gameplay-help

[robust onyx]

It doubles your dorm slots for fatigue recovery

[red hawk]

definitely a better investment than skins

you don't get XP from the other three slots, but you get morale recovery for more uptime on your ships

so you get however many you have unlocked on bottom that give you slightly less morale + xp, and then on the top floor, the same number of slots you have unlocked (default 2) on top, where they don't get XP but get more morale recovered per hour than the training floor

that's why it says no new training slots- you're unlocking a second floor with the same number of slots you already have, but the new floor doesn't train, just rest

so if you bought the third dorm slot for 300, you should have 6 morale recovery slots, with the first three giving xp

[robust onyx]

It's recommended for f2p players to buy 3rd slot + 2nd floor of dorms

[red hawk]

yeah I just don't know what they've done personally I know they blew some on cosmetics

[grand solar]

I...am a little confused by something. I have a number of plans and such for ships in the Lab right now, they say they can be used for ships series 1-8, but when I try to go look for Napoli who I am working on right now, neither she nor any of the other series 7 ships are appearing. What i the problem?

Nevermind.

[wind hazel]

[grand solar]

I solved the issue, the one I'm working on is a UR ship not an SSR ship...

[red hawk]

I was about to ask

[wind hazel]

use top right BP Exchange for sure fire method, no more confusion!

[red hawk]

that's what that is for? instead of having to dive in my depot, scroll to my ship etc

[wind hazel]

yeah they achieve the same thing

[robust onyx]

The print it self in the depot could provide a list of available character to exchange them for

[red hawk]

that's what I'm saying though, I have been doing it manually like that, I didn't know I could just go to the ship in shipyard and exchange

[robust onyx]

I use the depot most of the time so I can convert it immediately into credits

[red hawk]

you have all the research ships?

[robust onyx]

Except for pr8 yes

[red hawk]

haha I'm still on roon, haven't even finished my fate sim for Saint Louis quite yet

[robust onyx]

Nice, all my pr1-7 are either dev30 or fs5 so I have no need for prints 7 or lower

[tardy trench]

should i buy this ?

[wind hazel]

eh, kinda low value

need more than 500 oil to get back 10k coin

[quaint shadow]

Didn't have time to prep cuz just got back hoping this is fone

[wind hazel]

change main gun, drop autoloader, use staag/haze for AA if you have

if for some weird reason you dont have mk2

[forest palm]

AA gun optional even

[red hawk]

so I was able to squeak by the first challenge boss san diego on easy, how much of a jump is the fight on medium?

[late flame]

feel free to try 🙂

[red hawk]

im not trying to spend another 10 minutes killing my hand to fail at the end

ill save that for another night

[late flame]

just wait one year

[red hawk]

why a year?

[late flame]

it will rerun unless manjuu finally decided to do something new

[red hawk]

i don't care about the rewards or anything I just wanted to see if I could do it with my fleet where it's at.

[late flame]

eh tbh if you didnt breeze the fight on easy on auto you should probably give it a pass

[red hawk]

yeah, I just don't do any damage, it took me nearly the entire timer to whittle away

I was doing more damage with another team setup, but it wasn't enough and they couldn't stay alive long enough, so I had to use uni, less overall DPS but more sustained through the fight

[quaint shadow]

That's the problem I have nothing rn

[plain saffron]

anyone else somehow got put into maritime escort?

[wind hazel]

it's impossible to not have mk6

[quaint shadow]

Nah it's possible I sold every gear for coins so I can keep gambling

[wind hazel]

good job 👍🏼

go open purple/gold/rainbow eagle union techbox, get it back

[opaque cape]

Who to get

[stark eagle]

Who should I marrie?

[robust onyx]

Hood or Tirpitz for bb sandy for cl are the options

[haughty skiff]

Depends on your current fleet tbh

Tirpitz is solely for tech points and Hood is fine, but you dont want to waste gold bulins generally

Sandy is very-much who you should get from CL

[robust onyx]

Who ever is your waifu choice is

[stark eagle]

I like them all but who is better with stats

[robust onyx]

Likely lion

[tame jungle]

oathing for stat buff is a slippery slope btw

[stark eagle]

I got enough Rings

[wind hazel]

then oath everyone

[stark eagle]

I just have 6

[stark eagle]

Do you have an second One

[wind hazel]

oath lion, implacable, z52, trafalgar

[haughty skiff]

Tosa is generally the best choice from the Medal BBs
However, you already have Amagi ?

[stark eagle]

Thanks

[wind hazel]

np star killer

[opaque cape]

I already have amagi and hood

[robust nymph]

is this bad bad? its literally the only iron blood plane i got

[robust onyx]

Bad

[tame jungle]

it does literally no damage to surface targets

[wind hazel]

do you have strong BB? if not, get tirpitz or bismarck and work towards FDG.
otherwise you want to get IJN tech. Suruga gives the most

[haughty skiff]

Then just pickup for either fleet tech for Ironblood / IJN

[wind hazel]

go craft ju87 from gear lab

craft 2, you'll need them

[robust nymph]

is it a "fighter"?

[wind hazel]

torpedo bomber

[robust onyx]

Bf109 is a fighter

[wind hazel]

you'll need he50b from gear box too

[robust nymph]

i dont see neither

[wind hazel]

yes because you're at eagle union......

[robust onyx]

Iron blood tag

[robust nymph]

oh lmao, legit never crafted anything in here

[wind hazel]

why havent you should have already crafted wyvern by now

[robust nymph]

is this from blue and purple boxes? i dont have it

[wind hazel]

yes, just open purples

[robust nymph]

cause i dont do opsi (lazy) so i thought i cant do anything there

[wind hazel]

hopefully you get lucky with it

aight then you're gonna be fucked

no opsi=no gear lab gear

[mossy junco]

[robust onyx]

Most of best gear comes from gear lab

[robust nymph]

ye im missing these

[wind hazel]

which comes from opsi

price of being lazy

[robust nymph]

i just hated that i cant auto, i mean you can auto search but when the ships has no sight it stops

[mossy junco]

how long does it usually take to grind a good weapon in opsi

[wind hazel]

some can take ~2months

treat opsi as daily chore and you can craft anything you want as you play

[mossy junco]

maybe i should stop ignoring opsi

[robust onyx]

It's all on how lucky or unlucky you are

[wind hazel]

go into map, click this from your order, auto, wait few minutes, done with that map

buy this from voucher shop for auto hidden zones

this one entirely optional, personally i dont recommend because 5k is a lot of oil

but if you're really Gluttony level kind of lazy, it gives you auto search on exploration

[mossy junco]

at how much time are we looking? 30min?

[zenith heron]

If you are lazy and have too much oil, then do this, if you are a regular on OPSI, don't

[wind hazel]

just dedicate 1 hour playing opsi daily

[mossy junco]

uff

[wind hazel]

exploration always take the longest at the early month

doing daily etc takes less

[vocal niche]

I'm playing opsi chapter 1 and I haven't seen anything that look like gears crafting items

[wispy cosmos]

yeah just get the 5k oil, it's not a small amount but it is a big qol improvement

[robust nymph]

let me try..

does this currency go down if you dont play? i had like 40k

[wispy cosmos]

it resets every month once you're past the tutorial, gets converted to shop tickets

[mossy junco]

i have to do the chapters first, im still on 2 or 3 iirc (havent played it for quite some time)

[desert trellis]

honestly just do other stuff while autoing opsi, usually i finish the whole map in like first 5 days then i simply auto daily quests while doin stuff like watchin yt

[severe tinsel]

Is essex retro good?

[rapid shard]

Once you start or finish chapter 4 (cant exactly remeber) is when auto clearing unlocked for me

[wind hazel]

it's used to buy stuff or for daily, you might have used them there

[zinc cave]

probably just losing it to reset

[wind hazel]

[robust nymph]

wait on opsi reset you also lose all your items like heals etc?

thats straight up a robbery wtf

[wind hazel]

healing box are worthless

you will get more than you need even if you still use them

[robust nymph]

does this mean almost full hp?

[forest palm]

Most of it gets pulp'd into Vouchers, so you still get something out of it

Also that HP bar doesn't look full

[robust nymph]

no im asking if the red part is the hp remaining, if so its almost full hp

thats weird i had all my 4 fleets die to that ship, and its the last remaining, so annoying

is there anything i can do

[forest palm]

Increasing your Adapts would help a lot

[robust nymph]

i mean to kill the last ship rn

[wind hazel]

leave and get more adapt

[robust nymph]

i didnt know also adapt resets monthly..

[obtuse island]

you better start grinding OpSi now or you gonna regret it later

[forest palm]

Do you have any tuning samples in your inventory

[wind hazel]

that looks like a c4 or c5 zone lol

and you're at.... lv1 adapt level

[robust nymph]

nah its my first time entering opsi this month lol

and yes it was c5 i just didnt see it reset my adapt

[wind hazel]

leave and start with c1 c2 zones lol

maybe this can help you https://docs.google.com/document/d/19P3KPrgOrzCySoUrjDZgsfqJsCpJCyb9XmmSKozVzbw/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.g97m2jm8tib8

[robust nymph]

next reset is tomorrow so im just gonna play tomorrow

[wind hazel]

next reset is monday

1 day can clear a lot of stuff

[robust nymph]

oh it says 1 day remaining

ye but im lazy lmao..

[wind hazel]

yes, it will go down to 0 day

[tranquil crescent]

the urge is great

[late flame]

63 cubes rip

[wind hazel]

btw what's the strongest fast load CV other than Independence for opsi mob? AmagiCV+Kaga not available

[late flame]

Bearn/Mearn/Luna?

[tranquil crescent]

its 31 pulls

[wind hazel]

who's mearn

[ocean oriole]

Guys who is the best META unit?

OR DOES IT SIMPLY NOT EXIST YET...

[wind hazel]

is that bearn meta shortform

[late flame]

Bearn META (this is in reply to Mori)

Saratoga also maybe

[ocean oriole]

Ty 👍

[late flame]

Uh best META?
Probably Glorious, Jintsuu META
-# although pvp is mostly a meme

[wind hazel]

bearn it is. my luna still lv100

[late flame]

The actual bot command is /equip by the way - use it at #bot-spam

[robust nymph]

what does this mean? is it 8k or 22k

[forest palm]

what even is that

[wind hazel]

22k to buy all, this is 3d dorm right?

[robust nymph]

yea

[late flame]

22k yes, 3d dorm

[wind hazel]

it increases in cost with more purchase

[robust nymph]

what is that 8k for

[wind hazel]

more bond item

[late flame]

First purchase 8k, increases as you buy more

[wind hazel]

first purchase is less lol

it increases bit by bit until cap at 8k

[late flame]

Oh ya read that wrong lol

Buy on Monday and forgot about it

[robust nymph]

what a misleading text tf lol

[forest palm]

welcome to AL

[wind hazel]

it's not though...

[forest palm]

it doesn't do much to explain itself as far as the 22k is concerned

[robust nymph]

also that 8k literally means nothing in that context

[wind hazel]

how would you explain it then? if the cost increase with more purchase

yeah, i thought so

[forest palm]

doesn't mean it's not shit

[wind hazel]

lol ok buddy

[forest palm]

though there's usually a help menu that explains these things

as it is presented, it is confusing

[late flame]

ngl while i appreciate the work that went into 3d dorm, it still feels.. unpolished

[forest palm]

it's a beta test for Azur Promilia clearly

[leaden mountain]

just mlb my shinano, should she replace someone here or put her in fleet 2?

[forest palm]

why is Unicorn there...

[leaden mountain]

what

[forest palm]

is this a mob fleet?

[leaden mountain]

its what i use for everything

[forest palm]

you have 2 fleets you designate one to cleaning the trash, and the other fights the boss, now does this fleet clean the trash or not

[wind hazel]

make a second fleet

[leaden mountain]

wym cleaning the trash

[wind hazel]

split your zwei and lion

[leaden mountain]

i put shinano in place of zwei and move her to fleet 2?

[wind hazel]

put lion on boss fleet

if shinano low level, can put her mob. or boss. depends on the other CV you gonna raise as well

[late flame]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/fleetbuilding/

[leaden mountain]

shes lvl 83 rn i need to level her up some more

[wind hazel]

put her mob then

[leaden mountain]

alr

[dusty pier]

how important are subs

[wind hazel]

not as important but good additional damage that can help you

important enough for daily raid

[quaint shadow]

Asked my cousin with barely any knowledge of Azur lane to make a Vanguard how is it?

[turbid marsh]

why u ask them the first place...

[wind hazel]

who made the backline, you or the cousin

[late flame]

-# blind leading the blind vibes

[forest palm]

honestly seen worse, there's at least some form

[wind hazel]

i mean the vanguard is fine

the backline is the problem

[forest palm]

back is fine if you just drop Lion, and switch around unicorn tbh

[wind hazel]

so did you or the cousin made the backline, i know you're reading this

[late flame]

-# "asking for a friend cousin"

[forest palm]

making Nelson Flag, dropping Lion for a ship that's MLB, and moving Unicorn to the sides, it's not that bad

[late flame]

Lv125 is kinda wasted though

[quaint shadow]

Did the backline except for the Lion he messed up my HMS fleet ;-;

[late flame]

Eh, faction fleet is never a thing

[turbid marsh]

hms fleet but i see eugen

[quaint shadow]

He's excuse for putting Eugen was the cool glasses

[plain saffron]

except when they're good

which is rare

[zenith heron]

Good Evening Gph, may I humbly ask if possible that Alsace beats Lion in Shelling damage when the fight is shorter like Harbiters?

Without counting Both of their DoT...

[wind hazel]

yes possible

[old furnace]

I'm chasing Kaga, real pain in the arse, does the drop rate improve on 3-4 Hard?
I have gotten Akagi at least 5 times on 3-4.

[wind hazel]

no idea but i dont recommend doing 3-4H, because of core data

just stick to low oil 3-4

[old furnace]

Thanks 🙂

[robust nymph]

how do people have enough steam catapults.. every cv basically runs 2, i have quite a lot but thats not enough.. using purple ones is the play i guess?

[wind hazel]

you just get more

open gold techbox, get steam catapults, profit

[spark patio]

hey mori, do you have any opsi guide that explains the mode clearly?

[wind hazel]

mode?

uh, try this https://docs.google.com/document/d/19P3KPrgOrzCySoUrjDZgsfqJsCpJCyb9XmmSKozVzbw/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.g97m2jm8tib8

and https://slaimuda.github.io/ectl/#/newbietips/progression/opsi

[spark patio]

i mean opsi mode, i can’t understand how that mode work

[wind hazel]

in the beginning, follow the red [!], do the story until you finish opsi's chapter 4

after chapter 4 the above guides will be more relevant

[spark patio]

So my current job is reach ch4?

[wind hazel]

if you havent done so, yes

i dont remember how it was so i can't help you in greater details

general gist is just follow red [!] marker, do the stuff it asks you to do

[spark patio]

it’s ok, i will clear all possible stages

[wind hazel]

there will be some puzzles, can be skipped if you move around a bit, TB will help you automatically

[old furnace]

I'm trying to develop a low oil cost farming fleet.

Is this sufficient?

[wind hazel]

no, just use a lv70 0LB ranger and cassin

fill fleet 2 with crossfleet ships

[rain vine]

just farm in world 9+ and run full fleets

[old furnace]

Thanks

[wind hazel]

it's for fox mine lol

[rain vine]

i see

[wind hazel]

here, cheap enough for 3-4 if you're lacking gear

[spark patio]

which is good for farming exp? ch9 or ch10? and which stages

[rain vine]

12-1 or 12-4

[spark patio]

im lv70, can only do ch10

[wind hazel]

do 10-4, start saving coin

[slow schooner]

do research ships take up dock space?

😢

[dusty pier]

how to know which ship has good dmg output

[wind hazel]

check with tierlist /tierlist

[wispy cosmos]

not a very good way to compare ships by itself

[red hawk]

there are ones that do good general damage but more of it is targetting ships that are good at certain enemy types and stuff

[soft raft]

Yes
but you can physically choose not to get research ships that dont interest you unlike the cruise pass METAs that you have to claim if you want to progress on the pass

[dusty pier]

I'm grinding 12-4 but for some reason my yuudachi died too fast

[wind hazel]

poor gear? poor fleet composition?

[dusty pier]

ehhhhhhhh maybe the auxillary, I just slap the ur torpedo auxillary thing

for fleet it's just essex/warspite/enty and anchorage/lena/yuudachi

[wind hazel]

lol. give destroyer a toolkit and 2nd hp aux

if she's low level you might wanna put her in the middle as well

[dusty pier]

do i give yuudachi barrage gun or dmg gun/

[wind hazel]

dmg gun

[knotty jolt]

If push comes to shove, double toolkits

[stark quiver]

Double toolkit useless
1 toolkit and a 550 hp aux

[knotty jolt]

I mean double toolkits is cheaper

[dusty pier]

550hp?

[wind hazel]

just double toolkit lol

2nd toolkit is also a hp aux, it's very standard

[stark quiver]

Smh sacking +50 hp and a potential aux skill

[wind hazel]

fancier shit

[hallow mountain]

wait nvm wrong channel

[knotty jolt]

[jaunty vault]

use reverse image search lol

[dusty pier]

who to take from 7th anniv inv?

[stark quiver]

Essex if you have her retrofit item

[red hawk]

@wind hazel so looking at a surface level, the Crystal Ice Bomb and the Item Enfer Cube are both EVA items, but what makes CIB worth using on a tank/cruiser and not enfer cube?

also, would enfer maybe be worth on Kala Ideas if i'm using crystal ice bomb on portland?

it's got a defensive trigger for yumia collab characters

[wispy cosmos]

enfer cube is part of a large group of low eva+acc/aa non useful auxes. theyre not useful because you get about as much benefit from a maxed blue eva gear

[wind hazel]

enfer cube give less eva, simple as that

[wispy cosmos]

also kala isnt a yumia collab character

[red hawk]

was she ryzia?

rip nvm

[errant fog]

CV fleet is better to farm in world 13, right?

[wind hazel]

depends. 3 shit cv is no better than good 1bb2cv

[red hawk]

at +10 it'd be an upgrade to the blue hydraulic wouldn't it?

[wind hazel]

no lol, 1 less eva, no hp

[errant fog]

So as long there a cv to help with air supremacy. tq

[red hawk]

oh rip I thought it might have enough EVA to be worth, just going through items to see what I've got laying around

[wind hazel]

there aren't many good eva gear, it's mainly those 4-5 really

first 3, kicks, and prowler

[red hawk]

been sitting there for a couple days

[wind hazel]

just do research, you'll get the 25th eventually

and then the 50th, then 100th, then 200th

[knotty jolt]

I mean you have little reason to not farm out a second cosmic kick

[wind hazel]

calibur has no extra stat and only have specific effect on rikka, dont like calibur

plus there's no scenario where you need that many eva aux at the same time

[red hawk]

are cosmick kicks and prowler from war archives

[wind hazel]

kicks yes, prowler i forgot, i think event

[knotty jolt]

Prowler was from a collab

[glad shoal]

cant i do daily mission as a lower level?

[wind hazel]

was it TLR?

[knotty jolt]

Ye

[wind hazel]

OP in pvp

[wispy cosmos]

the speed is nice but it doesnt really matter that much, it's still an upgrade. esp considering most of these gears are collab locked

[flint sonnet]

Who should I model my Essex retrofit equipment after?

[knotty jolt]

What is this supposed to mean

[wind hazel]

uh, somewhat like implacable i guess

[flint sonnet]

Like how do I know what to equip on her? Is there a ship with similar equips

[knotty jolt]

I mean it really boils down to what you're doing

[flint sonnet]

I want to put her in a boss fleet with Yorktown 2 and enty

[wind hazel]

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

[knotty jolt]

I should just put that as a copy paste in a Bot DM

So I can grab it whenever lol

[flint sonnet]

That’s actually super helpful! Thank you!

So just to read this correctly would yall replace lion gun with champy gun if Vs a medium or heavy boss?

[knotty jolt]

Yes

AP vs medium and heavy
HE vs light

[broken latch]

should i get tenrai first at the proto shop?

got like 4 champy guns now

[static harbor]

Does Essex Retro replace Kearsage in the York fleet or?

[wind hazel]

ye tenrai is good

[maiden willow]

save cube for event banner?

[forest palm]

Sept 11th

[glad shoal]

do i have to be level 60 to be able to play daily mission

[cursive pulsar]

Just pulled her, do I invest in her as a new character?

[tame jungle]

don't waste your cubes on permabanners

[cursive pulsar]

Needed to do it for the beginners mission.

[haughty skiff]

@glad shoal LVL 60 is required for the Core chip daily, not for others. Just do the highest possible level for all dailies

@cursive pulsar No, she isn't worth investing in; also don't pull on the permanent banner. There is a new UR in a week that will very likely be leagues above the perma URs

Just wait for the event to complete missions, ect..

[glad shoal]

Bruh I dont have enough blocks for the new UR

[dusty pier]

is there a pity system for ur?

[onyx flame]

yes

400 cubes to guarantee a ur so 200 pulls

[dusty pier]

that's a lot of cubes

[haughty skiff]

Its better to try for a new UR then not

We're also very likely to get Unzen rerun after the new JP Anni UR; you will get 40 free pulls on that rerun banner

@dusty pier Yeah, 200 Pulls (400 cubes); the odds of pulling a UR without pity is 1.2% / Pull, so generally you won't need to hit pity without being quite unlucky

[onyx flame]

imo the cubes the easy bit, the coins thou

[haughty skiff]

coins aren't terrible but i have mail coins saved up for it ig

14-4 go brr

[glad shoal]

🤑
me looking at the 1.8 million coins in the mail

[onyx flame]

my coins are constantly being eaten by research, coin up among other things

[noble pawn]

the pain of early game

[haughty skiff]

mood; I am spending quite a bit daily as well but by the time the event arives it won't be bad

[dusty pier]

it's 15k per 10 pulls right

[haughty skiff]

Yeah

20 Cubes / 15K per 10
200 / 150K per 100
400 / 300K per 200

[eternal basalt]

You have 2 weeks to farm and 3 weeks of event

[stuck crane]

as a new player, should i just ignore war archives while pushing towards chapter 9?

[noble pawn]

ignore

[haughty skiff]

I know, i'm more worried about cubes then coins at all

Took a break for 2 years and i will probably have like 200-250 cubes for the banner which isn't ideal

[eternal basalt]

As you get 150 a month, that should hit 400

[haughty skiff]

Collect the 4x DataChips daily but ignore the stages until much later, just keep brute forcing 9+

You'll only vist War Archive to pick up a few IB girls from Divergent Chessboard and thats about it

[haughty skiff]

Valid, I should be fine as i also push cube commissions pretty far to try increase the daily cube gains

[eternal basalt]

You CAN get a few cubes from WA too. Those limited run maps

[haughty skiff]

I could but i think ill be fine w/ just pushing cube commissions aggressively tbh

a few extra cubes a day will add up

[cobalt robin]

ive got like 4k ap, should i dump it all into c3 or c5?

[open drift]

Which of these is better to limit break first ?

[eternal basalt]

Wait for new UR (Ps you needd 4 to MLB, not 3)

[viscid swift]

can you get anymore UR Bullins?

[silk helm]

c5

[open drift]

I can buy 1 from shop

[eternal basalt]

Wait till Sept 11 (or 6 if you dont want to.wait for datamine).

[open drift]

Where do you guys see the recommended gear for ships? I have these collab ships but I don't know how to build them.

[sweet delta]

standard gear except Lenja uses blue 76mm or gold single 113mm, and Yumia is complicated

[dry ice]

[soft raft]

usually it would be ECTL but it hasnt updated in months
but tbh it's not really that hard besides Yumina, Ryza, and Rikka

[eager mulch]

ectl mentioned

[haughty skiff]

just popping in to ask if retrofit's rarity increase also effects the oil cost of a ship

[soft raft]

iirc no

[haughty skiff]

tyty

[wispy cosmos]

yumia's not that hard, two 100 avi equivalents (including flammi) and then your choice of skill aux. generally grimoire, swap in panacea to use her as a healer or endemeteo if you're doing a niche bossing setup

[viscid swift]

this for everyone but Yumia's auxes
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide

[eternal basalt]

Also keeps original cognetive chips cost...

[forest palm]

[old furnace]

Finally did it 😄

[robust onyx]

Wasted oil to mine foxes

Atleast she's done

[hot turret]

Urgh why is there so many floor expansion now I need to save 1k coins when it already took forever to save 500 coins....

[obtuse island]

eventually you gonna get so much dorm coins that you gonna be able to buy the new sets as they drop

[agile patrol]

Hi
I noticed there are like 10 billion loading screen artworks on the wiki, but I only ever get around 10-ish show up on my loading screens when entering sorties. How do I make it so that it goes through more of those illustrations? Is there an option to download them somewhere?

[oblique valley]

worth buying?

[agile patrol]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Category:Loading_Screens
Referring to these

[hot turret]

Ugh I know, yet it still feels like it's far away from my grasp

[sweet delta]

if you have Eldridge and Flasher then yes

[oblique valley]

i just got eldridge, do they work together somehow

[rain vine]

nope, the possible loadscreens are rotated out

[sweet delta]

they cost the same currency, and eldridge is super hyper turbo far more important than albacore

and Albacore needs Flasher to be good

[eternal basalt]

Notice the CURRENT LOADING SCREENS on top, well... that

[clever valley]

im tempted to farm them, just to lvl up some new ships for the mob and boss fleets

[soft raft]

Don't
They're not worth delaying your progression

[agile patrol]

Ohhhhhh..
That's a shame . . .

[oblique valley]

nah i don’t have flasher…

[eternal basalt]

January 2026 rerun

[crystal juniper]

can you do both vanguard and mainfeelt xp grind at the same time for cbs?

[rain vine]

no

[plain saffron]

no bcs 2nd one only starts counting after you submit 1st one

[clever valley]

do i have to 3 star 10-1 to unlock 10-2

[turbid marsh]

not really, only clear, but nice to get that 3 star though for hard mode

[clever valley]

hmm wierd i beat 10-1 and 10 2 did not show up

[turbid marsh]

once?

[turbid marsh]

yeah once. 100% clear, so two more times

[turbid patrol]

are there any different between jp and global

[eternal basalt]

100% complete on chap 1-9 takes it's first(?) toll

[silk helm]

ones in japanese

[turbid patrol]

alr ty

[plain saffron]

iirc nope, there is however slight difference between EN/JP and CN

but most are ignorable i guess

[turbid patrol]

nice also their event are the same as global right

[plain saffron]

in terms of content all are same

[turbid patrol]

nice so i can just look at https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Azur_Lane_Wiki for information right

also how do i know which gear is good for ships

[cobalt rapids]

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

[eternal basalt]

You can also watch at the stream sept 6 and we get all that... except anni rewards, we just got those

[turbid patrol]

tysm

[turbid patrol]

i changed to jp so that mean i can get anni reward right

nice

[rapid grail]

EN is better for the most part bcs its in a language most people understand
but if u wanna play other servers then be my guest (I have a JP alt as well)
unless if its with CN servers because iirc you kinda have to put your id to register an account to get cn games (unsure)

[soft raft]

wdym?
Flasher was 2024 EN Anniv not Guam

[eternal basalt]

What?

[soft raft]

oh nvm

[eternal basalt]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Light-Chasing_Sea_of_Stars

[soft raft]

fuck I mixed her up with Herring for some reason

[turbid patrol]

i changed to jp because i used all my cubes and didn't know how to manage resources

so i just make new one in jp

[soft raft]

that sounds very not worth it if you were like 2-3 days in

cuz the game doesnt frontload you with resources

[turbid patrol]

i used to play 2-3 months ago

[obtuse island]

ignoring rainbows, does san diego preffer the twin 114mm dp or smth like the seattle gun?

[soft raft]

CLs always prefer a DD gun if they can equip it

[haughty skiff]

mobbing or what sorta boss ?

sandy prefers DD guns so just generally Tashkent / Harbin gun for mobbing & most armor types if you lack the UR options

[viscid swift]

"CLs who can equip DD guns should refer to the DD Guns section for what gun they should equip."

[obtuse island]

oh mb i'm kinda blind

[rapid grail]

AL favors consistency. Not much in terms of frontloading resources

You have to earn what you can get from constant log-ins & farming whenever you can

[turbid patrol]

yeah i am doing that in jp server

and their events are the same as global so i think i will be fine

[eternal basalt]

As long as you can read Japanese, or you're going to be very lost on The Island

[turbid patrol]

What's the island

[eternal basalt]

Don't know will learn the 6th

[obtuse island]

are the gun characteristics like range and pattern what make the tash gun better than the twin 114 dp?

[weary edge]

hi im coming back after about 4 or 5 years of not playing and dont have my old account anymore so im starting fresh and blind so i got a bunch of questions

[red hawk]

there are just not a lot of BB's with retrofit, I'm going through all the ships I have on my alt and I have two total that even have the option and they're just rares (ise and fusou)

I started doing weevee retro cause I had so much laying around lol

how bad is she with retro?

I'm assuming she's pretty low tier

[ivory pawn]

She's a perfectly solid SR BB once retrofitted, just like Maryland and Colorado who you can buy from the Guild Shop.

Ofc, she's a SR BB in a UR BB world.

[red hawk]

the only BB's I have of any note rn are Nina Friede and Hood

so I guess it wouldn't hurt to have another BB levelled up considering besides coin it's not like the resources are going elsewhere anytime soon

[haughty skiff]

if you'd like some help feel free to dm me < 3

i can also vc and help you out with day-1 starting and general questions

[weary edge]

thanks vro appreciate it

[soft raft]

just go give this guide a read first, then ask any further questions you have here

As much as I get the good intentions behind Wormhood, no real need to DM someone and/or VC with them (esp when there's no one else there to catch any errors they might make)
https://www.azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

[obtuse island]

[haughty skiff]

valid, but ultimately i tend to find people just struggle with reading vs having someone essentially read it out to them

[soft raft]

they are basically identical save for the range difference
iirc tash gun has like 5 more range than harbin gun

Which is barely noticeable

[forest palm]

where did the CN 130 come into this, they're talking about the Twin 114 Drake's DD gun

[viscid swift]

I don't remember but I think the former just has higher dps among other factors

And good range

[soft raft]

oh the PR3 DD gun

This is why we use gun nicknames instead of their proper model number

[left cedar]

anything about JP anny ? or it will be on sept 11 ?

[forest palm]

or don't be lazy and actually remember the gun proper

[red hawk]

im guessing I should be trying to prioritize getting eldridge levelled and retrofitted now that I have her?

[forest palm]

you certainly could, nothing wrong with that

[worldly pewter]

good ship why not

[red hawk]

I mean, I can farm 12-1 now, so I just figured she wouldn't be a bad one to try and level, her and probably essex

[forest palm]

also also you can't have 2 guns named after Drake

[red hawk]

name one the "not like us gun"

[fallen verge]

any of them worth getting?

[red hawk]

sandy

[forest palm]

if you can only get one San Diego otherwise Sirius as well

[fallen verge]

well the limit is one

[red hawk]

and now that dido song is stuck in my head thanks

[fallen verge]

san diego still decent without retrofit?

[forest palm]

her Augment bandages her issues really well

[eternal basalt]

We'll learn on the 6th (event is 11th)

[forest palm]

CTA on the 7th, and Event on the 11th and that's it

[eternal basalt]

CtA on the 4th

[forest palm]

oh ya lol

calendar got me

[red hawk]

cta?

[forest palm]

Call to Arms, pre-event type thing

[eternal basalt]

No clue yet which BP gets catched up (probably Shimanto), or who get the augments

[forest palm]

don't think JP notes mentioned anything

[eternal basalt]

They mentioned CtA, BP catchup and augments

[forest palm]

I meant specific

[silk helm]

so another dead week?

[forest palm]

yes, we have 2 weeks of downtime

[obtuse island]

the tash gun or z46 gun for yuudachi? i'm using her for mobbing so i think z46's may be better

[eternal basalt]

Giving JP players time to watch 40h or so of stream (or be there physically for 2 days)

[subtle spruce]

does hiryuu meta count as sakura emp exp for pr farming?

darn, alright, ty

[soft raft]

META ships are all in their own sepreate META faction

[eternal basalt]

Check with your faction scanner in dock, she doesn't appear there... hence don't count

[subtle spruce]

such a shame, hiryuu always been my fav since her meta release 🥲 anw, i'll use others. ty for the answers, tho!

[fallen verge]

between shinano and new jersey whos recommended to pick?

[forest palm]

shinano

[barren token]

Has anyone managed to get a movement speed of 4 in OpSi? or is it just not possible?

[fallen verge]

how big of a difference in performance is there (ignoring that they do different things)

[undone plover]

the main thing is shinano is still top of the meta in some capacity
whereas NJ has pretty much been powercrept by other UR BBs

even is ~ NJ level now with retro + aug iirc

[fallen verge]

alright thanks

would it be worth waiting for the jp anniversary ur before picking

i cant mlb yet anyways

[soft raft]

if you mean if you should save the newbie selector thing, just get Shinano

[hot turret]

<@&472236072743600148>

[glad shoal]

which sr should i get from the medal shop

[ivory pawn]

Depends on what hull types you have available in the shop mostly.

[forest palm]

who do you have in your shop, it's different per server

[glad shoal]

let me check
it will be quite a long list

[forest palm]

just screen cap, or say the hull types

[glad shoal]

SR BB:
Hood, Warspite, Prince of Wales, Mikasa, Tirpitz, North Carolina, Washington, Nagato, Massachusetts, Jean BArt, Amagi, Tosa , Bismark, Alabama, Suruga, Gascogne u
SR CL:
San Diego, Belfast, Sirius, Dido, Dido u

[rain vine]

hood if you dont already have her

[glad shoal]

and from CL?

[rain vine]

sirius

[barren token]

How well understood is the math behind AA damage output ?, I'm assuming that it would be an average of all 6 ships individual damage (as measured by " AAstat * AAeff% * #ofmounts * gundamage ") but I'm not sure how it would be affected by variables such as the shimanto gun/skill ghost guns/multiple equipment slots (D7P, Curlew/Curacoa)/flak guns. If someone (myself) were to manually calculate the individual capability of all the ships (or at least all of the Vanguard ships), would anyone else be interested in the data?

[rain vine]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Damage_Calculations#Anti-Air_Guns

[sweet delta]

/aadps

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

AA alpha damage calculations by mebot

[sweet delta]

@atomic abyss it's aadmg, not aadps

[sweet delta]

The damage calculation math is very well understood, but the reality is not understood at all. You have to consider vanguard movement, airplane position and speed, real fleet reload time, gun precast, range, and more to understand what the best setup of AA guns is

[soft raft]

Tbh you could've just said the Hulltypes by themselves lol

[glad shoal]

forgot what that meant
so i choose typing all out

[vale spindle]

theres a few different maths

• math for total AA damage dealt by a fleet: this has been well understood for a while
• math for total AA damage dealt by an individual ship if they were the only AA ship in the fleet: this has been understood for a while as well
• math for how the total AA damage dealt by a fleet is distributed amongst all ships in the fleet on the endscreen: this is complicated, but someone eventually figured it out a couple years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaUh2MiHyvM

if you account for fleet movement and other indirect factors then thats a wild west we have no simulations to do that for us

[opaque cape]

Is sandy retrofit worth it

[vale spindle]

yes

[soft raft]

eventually yeah

in the meantime, her unique aug can make up for her pre-retro weaknesses

[clear harbor]

For OpSi, is it possible to repeatedly farm Adaptabilitiy anywhere? Should I be buying adaptability stuff in the shop?

Also, with the end of the month coming up, should I be buying Gear Lab materials or other things?

[rain vine]

rainbow/gold upgrade materials, gold gear lab materials
most of your adaptabilities will come from just clearing all of the zones, you dont need to buy adaptabilities in shop

[clear harbor]

K. I'm struggling with Corrosion 5 and Corrosion 6 areas. I've been using ships with levels below 120. Is it common to switch to 120 characters and not worry about "wasted" experience?

[opaque cape]

Alr thx

[stark quiver]

does AL shop topup work for us residents

[vale spindle]

https://yo-topup.com/page/shop/azurlane according to here yes

US is listed

[rain vine]

yes
unless you really want to minmax exp gain, just use a strong mob fleet

[clear harbor]

Makes sense. I'm lazy and don't like switching gear. Wish there was a way for AL to track different loadouts depending on game mode or something.

[silk helm]

for Kawakaze META, would bz/alsace/lion or fritz/alsace/lion be better?

[rain vine]

second option

[stark quiver]

do you have 2 hvars and max cv rld

[silk helm]

yes hvar no rld 🙁

i can try both, see what works

[soft raft]

what are your tunings at?

[silk helm]

any using eld/helena/z52 would likely be better than eld/traf/z52 if my gear is not all +13?

[clear harbor]

121/134/115

[soft raft]

Trafalgar's only there if Lion is as well

[silk helm]

ah okay thanks

[stark quiver]

but trafalgar has eva debuff

[silk helm]

suchi said helena could be better for lower damage (aka me i think)

[stark quiver]

helena is good for patching up skill issue

[soft raft]

10% EVA Debuff max kinda stinky tho
but I guess it's more universal compared to Aurora so it's something

[stark quiver]

its also not gambling helena rng and traf survives better than aurora

[silk helm]

ill see my success rates using traf and helena

[stark quiver]

also if you have low cv tech, no +13 hvars and 3 strike fritz, then maybe zwei is better
you should try hvar + skyraider

[gritty mulch]

Got a question between 2 ship in terms of stats and skils who is better bois belleau or august von parseval?

[viscid swift]

they do very different things

[stark quiver]

they have different roles
bois is a fast loading mob ship
and avp is a bossing cv with a skill that freezes enemy

[gritty mulch]

Alr then i will have one in dif fleets

Tyy

[grizzled sundial]

Can replace bois with someone else ?

[gritty mulch]

Pov i did a bad mistake of giving my phone to a frend and he deleated an event ship 😅

[clear harbor]

Time to unfriend.

[gritty mulch]

I have 3 ship s of that tipe so yes

[vale spindle]

so true

[gritty mulch]

Yee imagine to buy the l2d skin for her and the next day she is deleated 😭

[clear harbor]

I am so sorry.

[grizzled sundial]

Which is why you always lock your ship

[gritty mulch]

It was but i forgot to implementate the password option

[clear harbor]

Oh no, was it a UR?

[gritty mulch]

Duguay

[clear harbor]

I didn't realize we could PW protect non-URs.

[left cedar]

kept the ones u will lvl up unlocked to dont go to comms, but lvl them to avoid to send to to retire

[gritty mulch]

Pretty mid and i started a week ago

[viscid swift]

please tell me you bought the 16 dollar packs and not the 10 dollar ones

[gritty mulch]

16 for both

[stark quiver]

[viscid swift]

ok good

at least you can actually dev 30 them

[gritty mulch]

I just want to p2w for hindenburg

[left cedar]

using desuland, this guy have my respect
respect aside, Desu isnt gud to go

[viscid swift]

you can't

[grizzled sundial]

Not gonna happen

[sweet delta]

"ok good, that funded the game for another minute"

[viscid swift]

even if you whale the tech points to get her, you can't speed up the actual grind of unlocking her

[gritty mulch]

Ayy i am a starter

[gritty mulch]

If the shop had pr6 i was spending my money to get her

[viscid swift]

even if they did you couldn't

the slectors only work for PRs, not the DRs

[grizzled sundial]

He just start , so not like he have good ships right off the bat.

[viscid swift]

and Hindenburg is a DR

[left cedar]

even worse ... Desu is useless at any stage of the game ...
she is a DPS fragile CA, and her DPS isnt high, her survival is shitty, and her only thing is niched to light ones, but she is miles behind of true DPS VGs, and even worse when we compare to utility VGs

[grizzled sundial]

Everything is a breeze be4 w10.

[gritty mulch]

Gotta wait for my luck to get better ships soon

[left cedar]

focus on use someting that will marginaly helps u on basis
for example, focus on Port, initial DD and Helena

[late flame]

-# waifu bias

but yeah newbie guide should have you covered

[viscid swift]

give that a read
https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

[left cedar]

btw, all 3 i mentioned it will have a better DPS than a Desu undergeared even in Light

[viscid swift]

Ruppchrect, Bois Belleau, Unicorn, Portland, Helena, Tashkent is a perfectly servicable starter fleet

[left cedar]

Desu can hit hard ? on light yes, she can
she can be used in end game ? nope, she can be used in Op.Si and eventually for waifu reasons here and there ? yes
she can be marginally DPS ship in end game, in her niche ? yes, is worth it, nope

[viscid swift]

Deustch is a tech ship basically

[left cedar]

FP for CAs, better than that only EVA

[rocky tinsel]

I'm trying to make sure I'm optimizing my research, is this guide totally correct:

https://azurlaneecgc.com/research/

Basically the strategy seems to be, the shortest projects as possible that get you blueprints?

[gritty mulch]

Tyy but for now i gotta stay and try to lvl up my ships since i got good power in one fleet for my lvl it good

[viscid swift]

read this determine which season to research but yes
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/research-focus

[grizzled sundial]

Early level is ez , play around a bit till you get better ship .

[late flame]

fleet power is a meaningless metric btw

[viscid swift]

fleet power is a useless metric by the way

[gritty mulch]

Have you seen what i got for now ?

[gritty mulch]

Ooh alr

[grizzled sundial]

If i be honest . Not good enough.

[viscid swift]

also not to put too fine a point on it, I know more about this game than you do and which ships are better than others

[late flame]

-# rare cheeky moment

[gritty mulch]

Ok

[left cedar]

at this point u know more than i know as well, cuz i'm being more and more draged to my car and wife than to games

[grizzled sundial]

Start planning for enemy BB burn your backline ship and plane spam .

[gritty mulch]

Ooh

[left cedar]

just hit them harder and faster, so they cant throw planes or burn u

[clear harbor]

There's a dismantling guide right? Somethign that highlights things I can safely dismantle?

Alterntively, if it's not on the equipment priority guide and it can't be upgraded into something better in the Gear Lab, it should be saft to dismantle, right?

[rocky tinsel]

@viscid swift aw, that guide makes me sad, that's a bummer that the gold items and ships are bad in season 8. I wonder why they didn't make them relavent.

[viscid swift]

I don't know, I really don't

[soft raft]

It just simpy do be like that

[quaint tapir]

season 8 definitely feels like it has the lowest overall PR ship value of any of the seasons so far, surprisingly so

even in a vacuum ignoring DRs/URs they're just not impressive in any way 🥀

[gritty mulch]

Yo ty for the link it really helpfull
I can finally try to make a good fleet and waste my life on this game

[haughty skiff]

agreed; i feel like the only major redeeming factor is UR BB gun being just extremely powerful 1st / 2nd choices for Heavy / Medium

[rocky tinsel]

Honestly, I would do a rebalancing pass, I mean, I could think of so many ways to make gold gear more relavent in general... And they are clearly fans of deep mechanics

Oh well, maybe if I hit it big, I'll buy the rights to Azur lane, and make a 3d version

[forest palm]

it's fine for some gear to be shit tbh

[clear harbor]

I found what I was thinking of.
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/User:Thebombzen/Safe_To_Scrap_MK_II

[vague oracle]

does certificate of sponsor works on bismarck zwei?

[vale spindle]

yes https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Certificate_of_Sponsorship

[vocal niche]

do I need to wait for events to be able to retrofit Anchan and Fu shun ?

[stoic crest]

is there a guide for w14? came back from like a 2 yr break so missing a lot of meta ships

[late flame]

https://suchiguma.github.io/home/home-page/

[viscid swift]

not that you should in all likelihood

[opaque cape]

Is it worth it to pair Rika with Haas in mob fleet?

[viscid swift]

no

[vocal niche]

thanks, looks a bit too expensive for me.

are those proto tokens hard to come by ?

[viscid swift]

no, just time gated

you can only earn 8k a month

[opaque galleon]

It also means you won’t be able to buy more rainbow bulins

[vocal niche]

I see

[carmine heath]

is kawakaze meta usable?

[viscid swift]

usable for what?

[carmine heath]

like, in general

[viscid swift]

what is general exactly?
because when I here general I interpret that as everything

[grizzled sundial]

fun to use , but i don't see any worth in the most extreme fight

[viscid swift]

which is quite impossible to give a simple answer to

[carmine heath]

I guess ill just wait like 2 years for her to appear in meta shop

[grizzled sundial]

Like most META ships , rarely someone would recommended for something like EX boss fight .

[carmine heath]

procrastinated opsi a bit too much

[viscid swift]

she'll be added to the dossier not the shop

[rocky tinsel]

Essex retro top tier? or just below?

[viscid swift]

jack of all trades, master of none, not the best at anything really

[grizzled sundial]

They are legit to use against normal mob in opsi , the Siren boss though is depend on the backline to do the heavy lifting .

[rocky tinsel]

Thinking of whether I want to oath her now, while I level her to 125

incase I want to later. for any reason. hmmm.

[soft raft]

just oath waifu

tatical oathing is a myth for F2P

[rocky tinsel]

I mean... I uh... may have an addiction to buying gems

[opaque cape]

What to get in core monthly

[viscid swift]

/coredata

[odd root]

https://www.azurlaneecgc.com/images/equip_misc/Core_Data_Priority.jpeg

[viscid swift]

oh wait sam hasn't updated it here yet

[rocky tinsel]

Is what bridal linnked still current? what's changed resently? Also, I have a bunch of excess core data, and most of the items already. Anything you guys find useful to have a bunch of?

[rocky tinsel]

THanks. What does "for SN gear requirements" mean?

[viscid swift]

SN means soviet navy

[sweet delta]

For non augmented Tashkent which is not relevant

[soft raft]

SN = Soviet Navy = Northern parliment

[warped acorn]

wyvern is used for mob/boss right

[soft raft]

it's used in both, but it's mostly used in mob where the passive plane interception is the most valueable

[rocky tinsel]

Is the upgraded depth hull thing availablefrom monthly core? I swear I can't see it

[exotic wren]

Monthly core ye

[soft raft]

you can only buy one copy of each gear per month
it then gets shunted to the bottom of the list when purchased

[turbid patrol]

is it possible to get to 400 cubes i have 113 cubes rn

[stark quiver]

well yes ofc
itd take a month or two

[ruby fossil]

what would be the best META ships rn?

[grizzled sundial]

Unclear , best at what ?

[ruby fossil]

Not pvp thats for sure

[wind hazel]

kirov, wichita are used for some strong comp

[grizzled sundial]

jinsuu ( ? ) meta good for torp fleet .

[whole crypt]

Jintsuu META still exists in PvP

[wind hazel]

😭 basic reading

[hollow gust]

Jinstuu is just a strong ship in most contents

[opaque cape]

Is there a vanguard that could heal

[wind hazel]

yeah there are some

[polar lion]

So what's the consensus on Essex Kai?

[soft raft]

There are some, but none of them are really Unicorn retrofit tier

Or even Unicorn pre-retro

[wind hazel]

master of none 😭

actually master of w15 support, but that's it

[stark quiver]

she doesnt beat fritz
master at nothing

[wind hazel]

b-b-b-but sir there are 3 slots

[stark quiver]

[polar lion]

If Fritz and Nyak on W15 boss fleet, what are the best 3 for support aside from Essex Kai?

[stark quiver]

hwah jah retro mayb

[plain saffron]

what's the standard mogador gun and torps

[viscid swift]

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

[plain saffron]

which category is her

[viscid swift]

you'll have to do some scrolling around for each of the slots

just bear in mind she wants a piece of French gear

[rapid grail]

implacable > indomitable >= (?) chen hai/hwah jah retrofits (two slots for fighters)

[wind hazel]

essex+hwah jah+indom

[flat fractal]

Anything else a high priority other than the ssr bulins and the ships? I saw on the priority guide I could get iris tech boxes and specialized cores, but wondering how many medals should I stock up before spending on non high priority stuff. also wondering about the blueprints

[split gazelle]

Spec cores are very high prio

[flat fractal]

aight ill get those too

[hallow mountain]

Which ship should I do next

is Kansas any good?

[quaint tapir]

cores 100%, probably also the DR prints once it switches over to season 8
everything else isn't really worth it unless you're swimming in excess

[quaint tapir]

if no ancho, get ancho
rest is pretty much whatever your preference is
and no kansas isn't really that good, daisen is just better

[hallow mountain]

damn

how about Harbin? It's either her or Anchorage for me

[quaint tapir]

fdg probably still worthwhile if you don't have lion, biszwei or any other modern UR BB
august is pretty solid for mid-late game but falls off if you have implac

[hallow mountain]

got all them except for Musashi

[quaint tapir]

harbin is significantly more niche
ancho is just a top 5 tank even through the endgame really

[hallow mountain]

aight Anchorage it is

[quaint tapir]

yea you can probably skip fdg unless she appeals to your sensibilities then, she's still very good but won't really change how you build your main comps all that much if at all

other PRs i'd recommend would probably be bayard & shimanto, they both scale very well into w14 and aren't entirely useless in w15, though there are plenty of better options by that point

[hallow mountain]

Im also thinking of Hakuryuu for Shinano

[quaint tapir]

haku is definitely the best DR to get & coin next yes

[noble pawn]

Does crafting Roon Augment really worth it? I'm aiming to build my KMS fleet soon like Hindenburg or Agir

[quaint tapir]

faction fleets aren't really worth it if you're wanting to do that in w13+
roon aug makes her somewhat usable but if you want to bring her past w13 you're pushing it a bit

it's a very strong augment overall that gives her a noticeable boost to damage, but outside of opsi and w13 and below it won't really save her from the hell that is endgame content

[noble pawn]

No sorry I should rephrase that.
I'm aiming to get Hindenburg and Agir in the future as alternative tank
I wasn't planning to build faction fleet. Just for grind

[icy cave]

There aren't any tulipia vanguard ships now right

[quaint tapir]

right
as a temporary stopgap roon is okay until you get agir
but if you have anchorage i wouldn't bother

[rain vine]

if youre just grinding out world 12 for pr exp, dont bother with the aug

[noble pawn]

I do actually have Anchorage

[noble pawn]

Oh okay then

[quaint tapir]

yeah i wouldn't bother then
you're farming PR exp in w12 and wouldn't need the aug for that content, and roon is basically obsolete even with aug to anchorage

[noble pawn]

I have surplus of coins I wanna waste on something so Augment is out of questions I guess

[quaint tapir]

better to save coins seeing as we're due for 2 reruns + new UR event

[noble pawn]

I'm hitting soft cap and merchant is overflowing with coins too

[quaint tapir]

fool's scales and effulgence before eclipse are both on deck to be rerun soon™ and the new UR event is in... about 2 weeks?

[rain vine]

doesnt particularly matter, as long as you arent hitting the hard cap of 250k

[quaint tapir]

it's not a big deal, if you want to dump some coin i'd argue it's better spent on lv100-120 progression over augments most of the time

[noble pawn]

Ohhhhh right that's true

[quaint tapir]

but given the proximity to 2x UR events (rerun + new) it's probably better to go over cap and just sit pretty on the excess so you don't have to grind as hard during the events

[noble pawn]

I have many ships at 105 110 and 115

[quaint tapir]

yeah focus on getting individual ships to 120 more than a bunch in the inbetween of 105-115

120 gives additional points for PR research (if it still matters) as well as fleet tech which is nice to stack up on over time

[noble pawn]

I need all the ships reach 120 for neat fleet tech

[opaque cape]

Is it alright to bring 2 healers (Perseus and unicorn) in a mob fleet or should I change Perseus to a battleship?

[hallow mountain]

Would Kashino be viable in PVP if I max this out

[stark quiver]

kashino herself isnt viable in any content

[quaint tapir]

it's not optimal but you can get away with it just fine assuming you're not pushing w14+

[hallow mountain]

Or just a meh buffer

[stark quiver]

no, unicorn is enough
run a bb flag and another cv

[quaint tapir]

too squishy for pvp imo

[stark quiver]

too useless for pvp

[quaint tapir]

no dps and dies to a stiff breeze

top tier secretary tho

[whole crypt]

who would be an easy to find third slot after Lion/BisZwei

[wind hazel]

fdg lol

maybe warspite? if lucky medal

[whole crypt]

no spoot, guess I'll just have to wait for fdg to actually be done

[rapid shard]

For HMS CVs Which SRs and elites are worth the investment for mid to late game? Got Uni maxed out but needing to get some HMS tech up for some PRs

[wind hazel]

ark royal

the rest really comes down to whether you own them or not, or they aren't really worth raising outside of fleet tech

[turbid patrol]

which series should i choose

[wind hazel]

8 is good

[turbid patrol]

alr

[rapid shard]

Ive got a few but haven't really done any leveling other than commissions with them. Needing more CVs raised anyway

[grizzled sundial]

I swear someone say pr8 is mid on this channel recently .

[wind hazel]

start with ark, centaur indom theseus are okay as well. most importantly, don't spread your gold bulin around

[wind hazel]

show me the receipt

[grizzled sundial]

Scroll up a bit more . Like 6hrs ago. It really just a short scroll and i wont quote because it gonna ping the owner .

[wind hazel]

i aint doing that

[stark quiver]

[wind hazel]

basic reading 😭 round 2

[noble pawn]

maybe referencing this guide

[wind hazel]

nah it's him being unable to read what was said

has nothing to do with season 8 being mid. the gold ships and gear from season 8 is mid, but season 8 isn't mid because of that

you still want meck and meck gun

[wicked lintel]

I need to replace Sandy's gun with something temporary while working on baguette dd gun.
I'm currently in-between Twin 135mm (Model 1938) vs Twin 130mm (B-2LM)
Which would you guys pick and why?

[noble pawn]

the 128mm skc gold one maybe

It's good for temporary gun for me

[wind hazel]

135 is only better if you're fighting med armour enemies, and only med

just use the tashkent gun until you can get twin100

[wicked lintel]

eldridge currently has it. Should I steal from her or just get another?

[wind hazel]

idk depends on your core data i guess. if you have spare, can buy another

or if you have lots of gear lab materials, craft 128

sandiego would benefit more from tashkent gun than eldridge, if you have to choose

[oblique valley]

any good ways to level submarines?

[wind hazel]

exp books

[oblique valley]

ngl running extremely low 😭

[wind hazel]

dorm passive exp is the next best i guess

[late flame]

12-1

[wind hazel]

muh oil

[wicked lintel]

I think i'll craft 128mm, mayb giv to eldridge and yoink the tash gun for sandy since eld ain't even retrofitted yet
thanks v helpful

[oblique valley]

how levelled would they have to be to survive 12-1

[split gazelle]

iirc I started at lvl 70 MLB just fine

[oblique valley]

also for 13-4 taihou is heavy armor right, which ap gun is good for musashi

[wind hazel]

daisen gun

[oblique valley]

which is.. 💀

[noble pawn]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Twin_410mm_(Mod.A_Prototype)#tabber-Type_0

[oblique valley]

any other cheaper alternatives or is that the only one

[umbral pollen]

Is anyone here to help me

[noble pawn]

406mm Twin from Eagle Union is hella cheaper but may not perform as same as Daisen gun

[oblique valley]

i'll look into it ty, i thought musashi needed ijn guns tho, or nah

[noble pawn]

musashi need IJN gun

[umbral pollen]

Can anyone help me make a team for 12-2

[wind hazel]

sure, post dock in thread

[umbral pollen]

Roger that

[umbral pollen]

Can you send links bl to tread

[wind hazel]

huh

[umbral pollen]

I can't find the channel

[wicked obsidian]

Guys, do we have any news on upcoming event or the UR ¿?

[whole crypt]

stream next weekend

what's the most durable aux config for nep

[wind hazel]

rudder+beaver maybe

short fight maybe the bouquet? or prowler, idk the maths

[whole crypt]

was thinking whether albion report helps

[wind hazel]

@slow fox

[noble pawn]

spending all AP to secured zone C5 is the good way to go, right?

whichever C5 zone it is

[wind hazel]

ye

[noble pawn]

okay thanks

[undone plover]

C3 or C5

C3 takes longer but should more rewards if u stop for akashi

[noble pawn]

will try this. Been getting nothing from C5

[undone plover]

the final AP dump is overall not a lot of rewards

but better than nothing
iirc u get ~6-7 gold plates per 2k AP burnt and maybe 1-2 loggers if u are lucky

[noble pawn]

I got neat SR Gear designs and loggers yesterday and it's been nothing since then

[whole crypt]

but C3 is less commander XP for me

[noble pawn]

That's true. C5 gives lots for shipyard EXP which is kinda nice

[wind hazel]

this is why c1 is goated

[noble pawn]

my run for C1 1000 AP only single Akashi appears and she didn't sell any AP Box

[wind hazel]

[undone plover]

Ship xp/ap is equal for c3 and c5
But u get more AP cuz more akashi

[noble pawn]

Oh I didn't know that thanks

[undone plover]

Nntktt was talking about commander xp which is ultra boomer territory

[noble pawn]

Yeah kinda misread that

[wind hazel]

i feel like c3 come out better than c5 even if it's cmdr exp, no?

how many do you even from c5

wait i have 100 ap, i can try

[whole crypt]

note I said commander XP, not ship XP

[wind hazel]

c5 +24

[noble pawn]

Yes I misread that sorry I'm having reading issue lately

[whole crypt]

I'm not that boomer, I didn't start on day 1 of JP launch

[wind hazel]

oh damn c3 +4 lolol

didnt expect that steep drop

[whole crypt]

and let's face it the most significant parts of leveling were mostly after oil cap

[whole crypt]

it goes from 50% penalty to 90%

[forest palm]

C5 is just there if you want to dump AP efficiently and fast

[wicked obsidian]

Oww... Nice... We got a week off then.

[wind hazel]

i thought it would be around 8-12 or something, didn't expect a 4

[whole crypt]

a week and a half if you consider now till event start, CTA should start this week give us have some idea but everyone knows it'll be IJN anyway

[forest palm]

the streams will start before the CTA I think

nope

[whole crypt]

streams are next weekend so definitely after CTA if it's starting on Thu

[forest palm]

the day 1 stream btw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2OiGskEGDo

[whole crypt]

next dossier coming but they still haven't announced next META

[wicked obsidian]

I got 400 orb ready... I am just waiting

[whole crypt]

day 1 last slot yes, I might be working then

[undone plover]

C1 is infinite commander xp

[forest palm]

[noble pawn]

I think I'll just stick to C3

[warm cliff]

do we have other IB buff ships beside Bismark?

[forest palm]

probably, but faction fleets suck

[undone plover]

emden has a 10% fp buff

[warm cliff]

i see

I need a fleet to defeat Repulse Meta but no Helena

[simple ice]

does a ship get more affinity when being sortied in the flagship position ?

[warm cliff]

I think MVP = more aff

[undone plover]

it gets 1.5 xp but same affinity
only MVP doubles affinity gain

[whole crypt]

not if you don't have infinite time

[simple ice]

aha i see, thx

[whole crypt]

even if you used Lion mob fleet to clear map on entry you still lose time to loading

[undone plover]

i think your best best is searching this channel for repulse meta discussions
sadly the meta chronicle does not have a repulse meta entry yet

[warm cliff]

I see

[rapid shard]

So from what i read above if I want to get the max amount of ship xp to ap would be spamming C3s? Or am I misreading it?

Got like 2k ap to burn today

[forest palm]

no you'd spam C1, if you're just looking to burn AP C3 or C5

[rapid shard]

C1 it is. Got plenty of time so not worried about the time it will take. Appreciate it

[undone plover]

C3 should be more xp than C5 if u dont want to do C1

[forest palm]

don't do C1

[undone plover]

I wouldnt do C1 last day of month tbh
u need a few hours to burn 2k AP in C3-C5
and C1 is neutral in theory so u are not burning anything

[rapid shard]

Ive got like 7hrs of freetime to do it. Perks of a very very boring job atm

[forest palm]

even then C1 isn't going to help you burn AP

it's likely going to either burn non, or add more to burn

[rapid shard]

Ill spam some C3s then. This my first opsi reset so trying to get most bang for my buck

[gilded carbon]

What did i miss? I have played through all the other regions and cleared them all

[paper walrus]

which one is better?

[wind hazel]

Q

[wind hazel]

you're still in story?

yeah i see story here

[gilded carbon]

How so?

[wind hazel]

complete chapter 5

[gilded carbon]

i have beaten Story earlier with the Arbiter-fights

[wind hazel]

well i still see a blue marker there

finish whatever it asks you to do

[gilded carbon]

that is from a node for one of these lore-drops, you can buy them in the story?

the file-stuff?

[wind hazel]

oh lol, the logger?

[gilded carbon]

i believe so?

[wind hazel]

then idk

finishing chapter 5 should unlock arbiter fight

[gilded carbon]

it leads oyu through a few segmented areas where you do fights and get an file at the end

[wind hazel]

ye that's not it, my bad

[gilded carbon]

i will take screenshots of my full map, give me a minute

[raw nest]

Is there a like a list or something that has all the sr ships that u can obtain in the campaign maps

[wind hazel]

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

[raw nest]

I need something to spend my oil getting since I’ve been stuck trying to get to level 50

[wind hazel]

if your fleet average is lv80 ish, you can try grinding at universe in unison or passionate polaris SP5 in war archives

it has oil cap there

[raw nest]

Are the weapon blueprints that can be obtainable there viable ?

[gilded carbon]

OpSi Troubles with navigation

[haughty skiff]

^ this is ideal

if you arent able to do that then grinding 6-3 for Ark Royal then 6-4 isn't terrible either, just not as good

[wind hazel]

treat them as bonus, ryusei is good converging torpedo but chances are you won't be getting many

cosmic kicks is great though

[raw nest]

The gun ?

[wind hazel]

the plane

[raw nest]

No I meant what abt the gun

[wind hazel]

it's shit

[raw nest]

Ok noted

[wind hazel]

pick your poison, ryusei+hp gear, or 3rd best eva aux

[knotty jolt]

One of few aux to give speed too

[wind hazel]

ye personally i'd do the cosmics

[fallen verge]

just finished farming polaris, what should i move onto next?

universe?

[wind hazel]

idk, what do you need?

[fallen verge]

commander exp

[wind hazel]

either one works. if need ironblood tech can try Divergent Chessboard D4 as well

has hard mode requirement though, so higher entry barrier

[raw nest]

I’ll grind finish universe first I guess as I have 54 data chips. I would rather have honestly the plane more.

[wind hazel]

you'll be swarming in the blueprints if you're active in research academy, it's not that impressive tbh

[turbid patrol]

Who should i research first i'm new

[wind hazel]

but no harm doing it i guess, once you get kicks lol

[knotty jolt]

Bayard

[wind hazel]

i dont think someone new would have the tech for bayard

[haughty skiff]

Divergent Chessboard D4 if you want to get IB Fleet tech for FDG, Agir, ect..
Universe In Unison SP5 for the gear

[knotty jolt]

I mean i put up a suggestion

Who knows they might

[wind hazel]

start with louis or roon if you're new-new

it's usually louis/roon>fdg>pr4 except mp>plymouth>the rest, with whatever filler in between if you don't have enough tech

[turbid patrol]

Alr ty

[haughty skiff]

What tech ? What blueprints ? lmao

Just do Izumo if you need a BB; Roon / Saint Louis for PR Tech progression; I do think the PR Catch-Up MinMaxing is worth mentioning as well here

https://azurlaneecgc.com/research/
https://azurlaneecgc.com/research/#catch-up_min_max

[wind hazel]

also im assuming you mean the shipyard development, and not research focus

[knotty jolt]

[wind hazel]

i hate the term in this game sometimes

[fallen verge]

do the pr/dr ships need their respective bulins

[haughty skiff]

They probably dont know what to research

[wind hazel]

no, they need blueprints instead

[knotty jolt]

They increase by research

[fallen verge]

alright thats good

[wind hazel]

blueprints is their bulin

[turbid patrol]

And i get blue print from research right

[knotty jolt]

Not really as you can't just dump XP onto them then shove bulins to max. They are very time consuming as such to reach max limit break you need development 30

[wind hazel]

from research academy yes. but PR1-5 and DR2-4 can be coined, so don't focus them. put research focus on series 8

[knotty jolt]

some are good and usuable at low dev levels but still they are a commitment

The catchups will help immensely tho with that commitment

[haughty skiff]

@fallen verge / @turbid patrol

Read below;

https://azurlaneecgc.com/research/#fleet_technology

Research Focus at least PR5 or above; the higher the PR the better long-term value you will get

PR7 DRs (Rainbows) are more niche / reliant on other URs then PR8s (mainly refering to the PR7 CV)
PR8's Golds are just, not great, but the gear and the DRs are solid

Your main issue will be tech points, primarily Iron Blood.

The main ships you will be working towards is FDG & Anchorage

[turbid patrol]

Oh nice

[turbid patrol]

Ty

[haughty skiff]

so TLDR;

Izumo (Not needed if you already have a solid flagship barrage BB) -> Roon (Gives IB Tech) / Saint Louis (Gives French Tech; Important for later PRs) -> FDG -> Anchorage

[lethal light]

Why does the option that allows me to skip combat data collection no longer appear? It's going to take me months to collect all the eXP

[cobalt rapids]

because u dont have combat datapacks anymore
which shouldnt have been used to skip cdc anyway and instead converted to protocores but alas

[haughty skiff]

I'd personally say just research PR8 and pickup Mechlen later; you will be able to develop Agir after Anchorage, and then Mechlen - who you will have most of the blueprints for at that rate

[turbid patrol]

I wonder how long will it take me to done all of this

[haughty skiff]

1 ) Skipping EXP is terrible , don't do it. You should analyse them for protocores
2 ) What stage are you grinding ?

[haughty skiff]

It'll take 1 month to coin up a PR ship & 2 months for a DR.

If you skip Izumo and pick Roon to min-max on IB, then it'll take around 4 - 5 months to eventually get to Mechlen

[turbid patrol]

Ah nice i thought it will take me 8 months

[rapid shard]

Off hand does anyone know how many BPs it takes to dev30 pr7 and 8 ships?

[cobalt rapids]

only do 1 ship from pr1 and move on
you read the recommend section ecgc for shipyard but set your research focus to season 8
if u wanna know why then read this
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/research-focus

[haughty skiff]

Since it'd be Roon (1 Month to coin) -> FDG (1 Month 1/2 due to catchups + coin) -> Anchorage (1 Month if coined; ) -> Agir (1 Month 1/2 due to catchups + coin) -> Mechlen (From focus)

Plymouth is also very much worth getting but i don't think you will have enough Royal Navy tech nor prints to make her usable with this line; she'd for-sure be the next DR you'd develop after Mechlen imo

I would also recommend the PR Catchup Min-Max ; It is worth it to pickup the UR gear.

https://azurlaneecgc.com/research/#catch-up_min_max

[robust nymph]

who do i give the tenrai?

[haughty skiff]

PR7 is worth focusing after PR8 due to Soyuz likely rerunning in March 2026, which would make Admiral Nakhimov (PR7 DR CV) worth getting