gameplay-help

[forest palm]

Sirius buff persists after death

[stark quiver]

frankly, scyllas buff is kinda unreliable, and you gotta work with event more timings

[forest palm]

Scylla is good for like 15 iirc

[turbid marsh]

i mean i dont use sirius at all and im doing fine...... hail z52

[forest palm]

I gave z52 to my BB fleet cause BBs are starved enough as is tbh

[stark quiver]

i dont have a bb fleet

[turbid marsh]

i dont have bb fleet

[forest palm]

52 and Sirius work out about the same in most ops content, so

[deep cypress]

Well, time to ditch Scylla and MLB and level up Sirius... Pain.

[honest stirrup]

I've been previously told I lack damage supports, and more generally any vanguard that aren't tanks
What new vanguard should I use to boost damage, against bosses more particularly? I already upped Sirius, Helena and Plymouth, working on Kazagumo but that's pretty much all supports I know

[stark quiver]

well for one do you know how her buff works

[turbid marsh]

you dont really HAVE to though, you dont have kazagumo + z52? also scylla and sirius are like two different functional ships

[zenith pebble]

are purple pirate still better than purple hellcat?

[turbid marsh]

like you can still use scylla, just she is more campaign mob ship oriented thats all

[stark quiver]

i believe theyre around the same

[deep cypress]

Hmm... Well, I'll keep Scylla at 120 and I'll start leveling up Sirius to have more options, then. And yes, I have Z52 MLB, but no, I don't have Kazagumo.

[stark quiver]

time to start praying

[turbid marsh]

cause more than likely you ll gonna swap sirius for kazagumo tbh

[deep cypress]

I'll grab Kaza when she shows up in the Medal shop.

[honest stirrup]

what's purple pirate? Corsair?
If that's the case then Corsairs are better because better bombs and can be used in gear lab to get plates back

[stark quiver]

if she does

[versed swift]

does anyone know when Alsace is comming back???

[stark quiver]

give it like a year

[zenith pebble]

And for torp bombers, if i dont have that much to invest in gear lab, whats a cheaper alternative? The french one in core data shop?

[honest stirrup]

not exactly, but not before a year

[versed swift]

AGAIN??

i waited this whole time

[honest stirrup]

wdym again, Alsace is pretty recent

[versed swift]

Wdym?

[stark quiver]

she was only a year ago

[eternal basalt]

CN 2024... rerun 2026

[honest stirrup]

She was up last year, wasn't she

[stark quiver]

how time flies 👴

[versed swift]

but a year ago iasked when she is comming back and everyone said in a year..

[crimson glacier]

doubt

[eternal basalt]

No, BisII

[honest stirrup]

They probably said "in at LEAST a year" because reruns clearly takes around 2

[zenith pebble]

Is the cuda a torp bomber?

[bleak nymph]

What should I use on rumey?

[stark quiver]

Staag

[bleak nymph]

Should I +13 the hvar or should I keep +13 for something else?

[eternal basalt]

Or cat AA if you got the OPSI materials Actually, stick a plane in slot 3

[undone plover]

which planes do u have +13
HVAR is best plane vs light armor so can be +13 if you have your other prio sorted

[bleak nymph]

No +13s rn

[undone plover]

I think first priority for plane +13 should be kept for the converging torpedo bombers

so saiun/junker/ryuusei/vit-2

[little tree]

~~ i made the mistake of +13 tenari first ~~

[bleak nymph]

Ju87d4?

[forest palm]

it's good...what about it?

[undone plover]

yes that is the one

[bleak nymph]

Eh ryusei prob easier to get I guess, time to actually do opsi

[forest palm]

a precautionary tale to never slack on Ops because a good bulk of the good gear is from lab

[undone plover]

the traditional advice is 2 of each
if u want to min/max more u can find an anti-heavy CV comp u like and see what TB will be best for it then +13 those options
although saiun is good for 4 strike comps as well so doing 2 saiun for a start is not bad idea
or 1 saiun 1 junker/ryuusei

Vit-2 is a bit slow so has some caveats for usage altho it does the most dmg per strike

but any of these is good to +13
after these if u have/like anti light CV comps u can do 1-2 HVAR
or for medium armor u should do the La9 plane in pr7 (if u are on 7 focus and can get it soon)

[zenith pebble]

if i dont have ryusei, just use baracuda right?

[soft raft]

in the context of converging TBs? No cuz Barracuda is parallel

[jaunty vault]

i dont think he has a choice

[zenith pebble]

its either baracuda or french, kind of what i have at the moment

[jaunty vault]

what french

[tame jungle]

breguet?

[zenith pebble]

french tb from core data

[jaunty vault]

breguet is just a better barracuda

[zenith pebble]

oh okie

[timid beacon]

Breguet also has passive intercept like a fighter, which is nice

[soft raft]

that's like 99% of the reason why it's better lmao

[timid beacon]

didn't see that mentioned, but yeah big agree

also speedy reload, which is nice

[zenith pebble]

I see, so use french tb until i get wyvern?

[stark quiver]

sure

[zenith pebble]

Sweet

[deep cypress]

What does statstick mean, guys?

[ivory pawn]

Something used exclusively because it has big stats, and not much else. Like Steam Catapults for example, or ships with high TRP/AA for Hard Mode stat requirements.

[deep cypress]

Ah. Gotcha. Thx.

[thorny plume]

rephrase, does dragon empry have its own tech points

[timid beacon]

IJN is Sakura

[stark quiver]

yes

[thorny plume]

ty

[timid beacon]

wait... wait just so we're clear, Dragon Empery isn't a Sakura Empire thing

[stark quiver]

all ships have tech pts for their own faction, but not all are in the big 4 faction for the levels

[ivory pawn]

DE is the China expy.

[timid beacon]

they were very much at war

[storm heron]

[thorny plume]

yea that was basis of my question in concerns of unlocking shipyard ships. ty for the clear answer

for a ijn main fleet, nagato or tosa. Mobbing on w12-4

for bb slot

[soft raft]

Insert obligatory "Faction fleet bad" statement here
Nagato

Tho I sincerly hope this is just Haku/Daisen XP Grind

in which case it doesnt matter who you use, they just have to meet the requirements

[zenith pebble]

throw in shinano too

[tame jungle]

if he has her

[timid beacon]

disagrees in Baguette Bullshit

[zenith pebble]

and i guess ryuuhou?

[rigid onyx]

worlds strongest faction fleet

[timid beacon]

but yeah factions fleets are usually less than ideal. mixing a couple same-faction for bonuses, that can be great. so just don't get too focused on 'backline must be all IJN' if something else better fits

[tame jungle]

there's very few faction fleets that are legitimately good at this point, with IJN ironically probably being the best of those right now
the problem is that the strong faction fleets essentially revolve around shoving 6 amazing units into a team that just happen to be the same faction, which you might not have all of

[timid beacon]

can get a couple good same-faction backlines together though. again, IJN is a top contender. NP is up there too now

[timid beacon]

anyways sorry, what's your fleet look like right now?

[thorny plume]

ill share a ss, but going to be doing my IJN pr ships once i finish agir. Im like 200 points from harukyuu. So im thinking of working IJN pr 1 and up while i slowing LMB and 120 other ijn ships

once my auto runs finish ill share

[iron nacelle]

Do Corrosion level 4-6 abyssal zones all have the same probability in dropping UR Gear Design Plans or does Corrosion level 6 drop them more often?

[thorny plume]

i think 5 has a better chance at 2 cat nodes,and is cheaper then 6

[iron nacelle]

Okay that is good to know thanks

[thorny plume]

i believe opi resets tonight as well

[soft raft]

5 and 6 are basically the same besides the cost

[soft raft]

yup this upcoming reset

[thorny plume]

ill be able to craft my first wyvern this week too after i get my 4 prints

[zenith pebble]

you and me both

maybe get 2 pancakes in too

[thorny plume]

unsure how much you want to throw into it before reset

[sinful escarp]

after reset later we will have 200AP right? even if we spend all our AP before reset?

[iron nacelle]

I can one shot any of the bosses. I just wanted to work on my gear a bit more so I was gonna cram it all and kill everything today. I was just curious if I should be priortizing any corrosion level.

[thorny plume]

auto search corrosion 5 then on repeat

[sinful escarp]

after unlocking the shops you want repeat C5

[iron nacelle]

Are you talking about using the strategic search to repeat c5 explorable zones?

[tame jungle]

yes

[eager mulch]

[iron nacelle]

Ah ok

[tame jungle]

c3 is also good but it takes a lot more time, should technically give you some more returns due to higher akashi rates
(or c1 if you are a masochist)

[zenith pebble]

[thorny plume]

we collect well built ships, of course we are masochists /s. But i didnt know any lvl works, i only thought c5 would be the be all end all due to cat nodes and ap

[tame jungle]

c5 is still fine and honestly recommended if you don't have or want to allocate the time to grinding AL

[thorny plume]

and this method is also perfered once you complete all your map coords and siren coords?

[tame jungle]

the AP has to go somewhere

[tame jungle]

gg king

[thorny plume]

i say this cause i only been farming c5 on repeat and my dailies havne treally went about completing these

[stark quiver]

get farming, you have 7 hours if my my math is right

[tame jungle]

your math is right!

[thorny plume]

[zenith heron]

I really wanna do those if I were you, especially those gold ones, if you are free of time since you are asking here

[viscid swift]

good thing OpSi doesn't consume morale

[storm heron]

me when my 3000 ap become 5000 ap due to akashi

[tame jungle]

filthy c1 farmer...

[stark quiver]

me when i farm without turn on stop for akashi

[zenith heron]

C1 kinda effective, but does it work well when end of season OpSI while having too much AP

[tame jungle]

technically if you just don't exit opsi you can extend the season right?

although if you have more than 7 hours of farming left at this point you might just be a little cooked regardless...

[zenith heron]

I haven't tested that, But I'll assume it puts you out... due to AL probably thinking it as a small update

[storm heron]

can't we just stay in opsi for the next 23 hours

[thorny plume]

ill atleast get the gold ones 4+ done, i just looked at the drop tables and saw it can drop UR prints'

[tame jungle]

i can't confirm because i haven't needed it

[thorny plume]

this was my first 2weeks of actually farming opi si so now i know better for next time, and i dont think ill be able to do the c6 ones my fleeet comp isnt to strong

[cobalt gate]

using subs?

[thorny plume]

i have subs but none are even 100

i do need to get around lvling them some point, im missing on on daily raid gears becuase i can only do lvl 55

[zenith heron]

Better level them up then, till 120 at least...

If you have good subs

But once you get to have stronger ships like the UR Comps or the Meta Fleets at Max, you kinda don't need a sub fleet at all...

Considering them damage, support, barrage, cross barrage, etc...

[thorny plume]

dem all me torpedos

[sinful escarp]

royal fortune is just to cheese the sub weekly

[thorny plume]

thats something i didnt know, how so; may you explain

[sinful escarp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gANFVsUUV0

you can do it at lvl 100

[thorny plume]

nani!

you mean i could of been doing the highest sub mission with this one ship

[sweet delta]

Get to work then because your i58 can solo the level 65

[stark quiver]

do you have 6 bidders yet

[thorny plume]

is that slang for bulin?

[storm heron]

real i58 prime solos weekly verse

[sweet delta]

/wiki bidders

[odd root]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Submarine-mounted_Mark_20S_"Bidder"_Torpedo

[thorny plume]

ill check after this zone clear

in my def, im a newb....a newb that is blessed to have access to this channel

[sinful escarp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UmZ27PVEAs here is one that shows the gears too

courtesy of sushigummy, who was just here

[primal charm]

Gotta question further how does Guam benefit CV fleets?

[stark quiver]

shes a good tank and has high aa to keep concealment

[thorny plume]

I'm cooked

[stark quiver]

i see 2 bidders

[sinful escarp]

2 future bidders

[silk helm]

i got 2 UR prints in 15k opsi AP of c5, anyone know if that's good or bad

[stark quiver]

how does one get 15k ap
uhh yea thats normal

[silk helm]

ty, just did a lot of c1 this month

[thorny plume]

Inhave golds on this two and fortune has her 2 cannons

ah its a gear lab build

ill make those 2 up once i make my wyvern

[sinful escarp]

tbh, you can sorta skip on subs for now. until you get u 96 and u81

with u47 you will have a wolf pack (the 2nd best sub fleet)

[thorny plume]

i see i can get 96 from medals, but i nvr pull on special, i usually pull on light

[sinful escarp]

the best one is called fishpack: albacore, archerfish and flasher
but flasher is from an event so cant be obtained for now. she is also the one that makes the fishpack good

[timid beacon]

best to get that ship from medals now if you can. shop resets in a few hours

[sinful escarp]

dont pull on special for 81, just sorta wait for an event

[thorny plume]

got that info from wiki, my shop had cl and bb. So maybe next reset it will have subs

[thorny plume]

so should i just focus on getting i58 up then to so solo 65? or can i make fortune work with purples and 2 bidders?

[sinful escarp]

i think you can do the lvl75 one with a lvl70 royal fortune

not sure though, but you can try

[thorny plume]

ill already ran my sub mission this week but next week for sure!

[sinful escarp]

if you can get royal fortune up in levels you can try to do the lvl95 one

[thorny plume]

lvl 100 wont be hard, its the bulin

got to remind myself to check in here when the daily mission escort comes up on thur. I cant complete the lvl 95 (FP or AA) of it but i can do the other lvl 95 (fierce assault i think) just fine

[ancient condor]

any reason why I can't seem to get any blueprint for the bofors from the event..?

[sweet delta]

Really? That's just 🕹️

[sweet delta]

What Bofors, there are dozens of Bofors in game

[ancient condor]

quad 40mm bofors from the ESP level of the current event

they just won't drop for me at all

[sweet delta]

Because SR gear drop rate from maps is extremely low. Just wait for whole copies to drop from tech packs

[ancient condor]

[sweet delta]

Also sextuple, twin 113, and twin 90 are better than quad bofors

[raven kindle]

can i solo stronghold with full cv fleet?

[sweet delta]

I can

[ancient condor]

don't got enough stuff from ops to craft them so i guess i go for roombas?

[sweet delta]

You don't go for roombas. They just drop from tech packs if you're lucky

[polar lion]

Do u guys farm BC tech?

[stark quiver]

no

maybe very very far into the future

[sweet delta]

It is highly unlikely for you to

1. Be done with higher priority gear lab crafts
2. And have fewer than 6 gold AA guns for your vanguard ships in two fleets

[raven kindle]

what setup do you use for full cv auto stronghold fleet?

[polar lion]

Aquila preload, Indepkai, Unikai : Z52, Ibuki, Unzen for me

[sinful escarp]

tbh i just use my mob fleet for those

patricia, klaudia, uvh: kala ideas, ryza, unzen

[thorny plume]

What ship is uvh

[sinful escarp]

ulrich von huten

[craggy dragon]

Do I use the "hospital information" for anything?

[sharp socket]

only milestone reward

[craggy dragon]

ah right I'm stupid lol thanks

[thorny plume]

Wow 58k have u just been farming stage 4?

[craggy dragon]

not really I was just completing the missions with the required tags, and adding the far right ones that say expedition +1. and running a full 15 even though I think I only needed to do it like 3 times to finish the missions lol

[thorny plume]

Wait you can run 3 fleets, I've been trying to figure that out

[craggy dragon]

that and I might have even been farming on the lowest lvl 20 section I think

sorry I mean the "exploration count +1" I'm not sure what it means but I'm guessing it's like the "High efficiency combat plans" which would explain how I farm up 58k

[thorny plume]

I didn't know that those gave more points. I thought just having 4 effects was good enough

[ivory pawn]

Just having 4 effects is good enough.

[thorny plume]

does the exploration count give more loot or points?

[forest palm]

any and all modifiers give 5% and doesn't do anything outside of that

[thorny plume]

okay caus that seems like some unneccasry increased diffuculty

[forest palm]

the event is fairly easy, so not really

[zinc hornet]

should i just buy the loggers, then coins with whats left?

[forest palm]

they each give you a UR Blank iirc

[stark quiver]

loggers are a one time thing

[forest palm]

blue loggers*

[zinc hornet]

rest of the shop is bought out for context

[stark quiver]

wether or not you buy it now or next month doesnt rly matter

the coins are kinda ehh, buy if u want

[zinc hornet]

I'm due for 13426 vouchers at reset but i haven't bought any blue or purple dev containers or any meta upgrade materials/books

[sinful escarp]

might as well get the dev mats, it barely costs anything anyways

[zinc hornet]

true

[weary gust]

If you buy one of those classified loggers and use it does it persist on month reset if uncompleted?

[zinc hornet]

yes

[forest palm]

it persists

[zinc hornet]

i accidentally did that last month because maintenance killed OPS on month reset

[forest palm]

finish these

[zinc hornet]

someone told me a few months ago they're not worth doing

was that bad advice

[stark quiver]

i dont do em ngl
no gold plates iirc and no cat node

[forest palm]

they can

[stark quiver]

im still not gonna do em

[zenith heron]

[forest palm]

either way they give fuck all in terms of vouchers, and that they have mat potential you're better off doing them

[weary gust]

And auto-search does those first so not doing them means no auto-search.

[stark quiver]

what?

[weary gust]

Unless you can specifically turn off certain corrosion zones for the loggers? (I haven't looked at settings for a while)

[stark quiver]

you can also search thru multiple hiddens w/o needing to click out after each one?

[hexed glen]

If you buy the hidden zone logger out the shop, I think you can.

[zinc hornet]

I'm gonna be real, didn't know this was a thing

[forest palm]

no, if you don't touch it by default auto search should go through all loggers unless you've set something specific

[stark quiver]

hm youre right, so i manully clicked thru every single thing for nothing

[forest palm]

[zinc hornet]

I've been doing that for every single zone...

now i can just set and forget while I'm at work. this is a lifesaver

will "automatically exchange items" do mysterious merchant?

will it automatically do the siren facility tiles? (the ones that give buffs or spawn mobs/loot)

[weary gust]

It only does the box ones

Merchant you have to manually buy items, can set it to stop auto upon encountering.

[zinc hornet]

so these are bad settings

[stark quiver]

stop for meow

[forest palm]

ya stop for shop

[weary gust]

You want it to stop when finding Akashi. You generally don't want to stop for the constructs (unless you're farming the completion stars)

[ivory pawn]

Eh, it's fine to skip Siren Constructs. They barely give anything.

[zinc hornet]

are the buffs from constructs not worth stopping for?

[weary gust]

Buffs? You mean the adapability? You get way more than enough of that by basic farming.

[zinc hornet]

not if you're weak 😭

[stark quiver]

usabulity caps at 203/203/153 or smth anyways
adaptibility

[zinc hornet]

what

[rigid onyx]

it's worse to do those than just doing c2 iirc

and nobody does c2

[zinc hornet]

whats c2

[stark quiver]

corrosion 2 zonez

[zinc hornet]

and here i am clearing absolutely everything, getting every adaptability buff i can find

[hazy kiln]

Who usually replaces Pennsylvania. Lab/store or pull?

[rigid onyx]

i mean most people just auto full map clear & auto hidden zones

[zinc hornet]

(I've been doing it all manually since i started like 6 months ago)

[weary gust]

Hood or the first good SR BB you get from an event that happens to be running.

[ivory pawn]

Nelson's a good option too, but needs retrofit so might not be until after Uni's retrofit.

[zinc hornet]

hood was my only bb for a loooooong time

bc yes

[hazy kiln]

So Hood is ok for first medal shop purchase?

[stark quiver]

whats the other medal shop pool

[ivory pawn]

One of the best options even.

[dreamy blade]

hood is the only b(c)b worth using from medal shop, rest are for tech

[zinc hornet]

what are the other high tier options from medal? i forget what's in there. sandy and enterprise?

[hazy kiln]

+U-96

[stark quiver]

get hood

[ivory pawn]

Enty, Sirius, Kazagumo, Hood, Sandy. Not in that order.

[dreamy blade]

tirpitz/bismarck are if you need iron blood tech for pr, warspite/massachusetts later down the line for that juicy HIT tech

[hazy kiln]

Hood it is, ty

[zinc hornet]

I've got like 8 warspites from construction ._. absolute plague

[sinful escarp]

hey thats 80 medals

[dreamy blade]

but shes not in light pool

[sinful escarp]

though at leatst keep one and level her to 120 for her HIT tech

[zinc hornet]

i was a silly goose who always pulled heavy and special

[zinc hornet]

i retroed and 125ed her

[hazy kiln]

Following new guide with

Unicorn, Hood, Saratoga
Portland, Helena, Z23

Who do I retro first. I started unicorn because unicorn and was going to hold off on Portland/Saratoga. I assume Z23 for missions

[stark quiver]

portland/sara

[hazy kiln]

Sara will be enterprise soon, so portland

[stark quiver]

well they said said they already started on uni mr.🍣

[sweet delta]

Started on uni. Retro uni first

Mr. SanderZ

[hazy kiln]

What's Portland's replacement, Anchorage?

[stark quiver]

thats one

[hazy kiln]

Regarding the general flow of progression outside pulls and events

[thorny plume]

omg this enforcer with immunity to damg and 30% heal

[sinful escarp]

i remember having a lot of trouble with that, before i fixed my opsi boss fleet

[weary gust]

Yeah, struggling with the immortality protocol ability is a sign your fleet isn't well built/geared and lacks damage.

[hazy kiln]

Somehow I accidentally leveled Kuybyshev to 70 and MLB instead of hood rip Bulins

Says tier 1 on list though, can she slot in the newb formation?

[weary gust]

She can slot in as offtank.

[hazy kiln]

Portland, Helena, Z23. Off tank is far right? Pull Helena and put Kuy in far right and z23 mid?

[stark quiver]

dont use kuy yet

[hazy kiln]

Not at MLB? Accidentally did that

[stark quiver]

ouh, replacing helena?
ig you can

and yea z23 mid

[hazy kiln]

Yeah i meant to MLB hood and didn't realize I was on Kuybyshevs screen

[lusty dirge]

One of these are that's how much I've saved up this month. And any recommendations besides the XP books.

[ivory pawn]

Siren Loggers > Coord loggers > everything else. I like to grab the Hidden Zone logger to be able to just strategic search the hidden zones.

[zinc hornet]

don't buy hidden zone logger now

after reset buy it

[sinful escarp]

classified loggers take a bit of time, but they give 1 UR print. its a one time use though

they dont reset once you buy them

[kind needle]

Worth or no?

[polar lion]

Better to spend AP spending all the C4 and below hidden Coord loggers or farm C5 secured?

[sinful escarp]

keep enough for FS5 in the future

[polar lion]

Only if u already reserve enuf bps for her FS5

[kind needle]

Aight

Best craftable CL gun for DPS CL?

I mean aurora

[polar lion]

Triple 152 but dunno if it's wurf to craft

[stark quiver]

aurora is not a dps cl
but, seattle gun, and tripple 155 are fine
also the 152 mle if u have it

[polar lion]

Yea craft 155 Kai coz it's also used as BB aux

[kind needle]

The italian one? Helena uses it

And I feel like 155 kai kinda sluggish

[stark quiver]

i didnt say kai

[polar lion]

Well you are not gonna dps with Aurora regardless

[viscid swift]

Aurora's dps doesn't matter, this is her with a +10 Plymouth gun

[zenith pebble]

big pp damage

[wintry quartz]

😭

[hollow gust]

That Yorky damage is surprisingly low in comparison to Kearny

[zenith pebble]

where are people doing damage tests like this?

[stark quiver]

what

[viscid swift]

that wasn't a damage test, that was just showing a run I did that happened to include Aurora

[zenith pebble]

ah okie

[storm heron]

is this amount of vouchers without c1 ing normal?

[dreamy blade]

i am also curious what the answer to this is

[forest palm]

you want like on average over 9k per month for vouchers

[wind hazel]

more than me by 3k 😭

[storm heron]

yeah idk anymore, variation is huge

[stark quiver]

what did you buy in port shop

[storm heron]

the things I left out are the obvious things and all the meta materials

[forest palm]

sounds kind of sus

[stark quiver]

what are the obvious things

[wind hazel]

i buy all meta mats

[stark quiver]

ew

[storm heron]

purple t2 mats, energy storage, r3 coords, sr gear design, purple ordnance, repair packs

[wind hazel]

you wont have enough to enhance all metas

[zenith pebble]

what should you buy in port shop?

[storm heron]

I did buy all the attack and surv tuning sample

[stark quiver]

why enhance metas

[storm heron]

cause I was panicking having 150 adapts just a few days ago

[stark quiver]

lemme send a ss

This + the other spec tokens and gear lab mats
Nothing in Gibraltar
Everything but r2s and esds in nyc

[zenith pebble]

no gold ? plates?

[stark quiver]

bought out all the gold plates

[zenith pebble]

how did you get so many purple coins? and this is kind of what i bought too lmao

[stark quiver]

i did everything in ops

[zenith pebble]

the sr gear things

so all the daily missions and stuff?

[stark quiver]

i dont buy sr gear bps bc well i dont use them
this is the shop of a casual player
mori buys meta mats

[zenith pebble]

im not gonna question why but good for homie

[stark quiver]

its just more stats on meta for little cost

[zenith pebble]

the smart thing to do is to grind out opsi for about 2-4 months and then gear up all your ships to complete campaign then

[stark quiver]

Nah
Grind ops every single month
Never stop

[sinful escarp]

i buy everything in the shop, except for the repair kits, and energy storage thingie

[zenith pebble]

the left over purple coins turn into voutures right?

[stark quiver]

Yea

This is probably one of my more active ops months
Because I need that 6 frog aa and a mlb Jim

[sinful escarp]

even without clearing everything, i was able to buy what i wanted in the voucher shop and still have extra

so now i just buy everything in the shops since i am not losing anything in having them

[zenith pebble]

and the vouchers can be gained from exchange shop, but from there what do i buy?

[wind hazel]

whatever you need

[sinful escarp]

i recommend to get the classified loggers for the UR print they give after clearing

[zenith pebble]

calssified loggers are additional missions?

[stark quiver]

blue is yes
red is maybe/QOL/if you want

[sinful escarp]

imo the coins are the lowest priority for that

[wind hazel]

nah tuning is lowest

[stark quiver]

Data logger lowest frfr

[forest palm]

if you're lazy the oil and hidden loggers are just so worth

[stark quiver]

Mfw my name is taz and I buy 5k oil logger

[forest palm]

I also shamelessly swip for oil

[wind hazel]

ew swiper

[stark quiver]

[marble wind]

Does anyone know what the next event will be and when?

[forest palm]

[zenith pebble]

swiper no swiping

[stark quiver]

I swipe for skins and rings
Not for oil

[sinful escarp]

i swipe for dock slots

[zenith pebble]

i swipe for my waifus

[forest palm]

I play with AL on in the background as I work so the Oil Logger, and Hidden Logger just allow for simpler multitasking

[hushed delta]

are you guys suuure there is a secret file at K4? there's no "obtain the secret file" reward in there, yes I have K3 done, yes I've tried a huge deal of times

[forest palm]

it's there if you got K3

[zenith pebble]

what kind of workplace lets you play azur lane

[forest palm]

[stark quiver]

A lot actually

[zenith pebble]

hire me, im tired working on cars

[hushed delta]

is that a joke?

[marble wind]

Any office

[stark quiver]

Those who know ☠️

[zenith pebble]

i wish it was

[marble wind]

What is an oil logger?

[stark quiver]

you can jump to any zone and its reconned for you

[sinful escarp]

it logs oil

[forest palm]

you can only get secrets in sequential order, odds can only be obtained once a month, and evens just require you enter the specified node till it spawns

[sharp pine]

Is it just me, or is Hermit significantly easier than Strength?

[forest palm]

they're all easy

[hushed delta]

I know, it just doesn't spawn...

[forest palm]

but did you get K3

[stark quiver]

i personally believe strength is stronger

[sharp pine]

Well one I can 3 fleet on hard and the other I can't, so...

[hushed delta]

yes, J2, K4 and L2 refuse to spawn..

[sharp pine]

Yeah. I don't have the best subs, so Strength walls me hard with her barrier on hard. Hermit with her fog is annoying but inconsequential. Temperance is just.... there I guess.

[stark quiver]

Temperance has a jellyfish and my vanguard likes running into it and dying
Funny game

[wind hazel]

[stark quiver]

Out of curiosity when did tot begin azuzu mori

[hushed delta]

why do u do arbiter on auto ._.

[sharp pine]

I had the same feeling when I was grinding the files. You just have to keep grinding the even zones. What I did was pick two even zones I was grinding in and just alternate between them over and over again.

[stark quiver]

Manualing is

[hushed delta]

ok, I was starting to believe I was doing something wrong

[sharp pine]

Trust me, when you finally get them and immediately get the next odd file when the month rolls around is the best feeling.

[hushed delta]

yea but, it's like the hardest thing in the game, bit disrespectful for the creators

[wind hazel]

shimakaze banner

[wind hazel]

the creator made auto and strong ships in the game. it is disrespectful to not use everything in the game to make the game easier 🧠

[stark quiver]

im older than mori

[stark quiver]

papa manjuu
bestowed this honor upon me and i will make the most of it
also autoing just makes it go by quicker
imo the harder content in game is like fast time cm or smth

[forest palm]

it's GPH we auto in this house

[hushed delta]

hardest fight I did was the scorpio challenge, I doubt you can auto that

[forest palm]

I did

[stark quiver]

I did

[forest palm]

only time I use to manual was when face torping was prevalent and fun which was like 5 years ago

[hushed delta]

y'all ships must be trained on AI damn

[stark quiver]

Mostly a timing thing

[forest palm]

proper gear, and composition does that

[stark quiver]

Have fun in 2 hours

[forest palm]

just like how you can clear all content w/o subs

[wind hazel]

oh it's scorpio rerun?

[stark quiver]

scorppasiroapo already reran

its yukikaze

[wind hazel]

dont remember her

[stark quiver]

its prob the hardest cm,
well most timing dependant

[wind hazel]

oh it's the soyuz barrage special

[stark quiver]

yea

[zinc prairie]

Does +13 equipment significantly boost damage in Opsi or +10 good for general clear?

[wind hazel]

if you dont mind using more than 1 fleet to kill bosses, yeah +10 suffice

+13 is better everywhere, not just opsi

[zenith pebble]

would they be adding more gear?

[polar lion]

I failed on HArbiter. Suggestions for improvement?

[sinful escarp]

are you only using 1 fleet?

[polar lion]

The other 3 are crossfleets

[sinful escarp]

tbh just use more than 1 fleet

[honest stirrup]

2 entire crossfleets, assuming a mob fleet?

[wind hazel]

maybe use IJN CVs

[polar lion]

Well the mob fleet also have crossfleets

[stark quiver]

why'r we running 4 la9 against heavy

with no slow as well

[polar lion]

Coz Hermit doesn't move

And IJN CVs overkilled it

[stark quiver]

if you arent one striking then kirov and cleve arent rly helping

ahem

kirov isnt doing anything at all

[polar lion]

She gives 15% dmg taken debuff

[stark quiver]

yea i just realised
but are you trying to one strike?

[polar lion]

Yea

[stark quiver]

how many bars did it take off

[polar lion]

Left with 18

Prolly still pretty far off ig. Coz not much things can do to bridge the gap moar

[stark quiver]

i dont see much that can be improved tbh, unless the boss moves and you whiff,
i would say that kaza is a better replacement for kirov, but at the same time she herself wont do 18 bars so

[dreamy blade]

is this just an excuse to flex 4 la-9s

[polar lion]

Kear already gib ara

[stark quiver]

man im washed

[little tree]

We still love you

[stark quiver]

then yea, i dont see much that can be changed thatll get you 18 bars

[polar lion]

This has been the closest month I can get Hermit this low with Eagle so I thot I hav a chance to kill it

[dreamy blade]

come back with 5 la-9s

[polar lion]

No slot for moar La9 anymoar

[zenith pebble]

does opsi reset in 30 minutes

[polar lion]

1:22

[zenith pebble]

damn, 2am for central time?

[polar lion]

Wait does Tenrai with 58% aacuracy means the 800kg bombs only did 58% dmg also or it still does 100% dmg to Hermit?

[crimson glacier]

not hitting does 0 dmg

[plain saffron]

Isn't there another table for actual dmg

[polar lion]

I always assume that Tenrai doesn't hit all the bombs when bossing so just wondering if my assumption was wrong all along if the boss is as big as Hermit

[whole crypt]

tenrai shouldn't even be your main damage in an anti-heavy CV fleet anyway

[polar lion]

Better alternative?

[whole crypt]

tenrai is the best DB for heavy, but any slot that can fit a TB should be TB first

however much tenrai ends up actually doing is

[hybrid schooner]

Do I have enough of that stuff or should I buy those T3 custom gear lab mat packs from the Opsi shop?

[whole crypt]

you probably won't need more for a while but there's also very little reason to skip the shop

[hybrid schooner]

Gotta check how much I'd need to buy out the voucher shop and then buy them. Thanks

[whole crypt]

you don't need to buyout voucher shop though

[hybrid schooner]

Probably not, but just in case. I like hoarding

[whole crypt]

coins are basically useless or better grinded from 12+, adapts are poor value compared to normal shops and scamcat

[polar lion]

Hoarder bros in arms 🤝

[whole crypt]

and yes I get hoarding, I'm a voucher hoarder myself

[hybrid schooner]

Aight I'm at 12073/13060, guess I'll buy them. Won't skip the coins, but adaptives are indeed whatever now that I think about it.

The real question is do I even need those t3 mats anymore. Is there any UR gear I still might be lacking? 🤔

[sinful escarp]

especially now since its about to reset anyway, which will remove those adaptives hahaha

more la-9, atleast one more 157, more wyverns

2 more of these for hindeburg

[honest sequoia]

or just use 2 Tenrai & 1 TB

[polar lion]

save for the eventual UR converge TB copium

[hybrid schooner]

I switch those around when needed. I think I only do that nowadays when the new Meta rotation comes. I might push Campaign one day, but W13 hard stages turned out to be too hard for full auto so I gave up for now. In other words, I only need enough for 2 fleets at most

[sinful escarp]

hindeburg wants 2 of those guns for herself

[polar lion]

Also wers your frog AAs?

[hybrid schooner]

Yeah, I just never had a case where I'd need 2 for her, 1 for someone else and then another one (or more)

[hybrid schooner]

These?

Dunno then. It's been like 5 years since I stopped caring about those AA shenanigans, so I only buy that stuff when I see someone on YT using that for META fights or maybe some EXes

If that's not sth super new then I literally never saw anyone using that so

[sinful escarp]

its the best new AA currently

especially good with fighting hornet meta boss

[hybrid schooner]

I'm sold

[atomic abyss]

It's basically the old UR AA fused with a STAAG

[hybrid schooner]

Gotcha, thank you kindly. Time to put those UR mats to use then

[cobalt gate]

who is the cover character currently?

[whole crypt]

but better alpha and range

[atomic abyss]

NJ
If you mean the log in screen

[whole crypt]

it's like the lovechild of a roomba and staag that turned out better

[cobalt gate]

oh didn't recognize

[atomic abyss]

EvaNJelion

[normal cedar]

Do people post a guide before end of event for events like this bulin one where you have to find all the clues?

[honest sequoia]

Anyone knows what’s a good corrosion lvl to fight siren stronghold?

[vale spindle]

yes

[normal cedar]

ok, thanks

[whole crypt]

they're not hard to find and you can tap on the thing for hints

[polar lion]

Pls tell me we gonna get that login NJ as skin?

[atomic abyss]

Lol no

We're getting just a UR bulin skin

[eternal moth]

I'm missing 3 of the bulin clues, anyone seen them in stages?

[balmy wharf]

There’s one in the 1-4 stage, dunno where the 5th (N?) is though

[atomic abyss]

I believe 1-4 and 2-4

You can tap on them

For hints

[vale spindle]

if its the same as last year i have the message that lists all the locations

[polar lion]

When in doubt, just ensure 203/203/156 adapts

[balmy wharf]

Correct, it was 1-4 and 2-4

[vale spindle]

Bulin April Fool's Locations (2025)

• Shiranui's Shop
• Dockyard
• Depot
• Academy
• 1-4
• 2-4
• Build
• Dorm
• Archive / Memento / Collections (https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/List_of_Collections)

[vale spindle]

if this is wrong ping me

[whole crypt]

probably the same places, if not then most of them are take what you have then use hints

[vale spindle]

i will be awake for the next hour genshining

[jade maple]

where's mission?

[vale spindle]

missions menu right
just click it from the home screen

is that not accurate

[jade maple]

oh thanks

[hybrid schooner]

Yeah looks like they do the same thing every year, so all's good

[sleek flower]

there's only 9 letters

[boreal wagon]

why is this 10 if there is only 9 letters

[vale spindle]

is there a duplicate

[boreal wagon]

no i believe there is just one in the missions tab

[vale spindle]

i can't check cause im in old opsi grinding away

[eternal basalt]

The pre-reset dailies eh... me too

[remote yarrow]

I don't think there's one in missions

[winged python]

I can't find missions one either XD

[remote yarrow]

🚪 cya

[whole crypt]

I actually have no idea what I didn't get but I ended last month with 20k vouchers

that's without finishing my AP

[zenith heron]

Scuffed Question...

Is an All UR Fleet in OpSi, like all 4 fleets too much? Or not practical? Ofc this does not include subs...

[eternal basalt]

It's possible, if you want it

[atomic abyss]

Considering that there are no UR healers

It's a bit silly yes

[slow fox]

Brest mentioned

[boreal wagon]

mebot spotted

[wind hazel]

ironically, not enough fleets to put in all UR

[slow fox]

Lars spotted

[zenith heron]

Yeah, and Raffa and Brest is only there...

[polar lion]

I ended with 14k just the usual amt

[atomic abyss]

Mob fleets will have issues

[wind hazel]

backlines anyway. we dont talk about vanguard UR

[slow fox]

Brest will fulfill all your mobfleet needs.

[atomic abyss]

I don't think that's making through a stronghold

[slow fox]

It'll make it through strongholds 90% of the time. Can use more optimized gearing perhaps.

[zenith heron]

But only Rafaello in Fleet is not gonna be enough right? Cuz her heal only does when said ship kills an enemy with a Black paint right?

[atomic abyss]

It's too inconsistent is the issue

[eternal basalt]

Her suppotr got heal too

[atomic abyss]

As much as stronghold bosses have heal reversal

[slow fox]

I don't think it's inconsistent at all. I'm lazy with gearing, so there's probably a better setup for the fleet.

[atomic abyss]

You need heals to make it to the boss in the first place

[zenith heron]

Was gonna experiment on this, good thing I asked here first for some advice

[whole crypt]

this is my only all-rainbow fleet in OS, there's really no reason to just build around rainbows

[atomic abyss]

It's just silly when a bunch of SR CV/Ls do better

[slow fox]

Let me rephrase - it CLEARS a stronghold 100% of the time. Once a while the vanguard dies or something

[cobalt rapids]

weak

[boreal wagon]

what about 110% of the time

[zenith heron]

No worries, just an experiment, going back to an optimal fleet once it fails anyway

[slow fox]

-# One-shot gatekeepers when you ask them what "consistent" means

[atomic abyss]

Gee I wonder who that could be

[slow fox]

Replacing Hinden and Azuma with Napoli and Agir should net you a mob fleet that survives AND kills 100% of strongholds

[whole crypt]

Unicorn/Aquila/Luna/Hindenburg/Harbin/Ibuki clears my strongholds but adapts

[honest sequoia]

mine appeared at archive instead of collection

[wind hazel]

why not eldridge

[slow fox]

Or Eld, yeah.

I just chose Napoli and Agir because big || eHP ||

[atomic abyss]

I'm definitely not familiar with someone who creates one shot comps and shows them off
Conveniently leaving out the fact they're all max oath

[slow fox]

You can always not oath them. I don't think the additional 6% does much to the outcome of the fleet's telos.

[atomic abyss]

It actually does

[polar lion]

This is with zero adapts right?

[atomic abyss]

Or rather it does increase the consistency

[slow fox]

It's finnicky with zero adapt LOL

[vale spindle]

did you mean "isn't one in the missions tab"

[atomic abyss]

The issue with a lot of one shot comps it's that they're "just nice"

[whole crypt]

my zero adapt runs don't count because I'm weird

[cobalt rapids]

nice desu

[atomic abyss]

And frankly just do 2 shot like a normal person

[slow fox]

-# ^

[normal cedar]

when I auto sortie in war archives, does it consume 1 data key per sortie or what

[boreal wagon]

yes

[slow fox]

Yes

[vale spindle]

[cobalt rapids]

if u use HELP it consumes 1 data key per "2" sorties ( not 2 runs )

[normal cedar]

what's HELP?

[cobalt rapids]

high eff something plan

[boreal wagon]

the 2x efficiency plans

[vale spindle]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Combat#High-Efficiency_Combat_Logistics_Plan

[normal cedar]

oh, got it

[slow fox]

I'm calling it HELP from now on

[boreal wagon]

but where did the C go

[eternal basalt]

It's always called HELP here

[whole crypt]

some people like Cs

[slow fox]

It disappeared with the R in IPH

[cobalt rapids]

high efficiency lars plan

[vale spindle]

C is a pointless letter if you think about it, cause its role can be fulfiled using S or K instead

[slow fox]

-# Or Fortran

[vale spindle]

fortran devs get paid a lot by world governments just saying

[whole crypt]

anyway, I'm weird so I probably shouldn't be answering stronghold questions

[cobalt rapids]

im also weird

[zinc prairie]

Is la9 worth focusing on research rn?

[cobalt rapids]

yep

[dreamy blade]

Is the recent Twitter post an April fools shitpost or an actual EVA collab teaser

[eternal basalt]

Look at the login screen

[atomic abyss]

It's April fool's

[dreamy blade]

I can't I still have 1500 opsi ap to burn

[atomic abyss]

They would obviously not do a Collab teaser today

[sweet delta]

Why Brest when a main tank bulin with pearl would do the same job

[whole crypt]

the only thing you ever get for real on april fools for AL is bulin stuff

[atomic abyss]

And we normally have collabs towards the end of the year anyways

[eternal basalt]

Why not? November is soon(tm)

[cobalt rapids]

it is the strongest plane vs medium by a big margin and strongest fighter on heavy
its worth focusing unless ure a newbie whos catching up and has other stuff to catch up on

[whole crypt]

I just give up on excess AP

[atomic abyss]

It'll probably be teased in JP Anni stream

[cobalt gate]

so does the 10 min thing give the clue or it gives a hint to where the clues are?

[dreamy blade]

Ah ok I wasn't sure how often collab are done

[atomic abyss]

Trust me, a lot of anime stuff are being downright silly during April Fools

[eternal basalt]

It ggives a set of dailies, if one with a red zone that;'s pretty nice

[vale spindle]

yes but if you want to save time check pins of this channel

[atomic abyss]

ReZero has a full ass PV for an otome game like

[cobalt gate]

oh i mean i don't want to automatically get the clue, if it was a hint that would be nice

[vale spindle]

yes the 10 min cooldown thing is a hint

[sweet delta]

Unfortunately it's only a hint so it'll cost ya 20 oil

[whole crypt]

I don't usually have a lot of excess AP left for one because I burn a few days ahead, but last weekend I was busy with imas

[slow fox]

suchispotted

[cobalt gate]

wait the hint thing cost 20 oil?

[zinc prairie]

Do u guys finish opsi in 1 day by using oil or just chill grind it thru the month

[cobalt rapids]

chill grind

[whole crypt]

you get daily stuff there's no point trying to ignore it the whole month even if you can buyout shop in day 1

[thorny plume]

i got 4.7k currency for shop opi, ik sam says its QoL, but after gettin gmy skill books, you all think its nice being able to auto search the hidden areas? or would the HE be more worth it?

[cobalt gate]

just chill and start doing stuff when you get enough stat boost

[eternal basalt]

The event, since you need to enter 2 maps

[cobalt rapids]

buy the siren loggers and hidden loggers always in vouchers and afterwards decide what to do with leftovers

[cobalt gate]

whats the he?

oh high efficiency

[thorny plume]

i can barely get by on the c5 siren coords, how much harder are the Classified loggers?

[zinc prairie]

Is there a guide to what gear to prio +13

[light trail]

apart from 1-4 what other maps have april fools clues

[cobalt rapids]

not class loggers, those are perma so you do em at w.e pace

[cobalt gate]

the only thing not to buy pretty much is the 5k oil

then basically get loggers 1st then books then up to you

[light trail]

oh right, pins

[slow fox]

I buy the 5k oil

[whole crypt]

classified is not hard at all but if you're struggling with c5 abyssals something is wrong

[normal cedar]

What do you do when you have too much oil but your fleet morale is 0
Should I start a 2nd fleet and grind that? I'm at world 7 and have war archive oil capped map unlocked

[cobalt rapids]

well technically you have a whole month to get stronger so just spare the vouchers for em till end of month and test with other c5s and if u can do them then buy em and if you cannot then buy other stuff ig

[thorny plume]

same i like having the map instantly available

[whole crypt]

put ships in dorm before grinding

[cobalt gate]

dont go to 0 if you mean orange then yeah

also if you still want to farm exp you could do c1 farming later on

[normal cedar]

I do that but that only seems to slow it down, it still reduces morale over time

[elfin nimbus]

Shop, Dock, Storage, Academy, 1-4, 2-4, Build, Missions, Dorm, Collection

[eternal basalt]

Each battle -2 morale

[normal cedar]

you mean war archive c1? why?

[cobalt gate]

opsi c1....

[normal cedar]

lvl 53 now 😢

[whole crypt]

morale regens faster in dorm, so you get to spend more oil before they go orange/red

[vale spindle]

theres also none in missions so that was debunked

[normal cedar]

Yes, I know the problem is I still have oil and can't collect more from canteen and stuff

[whole crypt]

usually the excess oil problem tends to be an early player issue claiming oil before they can spend

stop taking out mail and collecting newbie mission oil rewards

[cobalt gate]

probably 2nd team then while 1st team rest, although depends on what characters you have

i mean mail currently goes to a different pool so that shouldn't be an issue

[normal cedar]

https://discord.com/channels/456397991847395339/1355815048018268230

[whole crypt]

the natural regen isn't that high it's usually caused by collecting shit you can't spend

[eternal basalt]

500k mail

[normal cedar]

Yes, I didn't collect from mail tho
Idk, few days ago I had no oil, it got over just by doing hard mode daily, then got lots of oil in last 2 days

[light trail]

this is the most expensive event skin, it costs a UR bulin to use

[cobalt gate]

Weekly mission probably

[whole crypt]

was it from taking the weekly pack and weekly missions

[normal cedar]

I've posted my dock in thread above, if you could maybe help me pick out some ships worth investing

[chrome jackal]

each meta fight ship stays for 3 months or?

[whole crypt]

roughly 3 months

[eternal basalt]

160k specialised core goooooo

[chrome jackal]

alr alr

[cobalt gate]

What’s your 1st team currently post in thread

[elfin hollow]

is this good?

[eternal basalt]

Pass 2 months, opsi battles 3

[elfin hollow]

lol i forgot to post the image too mybad, but is this any good

[whole crypt]

wrong tank position aside it's not the worst

[elfin hollow]

i do have URs but they are not MLB

i see, portland to 1 right?

[eternal basalt]

Only do it when you can fully lmb them, probably nest to wait for cn anni though

[whole crypt]

portland should be leftmost

[hollow gust]

warspite is really not worth, and that doesnt look like retrofitted thankfully

[atomic abyss]

Famous last words

[hollow gust]

nvm its a retrofitted warspite

[atomic abyss]

Might as well use it

[hollow gust]

[elfin hollow]

account was made ages ago haha

[zinc prairie]

Is Plymouth a necessity for Bb comp?

[hollow gust]

she is one of the best options for basically all comps

[whole crypt]

more or less

[cobalt rapids]

if theres a bb fleet theres a ply 99% of the time

but not a necesity no

[whole crypt]

high self dps and good durability plus flag BB buff is big

[zinc prairie]

Aight time to grind for bps i guess

[elfin hollow]

i need 1 more bulin and i can mlb my shima

i have so many collab units that i dont even use lol

[eternal basalt]

Get perma-Shima (if all others are gotten)

[elfin hollow]

perma shima?

[light trail]

the pity choice in regular build where you can choose old UR ships after 400 cubes spent

[elfin hollow]

ah, use bulins on the limited characters? sorry i dont remember but does NJ and Ulrich count as perma or limiteds?

[thorny plume]

Got these x2 in my shop

[atomic abyss]

Perma

[thorny plume]

belfast and dido worth it/

[atomic abyss]

Nope

[elfin hollow]

so a limited UR would be like mogador

[elfin hollow]

well time to save up cubes i guess

[thorny plume]

aigh twont spend then, ty

[eternal basalt]

You get them during daily build/non-UR events]

[elfin hollow]

yea, but didnt you guys say the CN anni is coming out and we will be getting URs?

[eternal basalt]

End of May, yes

[whole crypt]

you're under no rush or pressure to use perm pity

[elfin hollow]

then would it not be better if i saved my cubes for those

im still atleast 150 away from perm pity, 241 or smt rn i think

[whole crypt]

if you're saving you're saving for new URs

[elfin hollow]

ah yeah, sorry thats what i meant

[eternal basalt]

How many cubes you got?

[narrow arch]

Is U-96 good from the medal shop

[elfin hollow]

give me a min to check

[atomic abyss]

Yes
If you haven't built a proper sub comp at least

[elfin hollow]

68 cubes currently

[narrow arch]

I haven't so cool

[whole crypt]

yes but u-boats need to used together if you don't have other gold u-boats

[eternal basalt]

Get saving, yes

[whole crypt]

if you haven't started building subs might be better to just save for fishpack

[eternal basalt]

Doubt, unless Flasher comes soon...

[elfin hollow]

i dont use subs 😭

[thorny plume]

@twilit sage ty for the advice got my 1st champy gun. Should i try for two more?

[eternal basalt]

2026, NOT soon

[cobalt gate]

Man the gear skins box are awful

[boreal temple]

Normal

[white agate]

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/GnXEoLobEAAfVxo.jpg
this just an april fool, there is no set in game right?

[whole crypt]

on the assumption he even gets the other uboats he needs before then

[eternal basalt]

It's the logi reward, legit

[whole crypt]

there's no need to start on u96 alone

[eternal basalt]

All are perm, events use special pool... it's very likely he gets them before jan 2026

[cobalt gate]

Speaking of which why don’t we get hms subs anyway

[whole crypt]

Aquila has been perm for a while and I don't see my dupe

[elfin hollow]

what do you suggest i focus on changing in the fleet?

[whole crypt]

there's a chance but I wouldn't say very likely

[zinc prairie]

Ship Prio, Advice help - April 2025 Progress

[cobalt gate]

have these login furniture ever rerun?

Welp I think I missed December one

[echo nexus]

buying for collection %, however, is there one between allen and tashkent that'd be better to get first?

[eternal basalt]

Allen

[echo nexus]

alrighty, ty

[dreamy blade]

tashkent muse doesnt give any tech

[eternal basalt]

Got tech

[atomic abyss]

Allen cos she can actually account for fleet tech

[echo nexus]

ohh icic, i wasnt aware of that

[dreamy blade]

all muse/u, collab, child ships dont give tech

[sharp igloo]

Should I use gold quintuple homing or non homing torpedoes for Unzen? Supposing that I don't have a rainbow torpedo mount. Also planning to get a rainbow torpedo auxiliary When I collect enough core data

[dreamy blade]

gold quad homing, gold quint homing torps are bad

[zinc prairie]

I have 8 Ur bulins rn, who to mlb or should i save?

[wind hazel]

amagi. no implacable?

[dreamy blade]

amagi since shes already lv115...

[zinc prairie]

already mlb

[dreamy blade]

then definitely amagi since you have unzen and shinano too

[wind hazel]

amagi, then wait and see what CN anni brings, then ask again

[zinc prairie]

Amagi(CV), Shinano, Hakuryu or Implac?

[wind hazel]

if boss dont move, triple ijn. if boss move, -haku +impla

[thorny plume]

how many champys is to many?

[wind hazel]

sometimes you can use ijn+eldridge too

[wind hazel]

more than 3. sometimes 3 is more than enough

[dreamy blade]

depends how ok you are with swapping gear

more than 3 is mostly for convenience

[thorny plume]

okay thats what i keep seeing, is 2 to 3. Just got my 1st

[wind hazel]

if you got soyuz gun, then 2 is enough

[dreamy blade]

you definitely want at least 2, can chill for a bit before getting a 3rd

[thorny plume]

soyuz is that gear lab?

[zinc prairie]

is aurora niche for certain comps?

[dreamy blade]

from soyuz event

[atomic abyss]

Anti light armour comps yes

[dreamy blade]

her -evasion debuff is incredibly strong

[zinc prairie]

does it work for medium armor?

[atomic abyss]

No because her skill is for CL and DD specifically

[dreamy blade]

if they decide to add a medium armor cl/dd boss

[atomic abyss]

There are med armour CLs iirc?

But I don't think any of them have been bosses

I can't remember if og China wall was med or light

Cos I do remember it was changed at some point

[whole crypt]

flandre gun exists, if you have that and soyuz gun you can work with 1 champagne gun

[dreamy blade]

mainz meta

[icy mist]

theres a guide for the clues?

[thorny plume]

then no

[whole crypt]

for the record Wichita META was a thing with light armour but aurora doesn't work

[dreamy blade]

did not know there were light armor CAs

[thorny plume]

also for 1st this week. ill be getting my 1st wyvern. Is that worth +13?

[whole crypt]

but for most cases if you run into a light armour boss it will be DD/CL, and vice versa

[dreamy blade]

wyvern is primarily for campaign, +13 is usually saved for bossing gear where the dmg matters more

[whole crypt]

did you miss soyuz event? also did you research pr6 at any point?

[thorny plume]

yes i wasnt here, cameback from a 638 day hiatus 30 days ago

[dreamy blade]

for reference

[thorny plume]

also no pr6 completions yet, working on finish agir currently

oh so champy is okay to +13 got it

[whole crypt]

then stick with getting champagne guns for now, though I'd recommed through proto cores rather than lab

[thorny plume]

yea was told proto only ,not worth lab when the mats are best elsewhere

[upbeat wagon]

Is tenrai and white/black shells ok to +13?

[frank pulsar]

yes, but prio yellow gear over rainbow gear for +13

[dreamy blade]

converging tbs have higher prio for plane plates, white shell is one of the best auxes to +13

[upbeat wagon]

Why so?

[dreamy blade]

cost, rainbow takes more plates

[frank pulsar]

cuz one rainbow equip cost 3x the amount needed for a yellow equip

[upbeat wagon]

Ah ic ok

How many champy guns should I have?

[dreamy blade]

1-3

[frank pulsar]

depends on how many sidegrades you already own, but max youll need is 3

[upbeat wagon]

Ill buy the second than

What else to prio in protocore shop after tenrai and champy?

[dreamy blade]

/protocore

[odd root]

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

[frank pulsar]

is the nj(?) skin(?) featured on login screen just there for fun and not obtainable?

[tall charm]

What is worth completing in this event?

[polar lion]

Everything till u get 40k pts

[tall charm]

Oh so I should unlock all the clues of every page until I hit 40k?

[dreamy blade]

finishing all of those is around 20k points or so

[jaunty vault]

its a lot less

[dreamy blade]

i just know i had 25k points when i finished it on the 4th day

[jaunty vault]

i had about 10k

that just means you did what was more than necessary

[tall charm]

Hmm, so 40k or 60k points?

[whole crypt]

if you only did tasks to fill up investigation you get around 10k

[dreamy blade]

not really worth grinding past the cog chips at 40k points

you could even stop at 36k for the gold plates if you are not at the point of cog chip poverty

[whole crypt]

2 prints for 10k more isn't worth it

you can grind to 30+k then daily it to 40k

[cunning bison]

i have boss fleet vanguard-bis2-alsace and guam-brest-laffey ii. i just got plymouth, do i replace guam or brest? and also wat auxes (was thinking drone + that eva giving aux)

mods

[exotic wren]

<@&472236072743600148> meow

[cunning bison]

ty mods

[polar lion]

U prolly wanna do Z52/Laffii, Aurora, Plymouth if vs light

[left cedar]

Plywood

[cunning bison]

in general, and no aurora

[wind hazel]

brest does nothing, remove her

[severe nebula]

Should the new URs go somewhere here? Haven't changed the OpSci teams for several months. Same for vanguards

[wind hazel]

give ply rudder+toolkit/fp aux

[cunning bison]

mainly to trigger alsace skill

[left cedar]

toolbox lose if boss to others EVA Auxes... if Cruisers ...

[wind hazel]

not important enough most of the time

[kind slate]

Who is this?

[left cedar]

NJ

[wind hazel]

that's me

[kind slate]

would.

[frozen solstice]

Is it good? Because I don't get these kitties yet.

[left cedar]

dammm, u hot

[wind hazel]

no, but raise it anyway

[left cedar]

hard to say only by this, also
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/User:Riceist/CatGuide
give this a read, its a info about cats and how to choice and raise them

[cunning bison]

pardon?

[frozen solstice]

What should I do?

[wind hazel]

feed oscar with the rest of the blue cats, raise her to lv30, put her inside the comfort

[left cedar]

if boss fights, cruisers wanna more EVA than a Toolbox
mainly cuz boss aside have more hit stats doe more dmg in short times, Toolbox is viable for cruiser in mobs cuz low HIT stats and "low" dmg so the heal can make a better value than just eva cuz more time to heal...

[kind slate]

Is it a skin? Or just art

[inland shoal]

No, just April Fools

[wind hazel]

who is this mod

[left cedar]

its a art, if u dream hard enough, maybe in future can be a skin

[kind slate]

yippee.

[left cedar]

spee meta ?
thorum

[wind hazel]

no, it's nyarin

[strong tartan]

me on an alt ?

[cunning bison]

wait so what do i equip? boss fight - eva thing n drone or eva thing n toolbox

[polar lion]

Which UR u r talking about?

[left cedar]

if its a CA or CL, u wanna more eva in Boss fights.
if its a CA or CL, u wanna Toolbox cuz the heal helps more cuz u have more time to heal.

[vale gyro]

Who’s in the vanguard middle position of fleet 1? Just curious cos that’s the only portrait I don’t recognise

[wind hazel]

ply is tanky enough to not die in most of the times, just go rudder+fp or 2nd eva gear

like rudder+fumo or something

if ply is dying then the 2nd aux isnt gonna matter 99% of the time

[cunning bison]

tyty

[wind hazel]

that's a lot of thumbsup

[cunning bison]

helena i beleve

[severe nebula]

Nakhimov, Rumey, the new Italian one.

[dreamy blade]

thats fleet 2

[severe nebula]

harbin

[vale gyro]

Thanks

[cunning bison]

ooh ye mb

[still pond]

which stage i clear for lvl ups i'm lvl 45 and need to hit 50 for the next main story chapter ^^

[eternal basalt]

Event?

[polar lion]

Soyuz, Nyakhimov, Rumey backline new best backline vs med

Rafa is kyutee secretary/ mobbing superstar but your current UvH, Indepkai, Unikai backline for mobbing/crossfleet purpose is potent enuf already also

[normal cedar]

what is this pane used to display?some sort of special events?

[south sequoia]

nothing

its just there

[jaunty vault]

it used to be for sos missions iirc?

sos missions are no more

[normal cedar]

is magdeburg worth investing in? I got her from daily light build today, but i dont what CVs are supposed to be used for

[jaunty vault]

magdeburg is a CL and also not really

[normal cedar]

oh sorry my bad i misread L as V

[polar lion]

Kear, Enty, Fritz
Kear, Enty, Yorkii
Alsace, Bizwei, Vanny

Any other top anti light variations?

[undone plover]

soyuz fritz neko should be good vs light as well

[storm heron]

kear yorkii implac/fritz

[polar lion]

Oh yea I forgor about Implap. Why do i always forgor abt her

[hybrid pelican]

Who is the gal on the new login screen?

[polar lion]

NJ

[solid kite]

new jersey apparently

[hybrid pelican]

Is that a new skin?

[solid kite]

not at this moment

[polar lion]

We wish

[solid kite]

but hey at least we get a banger bulin skin

[blissful hamlet]

who's better implac or fritz?

[frank pulsar]

depends on whether you a need a stop

fritz > implac if a slow suffices

[blissful hamlet]

who should get buffed in vs light, fritz or york2?

[carmine heath]

Do I get dido or sirius?

[blissful hamlet]

sirius

[wind hazel]

sirius

[carmine heath]

this is siriusly not the answer I was expecting

[orchid reef]

good right for her

[wind hazel]

could be better, but if those are your best, sure

but definitely dont use her at current limit break

[winged python]

While I wait for morale to recover. Anyone on my team I should replace with drops so far?

Not sure if you need rest of the blues in pic as well

[dreamy blade]

After uni retro then you can retro Nelson to replace Penn

After that everyone is solid

[wind hazel]

give her this gun, and torp. rob the gold torp from roon if you aren't using roon

[winged python]

I haven’t started retroing anyone. When do I get resources for that? XD

[wind hazel]

but again if you aren't limit breaking her, don't need to use her

[dreamy blade]

From hard mode which you can do 3x daily, carrier prints for uni are from x-4 stages

[orchid reef]

i will mlb her

[sinful escarp]

do hard mode
X-1 for DD
X-2 for CL/CA
X-3 for BB/BC
X-4 for CV/CVL

[winged python]

I’ll have to try if I can do hard 1 already

[steel grotto]

you can steadily do that over time no rush

[winged python]

It said lethal so I didn’t try XD

[wind hazel]

do you need to

[dreamy blade]

Your unlock hard mode by getting 3 stars on every stage in normal

[orchid reef]

or i could also use the 127 golden one i have

[sinful escarp]

every map starts at lethal

[soft raft]

tho also note that Gold retrofit blueprints dont drop until W3H

[steel grotto]

thats only because its your first run it goes down as you clear the node

[winged python]

Oh

[dreamy blade]

Maps always start out at lethal

[wind hazel]

that gun is just as poopoo

[winged python]

I thought it was based on power

[dreamy blade]

As long as your ships are at or above the level of the enemies you don't have to worry

[steel grotto]

its basically reduces difficulty as you do it more times to lessen the time needed to grind it

[orchid reef]

so this good?

[dreamy blade]

Since hard mode runs are daily gated would def try to start doing them

[winged python]

Yeah, will try now, should have enough morale for one run

[orchid reef]

i also have san diego but not full retrofit and not mlb but i can choose the san diego again in the newcomer to lmb her to tier 2 so then only 1 lmb away from max. Then the next with retrofit which would be by me alot of pain but i am not sure so should i start to retrofit san diego?

[sinful escarp]

no rush since you have a lot of time until tomorrow

[winged python]

Yeah, way over-leveled for this

Wish I knew about the lethal thing before

[sinful escarp]

do w3 hard mode at the very least for a chance for the gold bp

[steel grotto]

you should also ideally start doing hard mode daily on the highest node you can to farm up core data

you can get some good stuff from the core data shop

[winged python]

You don't have to beat previous one so do next so I can do any of W3, what level would be for uni?

[sinful escarp]

X-1 for DD
X-2 for CL/CA
X-3 for BB/BC
X-4 for CV/CVL

[steel grotto]

as long as you full star the map on normal mode