gameplay-help

[hushed sorrel]

she could be in the free-choice banner this en-anni

[serene cloud]

do i build 3 in non ur event

ic ty

[wind hazel]

depends on your cube count, it can be even 100

[late flame]

during non UR event its still better to do 1 daily pull

• about the only exception is if you want to pull for event ships but lack resources (cubes/coins) and wanna try 3 per day instead of saving up and mass pull at one go

[ornate narwhal]

Is hellcat or type 0 better?

[wind hazel]

which hellcat, which type 0

[whole crypt]

zero is a 🚮 fighter, but you may have better options if the hellcat isn't gold

[ornate narwhal]

Is shigure or Houston or laffey good?

[tropic tusk]

laffey but all 3 u dont be using past w11

[hushed sorrel]

laffey is good and laffey 2 is endgame

ok after i quick check i dont use her for w15

[wind hazel]

shigure good torp statstick

[storm olive]

Just get kawa meta for torp stat stick

[stuck imp]

how do I build Gouden Leeuw?

[tropic tusk]

shes at research pr8

[drowsy warren]

Hey, is the new PR8 gear any good?

[stuck imp]

ah yeah mb I meant how to gear her, I just got her yesterday

[tropic tusk]

yes

[wind hazel]

same as other CA, use her own gun vs Light, hind gun for the rest

[drowsy warren]

Oh yeah? Is there any guide or review I can see to learn about it more???

[soft raft]

Besides the UR BB gun, no not really

[drowsy warren]

Oh, too bad I saw I had enough to make two of the new guns (obviously not the UR) and wondered if it was worth the effort

[soft raft]

There's a dedicated research guide, but that's prob not what you're looking for

[stuck imp]

what's her own gun and whats a hind gun? sorry idk anything about gears😭

[drowsy warren]

I normally use this: https://azurlaneecgc.com/equipment/
But I think they haven't updated it yet since there's no PR8 gear, or at least I failed to see it

[wind hazel]

her own gun from PR8

Hindenburg's gun from PR6

[stuck imp]

ah i see!

[tropic tusk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWlZLu9VTaU

[wind hazel]

suchiguma has indepth guide on her

[stuck imp]

okay, thank u 👍

[boreal wagon]

i dont think its from pr8

[wind hazel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU9D8o4egO8

[drowsy warren]

Thanks a ton man!

[wind hazel]

yeah lmao i was fixing hind's name and accidentally corrected pr6 to PR8

[forest palm]

[ocean oriole]

Hey guys should I be worried about this?

I always seem to have too many of these. Am I just not using them enough or do you normally not use them?

I just hate that they're going to waste.

Plus the last event had me using all my resources so I couldn't do war archives.

[tropic tusk]

its normal

[ocean oriole]

Out of curiosity, is there any event you recommend doing?

From war archives I mean.

[tropic tusk]

did u collect all iron blood ship yet?

[ocean oriole]

I started playing last month... 😅

I don't have all of anything lol 😭

[tropic tusk]

Opposite-Colored , Inverted Orthant,Rondo at Rainbow's End,The Enigma and the Shark and Tower of Transcendence

all for boss drop they are all iron blood ship to help u get fdg early on

then thers Skybound Oratorio for jeanne which u can farm that later on as she can help u with fights here and there

tho dont prio war ahrive as they are always there if theres event or u can farm better thhings then do those

[ocean oriole]

I appreciate it. It can be so confusing to know what to do sometimes in the game.

Ty 🙏

[tropic tusk]

after a few months all these is just brain dead

tho i still have problem with wt wep is good n bad im just using wt im using atm

[dark terrace]

cvl-indepence is good?

[inner delta]

indep is good yea

[dark terrace]

ok

[soft raft]

very good after retro

[sullen birch]

How's essex retrofit?

[hollow sail]

no one knows

[late flame]

come back again when event is up

[sullen birch]

Ok

[warm trail]

When is the onga bonga skin of anchorage be available? I cant read pins

[soft raft]

we know jack shit besides the fact that she'll be a SR->UR Retrofit and what she looks like

[warm trail]

When

I cant check pins

[soft raft]

Probably when the event goes up
which would be next week

Also that stuff isnt in the pins here

[wind hazel]

thursday

[warm trail]

Oh next wek

[tired grotto]

How to get fast the items needed in early games I already saw post about it but it's weird I have more iron blood ship and higher rarity but I have the same numbers

[viscid swift]

Don't focus on PR early game

[hollow sail]

that's doubtful considering IB ships give more tech

[viscid swift]

You are not in a position to afford it right now

[hollow sail]

unless you have only low displacement botes but even then

anyway you can ignore shipyard for now

seems you have too little for literally anything

[clever valley]

are any of the 10$ insta buy PR ship bundles worth picking up?

[void walrus]

Plymouth, probably

Whichever one the UR CL is
as there are a grand total of two of them ingame

[boreal wagon]

you cant buy DRs with that

[viscid swift]

Well if you're gonna buy a ship you may as well go all out and buy the 16 dollar one to make them usable

But unless you're a whale I wouldn't bother

[tired grotto]

I just bought this skin that's why and with ancorage skin which I will ofc buy I wanted to go fast

[clever valley]

ah becuase you need all the BP to make them usable? and no i wouldnt call my self a whale

[viscid swift]

I'm telling you'll just make things harder and more difficult for yourself if you try and pursue it now

You're not even in w9 yet, let alone w12 which would be highly preferable

[void walrus]

Didn't know about that, I haven't looked at those packs

[viscid swift]

Because you'll need tons of coins and a good spot to farm

[tired grotto]

And roon is still good to use or not?

[clever valley]

ah yah i just hit 6 2 soo ill pass

[viscid swift]

Only if she's Dev 30

[tired grotto]

Is it hard to get ?

Cause this is crazy

[viscid swift]

You'll be investing a few hundred thousand coins over the course of a month

After you unlock her

[warped acorn]

should i go do anchorage first based on the progession

[boreal wagon]

just to be clear that skin would require you to oath her

[viscid swift]

I'd finish Agir at this point before moving on

[warped acorn]

alr

[tired grotto]

Yes I know there is only 4 oath skin that i like and she is the only one that I will have

And new jersey

[hybrid pelican]

Have they announced an UR?

[boreal wagon]

a UR retro (Essex)

[inner delta]

essex retro is the ur

[boreal wagon]

EN anniv doesnt get gacha URs

[sweet delta]

Maybe in a few more years

[vernal osprey]

My Bluestacks just crashed while doing opsi again...what other emulator is good? I heard mumuplayer is good

[whole crypt]

at least that's already 2 consecutive years with UR retrofits

they used to be a once however many years thing

[boreal wagon]

yeah i cant wait to get only USS UR retros going forward

[whole crypt]

[boreal wagon]

honestly i am amazed they even remember retrofit is a feature that exists

[inner delta]

they literally cant put ur on en, its literally 1 month apart from jp

[forest palm]

there's other places to complain, like #game-feedback

[boreal wagon]

im not even complaining tho
but yes not for this channel

[forest palm]

also Yorktown II, New Jersey, Laffey II, and Guam

[hollow sail]

sandy and warspite came within only a few months of eachother, but then it turned into years for yuudachi and eldridge

[forest palm]

got me curious on something...

Warspite, Sandy, and Yuudachi are all about a year apart from one another, and Eldridge is the only one that isn't

[whole crypt]

scheduling in early years is weird
we also did not get a new UR retrofit after that for over a year, the one after that even longer

[hollow sail]

not sure where you got that from but wiki has release dates

[whole crypt]

spoot was like 4 months after sandy on CN/JP schedule

it's even closer for EN

[forest palm]

as far as EN is concerned
Nov 21st 2019 (WS) → August 29th 2019 (SD) → September 30th 2021 (YD) → Agust 14th 2024 (ER)

[whole crypt]

yes that's 2 months -> 2 years -> 3 years

[forest palm]

and Essex is only a year apart

[whole crypt]

wait for next year if you want pattern

[forest palm]

people whine too much

[eternal moth]

We just be building ships man

[fickle hollow]

Should i use Agir-Kirov (meta)-Z52 or Agir-4star trafalgar-z52 for light armor boss?

[eternal moth]

What main fleet are you using?

[fickle hollow]

Musahshi - Zwei - Lion

[eternal moth]

Z52/Traf/Ply

[fickle hollow]

i dont have ply

[eternal moth]

You should probably fix that

[sweet delta]

gph recommending 4 star traf

[fickle hollow]

just need little more battle data then i get her

[eternal moth]

How many prints do you have for her?

Do you have Aurora?

[fickle hollow]

250 prints for ply and no Aurora

[forest palm]

I'm just curious what else is in their dock, either way fishing out names is useless; screen shots, and what they're fighting would save us from this back and forth

[fickle hollow]

1 sec i will upload my dock

I know i have less dock space will fix that during 7th anniv gem reset

[sweet delta]

Without knowing more about this light armor boss, the recommended ships are Lion, Bisz, Fritz or Raffaello, Aegir or Z52, Helena, and Z52 or Watarase

Why you were considering a 4 star traf vs a 3 star kirovm

[fickle hollow]

Sandi hard clear, i was just simply doing runs ,died during 1 run with only 0.5 hp bar left so doing troll runs to see if i could do it with them

[steep vortex]

What's a gem reset??^^

[late flame]

Gem reset only concerns you if you are not f2p

[steep vortex]

Oof I am f2p

[forest palm]

does Gouden add or change one of the icons to a Parchute Bomb?

[onyx flame]

resetting the first purchase bonus for gem packs in da shop

[steep vortex]

What's the best hard mode stages for decent odds for gold retrofits blueprints

[forest palm]

there is none, you just farm the highest stage you can

[pseudo salmon]

OpSi, what is the hidden zone data logger?

[steep vortex]

What are the odds

[boreal wagon]

she changes the BB button to a parachute bomb when her special airstrike is next in line to load (because its fired by a ghost bb gun)

[forest palm]

you'd have to ask the devs

[late flame]

Removes fog of war when doing hidden (yellow) zones in opsi

[forest palm]

for hard mode we just recommend farming the highest Hard Mode Node you can because it gives more core data

[fickle hollow]

thanks , also wanted to know what research should i do ,need 100 prints to mlb Nakhimov and abt 200 for napoli

1. should i complete PR7 then farm PR8
2. Or farm 3 ur guns then do PR7?

[sweet delta]

Complete 7

[steep vortex]

But im looking for something I kinda want more of, im surprised there aren't stats for this by now

[sweet delta]

The rate is so flat or slowly increasing across chapters that nobody cares about diligently collecting data, especially for lower chapters

[forest palm]

again we don't know the rates, and can only assume what they are, the devs have only told us Akagi and Kaga drop rates, most data collection done by players is very far and few

again the simplest thing to do is Farm the highest world you can

[steep vortex]

I'd imagine a higher chapter like chapter 10 or 12 would be recorded at least

[viscid swift]

nope

[late flame]

Be the change you want

[viscid swift]

literally no one cares enough to do so

and let me ask you this, what does knowing the actual number change exactly?

it's still just a rate, rng can either be very kind or say fuck you

[steep vortex]

Idk of another way to reliably get gold retrofits

[viscid swift]

so the number of runs you'll need to get what you want can still vary quite considerably

[wind hazel]

reliable way is to play the game

[sweet delta]

If there would be a data collection that many people would be willing to do, then that would be for the Research Academy. But ALAS, CN players didn't do manual collection and EN's manual submission data collection by ectl is not even updated for years and wasn't shared publicly in the first place

[viscid swift]

3 starring hard mode stages

[late flame]

Grind more complain less

[steep vortex]

Im just asking from a new player perspective I come into a help chat to ask for help, what more do you expect if they ask a odd question?

Im not complaining but im trying to understand

[forest palm]

we will always tell new players that we do not know, and the devs don't devulge that information, and no one really bothers to do data collection

it's kind of that simple

you were even told to just farm the highest hard mode node you can, which is the common recommendation

[steep vortex]

Alr i guess,ty for the info

Another question what's all the ways to get gems as a f2p not including beating stages 3 stars

[green cave]

missions

[worldly pewter]

items that make special zones with a yellow chest above the tile

[green cave]

Commissions or cruise missions

[steep vortex]

Wdym

[green cave]

Is the Exp Capped in OpSi now?

[worldly pewter]

it isn't hard to get enough for each type once because of 3☆ past ch2 gives u guaranteed
if u want to do the second ship that needs the same type u need some drops

[wind hazel]

these, sometimes there will be ones with gems, it's low chance to get it, and low chance to actually find gems from that commission

free cruise pass doesn't give any gem, only paid one

other than that, you gotta wait for dev to send us gems for special events like anniversary

[steep vortex]

Now is it only urgent commissions or daily

[wind hazel]

yes you gotta spawn these by sortieing

[steep vortex]

So only urgent?

[wind hazel]

they dont appear normally like daily ones

[steep vortex]

Ah oki, now when you complete one how much do the give

[worldly pewter]

can u elaborate more because i have no idea what capped exp means

[viscid swift]

you'll get 800 from the Anni rewards this year but's that's pretty much a once per year hadnout

[sweet delta]

0 or more

[viscid swift]

0-50s

[wind hazel]

random, can be 10~60 if you get them

[sweet delta]

The gem commissions are very rare, and completing one usually gives 0 gems

[wind hazel]

highest i've gotten is 58

[forest palm]

I've landed on 60 twice

[steep vortex]

Alright ty very much for the information I needed

[wind hazel]

free gem is free gem

[viscid swift]

Do this for 200 gems.
#game-news message

[sweet delta]

[steep vortex]

Wha that

[wind hazel]

idk might be my mother's weight

[viscid swift]

we should have this pinned

[onyx flame]

How important is fate sim for shimato, just need 6 more bps for dev 30 but was wondering if i should stay focus on pr6 till i get her fate sim done

[sweet delta]

What's the status of all of your season 6 ships?

[onyx flame]

i got nuthing

most of shimanto bps just came from catch up

[viscid swift]

#game-news message

Does not need to be elaborate, you can use an unedited screen shot in game and it will count.

[viscid swift]

@atomic abyss could we get this pinned until it ends

[steep vortex]

Hasn't that expired past the 8th?

[viscid swift]

it runs until August 24th

[onyx flame]

well almost nothing i was sitting in pr6 focus for a bit before moving to pr8

[steep vortex]

Has it started already?

[viscid swift]

yes

[steep vortex]

How does it work

[sweet delta]

Then get off of 6 focus immediately https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/research-focus/

[green cave]

it doesn't look like any of the ships are getting any EXP even after a full clear of the top board (32+ sorties) just wondering if im doing anything wrong

[viscid swift]

read the instructions in the message/announcement

the photo can be just about anything, I just use a SS from in game

[onyx flame]

back to pr8 focus it is

[steep vortex]

Is it on any build option and can I just share it whenever I get a decent ship for the 200 Dimonds?

[viscid swift]

what, you can literally use any screen shot and it will count

[steep vortex]

I don't post i only use the share link whenever I see do this for free rewards

I don't even actually have Facebook or X, I only use the goggle extension

[viscid swift]

you need to make an actual post fot this

[wind hazel]

do you want free gem? make a burner account

[viscid swift]

I created a twitter account pretty much just to use for this

[worldly pewter]

there are fleets that don't give exp mainly the ones that auto spawn in the hidden zones
the daily mission ones
most likely u were hitting the auto spawned ones in the hidden zone

[steep vortex]

I have an account just not the app nor do I post only use the share feature when I get a new unit in any game that gives you free stuff for sharing

[green cave]

Sounds about right then. thanks Abdou

[sweet delta]

Ok

[steep vortex]

Sadge

[viscid swift]

you don't need the app though

[worldly pewter]

that is cheeky but np

[green cave]

sorry about that

[steep vortex]

If i had a limit for spending on the game(which I don't), say 30$ what would be the best value for gems?

Wether it be a pack or anything

[viscid swift]

gem packs with x2 first purchase bonus

[sweet delta]

2x bonus gems are the best gems per money

[verbal plinth]

Get it now it resets on 4 days!!!

[sweet delta]

And gems are what you need for. The permanent things like oaths and skins

[steep vortex]

So if i did the 20$ and 10$ gems pack the total 3600 is the best amount?

[sweet delta]

Other packs include renewable resources that you can get by just playing for longer

[steep vortex]

Im only looking into it for opening up the 6 spots for dorms or a slot in the school

Whatever left on dock space

[sweet delta]

There is the event lucky bag for $25 to $30 but it's only worth if you get a ship skin you would have bought anyways

6 slot dorm and 3 slot tactical are not recommended for f2p or low spenders

You want the second floor dorm for 500 gems instead

[steep vortex]

I already did that

3 slots for both

[viscid swift]

you should look to put more into dock space then

[sweet delta]

Only hardcore players with morale problems on multiple fleets would need 6 slots for both

[steep vortex]

Ill have a second team soon so morale is going to be a pain, so I was wondering if a limit of 30$ is wish enough to solve it

[viscid swift]

you only need to dorm your mob fleet

[sweet delta]

The boss fleet doesn't need morale

[worldly pewter]

do u know about the existence of the second floor

[viscid swift]

the boss fleet doesn't drain morale fast enough to worry about

[steep vortex]

Then how do they gain back morale

Or they gain it back naturally?

[sweet delta]

Ships recover morale up to 119 morale

[viscid swift]

morale recovers naturally at 10/hr

putting them in the dorm just makes that recover faster and allows to go to 150 morale

[steep vortex]

Alright noted, then what about one slot in the school and the rest dockspace?

[wind hazel]

school? tactical class? 2 is enough

[steep vortex]

That'll be 150 dock space and an extra slot inthe school for 3 in total

[steep vortex]

Is there a way to spend books faster then?

[wind hazel]

no, just level them everyday whenever they are done

[steep vortex]

There dosnt seem to be an option to speed up with more books

[viscid swift]

there isn't outside one event we get every blue moon

[wind hazel]

just keep your uptime close to 100%, time it when you sleep with 8hour book etc

[sweet delta]

There aren't that many ships you need to urgently level up skills for

[viscid swift]

but in the kong run it's a waste of gems because you'll have all the skills you want leveled and eventually you'll just be leveling skills for the sake of it

[steep vortex]

I got 12 that need it

And then some

[viscid swift]

just gotta priortize and get a bit savy

[sweet delta]

Fr prioritize them, like Portland at the bottom most priority

[viscid swift]

like don't try and max one before moving onto the next

get the important ones to level 4 because that'll only cost you one gold skill book

[steep vortex]

Its hard to prioritize when more than 2 ships could use it especially the skills everyone recommends

[sweet delta]

Who exactly are these 12 ships?

[steep vortex]

My 12 ships that is doing my everything in my early game rn

[sweet delta]

1. Dont level Portland skills
2. Not everyone needs to be skill level 10 for you to beat early game

[steep vortex]

Everyone has a skill that needs leveling, I know 2-3 of them aren't needed but that still leaves 7-8 that do

[viscid swift]

also again, level advantage, use and abuse it when you can't lean on anything else right now

[steep vortex]

I just feel like i can take advantage of 3 slots because of skill colors, and the fact im getting more books then im spending now that im at a equilibrium

Better time cost wise

[viscid swift]

you could in the early game

but you're a free 2 play, you have a very finite amount of gems to play with

and spending 500 gems on what amounts to a short term gain is not the most wise idea shall we say

[steep vortex]

Im only asking this if I did set a 30 dallor limit that gave me 3600 gems

[viscid swift]

if you want to sure but I would still not reccomend it

[wind hazel]

i'd rather you buy 4th dorm slot than 3rd tactical class slot

[worldly pewter]

still on the topic ?

[steep vortex]

Yet even you still don't recommend that either only dock space

[wind hazel]

because f2p

[steep vortex]

Then I'll ask this

[wind hazel]

if you wanna spend $ then 4th dorm slot is more valuable than 3rd tactical class

[ornate narwhal]

Is this an ok team? I’ll try to retrofit Nelson and the CVs and shropshire.

[wind hazel]

no

[steep vortex]

How many dock space do i realistically need before I can spend it on something else

[empty snow]

if all i want are more purple plates, does running w11 vs w15 matter?

[viscid swift]

even if you're not a collector around 400 would still be reccomended

[wind hazel]

depends if you wanna be a collector or not. somewhere between 300-500

[sweet delta]

If you wanted to start an alt with more "optimal" gameplay. Then why aren't you following new player guides better?

[ornate narwhal]

I have my first team already but I’m still 5 lvls away from being able to do chapter 6

[sweet delta]

Then level up your first team…

[steep vortex]

I do but rn I need to set a goal to be better at the game since f2p or low spender can't realistically build ships constantly

[viscid swift]

you can though

[viscid swift]

I pretty much pulled on every banner when I started out and achieved 100% collection rate around 2.5 years later

note I said pulled and not sweeped

[steep vortex]

2.5 years yeah but im new and im sure at some point you spent gems on quality of life on either the school or the dorm

[sweet delta]

OK?

[viscid swift]

dock space is quality of life though

[ornate narwhal]

They are all overlvled for chapter 6

[viscid swift]

you don't want to pause every other fight to make space in the dock just to continue fighting

[sweet delta]

Stop thinking about chapter 6 then, how do you expect to reach oil cap of the upcoming event if you waste exp on a second fleet?

[steep vortex]

But if I stayed ahead of the game in terms of space at what amount of space for you recommend before you rationalize doing a dorm slot or school slot

For QOL

[viscid swift]

me personally? enough to hold one copy of every ship +100 or so to house bullins and drop fodder

which is currently 820 or so

[worldly pewter]

u are stretching the topic more than enough imo
the basic idea is very shrimple
3-4 dorm slots second floor then all into dock space

[steep vortex]

Can you even get that within a year?

[viscid swift]

no which is the point

[worldly pewter]

1.7y 510

[steep vortex]

So when I hit 820 im good to spend it on whatever as long as im not anywhere near the limit?

[eternal basalt]

You get 800 the 14th

[drifting sleet]

Is there any tier list I can look at?

[viscid swift]

more or less

but more ships will be added between now and the time you actually reach that

[viscid swift]

/tierlist

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Ship Tier Lists

Please note that tier lists are subjective and evaluation criteria differ from creator to creator. We encourage users to use multiple guides to get a better picture for ships' performance and said criteria.

🔹Rankings for End Game Azur Lane - Applicable to all forms of late game content (W14/15, META Showdowns, OPSI, CM) by Suchiguma
🔹CN tier list - by NGA Forum

use /equip for list of equipment TLs and guides
use /guide for list of helpful gameplay guides and FAQs

[steep vortex]

Will cross that road when we get there, ty for the awnser I was looking for

[eternal basalt]

+do the online event that gives you another 200 ontop

[ornate narwhal]

Instead of farming 5-4 could I start doing divergent chessboard to get German ships to get roon and later FdG?

[steep vortex]

It shouldn't take long to gather the gems needed to get higher in dock space

[worldly pewter]

if u can spend the oil in oil capped maps that is ideal

[eternal basalt]

https://x.com/AzurLane_EN/status/1949726522278830340

[steep vortex]

What do you recommend i post

[ornate narwhal]

Doesn’t c1 have oil cap? Or am I remembering incorrectly?

[steep vortex]

Or i guess the question is what would be considered thier valid post

[viscid swift]

It does not

[stark quiver]

Anything

[viscid swift]

this was mine

[eternal basalt]

Except a repost. RIP 200 gems for me 2 years ago

[stark quiver]

Where was your “wish”

[viscid swift]

7 more years of AL

[steep vortex]

That all you need, short description a photo and #

[viscid swift]

yes

[sweet delta]

If you would read the instructions then yes that's what the instructions said

[viscid swift]

exactly

[steep vortex]

Clarification my dear Watson

[viscid swift]

I literally said earlier any screen shot from in game works

[steep vortex]

I was asking because you put a small description to

And sometimes you don't know maybe posting a azurlane meme photo don't count so im asking just in case

There are no such things as dumb questions

[wind hazel]

[steep vortex]

Wouldn't it be unfair to say if I posted something using the "anything azur lane" photo and when time comes and my post didn't meet thier validation amd no gems I'd be rightfully upset,no?

[wind hazel]

is reading simple instructions so hard for you

[verbal plinth]

They prob just scan post for hashtag

[wind hazel]

Share your anniversary wishes and photos or videos of Azur Lane on X or Facebook using the hashtag #AzurLane7thAnniv

tell me what does this sentence mean

[viscid swift]

You could have just asked that from the start though

[eternal basalt]

^

[steep vortex]

.......??????

[viscid swift]

Rather than go through the whole song and dance about not wanting to make a post

[steep vortex]

......

There's my question from the start

Moving on

[viscid swift]

I meant this whole back and forth

[steep vortex]

It was before I clicked on the submission link

I didn't even know at the time there needed to be a submission link

Moving on

[gritty slate]

whats the quickest way to get commander levels?

[cobalt rapids]

grinding with full fleets

[obtuse island]

need help with my enty dealing low dmg

[gritty slate]

who should i use this ur bullin on

[hushed sorrel]

highest possible auto-run campaign level

[clever valley]

should i equip the black and white shell on the same ship?

[cobalt rapids]

thats a good combination

[hoary basin]

In guild tech dock slots buildable at 4200 what that means ?

[undone plover]

It means your activity points need to be 4200 I think

Can u screenshot just to be sure

[hoary basin]

Okay

@undone plover

[rain vine]

yeah, thats activity points

[hoary basin]

What is activity points and i need to do to get the ap ?

[rain vine]

participate in guild operations, submit materials in guild 3x daily

[hoary basin]

Oh okay understood

[undone plover]

What maty said

[shy oracle]

For upcoming event w a ring and 800 gems is it better to buy dock space w the gems or another ring or preference?

[viscid swift]

dock space as always if you're F2P

[onyx flame]

if your f2p its always dock space

[shy oracle]

Ight

[rose whale]

Is this good?

[viscid swift]

no

[rose whale]

So the quad mag is still the go-to?

[sweet delta]

yes

[rose whale]

Thanks you two

[fallen jay]

What submarines should I go for MLB?

[stark quiver]

what submarines do you have

[fallen jay]

Let me get them real quick. Also is San Diego a good unit to MLB?

Wait which letter combo is for submarines?

SS right?

[eternal basalt]

SS, SSV, IX (s)

[eternal basalt]

None of them

[cobalt robin]

You won't be needing subs anytime soon but only noticable are i58 and u556

Although you will get better subs by the time when you actually need em

[fallen jay]

Wait when do I really need them? Cause I’ve been farming 12-1 awhile. I’m actually really close to getting Agir. Just need 57% in CDC2 then she’s mine

[cobalt robin]

You won't need subs until w14

[rain vine]

w14, 15, harder opsi content

[stark quiver]

between w14-15 and never

[cobalt robin]

and even w14 you can brute force without subs

[fallen jay]

What do you mean and never?

[cobalt robin]

You will never need subs outside of w14 and 15

[stark quiver]

most if not all content in azur lane is doable without subs

[cobalt robin]

even better without subs cause they cost so much oil

[fallen jay]

They’re more support units. They’ve proven very useful to me in bruteforicng theough a lot of the campaign to get to 12-1

[eternal basalt]

Opsi

[fallen jay]

Wait so I should have them disabled and I’ll save on a bunch of oil farming 12-1?!

[cobalt robin]

if you "need" subs in earlier chapters then it's a skill issue

[cobalt robin]

I've not used them a single time in opsi

[cobalt robin]

Definitely, it's a waste of oil

[fallen jay]

I did before just getting to 12-1 cause my units were struggling before at first. Now I just have them always deployed out of habit. But if they’re wasting oil I’ll remove them

[cobalt robin]

worry about subs later when they are actually useful

[eternal basalt]

Get Albacore and Flasher in January 2026

[fallen jay]

Wait I’m not seeing the waste of oil cause when I select repeat sortie to farm 12-1 it’s the exact same cost with or without subs.

[cobalt robin]

wolf pack for the alphas

[eternal basalt]

It doesn't count subuse, they DO use oil

[fallen jay]

Oh. Didn’t know that

[cobalt robin]

It's not shown but they cost oil still, you can see how much they cost in the fleet menu

[fallen jay]

Huh well I’ll just go without them then.

[eternal basalt]

It's how you can do 13-1 for 950 oil, have more than 1000 and end prematurely with no oil

[sweet delta]

The game does not show sub cost in the auto search starting screen because it doesn't know how many battles the subs will fight in

[proper cypress]

in the medal shop i have hood and warspite already what other BB should i get and what CL should i get?

[sweet delta]

San Diego > Sirius for CL
Any BB for faction tech points or level 120 tech stat

[jovial briar]

Any tips for beginners?

[sweet delta]

since none of the other BBs are particularly impressive

[proper cypress]

ok

[rain vine]

/guide

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Guides to Azur Lane

If you're not sure where to start or how to optimize something, try checking this out!
🔹 English Community Guide Compendium by samheart564

Contains a list of guides about key Azur Lane gameplay mechanics, including:

• Newbie Tips
• Common Resource Guide
• Research Guide
  and more!

If you are an older player aiming to push endgame content, you can check these out instead!
🔹 META Chronicles by pilica12
🔹 Suchiguma Azur Lane Guides by suchiguma

Contains a list of endgame oriented guides and deeper dives into gameplay mechanics, including:

• Chapter 14 and 15
• Challenge Mode
  and more!

Here are some other useful commands:
Use /tierlist and /equip for a ship and equipment tier lists
Use /tags for a full list of things I can help you with

[twilit wren]

Hi! Im a returning player! Been looking at the EN tierliest and I havent seen Dunkerque META updated on it yet, I think the next best battleship I have is Honoka?

[fossil summit]

How often are there limited banners

[twilit wren]

So how good is Dunkerque META lol

[cobalt rapids]

not good

[jovial briar]

Saw it, thank you so much

[undone plover]

around once per month
there are also reruns in between

if u mean collabs usually once per year

[cobalt rapids]

keep using honoka and push to oilcap if u arent alr there

[arctic snow]

can someone help me real quick? when i claimed my oil mail both for the aniversary code and last maintenance compensation i didnt receive any oil. i sent a message in tech support but wanted to ask here as well since i though someone might know something

[twilit wren]

thanks!

[arctic snow]

where in storage i tried looking for it, i might just be blind as well

[boreal wagon]

on the left side

https://cdn.mrlar.dev/i/4xA8RVDlPNTtRxwBfhQMp.png

[arctic snow]

oh, bro i'm stupid, sorry, i was trying to look for it in depot

that was not a thing last i played the game lol, thanks

holy thank got thats a thing lmao, just found out i got 30k oil saved up

[eternal basalt]

A new event happens every month, 4 times a year that is an UR event

[fossil summit]

Probably should save for that then. Do we have any idea when the next one is coming?

[jovial briar]

What's the best thing to do with this? I also have the current META and using it in my Main

I can't open about the META guide, I'm sorry

[eternal basalt]

Next month, september

[viscid swift]

they're al just tech fodder at best

[agile patrol]

should i be destroying every fleet/escort/enemy i find in OpSi? i.e i have the option of just getting my rewards and leaving the map, vs killing everything then leaving

[viscid swift]

no

[cobalt rapids]

press autosearch and if its done and no chest on the map u can go on

[agile patrol]

ouh . . .
ive been killing everything i could

so that's pointless . . . got it!! thanks

[pseudo hearth]

Can someone remind me, where’s the lists that contain how much of what resources UR retrofits need? I’m trying to make sure I’m prepared for Essex.

[sweet delta]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Dockyard#List_of_Ships_for_Retrofit

[rapid shard]

Count should be thr same for other UR retros. I'd just look at sandy on the wiki for a baseline

[pseudo hearth]

Thanks

I’m surprised Sandy’s is the most expensive seemingly.

I didn’t remember it being

Although tbf, that was years ago.

[agile patrol]

butbutbut...
The zone doesn't become blue, it stays gray. im guessing its just my first clear that has to be all enemies

[sweet delta]

Depends on the kind of zone , but auto search usually covers it all

[undone plover]

Sometimes auto search forgets to pick up the last chest

[agile patrol]

ive now learned that request recon is free every 30 minutes.
ive been avoiding using recon this entire time

am i gonna find out im breathing wrong next??

[forest palm]

[fossil summit]

Last time I checked meta units were bad is it still the case.. and why are they bad in the first place

[forest palm]

Elite Meta are not worth using, most SSR Meta are just meddling and rarely worth borthing with, though there's a select few SSR Meta that see use

[fossil summit]

Too bad cuz they look really good

[eternal basalt]

Waifu over META...

[fossil summit]

I would except I'd get my ass kicked

[sweet delta]

all purple META are bad to mid.
all gold META are at least good, and some are the best at niche roles.
Stats and skills make a ship good or bad.

[fossil summit]

Looks like yamashiro and Dunkerque meta aren't leaving the dock

[stark quiver]

yamashiro is good for 120 tech bonus

[fossil summit]

Idk what's that

[sweet delta]

nothing for new players to worry about. Reach chapter 12 first before considering 120 tech

[fossil summit]

That's gonna be in a while

[sweet delta]

120 tech means that all of your max limit broken (MLB) BBs and BCs and BBVs get +1 RLD tech if you get yamashiro to level 120

[stark quiver]

just keep her in your dock for now so you dont have to farm for her in the future

[fossil summit]

Obviously I'm not going to trash her she's beautiful

[bleak nymph]

Silly question, where is it more or less predicted essex retrofit will land for w14 and 15 in usability? (yes i know guesstimates)

[sweet delta]

you can't trash meta ships

[fossil summit]

Perfect then

[sweet delta]

we have zero (0) clue about what her retrofit does

[stark quiver]

it can be both or neither

[fossil summit]

Why does retrofitting take so long 🥀

[weary gust]

Cause you're poor.

[fossil summit]

Most certainly

[weary gust]

The only consistent source of the retro bps is hard mode so be sure to do those each day.

[fossil summit]

That's what I'm doing yes

[agile patrol]

auto search is so useful now with recon
ive been playing this game so wrong 💔

[ivory pawn]

Do we know what's causing the red ! on HQ that just won't go away? I figure if it's not a bug it's related to Private Quarters, but I haven't had any luck finding it.

[brazen lotus]

No medals to claim? Buildings to upgrade?

[ivory pawn]

All medals claimed, buildings have been maxed for a while now.

[stark quiver]

private quarters new arrivals

hmm that doesnt seem to be it

[forest palm]

well it certainly isn't bugged

[brazen lotus]

P sure new background gets a red dot if there is one

[ivory pawn]

That's what I thought, but unless I have to download the assets I don't have the space for, I'm pretty sure I've tapped literally everything I can in the Private Quarters.

Is the Phone in it always trying to get your attention?

[manic spear]

is there a good way to farm levels without wasting 60+ oil on everything (trying to farm to level 60 and no oil cap)

[forest palm]

War Archive, Passionate Polaris is a source

[manic spear]

What makes that in particular so special?

[ivory pawn]

It was Private Quarters. Downloaded NJ and tapped at various stuff and it went away. Was probably messages I unlocked before cleaning out space.

[shy oracle]

Best way to lvl up ships

[stark quiver]

i just become one with the notifications

[slim hinge]

Question on BBs/BCs with main gun preload. Do they get the 15% reduced reload on their second shot if equipped with HPFCR or AFCT?

[soft raft]

Preload doesnt count as a "First load" since it's already avaliable at the start of battle

[slim hinge]

Thanks. I just needed clarification. I originally assumed it was useless to equip them with HPFCR or AFCT since their first volley was loaded.

[white musk]

Burn it down

[slim dawn]

So does Tallinn get's Hipper's augment skill buff or no?
cause Tallinn is also her sister but she's on NP

[viscid swift]

yes

[viral jetty]

Which units should I use for a low oil cost? Or is it better if I use 2 good ships for dmg and the rest trash ships?

[viscid swift]

well low costing where and can you even afford it

[viral jetty]

Idk, to grind events, others missions or xp

For a general use

[viscid swift]

well to be blunt, most of the time you'll be farming oil capped maps for which it is optimal to run full fleets anyway

[soft raft]

doing 1:1 is for the hyper minmaxxing
like farming B1 in the most efficent way possible levels of minmaxxing

[ornate narwhal]

Is there a good BB or CV in the guild shop?

[soft raft]

Pennsylvania

[eternal moth]

Uni

[viral jetty]

Oil capped maps?

[soft raft]

/oilcap

[odd root]

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

[ornate narwhal]

I mean besides them, I need another CV and Penn is 120 already

[soft raft]

are you even doing tech point farming

cuz otherwise idk why you want to ditch your penn

[ornate narwhal]

Yea…

[soft raft]

then just get whoever
at that point it barely matters how good or bad they are because 12-1/12-4 is easy peasy

[viral jetty]

Got it

[slate siren]

i dont understand!!!! what prototype blueprints??!!!!!!

[sweet delta]

convert all of these in the depot

[sweet delta]

for actually analyzing blueprints, follow the catch-up min maxing link here (and read the rest of this too)
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/research-focus/

[slate siren]

WHAT THE HELL IS A CA

[soft raft]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Category:Heavy_cruisers

[slate siren]

i was looking at the wrong page of the gear guide and used all my proto things on the wrong gun 😭

[soft raft]

You bought the triple 234mm?

[slate siren]

thats what i needed, i bought proto quad 152mm

[soft raft]

nah bruh you made the better choice

[granite sand]

Is there a guide to how to consistently clear Compiler for guild ops; I thought I saved a fleet composition that allowed me to do it once but I actually didn't

[soft raft]

whatever you use to fight heavy bosses in OpSi
there's alot of comps that can work for that boss

[granite sand]

not gonna lie, I often just chuck fleet after fleet until the SOB goes down, so any tips to make that more efficient (and consequently, my guild ops more effective)?

[viscid swift]

what do you have to work with?

[granite sand]

once my fleet gets done auto'ing this OpSi map I will answer this

[granite sand]

Main Lv 125s: NJ, Enty, Yorktown I, Constellation, Essex, Tico, Independence, UvH, Bisko, Bisko II, Tripitz, FdG, Graf, Strasser, Odin, Amagi (BC), Ryuuhou, Monarch, Richie, Uni, Perseus
Van Lv 125s: Monty, Helena (retro), SanFran, Brem, London, Z1 (retro), Z23 (retro), Z46, OvA, Regensburg, Roon, Saint Louis, Leipzig (retro)

[viscid swift]

is everything max limit broken?

[granite sand]

I have so much equipment it's better off suggesting something and me telling you if I do/don't have it lol. Notably, all of them are +10

[soft raft]

At this point just post your dock in a thread

that'd be easier for everyone involved

[granite sand]

Compiler Fleet Comps

[clear harbor]

Who to research after Anchorage?

[dreamy blade]

were any of the ryza gear decent offensive auxes?

[forest palm]

Crystal Bomb was the only worth while aux iirc

[dreamy blade]

what about the bullet

[forest palm]

I believe that had some application

either way you can just chuck w/e you don't use on an unused ship

[radiant sage]

RAZD fleet dock

[wraith knoll]

guys my musashi is having trouble staying alive as flagship on 10-3

any advice for how i can bump up her survivability

[undone zinc]

So what happened in the UN stream?? Are they giving away a free UR???

[forest palm]

#en-7th-anniversary-livestream-discussion

[forest palm]

show Musashi

[viscid swift]

use a fire extinguisher among other possible improvements

[undone zinc]

So what should i do with my claim??? Who should i claim for?

[viscid swift]

Shinano

[undone zinc]

I see... Another win for the nothign ever changes team

[sweet delta]

is your musashi 0 limit broken?

[wraith knoll]

shes fully limit broken

[wraith knoll]

damn is fire extinguisher really that usefukl

[obsidian ivy]

Does Rafaello have a flag preference

[wind hazel]

no but most of the time she'd be flag in mobbing

[viscid swift]

also give her a better aux gun and main gun

[dark hazel]

also that's not fully limit broken

[obsidian ivy]

Well I don't wanna flag her so she reaches 125 slower

[wraith knoll]

shiet u right i thought it was

[obsidian ivy]

Gotta get my worth out of her

[viscid swift]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Twin_410mm_(3rd_Year_Type)#tabber-Type_3

this is the better main gun for her

[wraith knoll]

i also recently got von hutten lately

so im tryna spread my resources across multiple ur ships rn

[wind hazel]

don't do that

[dark hazel]

that's the opposite of what you should do

[wraith knoll]

ah is focusing resources on maxing one ship at a time more efficient

[wind hazel]

yes

[hollow sail]

you don't want to spread bulins especially

[wraith knoll]

mmm i see

[hollow sail]

MLB ships are considerably stronger

[wraith knoll]

also where would i need to p[lace my blucher to tank

[dark hazel]

main tank is left most spot in vanguard

[ocean oriole]

Hi guys, should I cremate these ships?

Or should I save them?

Wait, I mean retire...

[obsidian ivy]

Well if your original copy is already mlb then sure liquify them, I mean retire

[hollow sail]

they are not meta relevant. they are collab ships, from a collab that has already rerun so you might not ever have the chance of getting them again if you wished though.

if these are only dupes, then you can burn them, if not you can feed them into the one that is locked. scrapping all would be with the understanding that you may never get these two again

[wraith knoll]

i swear there was a way to combine purple bulins into gold bulins or was that never a thing

[ocean oriole]

I don't know what Major League baseball has to do with this, but if I disintegrate them, can I use bulins to upgrade them?

I mean retire.

[hollow sail]

[wraith knoll]

i have so many purples lying around i wish that was a thing

[wind hazel]

you can use purple bulin to mlb them in the future, yes

[hollow sail]

you have a locked copy of lila and serri right

[ocean oriole]

Ahhhh okay, ty.

I guess they'll live for another day.

[dark hazel]

you should just use the dupes to mlb, why use bulins

[wind hazel]

no exp books, need the dockspace now

and tbh those ships are truly useless, you can ignore them and keep them lv1 0LB forever and it won't affect you at all

[hollow sail]

if you have one locked copy of lila and serri. either feed the rest to them, or scrap the dupes if you want to not waste coins or don't have enough coins and need the dockspace right now

you can always use purple bulins to limit break any elite so copies are not strictly necessary

[ocean oriole]

Guys, should I submit to St Louis?

I don't know how meta she is

[hollow sail]

*saint louis, and sure if you don't have any other potential priorities like portland or something if you're still very new

she's solid at max power level (max fate sim level)

[ocean oriole]

I'm running Retro Laffey, Helena & Saratoga w/ Unicorn...

& Nina lol

I have Enterprise in the works. She's chilling in the dorm 24/7.

[hollow sail]

what about the third vanguard

[ocean oriole]

...

Duca...

[hollow sail]

is she already MLB

[ocean oriole]

I know I've made the major League baseball joke already.

For what does MLB stand for here??? 😅

[hollow sail]

max limit break

full stars

[ocean oriole]

Oooooh, yeah she is.

[hollow sail]

alright, that's acceptable then i suppose

[ocean oriole]

So is St Louis worth investing in right now?

Or just work on Enterprise right now?

I also have San Diego but I haven't started building her.

I hear she's going to drain my resources, so I am scared to touch her.

[hollow sail]

you might have more worthwhile coinable ships

or maybe not, i wouldn't know

i would have to know the status of your shipyard

[ocean oriole]

Well, it's not good I will say that much lol

[hollow sail]

the most immediately relevant ships in the shipyard for a new player are anchorage and august von parseval from PR4 but you might not have the tech points for that

developing a ship by buying bps with coins takes a bit of time

[viscid swift]

my dude, are you even in Chapter 9 yet

[ocean oriole]

I know, but I gave up on Neptune soooooo, I started working on St Louis.

[soft raft]

Nah that's a SR->UR retrofit for Essex, though I guess that's the closest thing to a "Free UR" we will ever get

[viscid swift]

that's fine, but the shipyard is a 2ndary concern for you right now

[viscid swift]

well
as free as 60k coins, 20 T3 retrofit BPs, and 3 gold bullins can be

[ocean oriole]

Ok, I'm just out of oil so I'm trying to find things to do lol

I can't even get the chapter 9 right now... 😓

[hollow sail]

then don't worry too much about the shipyard right now

[ocean oriole]

So don't pour resources into shipyard then?

[hollow sail]

after crossing chapter 9 you get access to oil capped stages massively reducing the cost of your sorties

[hollow sail]

no need to go hard on it right now, you can just spend those purple blueprints for example to build the bote later on when you're more ready with access to a stage that lets you grind repeatedly for actually good amounts of coins and exp (ideally chaper 12, with chapter 11 already being a big jump from chapter 10 in terms of exp earned)

[wind hazel]

just submit the rest when you're done with the CDC. you have laffey and helena doing the grinding, so it's not that bad, but also unnecessary to submit anything before your CDCs are done

[lament tree]

What is all this? Im returning after almost a year

I do mean the whole thing, it seems like my rookie missions also reset cause I was at the last phase

[hollow sail]

what exactly do you need to know? these dev missions already existed back then yeah, but the GUI has revamped. you used to have to click on the side of the book or whatever to access the dev missions but now it's like this

[lament tree]

So theyre not new, just been moved?

[zenith heron]

Any good Ships worth for Power and Low Oil Cost other than Ranger and Cassin?

[hollow sail]

some of the missions changed slightly in some places

but that's about it

the mechanic tutorial missions are newer

[lament tree]

So I dont have to do the missions that are like, get 3 mil exp for a certain faction ship?

[short widget]

That's the point

[hollow sail]

sounds like you are talking about shipyard instead. you still need to do all of those steps to build the bote in the shipyard

for these missions it is exactly as they say, they are not hard to complete and you will generally naturally clear them

[lament tree]

Ok...then what does the dev missions provide?

[short widget]

If you do the dev missions for the pr series you want to make, you can basically skip the exp grind for it yeah

[lament tree]

Oh

Big if true

[hollow sail]

it is in fact not big if true

[lament tree]

[sweet delta]

It is true, but at what cost?

[wind hazel]

at least 2

[hollow sail]

those diskettes you get do allow you to skip exp grind for ships in the shipyard but this isn't worth it. they have a second use that is much better

you can "analyze" them to turn them into prototype cores which is a much more valuable resource

[lament tree]

I just spent 600 gems on depot expansions by accident

How do I undo

[wind hazel]

you cry yourself to sleep tonight, that's it

[hollow sail]

you can't, unfortunately

i did it once myself in the early days

[hollow viper]

I did see something about pulling and saving cubes. Is there any banner that is up an coming i should look out for?

[stark quiver]

September

[lament tree]

Is September the anni?

[hollow viper]

Like the start of september or later into. Either way feels like a long wait.

[zenith heron]

JP Anniversary for UR

[lament tree]

Whens global

[zenith heron]

this Month

[hollow viper]

Is it gone? Or just have to wait a bit longer?

[lament tree]

Oh cool

[zenith heron]

It hasn't started yet... we just had a live stream a few days ago

[stark quiver]

late

[hollow viper]

I'm new to the community sorry.

[lament tree]

What are augmentes? I see that alsace has a slot

[ocean oriole]

I am tho...

I just checked lol

[zenith heron]

No harm done...

Usually URs are expected on JP and CN Anni, Christmas Events, and somewhere after CN New Year

This EN Anni though, the only one equivalent to a UR we get is an Essex Retrofit...

[sweet delta]

Just another gear slot, some ships have a unique gold augment that buffs them. Spend resources wisely https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/augment-modules/

[soft raft]

Just to double check, no reruns confirmed in the stream, right?

[viscid swift]

correct

[lament tree]

So like, I was checking my mail and I found 230k coins just chilling. Is that normal

[soft raft]

Yes

oil and gold claimed from mail now goes to a dedicated storage

[lament tree]

Why did the ur exchange girl change from amagi to Alsace

[soft raft]

What

[lament tree]

In the build menu. It was amagi and now its showing alsace

[soft raft]

The girl that shows up there is whoever is your leftmost secretary

[lament tree]

Wack

[wind oxide]

Lol

[sinful escarp]

also, only the leftmost secretary gets bonus affinity gain. just so you know and not get confused about only one of them getting more affinity

[lament tree]

thoughts on who to pick?

im leaning to ulrich since shes the reason i started

[viscid swift]

Shinano dupes if she's not MLB

[lament tree]

Can't I grind out ur bulians

[sinful escarp]

if you want to meta game shinano until MLB> vanguard until mlb> whoever you want

if waifu: whoever you want

[lament tree]

How good is vanguard?

Vs ulrich

[sinful escarp]

you can, but it will take a while because monthly cap for how many cores you can gain is 5k

[viscid swift]

can't grind enough to keep up with all the URs

[sinful escarp]

vanguard has more uses as a debuffer for BB fleets. while ulrich is niche

[lament tree]

these are the teams im using if that changes anything

[white musk]

I could mlb shinano rn with my ur bulins

But then I would be missing out on the new UR this september
So
I wait....
Plus we get a free shinano every 400 days. Very nice.

[sinful escarp]

where in the main campaign are you?

[lament tree]

chp 1 0

[sinful escarp]

rush through w12. with just your fleet 1 you can already clear it all, from what i see

then you can start leveling other ships

[obtuse island]

the promise ring and allat is gonna be given in the 14th right?

[stark quiver]

yea

[lament tree]

Where would Vanguard fit if I got her

[sinful escarp]

in a boss fleet

[lament tree]

Is there a difference? I just use fleet 1 for everything

[sinful escarp]

passed w12 content will get harder and you need 2 fleets to clear them

[lament tree]

Oh wait, I named them mob and boss fleet

[sinful escarp]

there is a large jump in difficulty in w14 and 15

[lament tree]

Too much oil, how do I dump it into the sea? I cant collect my commissions

[sinful escarp]

clear more maps

worst case buy dorm food

but for you i would say to just use the oil to clear until w12

[obtuse island]

when you mob with a single fleet then that same fleet which will already be weakened would have to also beat the boss node

you can 100% clear w12 with no problems as of right now but eventually you'd have to build your fleet around the gimmick of the worlds

[sinful escarp]

i keep saying w12 because its the best stages to farm for exp and coins while not having any strict requirements

you can clear w12 with poverty gear once you get them to "safe" after all

12-1 for oil:exp efficiency
12-4 for coins
13-4 for coins and chips

[lament tree]

Illustrious, tosa, Amagi, sirius, chapayev, tashkent, graf zeppelin, or prinz heinrich

I have a selector from last year

[sinful escarp]

sirius, if you dont have her yet

[lament tree]

I do not, so I'll grab her

[lament tree]

Poverty gear?

[sinful escarp]

gear that is not the best, but not the worst also

common gear that new players can get easily

not as in the rarity, but how easy they are to obtain

[spare harbor]

what are tech points in research and how do i get them

[wind hazel]

faction tech? from obtaining, max limit break, and lv120 ships

[echo vector]

AL fb group seems to be zucced

The official fb page

[lament tree]

Is there anyone worth grabbing from the medal shop SR BB exchange?

[wind hazel]

hood, tirpitz

the rest for faction tech

[lament tree]

Hood is already MLB, idk about tirpitz

[wind hazel]

it's a stepping stone for FDG, good ironblood tech

if IB tech isn't a concern then go for Nagato, IJN tech

[fickle hollow]

How good/bad is trafalgar?

[wind hazel]

very good

[lament tree]

Should I be retrofitting everyone

[wind hazel]

unicorn>portland assuming you're using beginner fleet

[lament tree]

Those are already done

[wind hazel]

after that it opens up, depending on what you have

[chilly plaza]

Is there any drawbacks for this?

[hollow viper]

Sorry wrong server

[chilly plaza]

lol

[wind hazel]

no, it's basically your bank. withdraw when you need, and by the looks of it you don't need to

spend your oil my man

[chilly plaza]

I just got it from this thing

I’m gonna buy more snacks lol

[ocean oriole]

Why did no one tell me there was storage for oil and coins in the mailbox? 😭

Why is it in the mailbox...

[onyx flame]

emergency funds, if you dont know it you cant accidently spent it

[viscid swift]

because it's only for stuff you collect from your mail

[ocean oriole]

Okay that makes sense.

I thought it was just storage in general so you could put any excess in there.

[chilly plaza]

If only i knew it was there for the Lion event instead of spending my actual money... Wait a second....

[onyx flame]

where do most people farm t3 general plates? or is it just you pray it just drops from stages kinda thing

[soft raft]

You just pray
But most people farm W12 as per usual

[onyx flame]

aight was already there so i guess business as per usual

[vague oracle]

Did I gave them the wrong gear or its correct? Their dmg dealt is not as high as I expected

[sweet delta]

Yeah kinda wrong and why did you +11 the bomber

[candid yarrow]

im struggling on the siren stronghold bosses, someone send their fleet to full auto, I have 200+ of each tuning and they all have decent gear

[sweet delta]

Judging damage dealt is only useful in single-wave boss battles, and those loadouts aren't good against bosses

[sweet delta]

This sometimes fails the last stronghold boss

[vague oracle]

Kinda done that few years back and now I'm just equipping whatever looks good

[vague oracle]

What gear is recommended for bosses

[rain vine]

depends on the armor type

[candid yarrow]

interesting'

[sweet delta]

https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide

[wind hazel]

new stuff

[candid yarrow]

i wonder if an opsi mobbing fleet can also function as a harbiter fleet

[stark quiver]

Yea

[sweet delta]

That would be a backup

[stark quiver]

my dedicated harbiter fleet would probably be a good mob fleet too

[candid yarrow]

3 fleets for harbiter is more than enough but one fleeting it would be much simpler

[candid yarrow]

i mean without a healer you probably couldnt clear all the maps on auto after reset without needing to use the emergency repair kits

[stark quiver]

maybe ill use some repair kits, but nothing too bad

[stark quiver]

actually, what was your fleet

[candid yarrow]

this rn

this was my old one before i changed it recently

[stark quiver]

its 100% a gearing issue, maybe your arent doing any dps

and you could probably run another ship other than agir, make kronk tank and use another dps instead

[rain vine]

just checking, but is everyone max limit broken?

[candid yarrow]

all of them have decent gear, just noticed nakhi is missing a plane but its more a survivability issue

[candid yarrow]

when i was running the old fleet she would still get low quite often, would laff2 be better

[sweet delta]

its more a Strength issue

actually why not have 1 mob fleet and 1 boss fleet, then your boss fleet can one fleet the harbiter

[candid yarrow]

i assume different fleets would be better for the different armor types but I'm not sure if I can one fleet properly

[civic prairie]

Is d4 for event map worth expfarming for shipyard?,at the same time aim for 60 sortie reward

[stark quiver]

what archive event?

[civic prairie]

Divergent chessboard

[stark quiver]

i mean if you need the tech then sure, d4 is easy enough

[civic prairie]

[candid yarrow]

this is my loadout rn, top is mob then light > med > heavy

[candid yarrow]

here's the gearing, I think there's some stuff I could swap but I don't think this is TOO bad

[rain vine]

tbm avenger aux isnt doing anything

[stark quiver]

useless aux on uni, convg tb
ad1 bad on nakh
bowgun bad on soyuz
azur torp bad, aa aux bad
sandy will die if she tanks, |
bad torp on agir, bulge is decent ig beaver better

[candid yarrow]

oh i had that for w15 campaign stuff (i think)

[wind hazel]

why is bowgun bad

[woven star]

Not best gun for sundy

[stark quiver]

Damage cuck

[wind hazel]

but already using champy gun

[candid yarrow]

actually why is ad1 on nakhi bad

[wind hazel]

more like everything is mixed bag, not just the gear, but the fleet too

[stark quiver]

because it is slow

[candid yarrow]

oh cause rockets

[stark quiver]

Because it is slow

[wind hazel]

like having 2 CB in mob, but kron is not offtanking

[woven star]

Middle ship like kron is waste of dps slot

[dreamy blade]

does it matter what gun i give to u552

[sinful oyster]

Eldridge is an easy pickup if she's currently in my merit shop and I don't have her, right?

[wind hazel]

just revamp your mob and fleet 2 and 3. let soyuz nakh and fritz be one fleet, set your triple BB fleet if you wanna, move hind to mob, kron maintank, agir to BB fleet

[dreamy blade]

sure her retro rerun is due soon

[stark quiver]

UR gun would be best but uhh, 99.99% of the time it does not matter

[candid yarrow]

oh i was following a lion fleet i saw somewhere for that

[wind hazel]

u sure

[stark quiver]

well an anti light fleet isnt gonna work as well as a med fleet if you dont know how to sync them

[wind hazel]

if you dont wanna think too much, just copy this, and you'll be ok

[stark quiver]

bb fleet

[wind hazel]

more like, crossfleet fleet

[stark quiver]

ply deffo a crossfleet

[wind hazel]

what else is there

[stark quiver]

marco polo frfr

[wind hazel]

kron shima unzen guam traf z52 already full vanguard xfleet

[stark quiver]

my opsi fleets are skewed

[wind hazel]

oather fleet dont count

[stark quiver]

imagine meta oathing smh

[verbal plinth]

missing kron cross smh /j

[stark quiver]

my fleet mob has been missing a cat

[wind hazel]

UVH xfleet

[stark quiver]

shes there cuz shes hot

[candid yarrow]

lol the lion fleet cant 1 fleet normal arbiter i think im just cooked 😭

[stark quiver]

[stark quiver]

also tbh i dont think ive ever used traf before

[muted crescent]

bro I can't even do normal arbiter without a regroup & rest chill man

[wind hazel]

when you can't 1 fleet, just 2 fleet, life is easy

[candid yarrow]

but 1 fleet is so much aura

[wind hazel]

when 2 can't, 3

[whole crypt]

I stopped bothering 1 fleeting seriously about 2 years ago

[slim timber]

what's the gameplay of the game?

[candid yarrow]

i WILL be nitpicking ts

[woven star]

Maybe gear issue? Who is arbiter this month?

[candid yarrow]

medium

[whole crypt]

long term resource management

[wind hazel]

ship shooting ship with gun and bomb... basically that

[whole crypt]

the ship shooty thingy is just flashy things to pretend it's not a resource management game

[left wasp]

Surprised nobody mentioned a good bulk of this game is grinding the PR missions and Opsi for gears

[wind hazel]

the real gameplay is staring at 2D anime big boobies

[left wasp]

cuz rn I'm on that phase of gameplay

[whole crypt]

what PR missions they take like 1 month out of a year

[candid yarrow]

just to double check nakhi and soyuz timing should be that soyuz is slightly earlier than nakhi right

[muted crescent]

I'm not even touching OpSi rn, I'll probably get started September

[slim timber]

I don't believe that

[verbal plinth]

its true

[wind hazel]

any, as long as they are close to each other

[left wasp]

welp you're prolly gonna soon
it's the only way to get top-tier gear in this a game

[whole crypt]

you don't have to believe it but it's what I've been doing for nearly 8 years

[verbal plinth]

gacha isnt really a big thing once you got a couple years worth

[candid yarrow]

oh i thought nakhi turns soyuz slow into freeze so she should be slower

[whole crypt]

OS grind takes time but most of it is afk time anyway

[muted crescent]

I'm waiting so that I can finally get rid of the shitty poerty gear I have on 99% of the ships I have

[slim timber]

so you do it for a while
is it enjoyable then?

[verbal plinth]

its a mindless grind and numbers go up is good enough for some people

[wind hazel]

the duration to proc is long enough that it doesn't matter who goes first, just try to stay close to each other, i usually put within 0.2

[whole crypt]

you don't have to enjoy the game the way I do but I know I'm safe when it comes to pulling new banners

[slim timber]

I see

[stark quiver]

0 aura because gameplay nerds one shot

[left wasp]

damn
how do you make it afk for so long since it still feels tedious doing the daily missions
my only guess is just putting it on strategic search for so long

[muted crescent]

why does clearing ake so long tho 😭

[candid yarrow]

its more so that I'm lazy to keep swapping gear between my opsi fleets

[whole crypt]

to be fair I spend more time on the game than most people are even willing to leave the game on AFK

[slim timber]

so a question for the veterans since it's a resource management game
do you guys care more about the hot girls or the resources?

[candid yarrow]

both

[wind hazel]

to get the hot girls, you need the resources

[whole crypt]

I care more about the game living long enough for me to get more seiyuus I like into the game

[slim timber]

who's ur fav seiyuu?

[left wasp]

well by best guess is that you have a mob fleet for opsi good enough to get through all the explorable map stuff

[whole crypt]

one that's not yet in the game

[slim timber]

who?

[left wasp]

cuz clearing opsi nodes just needs a good enough mob fleet iirc

and only the strongholds & arbiter need a good boss fleet

[verbal plinth]

strongholds can mostly be 1 fleet mob nowadays

afk the whole thing

[left wasp]

ah
so... just arbiter then needs a boss fleet?

[slim timber]

@whole crypt also is Rie Takahashi in the game yet or no

[left wasp]

cuz I was usually wary of rainbow strongholds

[verbal plinth]

c6 siren logs might need a boss or two prob

[left wasp]

oh those

ok so gold & lower logs can be cleared casually
while rainbow logs might need some effort
gotchu

[whole crypt]

rieri is monty

[slim timber]

ok who's ur fav?

[wind hazel]

you

[whole crypt]

nowdays it's Lion/Unicorn/Aquila/whichever 3 vanguards good damage + uptime for the season, swapping out when I need to level new META ships

[left wasp]

well personally I use a collab fleet

and it works fine (Klaudia as my sustain)

[whole crypt]

well collab fleets can be good enough too but gearing and ship choices

[stark quiver]

i think i cant one fleet strength because planes miss kirov M window

yea it does damn

[whole crypt]

I haven't done this month's arb but I usually don't bother before 200 adapts

[stark quiver]

i meant one strike

[whole crypt]

I don't bother with one strike so there's that

[muted crescent]

for UR exchange, I just get another Shinano, right?

[stark quiver]

ill cook sth up tomorrow

[whole crypt]

if you need to LB yes

[stark quiver]

What’s the payload travel time on la9

[agile patrol]

why do hardmode stages say 34%
do i have to do every stage 3 times to make it auto-able

[whole crypt]

yes, also some later chapter stages will similarly require more runs

[agile patrol]

[ocean oriole]

Hi guys quick question, is she any good???

I was doing my daily light ship pull. And she popped up.

I assume she is not good, just based on the fact that I've never heard of her...

[fathom crag]

How bad would it be if I didn’t get ts skill

[fathom crag]

At least I wouldn’t use her

[wind hazel]

quite bad

[fathom crag]

I figured

[clever valley]

So I'm locked out of progress in thr story until I hit commander 50, what stages should I grind for gear and xp till I do?

[onyx flame]

highest level that you can auto with a 3:3 fleet

[whole crypt]

ingraham isn't bad there's just a lot of better DDs

[whole crypt]

depends on where you're at but you'll want it eventually

[clever valley]

Cool ty

[idle perch]

is there a post for "best" gear for a specific ship?

[whole crypt]

no because best depends on where/how you're using the ship

[idle perch]

like for general useage

[wind hazel]

https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

[idle perch]

im lazy to do fleet comp and all

i just wanna shove ships together and just throw them into battle

[whole crypt]

general just means shit's too easy to matter but yeh stig's guide works I guess

[wind hazel]

follow ectl then, but don't come crying when things go wrong

[idle perch]

i have ecgc guide tho

[wind hazel]

then why are you asking

follow it then

[idle perch]

idk maybe someone has a set that is specific for a ship that gives the most optimal outcome

[wind hazel]

there's none

[whole crypt]

most general guides stop working where it matters so

[idle perch]

lol

its been 7 years and i cant find someone who has the most optimal gear guide for a specific ship

[tame jungle]

if you're doing content where it matters and can't be bothered to learn how to properly gear (1/2 of this game) then idk if this is the game for you ngl

[crimson glacier]

coz that doesnt really exist

[idle perch]

i can gear properly, im just lazy n busy

[crimson glacier]

there just isnt any one size fits all solution

[idle perch]

most solution would be fine

[crimson glacier]

most good gears would do that just fine

[idle perch]

oke

[crimson glacier]

the normal everyday content in AL is just really really undertuned compared to how powerful ships can get

[ocean oriole]

Thank u 😁

[fathom crag]

What was the update for

Wait wrong server

[ocean oriole]

Bruhhh, are you on the Nikke server too... 😭

[fathom crag]

Slight chance

[ocean oriole]

😭

[idle perch]

how do u read armour mod?

light med heavy, or the other way around?

[boreal wagon]

l/m/h is correct

[ocean oriole]

Brother, tell the people I was muted... 😭

Tell them I said I'm sorry lol.

[fathom crag]

Huh

[ocean oriole]

Hey guys quick question, for operation siren do you guys just do one battle a day or how many battles do you guys do a day?

I've just been doing one battle a day to do my dailies.