gameplay-help

[agile slate]

the event isn't ending tomorrow right?

[tulip tinsel]

10 02

4days

[agile slate]

ty

[dark hazel]

12-4 is the best realistic place to farm gold

[soft raft]

Event ends <t:1759474800:f>

[light trail]

are any other ships from this UR event good for anything

that you wouldn't just use a UR for

[dark hazel]

Oumi is a great gold BB but meta URs better
sushi just uploaded a video showcasing how strong she is, if you don't have the meta UR BBs she's likely your best option

[hollow gust]

warsite

[stark quiver]

whats the best fleet for hard abiter rn

[light trail]

eye candy it is, thanks!

[soft raft]

what's the gear setup for the top I-404 comp again?

[dark hazel]

https://youtu.be/1MhvKc4iZsU
I don't have the screenshot but it's in sushi's vid

[weary edge]

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

[dark hazel]

no, just clear

[soft raft]

just 100% clear

[weary edge]

oh

that’s kinda stupid

[soft raft]

no not really

[weary edge]

uhh yea actually it is 🤓

[soft raft]

How so?
Genuienly curious

[hollow gust]

if you have to 3 star to next stage then w14/15 will take forever....

when you are clearing fodder content ofc you wont appreciate how beneficial it is

[lunar sparrow]

Does anyone have a problem that the game crashes after like one full clear?

[hollow gust]

only on the shitty tablet, jus t turn down the setting

[ember roost]

Mine crashes every now and then and I have a Samsung Galaxy S14

Then again I’m running it for hours so maybe why

[stark quiver]

is there a way to auto all my loggers at once

[zenith heron]

Is Rodney Meta fight basically just full on brute Force vs Heavy?

[hollow gust]

It’s a very complicated one

[zenith heron]

Any tips before going head on with her?

[zenith heron]

Ic, looks like Timing at best like the Helena Monthly Challenge but for CV's

[stark quiver]

i thought they used a 3 nagato fleet there 💀

[rain bobcat]

hiddens?

just buy the thing from shop to auto

[stark quiver]

there was infact a strategic search for hiddens
do i lose any rewards if i do that

[forest palm]

uh...if any boxes are blocked the AI will ignore those

[stark quiver]

do boxes have plates

[forest palm]

some can

[stark quiver]

hmm
i ignore thoes normally too, so

[zenith heron]

I'll take note of this one for future runs

How about QE Meta?

[hollow gust]

Being a meta ship

[zenith heron]

nah, the boss fight as a whole?

[stark quiver]

run either whichita meta or helena meta (helena requires more investment)

[zenith heron]

oh

[hollow gust]

Or these days meta BBs are strong enough

[stark quiver]

meta bb?

i guess rodney meta might work
but id just run 2 ijn implac with z52,kaza,wichitam

[zenith heron]

should something like a Kawakaze META work? or even the new Yuudachi Meta? or is Wichita just straight better because of her being a good Glass Cannon, she is the only META I don't have...

[stark quiver]

you need to clear the meta nodes pretty fast so they dont eat up a whole or half of your second strike

now that i think about it
glorious meta may or may not work

[sweet delta]

doesnt Lion solo the knights?

[stark quiver]

idk

[inland shoal]

That's what I thought too, but ppl have been claiming she doesn't so idk

At least not fast enough or sth

[stark quiver]

why dont we
put that to the test

[sweet delta]

knights spawn at around 40, lion does barrage at 35, take 9s to do 3 ticks?

[stark quiver]

lion + what other boats

[sweet delta]

maybe some knights dodge the big lion

[rain haven]

lion this lion that lion the best, when is the rerun?

[stark quiver]

is ply better with traf or unzen with traf, no torp buffers

[brisk dragon]

does the guild give gems? i'm not sure i saw correctly cuz i was spamming on auto pilot but i feel like i saw gems while claiming rewards fro mthe guild

[stark quiver]

1% chance

[stark quiver]

Lion flame did not kill the knights in time

[jolly condor]

Should I use asama in this team

[stark quiver]

Unzen is a bit better according to me, but lion flame probably hit everything unlike last year

[stark quiver]

i think the whole fleet can use a makeover
you can start a thread and post your dock

[jolly condor]

Like here or somewhere else

[stone sluice]

Glorius meta worked for me, she killed the knights so my next ship could hit Rodney. I think I used a spearfish to get a good timing.

[stark quiver]

rodney
we were testing qem

[stone sluice]

Then it’s QEM lul
The one with the knights that spawn

[stark quiver]

[left parrot]

Glorious works pretty well on the knights, just checked it out

[hollow gust]

Most things do , QE is really squishy

[vapid valve]

Is there a low cost team that I can use to spam event or any auto run mode because I am tired of running out of oil and just thinking of running that on auto repeat then just using the stonger unit to run bosses

[soft raft]

if you're on D maps, dont bother cuz oil cap exists
if you're not, you can consider Unicorn retro + a DDG

[eternal moth]

Ranger/Cassin or Downes if you have enough fleet tech

[rapid shard]

After finishing Jintsuu Meta im starting Repulse meta. Does she have any weird gimmicks like yudachi meta with the fires?

[vapid valve]

How do I do both since I am definitely interested

Dm me all the info instead so I can refer back to my notes since I have been needing this for a while

[eternal moth]

What do you mean how do you do both?

[soft raft]

Just don bother trying to low cost D maps
It's not worth it cuz you'd have to do the Ranger + Cassin/Downes strat which is already hard enough if you lack tech, that's also on top of the enemies being higher level

Surely you can spare like 260 or so oil per run

Also out of curiosity, are you using the 2x plans?
That might be why you're burning through your oil at a exceedingly fast rate

[vapid valve]

Yes because it made my research faster for kersage and using it to gain faster the xp for ships

[forest palm]

that's just a placebo....

[soft raft]

No fucking wonder
those essentially let you do two runs at once
Which means double everything Including the negatives like morale and oil drain

[vapid valve]

On top of that I’m trying to get ready for the research for the next project that I’m interested in since I want the iron blood ship

[vapid valve]

Oh shit

[eternal moth]

You know what takes a lot longer than XP farming for a PR ship? Getting enough BP for them to be worthwhile

[soft raft]

as such, these are only used as time saving tools if you lack the time to grind

[vapid valve]

How would I do that

[eternal moth]

Keep doing research

[vapid valve]

Got it

[eternal moth]

Let's put it this way: I still don't have Mecklenberg at dev30, and she's the one I've focused the most on.

Granted, I've been focusing more on gear than ship BP, but still

[forest palm]

on average it's a 4 to 6 month endeavor

[vapid valve]

Granted but I have have speed up the whole process

[forest palm]

you can't unless you're willing to spend on cubes

also oil

anyway AL rewards patience in the end

[soft raft]

do you really have to though
cuz having her early wont mean anything when it'll take months at the very mininum to get her into a useable state so she's just collecting dust in your dock in the meantime

[vapid valve]

Hmm how so since I will complete everything

[rain bobcat]

have u ever done pr before

[soft raft]

The blueprints needed to get them to D30.....
Which is the equivalent of MLB and Max enhancements....

AKA where a huge majority of their stats are locked behind

[forest palm]

Research Ships are practically useless if they aren't Dev 30

[vapid valve]

I haven’t completed it

[soft raft]

[stark quiver]

whats the fastest bootup and load emulator

[spark patio]

I would choose mumu

[stark quiver]

is it based off personal experience

[spark patio]

yeah, i did run bluestack ldplayer but i feel that mumu was more smooth

[stark quiver]

which one had the fasest app startup & game launch
i dont mind if its not as smooth

[slow ocean]

Back ally is better with 2 planes 1 weapon or 2 weapons 1 plane?

[spark patio]

Mumu take about 3-5s to start up. others seem slower a bit

[forest palm]

Bluestakes P64 doesn't take more than a minute

though part of it taking long could be if your computer is having a skill issue

[stark quiver]

1 minute is way too long

[spark patio]

I feel like bluestack is the slowest one, next is LDplayer and fastest for me is Mumu

[forest palm]

ya cause I don't time it, and when I just timed it it took about 20 seconds to boot in all

[vivid nebula]

Hi. Will this do ok against Yuudachi meta?

[forest palm]

anyway Emulators are weird and wonky and will vary from rig to rig

[stark quiver]

no

[vivid nebula]

What do I stack vs her? I don't have lion and alsace for reference

Edit: I thought something light armor shred would work

[rapid shard]

Vanguard need Fire Extinguishers

[weary edge]

is aurora worth investing in

[rapid shard]

She gets a dmg reduction for each unit on fire

[vivid nebula]

Sooo this?

[spark patio]

is that gold torp good? i just got it yesterday

[eternal moth]

As long as the timings are ok, that might work. Try it and see. I doubt it one-shots, but you might 2-shot

[rapid shard]

Gold quad mags is kinda the default for auto teams

[vivid nebula]

They are very good torps

[vivid nebula]

I know for a fact I cant one shot haha

[spark patio]

where should i use it on? DDs or CAs

[eternal moth]

Your highest-damage torp user

[vivid nebula]

I am missing Lion Alsace and Trafalger. Also, even if I did have em, Chapayev, and eldridge retro are nowhere near ready.

I am basically lacking everyone for the one-shot comp haha

[rapid shard]

Its the default for all vanguards with torp slots. With exceptions to units that want fast ones like Anchorage for skill proc

[stark quiver]

who even uses eld for yuudachi

[eternal moth]

Don't look at this game in terms of hull type; different ships have different specialties

[vivid nebula]

I saw it in a video so idk.

i do know z52 is suchiguma's 3rd vanguard though (I don't have her too)

[stark quiver]

bro has nothing 💀

[vivid nebula]

Crazy right? I take my first long break in all my years of playing azur lane and every good ship for today's meta gets released in that window

[spark patio]

why is it?

[rapid shard]

Even worse for people like me who started couple months ago and non of the top picks are even a option

[stark quiver]

i mean its either skill issue or skill-unissue
skill issue for people who die fighting yuudachi or skill-unissue for people who already do enough damage to use their previous fleet from kwkz meta

[vocal niche]

there're only 2 copies of I-404 I could get from the event?

[vivid nebula]

Will Scylla's airstrike damage buff stack with AVP and Kazagumo's, hypothetically?

[stark quiver]

Yes

[vivid nebula]

ok this might be the fleet that helps me 2 shot then

I just remembered a glaring problem

Womp

Question. Since yuu meta applies a special burn, does laff 2's 15% burn damage reduction help against that?

[spark patio]

wat this? i think i will skip this until i strong enough tho

[rapid shard]

Yuu Metas dmg isnt that bad. Running Anchorage Helena and Harbin with just toolboxes at 120 they last entire fight with zero heals

With NJ Enty and Warpsite retro as backline

[zenith heron]

Basically either use the fleet that was used by Fighting Kawakaze META works with Yuudachi META by Using Eldridge or just use the current one but without using Eldridge and Fire Supressor existing as the key...

The Latter is doable and the usual for this META Fight

but the former can be used if kills the boss enough

[spark patio]

i dont have metas only Hakuhou

[stark quiver]

I mean I also only started taking the game somewhat seriously during mid 2023
And the whole time I had to play catchup on missing ships and whatnot, and only got good thru the help of alo gph and outside sources

[spark patio]

I just played this year so i have to catch up a lot of URs

[rigid onyx]

it's pretty necessary in yorkii comps

good yorkii comps

[soft raft]

What? Please elaborate
also holy balls that fleet is terrible, give this guide a read ASAP
https://www.azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

[clear harbor]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/equipment/#gear_lab
Of the Gear Lab priorities, is there any that are higher priroity than others in the red tier? For what it's worth, I have the Raff and Lion guns, so maybe I don't need the Triple 406 Mk 7.

[viscid swift]

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

[clear harbor]

Ah, thanks. Should I sort by "New Player"?

[whole crypt]

unfortunately not all "high priority" gear are equal because some have more impact when compared to next best relative to the cost
Mk7 is actually not that high at all

[clear harbor]

I guess a better question is, am I still considered a new player?

[clear harbor]

Yeah, that's part of my question, of the high priority items, which are the higher? I assume main fleet gear is generally higher priority than vanguard gear.

[whole crypt]

I'd probably make 457 before Mk7 if you didn't already get the proto core copy

[stark quiver]

do you still need to pick "optimal" gear lab crafts instead of making whatever you want

[clear harbor]

Yes.

[whole crypt]

and also what is the material you're shortest of

because if it's electronics Tenrai and Wyvern will add more

[stark quiver]

nnt is 300 electronics a lot

[whole crypt]

it's "enough" I guess?

it's good enough to be making a handful pieces on a whim

[stark quiver]

idk what i did wrong but im kinda leveling on the 300ish bar for the past year lol

[stark quiver]

[clear harbor]

I haven't crafted anything yet because I'm paranoid about wasting resources.

[whole crypt]

make planes first
wyvern will take your rainbow designs too, assuming you're using the selectors

arguably even rainbow AA is more impactful

(and again, takes electronics)

[rapid shard]

How big of a jump is the wyvern compared to the berguet?

[whole crypt]

AA performance is probably not that dissimilar but surface damage wyvern has 4 torps and each torp does more

if specific to using in ch15 some people do prefer breguet because of timing

[rapid shard]

Just wanted to make sure it was a purple mk6 to the rainbow mk7 situation where its only a slight jump overall

[whole crypt]

in terms of gear that use electronics/rainbow designs Mk7 is the smallest jump from next best

[rapid shard]

Cause right now im working towards building twin 457 but can grab 2 berguets from core shop or craft just the single wyvern. Doing that will set me back for a while on getting 457

[whole crypt]

you're crafting 1 457 and geting 1 from shop right?

[rapid shard]

Buying tenrai BPs first from proto shop

[wind hazel]

just grab 457 from protocore shop later, craft wyvern first

[rapid shard]

Already got 2 champ and one flandre gun

[stark quiver]

optimal gear routes

[whole crypt]

craft wyvern first if you don't have any wyverns yet

[rapid shard]

Reading helps lol

[whole crypt]

457 can wait

[stark quiver]

i never had guides back in my day

[whole crypt]

for most part it's just the best 14/15 mobbing gun

[wind hazel]

ECTL had my back

and this was the result of it

[rapid shard]

Ill go ahead a grab wyvern then. Is the gold twin BB gun right before the rainbow a decent sub option for it? Looks like similar characteristics

Just for mobbing that is

[spark patio]

wyvern is a UR plane isn’t it?

[stark quiver]

those who know

ectl made me raise percy

[wind hazel]

mk4? mainly only used for pvp lul. if you need AP gun just use your champ/flandre

mk2/6 is still fine for mobbing up to w13 ish

[whole crypt]

I still remember the days I used Mk4 on DoY

[rapid shard]

Yeah the mk4. I seen it had the 10% dmg boost and im not getting a 5th salvo off so not worried bout the debuff lol im working on getting gear for 14. If that gives any context

[stark quiver]

you do know mk4 is still used

[wind hazel]

for what

[whole crypt]

there's no need to rush running ch14+, just take your time with it

[wind hazel]

just use flandre

[stark quiver]

i lowkey think i EN'd

[wind hazel]

this guy can't read :reallymad:

[rapid shard]

Oh im not trying to really rush just trying to actually spend limited resources on the most worthwhile gear

[whole crypt]

and you can run 14 without 457s

[late flame]

-# instructions unclear brought in actual ship instead of gun

[wind hazel]

if you have musashi you can outright skip the 457 hehuehue

[stark quiver]

also not rly gph , but pvp channel takes balls long to reply, so does the +1.5 seconds to all load times in PvP fights or is it insta load at 5:00

[rapid shard]

Ive got 2 white and one black shells from core shop so trying to focus on CV gear for the time being minus the major upgrades like rainbow 457

[whole crypt]

fairly sure PvP is insta

[wind hazel]

get a third white

[whole crypt]

but keep in mind your timings may still be off because FT doesn't apply

[stark quiver]

nice
i was gonna test fleets against either bucher or silken so i was worried load times will be skewed if i dont add some variable

[rapid shard]

3rd white and berguet? Got 2k core atm

[wind hazel]

sure

[rapid shard]

Torp planes are by far my weakest. Other than 1 wyvern now and the new gold plane next best options are gold cudas

Speaking of planes. What is best option for heavy boss setup for hakuhou second plane slot? Thats not rainbow? My smooth brain ass feels like it supposed to be a IJN plane

[wind hazel]

you can consider making 2nd wyvern and grab another breguet, can mix with gold cuda if still needed, or get more breuget

helldiver

[rigid onyx]

honestly i'd get independence

helldiver is a goated purple plane

wyverns are a fairly large upgrade over breguets

and breguets are a fair bit better than other gold parallel tbs

[rapid shard]

This is my current CVs. Is independence still a must grab with what I have?

Someone here before told me to not worry about her

[rigid onyx]

i kinda shill independence to be honest i think she's the best core data option thats only limited by the fact that all your retrofit bps are going to unicorn/helena/starter dd first

im not sure if thats the generally accepted advice

[rapid shard]

Ive retrod uni Helena laffey ark and working on eldridge right now.

And z23

[ivory pawn]

My argument would be she isn't a must grab for you. Still the best core data ship option by far, but I'd more highly prioritize gears you'll use and cogs.

[whole crypt]

it's a slightly faster barracuda with intercept, it's much better if it's 13+ but otherwise it's the same ballpark

Independence is indeed still a great option

but the urgency to get her kind of depends on how quickly you can retrofit her

[rapid shard]

Yeah i feel fleet wise im good for time being. Gear is just major lack on all sides. And I wouldn't be able to retro her anytime soon due to finishing ark and working on AvP right now

Hard mode farming is focused for eld retro atm

[whole crypt]

then yeh no rush to get Independence

[rapid shard]

How big of a prio is it to +13 a berguet? So far only gear ive +13 is one champ gun a flapjack and the wyvern now.

Cause second wyvern will be a hotmin ive zero rainbow papers and 3 rainbow selector papers right now

[rigid onyx]

have you gotten all your windfall ones from the data logger things

if thats what they're called i forgot to be honest

[rigid onyx]

0% prio to +13 them

+13 spearfish isnt even a thing unless you pvp

people don't +13 campaign specific gear

/plus13

[odd root]

https://www.azurlaneecgc.com/images/equip_misc/%2B13_Priority.jpeg

[rapid shard]

Not sure exactly what you referring to tbh

[rigid onyx]

the non renewable ones you get

[rapid shard]

These?

[rigid onyx]

Classified Files Mission Logger

[ivory pawn]

From the Voucher shop I assume.

[rigid onyx]

these guys

[stark quiver]

pvp mentioned

[rapid shard]

Oh yeah I bought all i could. I started opsi late last month do wasn't able to many of them

[rigid onyx]

each one is a one time rainbow selector at the end

[stark quiver]

if you are a normal person, never +13 spearfishy

[rigid onyx]

he +13'd a wyvern

[hybrid forge]

Not for me, I already have hte points necessary, but is it possible to get I-404 if you start now? I mean start the event, not the game

[rigid onyx]

you can get 404 the last hour

[hybrid forge]

How woudl you get I-404 that fast?

[rigid onyx]

the minigame gives like 105 instantly

actually this minigame actually requires you to play it

[whole crypt]

SP has some, daily missions, minigame

[rigid onyx]

but yeah the only thing you lose out on for the i404 grind if you miss days is the 5 from sp and 5 from daily mission

[whole crypt]

you may havae to buy a handful of vouchers but getting first copy of 404 from now is quite easily achievable

[rapid shard]

Don't even have a spearfish to +13 lol

Is +13 wyvern a bad investment? I assumed it would be a good one since its regularly rated best parallel torp plane

[rigid onyx]

not really worth it to +13 campaign gear

[whole crypt]

it's a bad investment because it's only used in campaign and in many cases already overkill even without the 18% more damage

[rigid onyx]

the gear i've ever used gold plates on for campaign is hedgehog

[hybrid forge]

Which minigame gives 105 points?

[whole crypt]

the one minigame, run it to its end

[rigid onyx]

brother the game has a list of all the ways to get points for i-404

[whole crypt]

it doesn't give all 105 in 1 clear

[zenith heron]

are there any contents that is doable with double Skyraider? or is it as either coping or situational as the 460mm BB gun?

[whole crypt]

actually since the minigame this time doesn't "end" the vouchers should just be embedded all over the minigame achievement missions

[rigid onyx]

yorkii really appreciates double skyraider

[zenith heron]

Sadly she is the only one who is doable with that I guess?

[rapid shard]

Well if +13 wyvern is on my only gold plate mistake I'll take it lol flapjack and champ gun are good investmentments to +13 tho right?

[whole crypt]

flapjack no
champagne gun yes

but champagne gun has recently been 1-upped by meck gun, though meck gun is very expensive, so take what you will with that

[stark quiver]

meck gun is just research tho

[zenith heron]

like they said earlier, you usually don't +13 campaign equipments, unless its for bosses specifically (or so it seems)

[rapid shard]

Is it worth to +13 my second champ or flandre? And its gonna be a while for the meck gun. Ive only got 6/50 for it

[whole crypt]

generally skyraider is a timing issue, it's just too slow

[rapid shard]

Wouldn't flapjack be good for first slot on enty for bosses?

[stark quiver]

no

[whole crypt]

also being a DB isn't helpful, if I remember correctly it gets screwed by DB AVI scaling, not to mention being a rocket plane by large it's not going onto heavy fleets either

[whole crypt]

the fighter bombs are not very impactful against bosses, if you want to +13 fighters it's usually going to be rocket fighters

[rapid shard]

Gotcha. Only rocket plane i have is one BF109

[whole crypt]

if you're not sure what to do with your gold plates just don't use them

[rapid shard]

I was basing the flapjack off the suchi guide having it second best for heavy

[whole crypt]

gold gear are 120 plates a pop and rainbow 360 a pop, so saving them until you actually got a good use is fine

[rapid shard]

Ive still enough to max tenrai when I get it and another gold in a week or so based off current income rate from them

[whole crypt]

the issue just being the only actually good rockets against heavy is the La-9, 2x1000lb bombs being second best for heavy is just because everything else is shit

gold plate income is fairly limited

[rapid shard]

La-9 is just available throu research right?

[whole crypt]

for now yes, it probably won't make it to lab for another 2-3 years

there'll be 1 copy in proto shop soonish

[rapid shard]

Assuming when that gets added it will take priority over buying tenrai bps?

[whole crypt]

personally no Tenrai is just generally more useful, La-9 is very specific to being in a fighter slot in an anti-heavy fleet

it's better than BFG for medium too but the impact is relatively less

[zenith heron]

if this might be the case,

I hope next time it won't be like +13 Dive bombers specifically like the Skyraider for example? or I might have missed something?

[whole crypt]

rocket fighters and converging TBs go first, if you have enough gold plates to spare after that sure I guess? I +13'd my Skyraider and ended up not having enough plates for my La-9 for a bit

[wispy beacon]

Does Hakuhou's vanguard buff also work across the fleet?

[whole crypt]

to be fair I also +13 a lot of shit I shouldn't be

[stark quiver]

same

like that single ad1 ive +13d just to do a challange mode boss

[rain vine]

are you referring to the yellow skill?

[whole crypt]

I don't see anything in her skill wording that limits her skill to any specific ship in the vanguard, unless you mean crossfleet, in which case she does not have crossfleet

[whole crypt]

at least you only +13'd 1 skyraider

[stark quiver]

you did 2 didnt you

[rapid shard]

I have been very hesitant to +13 anything minus the champ flap and now wyvern( I now know it was a poor investment)

Once I get tenrai in a week or 2 that will be safe and good choice to max out right?

[whole crypt]

and they're both sitting unused now, yes

[stark quiver]

this was my depot a few hrs ago
can you guess where my plates went

[rigid onyx]

spearfish for pvp

[stark quiver]

correct

[whole crypt]

I have a +13 spearfish even before it was a thing for PvP

now that I mention it the spearfish isn't even in my PvP fleet

[rapid shard]

Im not trying to really push PvP tbh. Lack of lion is absolute pain i just do it for merit points for bulins right now. Is spearfish worth trying to get for outside of PvP or is the cheaper wyvern better

[rigid onyx]

wyvern is cheaper and about as good

[stark quiver]

spearfish is fast and has rockets

[rapid shard]

Minimal cost to maximum performance is my goal for time being before I try going for the absolute best gear pieces. I can only only properly fully gear about a fleet and half atm with the 2nd/3rd best reccomened options

[rigid onyx]

/gearlab

[odd root]

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

[rapid shard]

Rest is poverty/what i got equips

Ive been using sams list and suchis guide on what to focus on

[stark quiver]

just fight ez fleets
and youre in LE, free wins

[rigid onyx]

you can get 80% of the rewards with a really bad fleet

spending any resources in pvp is honestly a waste from a progression point of view

[rapid shard]

Thats what I do. I've been finishing last couple weeks around 200ish. Just when options and no refresh is juts lion eld z52 laff2 fleets im screwed lol

Win rate is around 90%

[rigid onyx]

most people intentionally have a bad fleet on defense because having a good pvp fleet is actively a negative until the last day or two

[rapid shard]

Does your defense fleet even effect anything?

[rigid onyx]

no rewards for defense wins

[rapid shard]

Yeah im not super big into the PvP as a whole its a nice mode but just due to not having the best ships (mainly lion) and gear im not gonna bother pushing it hard at all. Im Happy with vice admiral rewards

[wind hazel]

if you just win, admiral of the navy is easy enough to get. free merit

[whole crypt]

even the sweaty people don't always consistently swap their fleets in and out every 2 weeks

[stark quiver]

I don’t even sweat

[rapid shard]

If you seen the fleet and gear im running being able to get and hold vice consistently is a achievement lol

[whole crypt]

it really just depends on your luck with opponents

[rigid onyx]

i'd wager it's better to have a bad fleet the whole time than a good fleet the whole time

[wind hazel]

just refresh and hit easy def

[whole crypt]

that's what I think too, but some folks just leave the meta setup on the whole time

[rapid shard]

Yeah like my current list is 3 17k meta fleets and one 1k meme fleet lol

[whole crypt]

[stark quiver]

i mean mine is 3 wannabe metas and mafia

[rigid onyx]

i see you have a type

[rapid shard]

Wasnt expecting to get called out but I'll accept it lol I am eagerly awaiting Indiana rerun regardless of gameplay performance

[whole crypt]

Indiana is actually one of the better gold BBs nowadays

[wind hazel]

2 amogus

[whole crypt]

it's just gold BBs among rainbows

[rapid shard]

Honestly really glad to hear that lol I got lucky with Oumi and Owari being solid gold BBs and I just dont have rainbows other than permanents

[whole crypt]

according to stig Oumi is current gold top, I think Owari is also slightly better than Indiana, but is definitely on the more useful end of gold BBs nowadays

[rapid shard]

Im currently lvling her to 120(118 currently) right now and shes honestly been surprisingly solid compared to NJ Warpsite Georgia(fatesim) and they few others ive been using

I know Unzens rerun is coming soon. Is there any predictions on who should be rerunning after that?

[wind hazel]

https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/db/ships?rarity=6&sortType=date

[rigid onyx]

ur reruns are basically always in order but the other reruns have been swapped around a bit. I think after unzen is going to be guam laffii rerun for URs

[rigid onyx]

when is the winter pathfinder rerun

[rapid shard]

Glad alsace doesnt seem too far off. I dont see Soyuz mentioned much. Does she got a special niche?

[whole crypt]

they announced 2 reruns on JP stream didn't they

[rigid onyx]

soyuz is glued to nakh in the game rn for complete endgame

[viscid swift]

I think pathfinder is already archived

[rigid onyx]

she's also just a really good anti medium bb too though

i guess yeah i need the equip from that event though

they're really bad at adding gear for archived events

[rapid shard]

How does it normally get added once they archive it? Gear lab or RNG farming on the archive map?

[whole crypt]

ah fool's scales rerun is coming soon™ too after unzen

[wind hazel]

either gear lab or core shop

[whole crypt]

depends on the gear

[rapid shard]

HVAR plane is one im wanting the most just due to lack of other decent options for light armor CV loadouts

[whole crypt]

please don't tell me you're trying to find gear from winter pathfinder

[rigid onyx]

ifykyk

[whole crypt]

it'll be map drop in archive at least, we don't know if it'll show up in shop or gearlab

[fiery swan]

Event ends today?

[wind hazel]

wednesday

[fiery swan]

Why maint today

[wind hazel]

devs on holiday

[whole crypt]

no it ends later this week, this is an extra maint to add the island shit they couldn't make it in time for last week, as well as memory leak fix (hopefully)

[whole crypt]

the only piece of gear we're really waiting on now is AFCT but yeh

[rapid shard]

Thats the rainbow table right?

[gilded patrol]

How do I understand gear choices

Like what is good gear to use while grinding for best gear

[rapid shard]

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

[rigid onyx]

what do you mean by grinding gear

[whole crypt]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/equipment/

[gilded patrol]

I was told that best gear needs to be farmed

But I'll be using the links thanks!

[whole crypt]

to some extent yes

[rigid onyx]

just make sure you're not farming map drops

[gilded patrol]

Ok

[rigid onyx]

you farm materials in opsi

and event points to exchange in events

[whole crypt]

most of the best gear takes time but it's through systems like research and gear lab, which is just part of the gameplay loop but you may want to learn how to use efficiently, there's very little instance where you'd "actively" grind or farm for gear

[gilded patrol]

Oh

[rigid onyx]

at a certain point you realize you're farming opsi for gold plates and the gear mats are incidental

[rapid shard]

Do you ever stop lacking the lightbulb panels?

[wind hazel]

eventually. it will be the most needed one initially

[whole crypt]

electronics is used the most among useful lab gear but eventually you'll be crafting less

[rapid shard]

Also this may be a dumb question but before I found the guides I had bought the rainbow torp aux from the shop. Is that just primarily for subs or is it a good second slot for torp focused DDs like shimakaze for example?

Just to maximize torp dmg

[sweet delta]

good if they dont die

[rigid onyx]

mostly on surface torp focused boats submarines usually want snorkel + hull design

sometimes subs can forgo a snorkel because of skills though

[rapid shard]

I just seen in the 404 build guide so was kinda curious on it and Haven't seen it on the gear guides

[rigid onyx]

404 has like 60 more effective oxygen than usual or something

[whole crypt]

speaking of subs @sweet delta you don't need pressure hull for 95kai on 404?

[sweet delta]

hull has never done any good for 95k except rarely better timing

[whole crypt]

95k has longer range or something?

[sweet delta]

oxy oxy in general or snorkel oxy if youre opsi and the boss survives for that long

[whole crypt]

so assuming cost is no issue just load up with 95k95k9393?

[rapid shard]

So this would be a decent gear setup for Shimakaze assuming shes not dying right?

[sweet delta]

9595f8f9393

[whole crypt]

if you have any hazemeyers/staags that'd be a better AA gun for Shimakaze

[sweet delta]

the main gun is wrong

[rapid shard]

Gun is a just there cause z46 gun is on someone im leveling currently.

Depot space is running low lol

[whole crypt]

gun should be blue 76

[sweet delta]

/wiki 50 cal

[odd root]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Single_76mm_(3"/50_caliber_gun)

[rapid shard]

Is that just for a skill proc?

[rigid onyx]

barrage

[whole crypt]

barrage is technically a skill

[whole crypt]

just fit gear that's worth keeping but not being used on ships you're not using

[rapid shard]

So this would be a proper setup for auto?

Also they need to fix the Screen scaling lol

[rigid onyx]

oxytorp is kinda reccomended against because a ship does 0 damage if its dead and shima usually overkills mob trash

[slow fox]

-# I can't believe you guys aren't recommending a 550 gear smh

[wind hazel]

i recommend goldburn

[slow fox]

-# 550 gear meantioned!

[rigid onyx]

i recommend 2nd toolkit

[rapid shard]

Oxy is there cause I bought it thinking rainbow is best when I started before finding guides lol its gonna get moved to 404 once I start building her

[slow fox]

-# 2nd toolkit also good

[molten zinc]

wait cmdr 200 is already reached?

[wind hazel]

sorry, you found my alt acc

[slow fox]

mutsukiwhere

[wind hazel]

not even 100% winrate what a noob

[molten zinc]

[stark quiver]

is this real

[sweet delta]

is it really one player

[rapid shard]

How exactly do you determine if a ship needs the blue 76 instead of the other DD gun options? Trying to learn so I dont have to ask every time lol

[sweet delta]

math

you can estimate it by checking the AoA strength or skills, but you cant be sure until someone calculates or tests

[rapid shard]

Is there a active list of ships that prefer the 76?

I have a feeling there's a few im using that should be using that instead and I suck ass at math

[wind hazel]

quick gear guide has the list

relevant ones z52 trafalgar kazagumo

[fast plaza]

maint time has been wierd lately, just to be sure, hakuhou banner is still up for 4 more days yeah?

[wind hazel]

3 more

[fast plaza]

alright, same thing, its timeone

[wind hazel]

3 more reset

[rapid shard]

Lenja and Kaza had the other listed DD options... I do see the note at end bout the last using twin 100kai. Is that only scyla or the last few as well?

[wind hazel]

scylla

[fast plaza]

all the odd maints confuses me a bit

[wind hazel]

@sweet delta actually what's the difference in damage between 76 and 100kai on scylla for 80/90s/whatever time you tested on?

[whole crypt]

they're doing maint early because they're adding the island shit that didn't make it into last week's maint coming Thursday is a Chinese holiday

[wind hazel]

it's actually this wednesday

[whole crypt]

the actual public holiday is Wednesday but usually it's a whole week off for non-essential businesses

somethingsomething golden week

[wind hazel]

yes after rereading what you say make sense, the usual maintenance on thursday falls on the 1 week holiday

[sweet delta]

azur lane is an essential business

[jolly condor]

should i use oumi for my hakuhou, shinano team

[silent hearth]

what carries over to the next month in OpSi?

[hollow gust]

she has no synergy with them

[jolly condor]

really?

[whole crypt]

effectively nothing, shit either converts to vouchers or they just disappear completely

[silent hearth]

ah ok so none of the ap packages or health packages or anything?

[whole crypt]

none of it

[silent hearth]

ok good to know, ty

[whole crypt]

and those things specifically also don't convert to vouchers either so they're just lost if not used
AP you should try to use up as much as possible
repair packs are just there for nothing anyway if you don't need to use them

[wind hazel]

for campaign? sure. it's good for hakuhou's skill

[silent hearth]

yeah ive used all my stuff trying to clear everything as much as i could, i just got the main boss yesterday and im going through and clearing hidden zones, im down to C3s now

[jolly condor]

yea i’m farming campaign rn, if not her who would use assuming those are your only URs

[silent hearth]

UR is generally pretty good but most of them require specific setups or are really good in only specific situations from what i can tell.

[wind hazel]

you can use them together

[silent hearth]

sometimes its better to use a gold then a UR, just depends on the situation. what chapter?

[hollow gust]

hell no, most URs are beyond busted at multiple things

for classes like BBs, they are near unmatched

[forest palm]

Kears is the only one you have to bendover backwards for

[jolly condor]

Hakuhou team

[silent hearth]

shrug then i stand corrected. UR are best in all situations no matter the context. better?

[wind hazel]

no

[atomic abyss]

I feel that the original statement you made was more accurate tbh

Although the cases where the SR may be better than the UR aren't exactly numerous

Those cases are almost entirely healing or buff/debuff related

[molten zinc]

No UR gonna replace Unicorn role, at least for now

[forest palm]

Even then there's a fair amount of URs with good Utility such a Traf, Laffey, Eldrige, and z52
~~only really lacking a proper ARA specialist ~~

[wind hazel]

kearsarge

[forest palm]

Would rather use Kazagumo

[stark quiver]

everyone hates benson

[verbal plinth]

at least she has 1 skin lol

[proud geyser]

reminder: maint in 1 hour

[wispy beacon]

yeah, that's why I was asking

I think she has a cross buff if the wording is like that

[whole crypt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUIMC9SxdIc context

[stark quiver]

what could this be

[wind hazel]

the heart-throbber pack

maybe p2w affinity

[vivid nebula]

Dang she can out damage NJ?

[atomic abyss]

Ou mi gawd

[vivid nebula]

1.2million (theoretical) is nuts for a gold bb

Also, would anyone know if this is ever gonna get added to the core shop?

[rapid shard]

I am curious why the cross bow is only +9 in the test. Any particular reason for rhat?.

[wind hazel]

+10 will reduce dmg vs Light

[silent hearth]

yeah my Oumi is by far my strongest unit, she was doing about 90% of my damage before i started really building the rest of my fleet

[wind hazel]

so only +9 to get the fp as stat stick

[stark quiver]

woah, is this what i think it is
i can whale for affinity instant oath full dock

[rapid shard]

Wouldn't increase her to possibly higher then against med and heavy then? Beating NJ even more?

[wind hazel]

no, nj is stronger at med and heavy lol

[zenith heron]

Good Afternoon, I'll just ask tips on how to beat said METAs given...

Ark Royal, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Repulse and Renown?

Sorry I just need a subtle tip despite being lazy to try

[wind hazel]

dont be too happy, she's strong but not that strong

and notice the dps drop if you dont own a mog gun

[zenith heron]

Not doing Rodney and QE for now because I either don't have time for the timing part on Rodney's or no Wichita Meta for QE Meta's

[whole crypt]

yes but apparently you can only buy 1

[verbal plinth]

1 a season prob

[whole crypt]

they're only selling 1, for now

[wind hazel]

*slightly p2w affinity

[stark quiver]

bruh

[vivid nebula]

Which of these are worth doing for actual usage, and which ones are purely for collection?

[stark quiver]

i use kirov meta to kill hard arbiter in one strike

[whole crypt]

basicalaly none of them in general though

kirov onestrike is a rather specific comp and kirov isn't the only thing you'll need to set it up

[stark quiver]

its one thing

[vivid nebula]

How about Jintsuu meta? She's the one I am currently grinding out so I didn't include her in the list

[rigid onyx]

keep in mind oumi also steals mog gun from vanguard so she's better on paper than in practice (still very very strong for a gold)

[wind hazel]

good for pvp and some EX

[rain vine]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uz0UvQHsVUrlNz08Pc1IN04oABfMeiXTngfM8XJzRXo/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.r77po4nhidlp
doesnt have repulse or renown, unfortunately

[rigid onyx]

a lot of them give really good tech

[vivid nebula]

So it's ideal to max them out?

[cobalt rapids]

who is oumi stealing the mog gun from in practice ?

[wind hazel]

my laffeyII in pvp

[whole crypt]

Eldridge, maybe

[stark quiver]

z52,traf ply doesnt need mog guin

[cobalt rapids]

[wind hazel]

if you own mog gun, you likely have alsace lion. would you look at oumi?

[stark quiver]

yes

[whole crypt]

so in a fight where eldridge's vanguard durability boost isn't a concern then it works on Oumi, but Oumi is winning on light and many of our light METAs tend to be a bit hard on the vanguard

[cobalt rapids]

i look at her everyday

[rapid shard]

^^^

[whole crypt]

and yes if you have a mog gun you also likely don't need Oumi

[vivid nebula]

Is oumi worth building if I don't have Lion and Alsace but I do have nearly every other UR bb?

[wind hazel]

good +2FP, still would build

[rapid grail]

if u have the rest then they r still pretty good

oumi is someone you build for fun as lategame player

[wind hazel]

but zwei soyuz vanguard easily shit on oumi for you, no reason to use her

[whole crypt]

FP tech good, but also just nice as something to carry your fleet without wasting XP, before she gets maxed

[vivid nebula]

I have only Zwei and Vanguard in that list haha

But both are 120 already

[stark quiver]

mori dislikes oumi

[wind hazel]

don't have Lion and Alsace but I do have nearly every other UR bb?

so this is a lie

[vivid nebula]

Nearly

[wind hazel]

[stark quiver]

missing some rather important ones

[whole crypt]

Soyuz where

[rigid onyx]

inb4 he only has zwei vanguard nj musashi

[vivid nebula]

Ive said it before. My breaks were super poorly timed XD

[wind hazel]

no i think she's really great. just that her strength comes from having a strong DD gun, which most new players don't have. it gives a false impression

[rapid shard]

As someone with only
NJ MLB and one of 2 URs at MLB Oumi is still a absolute win lol

[stark quiver]

dw i quit azur lane after failing to pull yorktown 2 in 10 pulls

which lead to the great PSI rerun farm

[vivid nebula]

I am basically missing ALL the important ones at this point

[whole crypt]

NJ UvH Vanguard Musashi Zwei Soyuz Alsace Raff Lion

I'm not sure your definition of nearly is the same as mine

[vivid nebula]

Probably since I am missing everyone to the right of Zwei XD. But I mean, I am trying to make my current roster work

I am just happy to have come back in time for Haku and 404. I am so behind on URs its insane.

[whole crypt]

actually I've never read Oumi's skills let me do that now...

[vivid nebula]

Mind me asking, what is Soyuz's main strength?

[stark quiver]

ive used this event's ships once and that was for the missions

[atomic abyss]

Nakhimov proc

[vivid nebula]

She is the first of the URs that I don't have to be slated for a rerun

[stark quiver]

damage dealer
usual catalyst for nakhimov's freeze skill
good barrage

[vivid nebula]

A prio pull?

[stark quiver]

well yes

[rigid onyx]

u can pull every ship in this game

[whole crypt]

I mean she's the banner UR of her event

her rerun isn't coming till like around April next year, just make sure you don't overspend on other banners

[vivid nebula]

I don't intent to

[wind hazel]

famous last words until he sees Tokisaki Kurumi's bikini skin

[vivid nebula]

I was never too into date a live so we will see

[zenith heron]

Bro, that was nice

[whole crypt]

I'd like the skins to be something with a bit less skin for once but we all know what happened to the last collab that did that

[vivid nebula]

Which one?

[whole crypt]

nevermind I guess SSSS also wasn't too revealing

[rain vine]

idolm@ster

[stark quiver]

[eternal moth]

Idolmaster wasn't hated because the skins weren't lewd. A lot of people were angry you couldn't oath the ships

[atomic abyss]

Well, mostly the japanese audience

But yes

[stark quiver]

lore accurate gameplay

[atomic abyss]

I don't think EN particularly followed im@s that die-hard to begin with

[eternal moth]

Personally, I'd LOVE more skins like Bunker Hill's gamer skin: more casual, less revealing outfits

[atomic abyss]

I agree but unfortunately most of the fanbase clearly disagrees

[eternal moth]

That also seems to be a growing sentiment, at least amongst the EN community. I don't know how it is on other servers.

[atomic abyss]

To just nip the issue in the bud before we spiral into off topic

[eternal moth]

Yeah, I'm done, sorry

[atomic abyss]

If the casual skins were more popular they would sell better than the lewd ones

Well if you're not satisfied just use your wallet to vote
That's what I'm doing at least

Or rather don't use it I guess in this case

[vivid nebula]

Quick question, is there any info on the event after the current one? Is it the Unzen rerun immediately or is there something before it?

[zenith heron]

it depends but she is near her rerun

[whole crypt]

actually as far as I know the Japanese audience was split on that topic, some people liked/respected that decision but I guess we just have too many horny younglings who think it's bs

weibo was also filled with a lot of comments against it, but the trend felt more like astroturfing

[strange sphinx]

smh what's load out for Kearsarge vs light

[signal fog]

Maintenance now?

[atomic abyss]

Yes maint now

[signal fog]

Feels so unusual, lol. Any reason?

[whole crypt]

Mk7 and rocketcat

[whole crypt]

Chinese holidays

[eternal basalt]

#game-news

[whole crypt]

plus a delayed implementation of island

[signal fog]

I see thanks

[woven star]

Yeah. Two maintenance for 1 event. Feels too often

[wind hazel]

this is the 3rd lul

[eternal basalt]

4th for a 3 week event

[rain bobcat]

its the 4th counting the one before the event

[whole crypt]

2 maintenances between a 3 week event is fairly normal, this one is the third and the timing is weird because CN holidays

[verbal plinth]

and having the island delayed didnt help

[eternal basalt]

CN was supposed to get it thursday anyways

[whole crypt]

well there's also a memory leak issue, if not for these 2 we might gone by with no maint at all this week

[eternal basalt]

And Anni's is always event-party skins-oath skin & QoL

[rain bobcat]

not just memory leak, half the game is bugged

[crimson glacier]

huh whats up

[rain bobcat]

bunch of UI bugs all around

[crimson glacier]

i was wondering it was a weird day to get maint notification

[rain bobcat]

well there's also island update

[vale spindle]

the new island mini game within a game thing was supposed to get added last maint but they found bugs with it and didn't release it then
now they releasing it hence the new maint

[crimson glacier]

alright

[faint cloud]

they either did maint last time or they do it after holidays, but they choose today so they have only 1+ days remained to fix bugs, hope programmers get a normal holiday

[violet grail]

I guess all these maintenances are good for stocking up on oil at least.

By the way storing it is great and all but when is a good time to actually dip into the mail oil stockpile?

[wind hazel]

whenever you need it really. have some extra in stock for event just in case

but we've only ever had hvar and no other event that require extensive farming so all in all it's extremely rare

[whole crypt]

I spend oil faster outside of running events

baguettes were a thing back in the day even though it wasn't really that relevant, but yeh there's basically been no gear that warrants heavy farming besides that and HVAR to date

so the stocked oil is mostly for when and if another grind like that shows up, or you can occasionally spend some to push your PR XP, otherwise whenever you're doing serious leveling

depends how much oil in bank is safe/comfortable to you

[inland shoal]

When you're nearing those 600k you know it's time to use it

[whole crypt]

given the level of activity needed to stock 600k it's fairly safe to just convert all to curry

[slow fox]

What about NJ Warchive for Rudder

[whole crypt]

rudder isn't exclusive to that and you'll run out of keys before you run out of oil

[slow fox]

-# THERE ARE OTHER PLACES TO FARM RUDDER

[faint cloud]

oh didn't know emojis can get smol either

[whole crypt]

you know it too mebot, it's called research

[polar lion]

Wait we hab mainten? On Monday?

[slow fox]

fake

[whole crypt]

stuff that didn't make it last week plus CN holiday

[polar lion]

Okay. Wish I had known earlier coz I was planning to do Opsi after reset but guess that's out the window now. Kinda nervous coz I'm running out of time before month ending

[crimson glacier]

dont worry theres still many hours left, and also it just doesnt matter

[eternal basalt]

It wasn't planned on JP and EN, just CN. Wonder if we got maint if CN got it thursday

[violet grail]

I at least managed to clear all the strongholds and also did one abyssal boss albeit using two regroup commands.

But I tried hardmode arbiter and just no chance even for first tier of rewards.

Dont really need to achieve much more there before end of month I think.

Mostly just been spamming the corrosion 1 zones for commander xp tbh, got commander lvl 80 now.

[rapid shard]

Where can you reasonably farm rudder?

[rain bobcat]

.. research

its also in krons event

[rapid shard]

Here is was hoping there was a stage i was unaware of that didnt require tickets

[red sapphire]

Hi, is there a ship for the Vanguard that can I use as slow support for my carriers?

[split gazelle]

sadly, like most things in this game it takes time

[split gazelle]

eldridge retro but it's not a replacement for AvP/implac

[red sapphire]

Okay, thank you

[wind hazel]

https://t.bilibili.com/1117987941473320998?spm_id_from=333.1387.list.card_time.click

2nd collab

[onyx flame]

Wait danmachi?

[tender cargo]

im doing a royal navy fleet since i like the ships to, but fleet comp wise i got eq, illus, belfast, dido, warspite and san diego, but who should i replace san diego with?

[wind hazel]

ugh...

HMS featuring Drake 👍🏼 God Save the Queen!

[wanton glen]

did they say when maintenance is gonna be over?

[rain bobcat]

read #game-news

[whole crypt]

so that's the ???

[atomic abyss]

...I might need to come back to AL for both those collabs

Shit

I can get 1 copy of 404 by Thursday right

[wind hazel]

depends on how much did you miss

[atomic abyss]

Everything

Oil is the one thing I have in abundance

[wind hazel]

need some hard grinding these 3 days

3 days worth of daily mission+SP clear should give a lot, probably half of the required 200

[atomic abyss]

What about the 1x missions

[wind hazel]

i forgot how many each

[atomic abyss]

I'm more concerned for her than hakuhou

Cos I'm partial to her design anyways

[rain bobcat]

ender quit?

[sinful fern]

Do i get the oath skin as i give oath ring to a shipgirl or i have to buy it with gems afterwards?

[river junco]

You get the oath skin if the ship you oath has one

[sinful fern]

So if the ship has an oath skin it is free?

[vivid nebula]

It would really suck if that wasn't the case. 600 gems for one ring then you have spend more gems on a skin after haha

[sinful fern]

Is oumi worth getting?

[rain bobcat]

yes

[lean valley]

Do you have a lot of the recent UR BBs? Then she's not needed. Otherwise, yeah, she's good -- really good

Like in situations outdamaging the lower end UR BBs

[river junco]

She outdamages NJ I believe

[sinful fern]

Uhh i have lion and hakuhou are those bb i cant tell

[river junco]

Lion is hakuhou is not

[whole crypt]

against light only I think

[rocky lake]

Best Gold BB ingame so

good to have her just as a backup

[whole crypt]

if you have all the UR BBs setup then no you don't, but if you have all of them you probably don't lack cubes

[spare harbor]

reckon theres a chance i get hakuhou by pity before she leaves

im on 116/200

[ivory pawn]

You have about 4 days. If you have 0 cubes, better pray this new game mode gives hundreds, or you get lucky.
If you’re on 0 coin and at least w9/D, then probably.

[spare harbor]

why specifically 9d

are there cubes after 9d or sum

[ivory pawn]

That’s meant to be an or. Campaign w9+, or Event D stages.

Banner’s gone in 4 days, anything in 9 days is gonna be kinda useless ain’t it?

[spare harbor]

right

thx 🌾

[split gazelle]

pre-patch is live for the people that care

[forest palm]

game will still be down for roughly 3hrs though

[rapid shard]

Some people might need a while lol its 3.3gb for me

[agile patrol]

Wait.
WHAT?

I don't have Oumi. do I roll for her or not??
I have ~520 cubes

[floral osprey]

she out damages NJ lmao

[rain bobcat]

not consistently

also she will almost never outdamage NJ if you are missing mog DD gun

[agile patrol]

doigetoumiornot i have lion and bisz as my UR BBs currently
is she worth dumping cubes into

[hardy creek]

I've already done roon, st Louis, FdG, Cheshire, Anchorage, Hakuryuu, Ägir, Plymouth, Shimanto and Admiral Nakhimov, which ship should I research next?

[viscid swift]

I mean they just confirmed a Danmachi collab for this year

[split gazelle]

do you have implacable?

[verbal plinth]

Not if you have lion

[viscid swift]

On top of the Date a Live collab which is also later this year

[rain bobcat]

eh oumi is good if you want to get her but if you have lion and zwei she's pretty redundant and 520 cubes for you is not a lot. We will get a collab before december ontop of another collab so ur kinda cooked with 500

[agile patrol]

i seee.. better to save then

[rain bobcat]

and rember collabs rerun like once every 1 - 2 years only and only once

after a collab reruns once its most likely just gone

[agile patrol]

"ur kinda cooked with 500"
I thought i had a good amount shut up!!! 💔

you ruined me and i hate you now

[rain bobcat]

500 is like baby level of collecting levels

I spent over 500 pulls in multipe major event, pulls not cubes

its really annoying but it is what it is

noshiro mu took me 300 pulls, one of the collabs took me 400 something

[agile patrol]

waitso. we have two collabs and unzen rerun?

[rapid shard]

Yep

[viscid swift]

You'd be lucky if they rerun at all

[agile patrol]

im so fucked

[rain bobcat]

yes, all before the UR at december

[rapid shard]

DateALive DanMachi and Unzen rerun lol

[agile patrol]

im extremely fucked

[onyx flame]

oh wth no breaks at all

[wind hazel]

i mean, i reaaaaally doubt danmachi one is gonna be an event collab

[rapid shard]

We both fucked dont worry. Oumi took way too many cubes for me

[rain bobcat]

sounds like 5k gems worth of skins lol

[wind hazel]

bet it's something like BRS format

[plain saffron]

if it's even in this year

[agile patrol]

i got haku in 41 pulls and stopped sooo, i retained most of my cubes
but im still fucked regardles

[viscid swift]

Who knows at this point

[rain bobcat]

actually maybe danmachi is just another skin collab

[plain saffron]

also wtf i'm dead??

[wind hazel]

you were

[rapid shard]

I wanted Oumi above Hakuhou and ended up with 4 copies of Haku with one being a pity before she showed up

[floral osprey]

gee who wouldve thought

[plain saffron]

who resurrected me, put me back

[wind hazel]

Saratoga

[hardy creek]

Nope

[agile patrol]

oh my god 😭

[eternal basalt]

Double collab November

[split gazelle]

then I'd suggest getting August von Persival

[agile patrol]

-# butchered her poor name

[rain bobcat]

percy

[split gazelle]

did I

[wind hazel]

parseval

[split gazelle]

dam

[muted wind]

one letter off for a german name, close enough

[wind hazel]

August von Pserahgoadaval

[agile patrol]

NOOO 😭

[tender cargo]

was this as response to my qeustion :)?

[wind hazel]

yes, who else if not you

[tender cargo]

idk , but i dont have those ships im only lvl 53

so any recommends thats more reasonable ?

[rapid shard]

Faction fleets usally suck unless you have very specfic ships like he posted above

[wind hazel]

yes, dont faction fleet

[rain bobcat]

[tender cargo]

aww man so bigger booba fleets?

[rain bobcat]

faction fleets are good when you have the 6 most broken ships inside the faction

[tender cargo]

hmm that kinda seems a waste tbh

[sinful fern]

When will oumu be available again?

[tender cargo]

makes qe kinda pointless since shes faction based right?

[wind hazel]

+2 years

[sinful fern]

Really?? That long?

[wind hazel]

QE is pointless, yes. with or without buff

[rapid shard]

Is there a broken Eagle Union faction fleet setup?

[wind hazel]

america fuck yeah

[sinful fern]

How come its that long

[tender cargo]

So go for vanguard pulls replace qe asap got it

[wind hazel]

ask the dev, that's their rerun schedule. 2 years for rerun, another year for archive

[rapid shard]

Any reasonable subs for Yk2?

[wind hazel]

enterprise

[sinful fern]

So does my pity get saved in a limited banner?

[wind hazel]

i made those for fun, faction UR fleet

[rapid shard]

Once guam reruns then i can acutally build that one]

[sinful fern]

So all my cubes spent in that banner is poofed, gone forever???

[rapid shard]

Yep unless you hit pity. hence why every says stop pulling when you get one copy of each

[wind hazel]

limited UR banner*

non UR banner will accumulate on your permanent UR exchange counter

[agile patrol]

i get mentally flashbanged when i see guns on NJ
idk why. my brain is hardwired to think NJ is a CV??

[neon ice]

Hi , what are some good ships to run with I404 in a fleet ?

[rapid summit]

When is heavy/special construction pool suspected to change

[plain saffron]

updated everytime event gets added to permanent

which is, we don't know yet

[whole crypt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MhvKc4iZsU

[plain saffron]

6 or 8h?

[rapid shard]

8

[violet grail]

So like another 1h10min left I think.

[late flame]

if it was 6 maint would have ended like 50 mins ago

[plain saffron]

well how would i know if i didn't have the game open

[rapid shard]

It is in #game-news

[plain saffron]

"island_season_window_rule": {
"tip": "1. At the end of a season, the resources in your warehouse will be automatically converted to IDP, and you will be placed on the development ranking accordingly. Additionally, the contents of your temporary warehouse will be cleared, and all active requests, transport commissions, food production, and character assignments will be reset.\n2. When the season finishes, you will be unable to claim development and milestone rewards from the season that just ended.\n3. When a new season begins, your Island Development Points (IDP) will automatically reset."
},

competitive ranking

[muted wind]

thanks for reminding me, i need to check if my tooling broke

[soft raft]

Seasonal? Whadahell

[eternal basalt]

OPSI 2.0

[zenith heron]

Can I ask again if Maintenance ends within less than an hour or its extended?

[muted wind]

we'll only know if it's extended close to the end, but it should end in less than an hour if not

[plain saffron]

yes it's until jan next year, it's in patchnotes

[whole crypt]

the controls are so wonky

[plain saffron]

car

[stark quiver]

whats cooking gph

[eternal basalt]

An Island... 40 degrees so far

[wicked obsidian]

Hay hay,,, what's this 2.8 update????
I haven't been playing lately cause I already got the new UR...
So, did I miss anything

[verbal plinth]

#game-news

[forest palm]

I'm gonna blame Taiho for this extended maint

[stone sluice]

[polar lion]

I really need to sleep. I hab work in few hours

[forest palm]

Game isn't going anywhere...

[analog phoenix]

Another 1 hours💔💔

[slim hinge]

A question. If I delete the data from Private Quarters I'll still retain my progress right?

[onyx flame]

should, since your jsut deleting the asset

[cobalt gate]

Did cn servers open?

[whole crypt]

CN is hours ahead

[silk helm]

when they say IDP can be exchanges for resources, do we know what that means? is it like gear lab prints or something?

[slow fox]

Just tickets. Do NJ Warchive. This game rewards consistency. Using HELP makes you get rudders so mich faster than just research.

[silk helm]

how did you get so many gold plates WTFFFF

[slow fox]

I used ALL the selectors for general plates lol

[sweet delta]

I have enough washing machine bps to exceed that

[slow fox]

2k bps is 80 rudders

Do you have enough gold plates though

[silk helm]

im gold plate broke

and i probably should be +13 my BB auxes...

[forest palm]

ship girls hungry, coms waiting to be claimed, research que finished

[silk helm]

apologems maybe?

[forest palm]

I think we have to go for another hour for that can't remember

[eternal basalt]

100 (Probably)

[violet grail]

Theyre like cats, total drama queens, 5 seconds late to fill the food bowl: omg you're starving me to death this is against the geneva conventions.

[split gazelle]

I know we have the plus13 command, but is there even a priority to it? or just do as needed? I already have tb's and champy/flandre +13, and wondering about auxes like radar/shells/rudders/cata's etc

[eternal basalt]

Siren killed Geneva (convention)

[vale spindle]

The priority there is on a per plate basis

[sweet delta]

Keep picking gun or plane when you have a choice, there's enough randoms to max the auxes you need

[forest palm]

T4 part scarcity leads to priority

[sweet delta]

If you're asking how many of each to +13 before moving to the next priority, then there is no English guide for that

[verbal plinth]

Is there in other languages

[split gazelle]

Not exactly, mainly wondering if there is a priority to the plate categories on the chart I suppose. Like am I wrong to assume white shell has higher prio than HSFCR or is that not how it's supposed to be read?

[sweet delta]

It's read top to bottom, so white shell is indeed higher than HSFCR

[split gazelle]

ok that makes sense, thanks

[sweet delta]

But I think that is assuming you will have 2 or 3 AFCTs sometime soon

HSFCR is a better +13 than white shell if you will use it for a long time, but it's a transitional gear

I wouldn't +13 more than 1 HSFCR

[split gazelle]

oh I see, that's good to know. but it's still unknown whether they will release the AFCT right?

[sweet delta]

Unknown when

[exotic wren]

Of course it's you with the shitton of rudders

[stark quiver]

Is server up

[split gazelle]

not yet tm

[stark quiver]

[split gazelle]

they havent released the patch either since last extension so maybe even more delayed

[thorn tartan]

my server is still down

[sick kettle]

[forest palm]

11 hour maint let's go

[thorn tartan]

but i can download 3.3gig while i wait

[stark quiver]

Gonna have to go full WiFi master for PvP

[sweet delta]

There's no extension duration this time!

[violet grail]

I guess Ill check back tomorrow lol.

[forest palm]

smallest of violins for PvP players

[fleet urchin]

2000 apologems plus 1 skin

[viscid swift]

no

even when the servers were down for an entire day the best we got was an oath ring

[stark quiver]

1 more than 0 I’ll take it

[forest palm]

I think maint has to go over 3 or so hours before the devs compensate players with not just dorm food, oil, and coin

[cobalt gate]

so how much cog do we get daily with the new island mode

[forest palm]

well anyway the bar is Microlayer before I actually get worried

[violet grail]

Ill take that tbh

[fleet urchin]

yeah better than nothing

[exotic wren]

30 dockspace pls

[fleet urchin]

5 is ok too

[stark quiver]

when will plygun be added to lab

[whole crypt]

maybe dec/jan

[stark quiver]

so if im low on mats, maybe a third spearfish is not a good idea

[whole crypt]

specifically rainbow ordnance will be a problem

[stark quiver]

yea.... i have 2 and 9 craftable

[whole crypt]

yeh I can only craft maybe around 9 q152s with my current stock

[stark quiver]

i meant 9 craftable ur ords

[verbal plinth]

3 BB light guns if I don't have lions gun should I make another NJ gun?

Biz/soyuz/vanny

[whole crypt]

just use mk6

[verbal plinth]

Kk

[elfin hollow]

Is the only way we know to uninstall the island resources just reinstall the game and choose not to download the island resource?

Didn't see a way to opt-out of downloading it in the update

[eternal basalt]

Of course you will dl more stuff then

[elfin hollow]

I can eat the time cost, I'm just wondering if that's the only way

[river junco]

There might be an uninstall button for those assets in settings

[elfin hollow]

I'll check them later when the maintenance is over then, thanks

[stark quiver]

1 hour left until i eat shit and die

[eternal basalt]

Confirmed 1h 1m+ maint extension

[brisk dragon]

why is there a 3.3gb update?

[silk sphinx]

New game mode

[brisk dragon]

👀 . wat
what is it ?

[silk sphinx]

Hm. Well 3D mode with chibi 3D models

[viscid swift]

Yeah just read the patch notes

[eternal basalt]

You CAN

Not if you set it to OFF in options

[brisk dragon]

anniv event didn't end. right?

[viscid swift]

Nope

[brisk dragon]

aight cool i didn't finish yet

how long is it usually between collab announcement and the event itself?

[eternal basalt]

They are in november

[left cedar]

yo, this new mode have some type of reward that is something ? like plates oil or whatever

[clear harbor]

I know this is a vague question that is dependent on a lot of factors that I'm unable to specify at the moment, but generally speaking, are carriers able to do as much damage as BBs? My BB's usually do more damage, but they have access to better gear at the moment. And I have UR BBs and no developed UR CVs. So I can't really test for myself.

EDIT: I guess asked another way, how would the damage from a maxed Lion compare to maxed Hokuhou?

EDIT EDIT: maybe I'm not even comparing the right ships...

[eternal basalt]

Affection

[viscid swift]

You wanna bet they do 2 new collab events simultaneously

[left cedar]

so 3gb for affection ??? dammit ... useless as all last modes after Op.Si

[rain vine]

cvs require more investment with plane setups

[eternal basalt]

~~No complains with Atelier... or the busywork was complain ~~

[stone sluice]

Why a 3rd spearfish?

[stark quiver]

opsi mob cooks and it looks cool

[fleet urchin]

3 hours of extra maintance for "affection"

[viscid swift]

well no

you can also get Gems from it

looks like a lot of grinding though

[verbal plinth]

Free gems say no more

[fleet urchin]

fair enough

[eternal basalt]

Tickets that glitter like the stars. Can be used to draw prizes in the Stellar Prize Draw. When the current run of the Stellar Prize Draw ends, any Stellar Tickets left over will be automatically used to draw prizes or be converted to Gems.

[fleet urchin]

oh

its worth the wait then

[viscid swift]

you can also just buy 50 affection for the low low price of 600 gems

[stone sluice]

[north wharf]

Is it known yet if the new island feature will be worth its download size, or is it another Private Quarters type of thing?

[eternal basalt]

50 is a lot better than 10

[left cedar]

u mean by maint extension time, or by playing it constantly ?

[stark quiver]

what does affection do

[viscid swift]

the latter

[eternal basalt]

affinity

[stark quiver]

whats the conversion

[eternal basalt]

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

[boreal wagon]

affinity and affection are the same thing

[indigo ore]

I'm not sure if this is the appropriate channel but
can i change my account from global to japan server since I want to purchase items in jpy?

[left cedar]

now things start to be something else ...

i can choose who its gone be there or i'm forced to several ones ?

[eternal basalt]

It's affinity, if its called affection somewhere notify the devs

[boreal wagon]

i just responded to alpha's question

[eternal basalt]

Drad, 8x on the wiki page

[viral solar]

I share this sentiment

esp with latest update.
Most phones of plebs cant handle it

[stark quiver]

you can agree in #game-feedback

[viral solar]

Im afraid

[stark quiver]

this channel isnt the place to do it

[thorn tartan]

i hope it is up soon. i got 3000 opsi points to grind by tomorrow

[silk helm]

rookie numbers.. im absolutly cooked

[inland shoal]

This isn't a complain channel

[eternal basalt]

Prepare your shit

[forest palm]

that's when the maintenance begins

[eternal basalt]

Well, Alpha, it's time... Manjuu been waiting for this.

[stark quiver]

[forest palm]

how nice of the devs to gift 10 dock space

[late flame]

ngl wish i could delete the assets for the island planner lol

[eternal basalt]

You can

[atomic abyss]

im pretty sure you can

[forest palm]

doesn't the Island stuff give you resources?

[atomic abyss]

yes it does

[fallen verge]

is colorado retrofit any good?

[late flame]

do you have nelson retrofit?

[fallen verge]

i have nelson

[atomic abyss]

nelson retrofit is better for the same cost

[fallen verge]

alr

[last zenith]

when is unzen rerun again

[atomic abyss]

no date announced
it's only announced that it'll "happen"

[last zenith]

god damn it
ty anyway

[lunar arrow]

So, where is the exit button from the new mode?

[stark quiver]

im alive

pvp demon

[grizzled creek]

how do people know when a UR is worth LB if theres multiple options

[cobalt rapids]

they estimate whats more worthwhile based on their subjective view

[atomic abyss]

are they perma or limited
backliner or frontliner
what else do you have
how good are they

in that order

[safe nexus]

how to get out of island planner?

[grizzled creek]

i see, i have enough for 1 but idk if i should use it on haku or grab one of the perma URs n use on em

[atomic abyss]

if they are perma you dont use UR bulins on them

[grizzled creek]

i keep seeing people mention a re run as well which isnt helpin