solid maple]

iirc, Fancy's ASMR is free in DLsite. And her VA is top notch iykyk

[hallow spoke]

are the War archives worth it?

[sharp socket]

divergent chessboard for iron blood fleet tech, rest no

[solid maple]

IDK, most of gear in almost event can be craft somewhere

[hallow spoke]

what abt ink stained sakura

[sharp socket]

do it if you want to read story but gameplay wise almost all are useless

[hallow spoke]

theres kawakaze

[wind hazel]

can be bought from merit shop

[hallow spoke]

shes t0 on tierlist

[sharp socket]

what do you need kawakaze for

[hallow spoke]

i have a really bad team rn

[sharp socket]

if collection there is shop for her iirc

[wind hazel]

yes she can be bought from merit shop... and she isn't needed even if she's tier 0

[solid maple]

Kawakaze wasn't that great without augment

Tier list is shit

[hallow spoke]

i need a chracter to go for because my team is shit,

[sharp socket]

did you follow recommended team for new player

[solid maple]

Only trustable tier list is boob size tier list

[sharp socket]

if you're past that and looking for 2nd team to go w12 then you can send dock and create thread

[hallow spoke]

sovet rossi, Raff, Unicorn on the back, Bolzano, Mont, Sandiego on the front

[solid maple]

And you can use whatever ypi have to pass W12

[hallow spoke]

Alsace fr

so like i have no other option

[sharp socket]

well yes eventually but not quickly
also some people have skill issue when it comes to gearing and fleetbuilding which is why gph exists

[solid maple]

Rossiya, Montpelier and Sandy is dope asf

[hallow spoke]

the only reason im at 6-4 rn is because the level opresses

[solid maple]

But they just need augment weapon

[hallow spoke]

my Unicorn and Rossiya are MLB, Mont needs one more, Sandy need 1 or 2 more stars

[wind hazel]

if you need commander level, go do war archives, passionate polaris or universe in unison SP5

[hallow spoke]

level 43 commander

[sharp socket]

also if you're using bolzano meta, don't

[wind hazel]

yes go do PP or UU SP5

[hallow spoke]

wdym

[sharp socket]

get portland in there

[solid maple]

Most of GPH doctrine is quite oppose my way to play back in that day

[hallow spoke]

bolzano is legit my dmg output

well at the front yea

[sharp socket]

gph let me clear w15 from knowing nothing 1 year ago to now

[hallow spoke]

like idk

[sharp socket]

of course gph has various people that give different advice

[solid maple]

How long you played AL?

[hallow spoke]

not even a week in

[sharp socket]

so your experience may have been different and i do know that old gph was supposedly hell

[solid maple]

I ask Celerio

[sharp socket]

you can see when i started in my name

[hallow spoke]

peak

[sweet delta]

Wow just 3 weeks ago

[solid maple]

1 year dude

[sharp socket]

its up to you to decide whether i mean feb 2024, 1924 or AD 24

[wind hazel]

24th feburary

i cant spell

[stark quiver]

febbruruaary

[viscid swift]

that was clearly a joke

[tame jungle]

how the fuck you spend wensday

[wind hazel]

yes

[crisp geode]

Would Enterprise, Hiryuu and Souryuu be any good? For a boss fleet

[stark quiver]

idk i spell it in spanish

[sharp socket]

gph has awoken you guys can take the wheel

[viscid swift]

for?

[crisp geode]

derped

[wind hazel]

no it's shit for boss fleet

[weary gust]

No. Enty is the only good ship in that lineup.

[hallow spoke]

So polaris or UU

[crisp geode]

I started last week, don't have that many ships avaible

[stark quiver]

polaris cuz it has kickz

[hallow spoke]

choose one

[solid maple]

My brain doesn't take anything but pills in 9:00 o'clock

[wind hazel]

tbh fix your fleet before heading off for PP

[weary gust]

If you started last week you're not at the point in the game where you need a dedicated bossing fleet.

[hallow spoke]

k

[viscid swift]

let me explain to you why that's a bad idea

1. Kawakaze needs her augment to be good, something which I doubt you can afford to craft right now
2. to get her in a reasonable amount of time you'll need to be able to clear D2/D3 of that event which I doubt you can

[hallow spoke]

fair

then ima do polaris for levels ig

[stark quiver]

hmm, maybe not a good idea

[hallow spoke]

?

[sweet delta]

If you can farm the HIGHEST level of polaris

[hallow spoke]

ima farm the highest level of polaris i can get to

[stark quiver]

whats stopping u from just grinding story

[solid maple]

Just trust whatever they say

[viscid swift]

you'll be dealing with level 85 enemies in SP5

[hallow spoke]

idk man. they suggested polaris or UU

[stark quiver]

if it isnt the highest they have to offer then dont

[viscid swift]

it's farm SP5 or don't bother at all

[sharp socket]

personally i just hit whichever event was going on at the time until i could get to higher stages

[crisp geode]

Well, the newbie guide from the community tier list does run a boss fleet from ch 3. I did read the guide from Saim's but currently stuck on 9-1

[hallow spoke]

what abt UU

[viscid swift]

same applies

[stark quiver]

even worse

[hallow spoke]

then what do i do

[sharp socket]

however now theres no event so uhh maybe just do campaign

[viscid swift]

continue farming the main campaign

[hallow spoke]

k

[viscid swift]

there's nothing else you really can do

[hallow spoke]

event next week or no?

[viscid swift]

Implacable's rerun is next week yes

[sharp socket]

dead week is unfortunate to start on but it is what it is

[stark quiver]

[hallow spoke]

event campaign to farm right?

and theres gon be prototype weapons right?

[stark quiver]

say what now

[hallow spoke]

idk ask goalaso

[stark quiver]

uhh, implac event has a shitty plane, and thats about it

[hallow spoke]

so not worth grinding event camp?

[little tree]

[sharp socket]

grind event for xp and milestone rewards

[stark quiver]

right now, grind normal campaign stages, when implacable event comes around, farm that insead

[hallow spoke]

kk

i should save like 5k oil i suppose

y not

[sweet delta]

You can start event with 0 oil and be fine

[hallow spoke]

i wont be

[weary gust]

I'm not sure what that guide says but realistically you only need one fleet for a while. Trying to raise two fleets at once early on just splits gear and bulins and makes for two partially functioning fleets instead of one strong fleet. If you're stuck on w9 it's either a lack of levels, bad ships/not max limit break, and/or bad gears.

[stark quiver]

because youll get enough passively

[hallow spoke]

i didnt get the prototype weapon from shackle cuz oil issues

[stark quiver]

greatly unfortunate

[viscid swift]

well part of that was because you were farming the shitty maps

[hallow spoke]

i did get andrea tho

[crisp geode]

https://slaimuda.github.io/ectl/#/newbguide

[stark quiver]

which is absolute trash as is

[hallow spoke]

and one crystal of hers, which if i didnt, i couldve gotten the weapon

[viscid swift]

that hasn't been updated in forever

[sweet delta]

That guide says to farm for shouhou drop from chapter 2 so that you have a healer

[weary gust]

It also talks about SOS maps LOL

[hallow spoke]

I suppose i was dum enough to not ask gph before i bought her and her crystal, so on me

[weary gust]

Outdated by years

[weary gust]

So yeah. That guide is at least 3 years out of date. Forget everything you ever read in it.

[hallow spoke]

[crisp geode]

Tier list is any good or outdated too?

[stark quiver]

tier list is good

[weary gust]

Tier list is generally up to date, but it also isn't going to help you in a vacuum.

[stark quiver]

i mean ectl is good for general gearing, and approx performances of ships

[little tree]

~~EN tier list sucks' ~~

[weary gust]

Need to still understand fleet comp/what gears to use when/opportunity cost of using different ships (you cant put together all SR ships from the get-go for example because no bulins)

[crisp geode]

I've been using that tier list to know which base gears are good on which ships

Got all my ships with all good transitional gear i have

[hallow spoke]

so what tier list is good afterall

[forest palm]

do feel like you'll get more out of Sam's guide than you will a tier list

[stark quiver]

it gives general gearing reccs, which is great, but at the same time people dont read descriptions

[weary gust]

Every tier list is only as useful as its intended purpose and you understanding the basic game mechanics.

[hallow spoke]

idek what the stats in the game are

[stark quiver]

time to learn

[hallow spoke]

yea true

[stark quiver]

theres honestly not that many stats to worry about

[hallow spoke]

like AA, FP, SPD,TRP,AVI,RLD,ACC

[weary gust]

Most are pretty straightforward. Usually more damage.

[sweet delta]

Yeah, there are only like 30 stats to sorry about

[hallow spoke]

and wth is luck

[stark quiver]

luck

[weary gust]

extra chance to crit.

and avoid hits.

it's mostly rather minor stat and not much changes it.

[hallow spoke]

what if i max luck and eva

[weary gust]

You can't "max" anything.

[stark quiver]

youll take 0 damage with 100% eva rate

[hallow spoke]

well peak it

interesting

how is eva calculated, 1 eva 1%?

[viscid swift]

no

[vale spindle]

/wiki damage calculations

[odd root]

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

[hallow spoke]

oo alr

[viscid swift]

you can find the formula on the wiki but law of diminishing returns applies

[hallow spoke]

wth is that

[weary gust]

Double eva does not equal double evasion rate.

[hallow spoke]

alr

[vale spindle]

double evasion doesnt mean you dodge twice as frequently

[solid maple]

Outdated imo

[hallow spoke]

i am not no mathematicion

[viscid swift]

that's not exactly difficult math

[stark quiver]

they just updated it a wild ago

[weary gust]

Then you can ask for clarification.
In general, FP/AVI/AA all increase damage by a flat amount per stat.

[stark quiver]

chatgpt and mathway are, plug in ur numbers and viola

[hallow spoke]

k

[weary gust]

HP is HP. Higher reload = faster fire, but it stops changing much once you get over 200.

EVA is similar.

[viscid swift]

considering chat gpt once told me 125 < 4

[hallow spoke]

xD

[stark quiver]

your chatgpt is different

[hallow spoke]

in coordinates yea

linear equations that'll work

[weary gust]

The problem with that is the hardest part of using equations is not the math but understanding the abbreviations and notations.

[crisp geode]

Ah yes, its there any guides on Meowfficers?

[stark quiver]

yes

[solid maple]

Free cat from halloween event is great starter, but normal cat can be build alot stronger

[fathom apex]

can anyone recomend a good w15 guide? im stuck on w15-3 and need assistance >~>

[sharp socket]

/w15

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

This is a guide for world 15
https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/chapter-15

[solid maple]

15-3 is kinda fun becuz its need both AA and ASW capability

[hallow spoke]

Yo who do i buy from the medal shop

[solid maple]

Up to what it selling

[sharp socket]

what is your medal shop ships

[hallow spoke]

Lemme ss

[stark quiver]

enterprise if not already @hallow spoke

[solid maple]

Ships in medal shop different in each sub-server

[hallow spoke]

Yea theres enterprise on it

[stark quiver]

get her if you havent already

[hallow spoke]

Lemme ss and yall can see if theres anyth better

[stark quiver]

how about getting enty

[solid maple]

Ship potential can be fully perform when MLB

[stark quiver]

theres literally nothing better

[solid maple]

Yes

[stark quiver]

so get enty

[solid maple]

Enterprise & Minneapolis

[hallow spoke]

Alr

[stark quiver]

minnea is useless

[sharp socket]

enterprise and for the other one get whoever you need tech for

eugen is free after 7d of playing iirc

[solid maple]

Yes

[hallow spoke]

Who do i take off my back, MLB Unicorn, MLB Rossiya, 3 star Raffaelo

[sharp socket]

either takao or atago are fine, wont really use them though takao got me to 14-4 would not recommend

[solid maple]

3 star Rafael

[sharp socket]

take out raffy

[fathom apex]

so with this, which one should be 1,2 and 3? cause i think it wants laffey2 to be main tank?

[hallow spoke]

K

[solid maple]

It ok

[stark quiver]

you have a actual cb tank right there

[fathom apex]

ah thanks im blind

[solid maple]

Rossiya just got an augment, invest it if you can. It worth alot

[hallow spoke]

Is anyone worth it in the meta shop

[stark quiver]

no

[hallow spoke]

Which one

[stark quiver]

her special aug

[stark quiver]

youre still far away from caring about that \

[hallow spoke]

Can i craft it

[hallow spoke]

I have 60 crystals tho

[stark quiver]

ok?

[hallow spoke]

Alr

[stark quiver]

those ships wont help you esp since u cant mlb them, and even if you do, theyre tech fodders

[hallow spoke]

Alr

[stark quiver]

sure

[hallow spoke]

Ima try ig

[viscid swift]

I would do Sandy's first

and to be honest, I'm not that big a fan of Rossiya's aug

[vocal sandal]

what setup can i level up my underlevelled ships in combat, with a few of my higher levelled ships? i have vittorio enterprise and unicorn, and portland helena and laffey. i want to put prinz eugen/admiral hipper somewhere in here

[solid maple]

Golden one, its her signature augment

[astral oar]

Guys need help in chapter 12-3

My Portland can't seemingly tank the 12-3 boss and dies to fast need suggestions for a new tank, Also my mob main fleets gets their asses beat too much by planes even I already equipped them with my AA guns, still don't have access on my gold AA guns

[sweet delta]

Show Portland gear

Are your purple AA guns +10?

[sweet delta]

+10 purple AA guns can clear chapter 15

You need to give her EVA, not more HP

[astral oar]

I'm a bit short on AA parts

[bold surge]

AA is everything in w12+

[sweet delta]

And at this point +10 is the minimum. If you can't do that, then farm 12-1

[turbid gyro]

How many augment modules you got?

iirc it cost 15 for the golds

[astral oar]

What EVA items? And is the circle AA guns good enough?

[solid maple]

15 crafting stone, tons of leveling stone and 21K of gold

[solid maple]

Any item with eva stats

[viscid swift]

Naval camo or rudder

[bold surge]

beaver badge

[slow fox]

Everyone forgets SG radar

[astral oar]

Is steering wheel enough?

[solid maple]

Kinda expensive than washing machine i think

[solid maple]

Best

[astral oar]

I'm short on purple bulins

[stark quiver]

i mean its at the cost of limit breaking beavers

[sweet delta]

Ignore the ships and other gear. But these three are the best purple AA guns. One of them is gear lab only so ignore it too. The remaining two are twin 113 and quad Bofors

[stark quiver]

[slow fox]

Is this from a SuchiPoverty guide

[solid maple]

Yes

[bold surge]

Are we starting some purple gear cult?

[astral oar]

Link?

[stark quiver]

there is no link

[astral oar]

How do I get more AA plates?

[viscid swift]

That was a joke and that was from a w15 clear using only purple gear

[fathom apex]

is this sub fleet necasiry for w15? or can i limp across with my poor wolfpack fleets

[viscid swift]

Grind more

[solid maple]

wolfies still dope

[stark quiver]

you dont need subs for w15, and yes wolf pack is enough

[fathom apex]

thank god XD im running u-81, u-96 and u-37

[astral oar]

I only have the 2 gold and 4 purple quad Bofors then 6 roombas all at +8

[sweet delta]

Fortunately, 12-1 is one of the best farming spots in the game

[viscid swift]

What is the rest of the fleet anyway

[solid maple]

What with that name

[viscid swift]

Because I rather suspect it's not exactly a Portland issue

[viscid swift]

Your ships must be geared horribly then

[astral oar]

[viscid swift]

Just camp in 12-1 for a bit

I still farm there 4 years later

[solid maple]

Saratoga need retrofit

[stark quiver]

idt sara is the problem

[viscid swift]

Not the biggest issue

[fathom apex]

what is the currnt top wolfpack squad btw?

[solid maple]

37, 81 & 96

[viscid swift]

I don't think it's changed

[stark quiver]

37/47,81,96

[crisp geode]

About free gem usage. Should i use them all on dock expansion?

[young ridge]

Shiiiiit! I forgot to get the last few crystals for Andrea META! I've been so busy this week, the end of the event really caught me by surprise.

[viscid swift]

/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 💳.

[solid maple]

You can buy it

[viscid swift]

They'll be in the META shop soon enough

[young ridge]

I do hope so. I'm glad I got her but I just didn't have the time to do more runs to afford extras.

[stark quiver]

whats the highest 1:1-able stage

[viscid swift]

Uhh

[astral oar]

My gears are this one's

[stark quiver]

indeed

[viscid swift]

I did up to w12 hard with a 2:1 fleet

[stark quiver]

time to cook smth up ig

[astral oar]

[viscid swift]

Not awful but some stuff like Venneto's main gun needs replacing and of course more enhancement levels

[viscid swift]

It was like Marco Polo, Unicorn, An Shan

[astral oar]

What's more do I replace?

[viscid swift]

Well what have you got to work with

[solid maple]

Triple 406mk6 worth for +10

[viscid swift]

Got any tech boxes you can open?

[solid maple]

And spamming

[viscid swift]

What

[astral oar]

Really?

[solid maple]

You can have it atleast 3 copy

Twin 406mk8 also good

[eager mulch]

is it

[eternal moth]

What's everyone planning to run for Hormet? I'm thinking maybe Kear/Fritz/Nakh might be best.

[solid maple]

KG 2nd skill won't active ARA-like if no American main fleet ship

Soyuz + green cat + Rumey is better

[stark quiver]

it has to be main fleet?

[solid maple]

Nor KG + YT2 + Rumey

[stark quiver]

itn infact does, idk why kear is doing threr then

[eternal moth]

Yeah, then Fritz would need to be replaced by YT2

[stark quiver]

isnt hornet med

[solid maple]

Replace green cat

Remuy win green cat for M armor

[eternal moth]

Hmm, Soyuz/Fritz/Nakh might work too. Too much of Kear's kit is based on light damage, since she really wants mk7 and HVAR

[stark quiver]

run sovetsky fritzamov

[eternal moth]

Soyuz gets SAP gun?

[clear harbor]

Here’s my current fleet. I earned enough medals to buy Enterprise. Do I sub her in for Long Island?

[eternal moth]

Even without seeing the fleet, yes

[stark quiver]

wheres the current fleet

[clear harbor]

lol

My bad.

[storm heron]

3 star long island

[clear harbor]

Any natural upgrade to this fleet for starters after I add Enterprise?

[viscid swift]

not really

[stark quiver]

4 la9

[viscid swift]

oh wait wrong one, that's what I want to run

[eternal moth]

Yeah... that ain't gonna work. Oh well, I'll figure it out

[viscid swift]

I resorted to Skyraider+beacon on Nahkimov

[eternal moth]

I only have 2 LA-9, so I'll have to figure it out.

[viscid swift]

I was gonna run Plymouth, Kazagumo, Hindenburg for the vanguard to start

but I'll probably need to change Hindenburg for Z52

[viscid swift]

how many La-9s do you have turtle

[eager mulch]

enough

[viscid swift]

so 0

[eternal moth]

Yeah, that works.

[stark quiver]

a more refined version

17bb 39cv

[polar lion]

Why?

[viscid swift]

because I don't have 4 La-9s

[solid maple]

KG can run M&H armor if you have Soyuz gun (Triple 406mk1) and green cat rocket (La-9)

[polar lion]

Oh

[viscid swift]

heck I don't even have 3 quite yet

[viscid swift]

this is for Hornet META

[sweet delta]

can doesn't mean good enough for oneshot

[solid maple]

And

[viscid swift]

we're trying to make one shot fleets

[wind hazel]

this syncs? thought they need 0.2 apart

[viscid swift]

and I rather doubt Kearsarge+Yorktown 2 is the way to go

[solid maple]

I think they can

[viscid swift]

Soyuz? nah

[solid maple]

YT2 with tenrai

[stark quiver]

trash

[sweet delta]

Good joke

[stark quiver]

then try it at lvl 15 and send your test results

[viscid swift]

you do know the Skyraider literally does more damage than Tenrai against a medium armor boss right

[solid maple]

I didn't

[turbid gyro]

When Implacable rerun?

[stark quiver]

next maint

[viscid swift]

wow

[solid maple]

Yes, but slower reload

[turbid gyro]

oh shoot i didnt see

[sweet delta]

Show me your four strike Yorkii with tenrai

[viscid swift]

and? you're not getting off 4 airstrikes with a Tenrai anyway

[stark quiver]

then try it at lvl 15 and send your test results

[solid maple]

OK see you

[viscid swift]

I know what a 4 strike Yorktown 2 looks like, certainly doesn't involve a Tenrai

[sweet delta]

Just get a battle in which 36 out of 36 of the 800kg bombs to hit

[solid maple]

4 strike YT2 need cat, ring and tech stats of rld to be done

[sweet delta]

Way more damage than skyraider

[viscid swift]

hardly

[stark quiver]

im curious, where are you pulling these numbers

[viscid swift]

that was what I ran for Jintsuu META when she first released

[solid maple]

Nice reload time

[stark quiver]

we're talking abt a med comp though, why would you wanna run hvars
(not you cheek)

[viscid swift]

but anyway tip, don't give advice for something you clearly know nothing about

[solid maple]

Bruh, this game has so many alternate to be done

[viscid swift]

what

[whole stump]

unless i skipped over it didnt see anything in the newbie guide about coin efficiency, like whats more important limit breaking a ship or say upgrading canteen level?

[viscid swift]

limit breaking your ships

[solid maple]

That why i like to say thay GPH doctrine oppose my way to go

[viscid swift]

you can play however you like, just don't give advice on something you know nothing about

[sweet delta]

If your way is better or at least as good as GPH doctrine, then feel free to prove it

[stark quiver]

you dont know what youre talking about, your way is wrong in the context of one shot

[dreamy blade]

ok I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I can't get more than 550k in mintsuu 406mk6 on fdg, 410 kai on sushi, hvar skyraider on rumey

[sweet delta]

I think your ships and tech are just not so good

[solid maple]

For me one shot = one strike/salvo per ship

[dreamy blade]

Uhh idk what happened to fdg there

[whole stump]

okay, and how do you guys prep for a ur event you want to pull on? because of coin limit its hard to get 400 pulls in... do events usually last a while?

[viscid swift]

the number you see is the soft cap not the hard cap

[dreamy blade]

2 weeks unless it's a rerun then 1 week (reruns give some free build tickets)

[whole stump]

ohhh does any extra gained go to mail bank?

[viscid swift]

no

[whole stump]

what is thsi sorcery

[viscid swift]

the hard cap is 600k

[dreamy blade]

tbh as a new player the only real way to keep up is to sacrifice coin spending elsewhere, so no cog awakening, no gear upgrades, no limit breaking etc during the event if you're low on coins

[sweet delta]

Fdg has really poor hit, and you don't have 60% slows

Jintsuu also doesn't damage fdg, so fdg never gets her proximity barrage

[stark quiver]

i naturally have about 300k coins at hand

[polar lion]

I usually just make sure my coins hover around the soft cap since I only do 3 builds per day. I will have ample time to grind coins in campaign after Im done with event way before the event ends

[whole stump]

sorry still dont understand, so if i sortie while i hit soft limit will i still gain gold? can i still collect from HQ?

[viscid swift]

yes, no

[solid maple]

You gain coin from sortie but can't collect from HQ

[viscid swift]

soft cap means you can't collect from the canteen but you can still gain coins from all other sources

[whole stump]

ahh gotcha i'm so glad i asked that LOL

[stark quiver]

yall are lucky to have gph guidance
i used to open all my maint mail to buy curry and pull perma

[polar lion]

How do u claim natgen on canteen tho?

[stark quiver]

i dont need those coins

[solid maple]

Never

[stark quiver]

the only time i claim canteen is when i somehow pity UR

which seems to be the trend for me nowadays

[solid maple]

Man

[eternal moth]

How close do Nakh and Fritz have to be?

I'm almost half a second apart, that's too much right?

[viscid swift]

I think you'll be fine

it's only 3 strikes after all

[molten zinc]

Ideally 0.1~0.2s off but yeah 3-strike META especially with rocket the window is much more forgiving

[eternal moth]

Oh, apparently I was going without fleet tech. I didn't realize I had to put that in manually.

Hmm, Fritz is actually faster than Soyuz now. lol

No obvious issues here right? I couldn't figure out a way to put a Skyraider in, but I think BF-109 should be better anyways.

[viscid swift]

nope

[eternal moth]

Now to wait a week and see how well it works.

[viscid swift]

skyraider beats Bf-109G assuming same enhance level

[eternal moth]

Hmm, I guess I can keep trying then

[solid maple]

I haven'y read HorMET skill yet, what is purpose of that frog AA got involved?

[eternal moth]

Best AA gun

[solid maple]

Talk about burse dmg yes

[viscid swift]

she sends out planes

we need to keep concealment somehow

[eternal moth]

It's both best AA damage and has hit, ergo it's the best AA gun available

[viscid swift]

Also don't know what that comment about burst damage was about

[solid maple]

Does that planes hit so heavy?

[viscid swift]

what

[molten zinc]

The thing about Horneta fight from what we've seen in T1 and T2 is that she sometime sent out some zooming fast plane and the number of plane in the fight is much higher compare to Taihou

[solid maple]

And what a problem of that planes, damage its does?

[molten zinc]

So you need a "decent" enough AA frontline to keep the CV consealed for that 10% ignore AVI dmg reduction

[solid maple]

Or HorMET has special mechanic with that plane?

[eternal moth]

You want to keep your CVs concealed

[molten zinc]

AA reduce the dmg your CV does, having your CV consealed let you ignore 10% of that

Like if Hornet have 80% dmg reduction then having the CV consealed ignore 10% make it only 70%, basically increase their dmg

[solid maple]

Is that % also depent on enemy AA reduction something too?

[viscid swift]

it's additive

[solid maple]

Naruhodo, so we need to keep it conceal by killing those planes and it better if our ships has AA reduction skill

[viscid swift]

yes

though that last bit is just a bonus

[sweet delta]

Bf109g beats skyraider medium per strike

[clear harbor]

What does the little meter next to Carries in the battle screen indicate?

[keen sable]

#bot-spam /detection

[astral oar]

Thank you, now I'm going to grind for a bit

Also @viscid swift may I ask why is aviation oil the aux for Saratoga and Unicorn over steam catapults?

[viscid swift]

No particular reason tbh

They're basically the same so they're interchangeable

[exotic wren]

you can +13 gold catas tho

[astral oar]

Also the triple 283 is not equipable on Heinrich it says limited to bb/BBC/bbv only

[keen sable]

wrong one. the other one

[dreamy blade]

there is a CA version that looks the same

[astral oar]

I don't have those what's the best next thing can I equip?

[keen sable]

besides stripping port?

[astral oar]

[keen sable]

twin 203 mounted is okayish.

[dire burrow]

is implacable shinano amagi better or amagi with shinano and haku for opsi

[zinc turret]

Hmm any recommendation which one i should mlb first ? , i have 3 bulin + 12k core

[crimson grove]

What's this for?

[eternal moth]

Hornet Meta

[crimson grove]

Shinano

[crimson grove]

Oh it's medium
Oh noes

[eternal moth]

I'd do Fritz first, since Shinano you can get dupes from spark

[crimson grove]

Oh that's also true

[eternal moth]

And Fritz will be useful on the current META

[crimson grove]

How are you calculating the timers on that UI? Is that the usual fleet tech site

[eternal moth]

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

[zinc turret]

i see thanks

[wind hazel]

depends on which boss, and whether you have a slow like eldridge or not. i prefer implacable because more braindead

[crimson grove]

Interesting new calculator
Arigatou

[wind hazel]

well actually they are all equally braindead to an extent...

[eternal moth]

Make sure to put your fleet tech in, it's next to Settings

[zenith pebble]

to get specific weapon blueprints, i just go on focus and click the pr/dr right?

[wind hazel]

eg if you want vit2, you focus on pr/dr 7 and take Q riggings researches

[zenith pebble]

q riggings?

[wind hazel]

^whenever possible

like these ones

[lofty garnet]

my ships seems to move slower in opsi than before, anyone know why that happening?
had to reinstall the whole game recently, maybe that changed something?

[zenith pebble]

oh, so target rigging analysis and then something else?

[zenith pebble]

i think i understand that

[eternal basalt]

Depends on connection with server

[zenith pebble]

but why 30 minutes?

dont they give the least amount of rewards?

[eternal basalt]

UL? No

[wind hazel]

they give the most

[crimson grove]

[zinc turret]

is it worth to get 3rd tenrai ? i think i finished season 4 and i have 12 tenrai print or should i just move on to the next season , and which season good to focus after season 4 ?

[eternal basalt]

Face UL takes cubes though, so of you don't have enough and saving (say, for Implacc) you may want to skip them.

[rapid grail]

3rd tenrai not too bad. but then you're going to be short on electronics since a lot of good gear wants electronics
imo you cam just use 2 tenrais most of the time and let everyone else in pvp content be using a lot of helldivers

[zinc turret]

huh ? what the connection of getting 3rd tenrai and electronic ?

[rigid onyx]

oh not worth it to farm the ssn for tenrai since it's in gear lab

so people only view it from gear lab mat perspective

after 4 go to 7 or 5

[zinc turret]

hmm did tenrai is craftable now ?

i see

[rapid grail]

Should be. Now look at the list of gears that eat up electronics and identify the good gear

buggers me that the new UR gear from feb 20 update still not in here...

[crimson grove]

Wait tenrai isn't in the list huh

[rapid grail]

green names are slacking

[vale spindle]

always have been
please apply if you want to help pick up the slack we are accepting applications for not slackers who do actual contributions

[eternal basalt]

[narrow arch]

What gear should I be equipping unicorn with

This is all I got atm because I'm a brokie and just got her

[tropic tusk]

theres nothing much u can do at this point just keep playing

[narrow arch]

Alright

[tropic tusk]

as ur gear wont really affect u any time soon

[narrow arch]

I've been slowly retrofitting Portland i just need purple blueprints for her now

[tropic tusk]

have u give the guide a read yet?

[vestal yoke]

when do weekly missions reset?

[rapid grail]

every monday reset

[vestal yoke]

thanks, also how should I spend my cubes? should I just pull lights or wait for event banner?

[atomic abyss]

Save for UR banners

Do 1 light a day until they arrive

[vestal yoke]

aren't all event banners UR?

[crimson glacier]

no

[atomic abyss]

We have 4 new UR banners a year and 4 rerun UR banners a year
Everything else, so the other at least 16 or so, are not URs

[winter mango]

whens the new event banner comin out?

[tropic tusk]

next week or 2

[rapid grail]

new? dunno 🔮
next event? implacable (ur) rerun next week thursday

[tropic tusk]

we just had a new UR last month the next one should be around april- may?

[winter mango]

sdo which banner do i pull on my new i need recoomednations

[woven star]

Not sure next implacable rerun. We expected but I've not seen official news about

[tropic tusk]

im not really sure tbh

i would say get all of them if u can afford ofcouse

like at least 1 each

[winter mango]

1 of each what

[tropic tusk]

UR

[woven star]

URs

[winter mango]

ill try

[tropic tusk]

dont all in on day 1

[woven star]

You can mlb them later

[tropic tusk]

just daily1 pull

[boreal wagon]

it was announced in the stream that announced raff and also announced to be next maint in jp's most recent patch notes

[winter mango]

i got some 3 star ur from the event banner bfr she left

[boreal wagon]

p much as official as it gets

[winter mango]

is she good

[rapid grail]

https://vxtwitter.com/azurlane_staff/status/1900441771714519381
"Azur Lane Bisoku Zenshin!" Episode 141, Part 1

"Uuh... Just one more minute..."

After the next maintenance, the sea event "Apocalypse Ruins" featuring the light aircraft carrier "Argus" will be held again with a lighter version!

The next issue will be published on Tuesday, March 18th!

[tropic tusk]

then all in on the last few days

[south sequoia]

Raffaelo?

[manic fossil]

Any opsi fleet building guide?

[rapid grail]

all barking, no reading

[winter mango]

ye

[south sequoia]

Shes pretty great yeah

[rapid grail]

on dead weeks, only 1 roll on light banner a day
on events, do 3 rolls on event banner until you get everyone

[winter mango]

wait why cant i add her to the front row

[tropic tusk]

shes backline only

[woven star]

Btw why "light" pull recommendations? Isn't "special" better?

[boreal wagon]

light is free
special is net -1 cube

[woven star]

Ah. Never noticed. Thx

[tropic tusk]

light cost 1 cube special cost 2

[vestal yoke]

so these are my units + I have hood now, who should I buy from the guild shop? just copies?

[tropic tusk]

https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/common_resource try giving this a read

[sharp socket]

special is not net -1, you just gain 2 cubes/day instead of 3

[tame jungle]

the fuck does this have to do with anything he just asked

[boreal wagon]

i was purely talking about the one daily not all of them

[hoary relic]

does the counter in permanent UR count when we use cubes in rerun banners?

[strong tartan]

all banners that aren't UR count to perma pity

so if the rerun isn't UR it counts

[dreamy blade]

and thats bc UR banners have their own pity

[hoary relic]

[storm heron]

[hoary relic]

is it true that we need to clear all the zones again when opsi rs? havent paid attention in it at all, just finished chap4 yesterday

[tame jungle]

yep

[hoary relic]

not cool, not cool at all eh

[tame jungle]

95% of opsi is afk anyway so what does it matter

you'll be at that point soon enough

[south sequoia]

Opsi is all mostly auto so it isn't too bad, sure it stings if you are a newer clearer but you'll get used to it

Its how the rewards and materials reset every month