#gameplay-help
1 messages · Page 971 of 1
So which is the weakest tempesta main fleet?
ngl but you might as well roll a dice to decide
ganji
is the old demi cannon any good?
like yeah i know none of the tempesta guns are good but like is it the okayish one
its the only main gun available for tempesta main fleet ships
well that explains it
so are any of the new Tempesta girls worth building? Or are they still kinda meh
not really
does the game ever give out oath rings outside of the anniversary?
extremely rarely. there was a poll that gave out a ring, and another major bug that handed out one
but those are the only ones i can remember in around 3~4 years of playing
oh okay, that's quite rare then 😅
yeah, the game is very generous in terms of cubes and resources, but gems and anything related to gems is quite stingy (its monetization strategy after all)
if you want rings, then best pay irl money for it and purchase the double ring packs (-18% off per ring compared to regular) with gems obtained from double gem packs
Beg Internkun for another ring
tbf maybe having less rings is kinda better, then it makes your decision more impactful. Also i swear the rings are so expensive
it's not like you really need the rings anyways, i've got 9 in my inventory and don't know who to use them on
did you pay for those?
Just oath your favorite ship , oathing for meta is a steep hill
yeah i paid for it. i really only pay for rings tbh
i've oathed pretty much all my ur bbs and a couple ur cvs
aren't skins more worth than rings?
depends, i don't care too much about cosmetics, but azur lane is at the top in the market in terms of skins
here the question of value is subjective - skins are beautiful, high quality and may have complex animations and lots of content in azur lane
but are entirely cosmetic in effects (with voicelines and high value compared to other games granted), whereas rings grant +6% stats, and increase morale
it doesn't really matter, but for my strongest ship girls i like to push them a bit further
that does make sense yeah
ultimately if you can afford the money and have disposable income, do what you will
shelling out a lot of cash for a gacha game is pretty financially unwise if you need that money elsewhere
Good afternoon. What BB fleet can I do for endgame with this stuff?
oumi lion musashi
Okay thank you 
Next bulin investment should be Zwei not vanguard
Vanguard lb was long ago when I pulled her and was even more newbie. Now I'm working on Trafalgar
Did they move the weekly free supplies pack somewhere else? Can't see it on akashi's shop
it should always be in akashi recommends iirc
it's nowhere there, doesn't it get greyed out if you bought it for the week instead of disappearing?
it disappears once you bought it at least for me
should i get rid of multiple copy of the same cat? I have tons of the same SR cats
What level do I need to farm for Sardegna ships? I’ve farmed for Littoro from Emperical WarArchive
the talents on the cat are the important part
You can use this guide, I assume you want it for fleet tech?
https://azurlaneecgc.com/fleet_technology/#rn
oh they have different talents?
yes, most cats dont have static talents
oh right
I think the most basic concept is just to look for talents that buff the same type of ship as the skill of the cat. So a CV cat with talents that also buff CV stats for example. If you get really lucky I think rainbow talents like flame's aggression, mountain's tenacity, forest's serenity are considered good, and unique ones like soulful warrior or ace pilot.
SR cats start with 4 talent points but sometimes a unique talent can replace a regular one with 2 levels which makes it only a 3 talent points start.
But trying to get a perfect cat takes insane amounts of gold and time so dont bother anytime soon. You really just want to get level 30 SR cats to get better cat paw rewards in opsi. The rest is super lategame minmaxing from what I understand.
Please correct me if im wrong. Only just started trying to find info on cats and probably not gonna be actually focusing on them anytime soon myself.
trying to get max cats early game is waste of time and coin, just use it on ships/gear whatever
If you enhance a cat with another of the same type it upgrades their skill level. 1 enhance for lv 2, 3 more for level 3.
just get 2 sr cats to max level for opsi, can focus on the rest late 
But if you want to start filtering good cats there is a cat guide you can look at for base talents at least
Could you link the base talents guide? Cant find it.
/cats
MEOWFFICER QUICK GUIDE
What are Meowfficers?
They are companions that you can add up to 2 per fleet (including sub fleets). They buff your fleets with their "skills" and "talents". There are 27 different types of them.
How do I get them?
You get them by opening Cat Boxes in the Cattery. The Cattery can be found under HQ > Cat Lodge. The first Cat Box you buy everyday is free. You can buy up to 14 more per day, with each costing 1500 Gold. It is strongly recommended you do NOT binge on them!
How do I level them?
Just like ships, they gain experience when sortied. They do not cost oil, however their exp gain is dependent on the oil spent by the fleet. They max out at level 30. You can also level them by feeding other meowfficers to them, at about 30% exp loss (20% bonus if identical). Additionally they can gain levels passively through Comf-Forts.
What are talents?
Talents buff a specific ship type or faction. They get 1-3 permanent talents, depending on rarity.. Every 5 levels they gain, they get a Cat Paw which can be used to roll new talents or raise the level of some talents. You can reroll any new talents once every 24h with gold (increases with number of talents).
What are skills?
Skills are unique to each type of Meowfficer. They usually give some stat buff or some perk to the fleet. They get 1 skill initially, and they can get up to 3 skills, each obtained by feeding duplicates (1 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd). The potency of the skills is dependent on their stats which increase through levels.
Do note that the skill stat buffs are mostly inferior to talent stat buffs.
Visit the AL Wiki Page on Meowfficers for more details.
Cat Guide by Riceist#3504 for detailed explanation of skills and talents.
bottom link
Oooh thanks!
ah okay ty for explaining
Should I use DD secondary gun on Oumi?
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/#main-fleet-weapons
unless its the twin 137 from gear lab, no, since she can equip a CL gun
A simple reference for what gear to equip in each slot for the most commonly encountered enemy types. Covers main fleet and vanguard weapons and auxiliaries.
okay, asking because someone else shared a google document awhile ago that had a note about using DD gun on her
thank you
but oumi isnt every other generic bb tho
why would you use a cl gun on her
is it something in her skill setup that im missing?
yes
she has skill that sets secondary gun range to 95
its not required, but i dont see why you wouldnt give her a dd gun
Thank you
gear guide not updated smh 
How do i make the bottle shoot for Pearl's l2d? ive been trying
its in cn but
We deliberately don't try and catalog every exception to the typical gear reccs because that gets out of hand real quick and a PIA to keep updated
We do the URs and that's about it
is there a way to combine a bunch of this to make a SR one?
Quick question, on https://suchiguma.github.io/deepresearch/submarine-calculator u552 has two listings, is one for when she uses her skill to surface, and the other if she never surfaces during a fight (due to low hp or w/e)?
The correct submarine reload calculator or table for how much extra RLD stat your submarine needs to launch enough salvos when the enemy is always in range.
Thank you!!
weekly missions and pvp (merit shop)
3 starring some maps gives a gold bulin
medal shop
gold bulin income can be a bottleneck early on
which is why we recommend not going for a full SR team
can u elaborate where the 2 listings are?
I am not sure I know what u are referring to
One has 85 reload and the other has her propper 112
When selecting which preset ship
where is the second?
Hello guys anyone can help me and tell me whats best gear to build on Pearl?
tempesta are only collection and waifu, they have no aa and not that good dmg
but ig it would be the cannon thats from map and the auxs from event shop
okey thank you bro
Is Yat Sen a good investment if I need tanks for my fleets?
is there a way for quick select when retiring ship to select common ships? takes so long to select one by one everytime
I think there is a quick option when you are selling them
quick retire only selects blue rarity ships
On the left you can select Quick Retire Options
Not sure how it works tbh
read her stats on wiki and i dont think she could tank anything
Found that she's a Super Tank on this guide, that's why I ask
https://azurlaneecgc.com/fleetbuilding/#supertank
ehh I would say limited to a mob fleet tank
Which collab do you mean?
Alright, I need one so it's fine 
date a live
i think she only good with dragon empery but for mob it should be good enough
just remember she needs another CN vanguard
Ohhh. is that the one after this current event?
sure
shes a good cl
For now I developed Neptune Anchorage AvP Plymouth Hakuryuu Cheshire Izumo. Don't know if I should prio someone else or I can go for her
agir
is this ship xp oder player xp?
ship
She's also a tank, right? I need tanks
agir and roon both good ib tank
oh i thought player 😅
Unless you ran out of stuff to enhance just use the grey ships to enhance other random ships
agir has nice armor break debuff against enemies and slows enemies
already enhanced everything and beyond
i was lazy to retire manually so i would just enhance random ships but its inefficient
So, I pair her with BBs?
Event cats from the shop are random?
they have fixed skills or something, but imo they are decent if u dont wanna do cats(like me)
she can with a friend
infact yat sen + 1 of ping/ning hai makes up one of the tankiest frontlines in game
does enterprise only have 1 skill? or can i unlock more
1
ah okay
Enty Retro would make her quite powerful, probably
her whole gimmick is hat her kit scales proportionally with how good equipment is because the only possible thing she can do is deal damage
that's not a thing is it?
no, sadly not
is she good paired with harbin?
Probably an understatement, since unless they did something different to normal they'd end up buffing lucky E and like, 100% double damage, or 70% >2x damage would be very silly
Any of the new IXs worth using if I already have i404, u556 and flasher?
no
no
hey guys recently came back to the game, and im pretty overwhelmed with dockspace (184) should i lowkey just delete every ship that isnt gold? is there any purple ship that i should save if so which ones?
there's a number of them, especially once we get into fleet tech
either way 184 is really just suffering, even if you're not a collector you still want 300-400 dock space
i see, i only have 200 gems, im at main story 11-1 but IIRC i spent most of my gems on dorm upgrades (which i dont remember its been so long since i played)
will i be able to get that much dockspace as f2p?
/gems
Gem Spending 101
Gems
in Azur Lane are fairly rare from an F2P perspective. However, the gacha in Azur lane does not require gems and their main usage is expansion of facilities like dorm, academy, docks and depot, as well as buying resources, resource packs, premium items (rings and name change), and skins.
As an F2P, you can get up to 4700 guaranteed gems (3750 for 3* clearing all 15 main campaign worlds, 800 for completing Bands collection and 150 for 8 days login campaign), not counting random gems from commissions or occasional bonuses from events or other sources.
Considering limited availability of gems for F2P players, even if spent exclusively on QoL upgrades, it is impossible to upgrade everything.
This is the recommended way to spend gems as an F2P:
- 3rd Dorm slot (300 gems)
- Dorm 2nd floor (500 gems)
- Dock space (remaining gems)
The main purpose of the dorm is for faster morale regen while grinding. Using ships with 0 morale will receive a 50% exp penalty and lose affinity.
The 2nd floor of the dorm will have the same number of slots as the 1st floor. While it lacks passive exp gain, it has faster morale regen. 3 dorm slots with the 2nd floor gives you a total of 6 slots, which is enough for your whole mob fleet.
Dock space is the biggest constraint for players. While this can help casual players collect all their waifus, there is also practical use in collecting ships - for later levelling to get their fleet tech on reaching lvl 120. These are important for players as they provide crucial additional stats that help players to tackle the hardest content (W14/15, H.Arbiters, CM).
Alternatively, players may consider getting the 3rd Academy slot for faster skill training or more dorm slots instead of just dock space (not recommended).
While players may opt to buy skins/rings with the F2P gems, this will come at the cost of QoL. It is recommended to only buy those with real money 💳.
its possible
Hello all, I'm new to the game, been playing roughly 10 days now, currently at chapter 7.
I didnt do any research until after I have already commit a bunch of resources into the current event banner ships. My understanding now is the tempesta ships aren't endgame worthy. I have max limited breaked queen's anne revenge and about to spend ssr bulins on lyme. Should I stop using SSR bulins on the tempesta ships?
Also if I want to keep pushing higher chapters it seems I need to invest in elite ships first to get them to lvl 80 and onwards? Since I'm quite limited in how many ssr bulins i have atm.
yes, yes
also might wanna give this a read
https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/
Get unicorn, portland and helena from guild shop, retrofit Unicorn as soon as you can, then portland. You will still be using these ships getting into lategame. They do not need any gold bulins. the tempesta ships are not good ye.
Your first goal in the game is going to be reaching chapter 9 which has oil cap. If your commander level is too low for ch9, you can also do war archives private polaris SP5 or Universe in Unison SP5 which also have oil cap. Starting from chapter 9 or 10 you can start working on a second fleet. And once 2 fleets done you can start working on fleet technology to unlock PR/DR ships.
Also go to lab - research academy and bottom right research focus set it to PR8 and the catchup to PR4 Anchorage. Once you've done that you can forget about it for a long time and leave it on those settings.
This is all in the guide, just thought you might benefit from a shorter summary of key points.
Honestly, chapter 7 this quickly with no outside support is pretty good. For now I'd read the guide that was linked, and if you have any other questions, feel free to ask. I'd hold off on limit breaking any other SSRs, though
why isnt it choosing gray ships?
try selecting dont keep
oh ty
Or keep enough to max LB
does build time mean anything in terms of rarity?
i mainly use greys for enhancing because you dont' get medals from them right?
Build times vary between hull types
use grays for enhacning, Blues and purples give medals so dont use them to enhance ships
A higher rarity ship does have longer build times, but the build times also vary by hull type so it's not always cut and dry.
Build times are wholly irrelevant to anything because you can't pick from the times before you roll, you roll and it is what it is and you just quick finish them all immediately anyways.
Hey, I'm still new here and have enough gems, do you guys know where I can see people discuss about new skin or something? Because I want to try spend on them
If you're f2p then it is advised to not spend gems on skins/rings. Save them for dock space, 2nd floor of dormitory, and third dorm slot.
Aside from that skin discussions on what's good/bad goes in #al-general
bearcat or seiran for I 404
bearcat
also, the 4000 oils thing and 1000 points exchange will help me 90% auto opsi?
Although with only 4 days left in this month you may not want to buy it until month reset.
I couldn’t cuz i just finished the story middle of this month
Why does ehp chart imply that Fargo can tank
It doesn't? It says Fargo has 114% eHP of Portland, who is the baseline and the "newbie" tank due to decent bulk and extreme ease of access. End game tanks have ~130%+ eHP and other skills that help reduce damage to the entire fleet or support in some way.
can anyone double check aldb tracker page is down?
their other pages is working fine
@boreal wagon pls see when you wake

Yeah but it implies that she'll tank better than Roon
Roon is one of the oldest ships in the game, and Fargo is fairly recent, so yeah..
this isnt 2018-2019 when we're using roon as a tank so yeah...
Roon at this point is a slightly more expensive Portland sidegrade
Well she is fairly good now with her augment at least
Also it's not like CAs have all the tank roles
There's a few decently durable CLs and there's Laffey II, Z52, and Eldridge Retro for very tanky DDs
But it's not like we'll use L'Indomptable as a tank over Friedrich Carl right???
no, but at the same time that doesnt really mean much either when L'indomp is kinda whatever and you're comparing her to Carl who's on the more higher end of SR CA Tanks
I think ehp isn't the be all end all of deciding tanks
^
It's got enough work and math behind it to back it up as a legit resource
Because ply specifically can't tank but she has more ehp than most of the early CA tanks, and I haven't heard anyone advice to use Bayard as tank
let's be real here
if someone has bayard, they probably know what they're doing or they waifu her
Ply wont be boss tanking anytime soon but she's bulky enough to off tank or tank on Mob
And people dont reccomend Bayard because 99% of the people who would get to her would most likely have at least Anchorage and Agir
So is Fargo actually capable of mob tanking? Or L'Indomptable for that matter
Roon with aug good in w13?
you would probably be already in the process of replacing her by that point, but sure she could work I guess
I could build Agir but i have to coin her after that
to be perfectly realistic
many things are capable of mob tanking
now mob tanking in what content is a different story
i imagine fargo can tank up till 13 fine
mob tank is a low bar outside 14-15 maaaaybe stronghold
One does not simply use chapter 13 and below to set bars because ships can just be over leveled or overgeared
she can and has
just in the past you tended to need a more stable tank
besides sandy and CVs who else is good at flyswatting
shimanto guam cheshire to name a few
k
genuinely is there anything alsace isnt good at lol
not really
not really unless the fight prohibits BBs
she genuinely feels like cheating
I guess shes bad at not being everywhere
when that event reruns I am gonna fucking build multiple alsaces lol
not really? her crossfleet is basically an airstrike for mobs
well yeah that
not as good as actually being there tho
Lion is even more broken than Alsace
actually are you allowed two fleets both sharing one identical ship
I dont actually know
in campaign yes
didnt get lion award
burnt my cubes on joffre because my ass thought she was painleve
campaign i think yes opsi no
but alsace isnt even the best for campaign mob so whatever
makes the whole double idea useless
one of the best
yeah I built her as an anti medium bosser because her sig was a SAP gun
actually using her she feels like she doesnt belong on that fleet
well she's at the lower end of the spectrum for boss damage as far as UR BBs go
when will 3BBs work
always has
when weegee finally delete carriers
wait wrong game
all the times? what abt 2BBs and 1 CVs?
I think Ive made one of the most demented main fleets of all time lol
ruppie + odin + healer
is it good probably not is it funny yes
wonder if flan will do better job
which ship should i prioritize developing 1st?
any combination has always worked everywhere some are just harder to pull off than others
people have done 0 carrier w15 or 0 rainbow
also if Z52 is supposed to be that good then I definitely built her wrong
lul
well you could start by maxing her skills
busy raising other girls rn
The reloader is pointless and yeah, not maxed skills.
but it cant be that big of a difference maker can it
did she come with any pink gears now
iirc she didnt right
Pink gear??
ur gear
no
what do I replace reloader with anyways
reloader has just been my go to I dont know what else to put aux ik its not that good
and if you're using her for AA a better AA gun wouldn't hurt
she does AA?
wait isnt the gold bofors like already one of the best AA guns in the game
also don't exactly know what you're expecting from her anyway
no, it's quite mediocre
be better than alsace according to the tierlist you posted?
or at least as good if the tiers arent ordered
ships aren't ordered within tiers
i c
got a build I can just copy or something then
Mainfleet and vanguard are totally different too.
oh huh whend they add the cat ears AA gun I suppose Ill get started on that
and although I use Z52 and Alsace both a lot which partly why they're there
but you have rather different expectations of main fleets and vanguards
oh right theres the colbert guns
speaking of out of the gold AA guns which ones are the best
A simple reference for what gear to equip in each slot for the most commonly encountered enemy types. Covers main fleet and vanguard weapons and auxiliaries.
naicu
also the advanced fire control doohickey will be added to core shop in the future right
missed it both times award

why is there a specialize core obtainable limit?
idk, why not ig. They never said why
to keep you playing
so should i claim the cores or just wait it out
very simple reason
weekly? do whatever you want its basically not gonna change the end result
i see
with active playing you finish the quota in like 2.5 weeks
im really wondering what ship i sould develop next im currently building roon but im almost done
Can you get switch mechanisms in cleared opsi zones?
Which is better to use at the Current Yuudachi Meta Show down?
A lvl 120 w/ augment Chapayev or a full Dev30 Plymouth?
chapayev unless youre already using aurora
Anyone using the tech tracker at https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/db/tracker/?status=wip? I'm getting error 500 right now
if you already saw the error message, you'd know what to do

in any case i already let lars know about 3h ago
it's like, middle of the night in germany right now
I didn't see an error reported, so I just wanted to confirm if anyone else was experiencing the same problem, or if it was me.
what is this thing i got
profile decoration
Did you click it?
oh
who's the most worth it for the UR exchange? these are my URs if it matters
wait until Musashi
Pending Musashi being added, Shinano > Vanguard > Everyone else
is she being added soon? also if im already at 400/400 do more pulls stack on it
no it wont increase beyond 400. musashi should be very soon, after this event most likely
should be fixed (cc @forest jasper, @eternal moth)
I was just about to ask the same question lol, is musashi just that much better compared to the rest?
What are the mob eHP of the IXss compared to each other? Assume they each lose 10% max HP every 10s, mob battles are 50s long, and eHP is measured as the total time spent in battle over 6 mob battles
damn is it worth to just keep pulling on this event even tho im at 400/400 to wait for her
Is npc farming in island planner bugged?1 seed pack give 1 crop vs manual seeding
the ratio is indeed wrong
also #1422463299877867540
none of the characters of this banner are particularly worth it
fleet tech is also non-existent for them. you're really just pulling for collection/vanity purposes
yea tbh i think it'll be fun to use a full tempesta fleet, will just do the daily builds for now and hold off until musashi
not necessarily a bad thing, most characters meta wise are useless, and fleet tech is fairly an endgame concern
most characters you pull just because you like them or for collection
or because you can... thx AL for all those cubes
but anyways, there's UR events and the DAL collab soon
those banners are more important, and collabs might not rerun so you'll permanently lack them
mbad, idk the franchise
Hello! Looking for team advice for QE2 Meta 15 Auto One Shot
which should i dev?
Mecklenburg
z52 i guess
and then trafalgar after
Don't have Witchita Meta
what’s the first and last place for hakuhou?
huh
any guide for new player guys? and also any tier list hm
uhm i guess helena meta works?
or if you have full oath battleships, you can forgo meta bote and just blast away with sheer power
suchi knows he just doesn't need to ping me mutsuki
How do ya get Bismarck Zwei
What other heals do you want to consider? Such as mob healing and such.
If they just lose 10% HP every 10s, they die at the end of the second battle. Where is this evil toolkit coming from?
Hmm. I usually don't model enemy damage as evil toolkit, but I'll see if the numbers that come out make sense.
you may consider their skills (heal/shield/DR), gear skills, gear, etc
I guess best tactic is no tactic at all
the tactic is Lion
Thanks 
It'll in point exchange soon
Is their a certain date?
She just get a rr this mid year so....I guess is around end year or early next year?
I'm sorry - I can't understand the question.
For a guaranteed -10% max HP every 10s, their survival times are equalized. Should I instead give them a particular amount of damage before the dmgred and hitrate checks>
alright thanks
Okay. I will use Amity as the benchmark. ONLY Amity will have exactly 10% maxHP damage per 10 seconds as a result of enemy pressure.
Amity takes 10% max hp dmg every 10s after reducing the damage with eva and 30% DR, but before her heals
I'll let you have the duration of 1 to give me the answer
any banner rn a must pull or i should skip? (im new player hm)
so im playing with no high stars chars i see
is z23 or z46 better?
Just checking that this is what you want for Amity.
The blue line represents Amity HP level.
The vertical black lines separate between mob battles.
Wait, I think I messed up x axis
I think both are the same for Gold DDs (Z23 Retro to Z46)
i was just wondering since i saw z46 higher than z23 on slaimuda, but also i know this chat doesnt recommend them. Why's that?
46 > 23
Z23 is a Starter DD, so if you have her or either of the Starters, they are solid till you get the rest of the better DDs like Kazagumo... 
Prob because Z46 is gold and need gold bullin, which is rare to get and z46 isnt good enough to have bullin spent on
Okay. Amity is on the field for 279 seconds out of 300 seconds.
Would you like to modify these considerations before I continue with the other IXss?
She stays for 5s after crossing the 40% HP line but otherwise this is very good
That means she takes 5% more damage per battle
(but the battle lasts for 5 more s)
Let me recalculate.
Is it possible to get the other banner's rate ups because I pulled on Queen Anne's Revenge banner for daily pull and got Fancy
And I'm sure I didn't pull on the wrong banner
Her staying for 5s just shifts the timer 5 s later. She survives 284 seconds out of 300.
If these considerations seem reasonable, I will move on to the rest of the IXss.
Yes gpt
okie dokes
Imo just ignore the event ones. All of the others are good but remember that light pool has no URs.
Good morning. What are the criteria when building OpSi fleets? Mob + BB + CV + Cross / Mob + Light + Medium + Heavy... what do you guys do? 
there's no strict "criteria" per se
but the recommendation for newer players is mob + boss
then mob + bb boss + cv boss
then a 3rd boss fleet
Mob boss 2 crossfleet
or mob bb CV cross
for typical mid-endgame setups
i would only recommend crosses if your fleets are already competent
I have competent ships, I lack of vanguards more than anything.
I can try to aim for that 
remember that it is always better to build 2 strong boss fleets than 3 half assed ones
Okay. For now I'm working on this one, then I'll move to the BB one
Just figuring out what to use
only UR and DR has cross?
no, some SR have it too. check /crossfleet
No, but URs are usually the best out there
even elite or rare...
Even Fusou META have cross 
wet noodle
Only good crosses are URs and Independence?
that's the general gist of it. even some UR's crossfleets aren't good, like most of the UR CV's
Has anyone tested a full tempesta fleet? How does it perform
get shit on by planes
tempesta ships dont have aa
cannon can’t hit planes
theyre collection ships more than ships youd actually use
Ah hahaha
their hentai tentacles can only molest what's in front of them. they can't molest the planes high up, so they die horribly in anything plane heavy content
but muh beehive
they should still do ok in maybe w12 though
W13 belike
Their designs are just rlly cool
are there any black friday deals in this game?
also, can i see someone's loadout for hakuhou? Mine seems to not do a lot of dmg
during black friday all skins that ran before june of the same year rerun and we also generally get an event along with it that incentives spending and also gives some free goodies
there is however usually not really any discounts unless you spend in the first place (the spending event gives a discount voucher usually)
it isnt max limit broken is it
it is max limit broken, lvl 121
where do you use her (what armor enemies)
bosses, such as 13-4 hard mode with implacable
she gets out damaged by implacable sometimes too
also heavy armor bosses
what gear are you using?
could be missing her torpedo
use a parallel torpedo bomber on her 3rd slot for campaign
like ryukai helldiver wyvern/breguet
i use implacable for time stop with her so im not sure if thats the case, but i can try
would also swap ryusei kai and saiun position if your using it against a stopped enemy
oh i didnt know that affected something
3rd slot got 5 planes at 155% eff compared to 1st slot 2 planes at 160% eff, so you want stronger torps on the 3rd slot
syncing in campaign sucks
You guys sync in campaign? 
whats the gear on your implacble first and foremost
Also, how long on average to complete SR and DR ship (get all bps) for?
non cuber around 3-3.5months
well theres the problem
oh man, for both dr and sr? do you recommend using cubes?
whats up 😭
first off, your implacable has fighters which have aoe making it much easier to mvp in campaign.
second off, her stop isn't even helping hakuhou because that setup makes her like 4s faster than her
and the fact taht you have converging torpedoes on hakuhou in campaign makes it even worse
only those with >1000 cubes should even consider using cubes in research
Ohh, I dont auto campaign so they go off the same time regardless, though is there a better set up for her?
it's 3-5 months
or do i just follow basic gear guide
3 is considered fast
you dont have to worry about completing them, they aren't anything meta for the next month until next META boss
oh right ig
I was thinking more inline with completing a single DR instead of the whole season
getting more gear is better in the long run
I mean if ur doing manual then the problem is targetting
converging torpedoes go batshit crazy when there is more than 1 enemy especially spread out
fighter tb tb for implacable. you can use a wyvern if you feel like you need the aa
tldr just dont use converging torpedo on both hakuhou slots
sounds good, ty!
also, should i consider using one parallel and one converging then
It's what I use, wyvern and ryu kai
something like this is better
for implacable, these 2 for campaign inside fleet and bossing single target respectively
Okay! Besides wyvern (I only have one) , what are other parallel torpedo options that are good?
breguet, or poverty barracuda
if your vanguard AA is great then i suggest to use double converging tb on impla since it's taihou. nuke her tits off
it's good damage against heavy
Yup! Ty, ill use double converging Implacable
Taihou isn't the problem for w13h though
It's everything around her you have to worry abt
what do you suggest then mr grey
Parallel Spam and use a good Bb to kill Taihou 
nah
parallel torp does better job than the auto aim?
Hi!
I’m just starting and I checked the wiki, but it doesn’t mention the difference between the global servers. Can I just pick one based on vibes?
the torp bomber
The only differences are friends and medal shops really
no major difference other than medal shop, lexington has CV and CL, good place to start nvm it's not updated on wiki LUL
i forgot the type name of their torp, could only remember parallel
what happened to wiki medal shop
parallel torpedo bomber has better high rate than converging torpedo with the lack of slow support in campaign
there are some rare cases where converging can be used, like in w14 or on implacable
still not fully all converging in w14 but yeah
in general you just avoid using converging in campaign. just use wyvern or breguet, it's that simple
I was on vacation in September and forgot to add this month after getting the data 
Anyway it's updated now, but most September data is just missing cuz no one collected it
ender's fault
Im looking to build the next piece of UR-gear. And from both the Gear-Guide and the Tierlist, i had this one in mind
those rainbow mats never appears in my opsi 
Better just to run independence instead of forcing implacable converging
Is it a reasonable Investment?
Anyway ig Washy would be best start server now? With CV/DD?
sandy isnt that bad either
It's the 28th lol, where they gonna get the medals
Depends on what else you got, that's a lot of electronics
Hmm yeah true, I forgot how many medals you start with
In Terms of BB-Guns? I can make a Screenshot
4 days to grind, you can at least get 1 medal ship to start with
That too, but moreso in terms of (rainbow) gearlab equips
Next thing you know washy gets hit with double CA . And I highly doubt most newbies will be able to get that many medals in 4 days
doesnt hurt to try
Gear UR
Made it an Thread
is there no hard mode for this event
no
where is it then
wdym where is it. there's none
oh i misunderstood, thanks
Hi, as an very new player I have the question what ship I should take from the Medal shop (have 114 Medals now)? Or should I wait for other ships? (Sorry if this is the 10th time you answered this here today but I used the search bar and found not what I wanted
)
what ship hull do you have on medal shop?
you start with like 80 from one of the beginner missions iirc
Is that not the same for everyone?
I have CA with Takao, Atago, Prinz Eugen, Minneapolis, Baltimore, Zara and Pola and CL with San Diego, Belfast, Sirius, Dido and Dido with the weird Symbol
I like Baltimore for her look but I dont want to choose just because of that
grab sandiego. go grind more medals, get 60, and buy the specialized core

buy the leftover specialized core with whatever medal you have left too. gonna monthly reset in few days, get grinding
Okay, thank you for the advice
Some good news is CA hull is whatever, if it shows up again when you have the medals you can just pick up Baltimore.
Oh thats nice to know
medal shop priority
- Specialized core
- ships if you're new, refer to below
- gold bulin
- DR blueprints
- PR blueprints
- red skillbooks
- the rest
Medal shop ship hull priority
BB-Alabama, the rest for faction tech
CV- Enterprise, the rest for faction tech
CA- no priority, only for faction tech
CL- San Diego, Sirius, the rest for faction tech
DD- Kazagumo, the rest for faction tech
SS- U-96

maybe PR blueprints on 5., then 6 the rest
I mean I guess I am a but lucky because I got 3 Lyme's, 1 Taihou and 1 Queen Anne's Revenge in 4 days since starting the game but nice to know where I should go from that on✅
wanna hear something depressing?
they aren't that good
That explains a lot xD
Anyways, that were my first pulls in the game so I dont really mind
"aren't that good" is a very optimistic statement
eh
sad though, Lyme looks really damn cool
Is this thr second floor? Got a bit scared when it said "decoration only"
Thats the point
Iirc Lyme is a decent enough tank. But will probably fold in more plane heavy maps, which is the issue.
It’s a terrible way to say “does not gain exp”, but fortunately you’re not buying for the exp, you’re buying for the morale boost.
anything in the monthly core ship worth buying aside from the breguet and occasional white/heavy shell?
Sub snorkels, pressure plate
cv timing adjustment aux, sub gear, ddg gear
by pressure plate, are you talking about the pressure hull design?
btw isnt grape shot from the event shop just a worse roundshot from coredata?
Damn, and you cant stack both either right? Trying to figure out what aux to use for pearl
hit is good 
Looking at what i got enfer cube it is
should i be grinding this event somewhat just to get the 10 dr8 blueprints from shop
if you grind up to 55k milestone you'll naturally be able to include those dr prints in your purchase
i like, havent been grinding the event at all so im nowhere near 55k 😭😭😭
start grinding then
is it more optimal to grind T5?
6
no
you save a lot of oil doing t5 because of the massive difference in oil cap cost
its almost a 9k difference
T5 has oli cap too
though t6 is better if you low cost slug ur ass with costs <200 per clear
Do T5 if you NEED another main gun, 4 main IX, 4 main gun...
no what im saying is
t6 has weapon prints, ship drop
if ur not low costing t6 then t5 saves a lot of oil purely for points
if you wanna minmax point then you 3/4oil T4 and not T5
No gold gun then, neiher BB or DD
which is why you just do t6
though its possible to do 18 cost per fight in t6 with enough crossfleet
does opsi strategic search not auto recon the areas?
need the logger thing from shop for explorable/hidden
no, I mean normal areas
there's no normal area
then I mean explorable
He meant explored I guess
read this again
I little doubt but let it be. Checked next month for explored area
?
I have zero coupons and there is only one logger for hidden zones
You need only one to unlock opportunity for hiden maps
did you finish the story before this month's reset happen?
nope, I guess that's the issue
so do I have to manually search every single area left before reset? XD
yes lol
me when I play a game that was released pre 2020
if you got time, the recon drops back to 0 AP every 30minutes. otherwise just spend AP if you're impatient/don't have time to wait
while I'm at it, I read that a lot of items get converted to coupons, I have like 30 diff coordinates and like 60 boxes of AP
should I use them all before the month ends or keep them and let them be converted
idek what gets converted and what doesnt tbh
use your ap boxes, do all your hiddens, abyssals etc . spend remaining AP on C3/C5 on repeat
aight, spend everything, got it
Does first time story resets every month?
Is it still good time to play Al? Im pretty new to the game
Isn't it stayed until finish cha4?
it's always a good time to play azur lane
Unzen comin, Kurumi's coming, ??? Is coming. Yes, it's a good time
If you ask if the current moment is optimal for new players, I would say there are technically better moments, but this game is not like most gachas, where exceptional timing has huge pay-off, no matter when you start, Azur Lane is always a slow burn, long grind. Even with the best timing, the experience new players have will remain almost exactly the same, as you will be time-gated by coins, more so than the pull currency.
Even if you were to get 5000 pulls, well, that's good for you, but you need the money currency "coins" for each pull and new players need that currency for tons of other things as well.
TL;DR, it doesnt matter.
(You dion't need coins when there are tickets, like upcomin Unzen rerun)
only thing is if your new and planning to be an f2p, be very aware on how you spend the very very limited no of free gems you get, which for f2p is 3rd dorm slot + 2nd floor then dock space
Or adore scamcat... she got skins
4700 guaranteed gems as f2p
i'm trying to clear w13 for more gems cuz i'm lowkey running out of dock space. But i'm just not strong enough for it, what should i do? Should i just retire all my grey ships?
use the extra gray to enhance your other ships
yeah i meant like i only have 1 copy of each grey ship now
i would mlb then then retire since they are grey and pretty easy to reacquire, there really only 3 you should level to 120 for fleet tech
Langley, nevada and oklahoma
I mean greys are easy to get back when you need em. Id keep ironblood ones if you are going for FdG.
oh so should i just spend my exp books on them to lvl 70?
no lmao
i would just dorm em till 70 then mlb for faction tech if you need it
if not just retire em
Are Klaudia and Kala Ideas a good duo for mobbing?
ah okay
Does a lower corrosion level mean an easier abyssal or are all abyssals going to be the same level of difficulty?
easier
just wanna ask which route is technically more efficient for making the 406mk7
im guessing the purple (even though it eats more ur it doesnt use the ordiance which is more used)
theres no hard mode for the event stages right?
right
later ull be bottlenecked by ur plans more than ords
only reason to do purple>mk7 is if u wanna save gold plates u spent early on on mk6
well im not too worried about plates so guess i go with the cheaper ur route then
what was exchange prio again, was it (soon to be) musashi > shinano > vanguard > whoever else?
depends on dock they are pretty equal depending on what u need and what u have and then again they also are quite useless for a long while till they can be mlb-ed
i have 1 shinano and none of the other ones
I know theres the gear lab priority graphic, but of those what should I go for first?
Check the new skk column
Wheres that?
Hello all! What would you buy first in the OPSI Port Supply? I only have 1374 Special Tokens at the moment.
random gold plates ❤️
no.
after im done coining Agir (by then ill already have FDG lvl 30) is there any pr or dr 6/7 ship i should develop? or should i go straight into meck
u have like 2-3 days try to grind more tokens and buy out the ur's first then plates
Hi all, I made the mistake of investing into tempesta ships, but now swapped to leveling the recommended unicorn, portland, and helena. I want to capitalize on leveling more units, but I've capped on level on the ssrs I do have, is there any recommendation on which ones I can invest my ssr bulins into?
Or are there any other elite ships I should focus on instead.
since im assuming you're pretty early into the game, you could build ryu lion and hood
hood and ryu lion
but definitely prioritise unicorn retrofit above all else
Got it thanks. Im roughly 11 days in. What timeline could I expect to get some viable ssrs and possibly urs?
unzen rerun after this
Did not know, joined as tempesta event started figured event would mean viable
how much time have u invested into this account
11 days
what do you think @tulip tinsel, is this a wipe
tempesta ships are borderline just toys, good to have, not very good to push contents XD
I dont think I will wipe unless you guys are saying I've wasted alot of my f2p resources
if ur f2p then as long as u havent wasted any gems on anything other than dorm space and dock space u should be fine
idk man its up to you, i wouldnt really wipe and never tried
u definitely dont have to wipe, but it is a setback
So to recap, keep building unicorn, helena, portland. limit breaks on hood and ryu lion. Save for unzen rerun.
yes
Cool, thanks for the feedback.
how many cubes did you spend on this event
yea but prio unicorn shes best healer
Cubes im not sure, the ur exchange is at 110 atm
yeah that's pretty not good but honestly it could be a lot worse
in al u rly gotta be careful where you're investing ur resources and time especially if ur f2p
how u got hood i have no clue how ppl get her i got her randomly from pull
i got her from medal shop exchange when i first started playing
she carried me all the way to w12
I did the requistion once as recommended by the guide to for clearing the handbook and it gave me hood
tyvm!!
also for the event shop, should i be trying to get both pearl and amity, or just go for the meowfficer, auxilliary items and the old demi cannons
get the all the prints and cog chips first
cog arrays, oil and coin maybe
yeah oil and coins if u need a boost to grind more
and the pirate cats are decent
just make sure you're getting those UR pr8 prints, you wanna start saving up on those asap
yeah grinding non coinable dr bps is pain
get these ones, idk if the purple one is worth getting
(i lowk havent been grinding the event i need to do that asap lmao)
built hindenburg at iris libre event and still missing 9 bps 😭
by this do you mean setting it as the research focus and catch up and constantly just doing researches
set ur research focus to pr8 but dont do anything w ur catch up just yet
oh i put catch up as anchorage per the guide
early game just take the free ones dont bother with the expensive and cube ones
yeah i think that's fine for now
ancho good tank
honestly just stick to the guides and you'll be fine
tho i have no clue about her because built her 1month ago and i mostly use agir
how long did it take u to coin agir
dont really remember it, i think i did like 6-8 daily and it was like 3 weeks or less
aint no way its that fast with 6-8 daily unless your using the faceless bps
takes like 500 bp to get to dev 30 if you do 10 a day its be 50 days so a month and a half
theres the 150 from catchup
if you also run the catch up it still be a month
used rando select bps idk what its called and i dont remember it was months ago
i wouldnt use the dr7/8 ones for agir at least
there wasnt dr8 when i got agir
Is the Aichi B7A Ryusei or the Saiun Kai better for slot 1 hakuhou?
Whichever gives good timing with your freezer
whats a few good options for vanguard freezing?
that you can pull or get from ship lab?
None
damn, so i would need to run something like ark royal with her hmm?
avp
avp?
August von Parseval
august von perseval
ark is still a slow not a freeze
ugh im still trying to get enough tech points for august... T.T
you could cope with eldridge or agir slow but thats uh choice
i just got eldridge (and thankfully have her retro item) so i might build her up until i can get something like avp built up
avp needs fs5 btw
otherwise ark royal is my only other option, and i was actually working on her over the last few days
i built up saratoga thinking her flooding was a slow T.T
eldridge retrofit is like one of the strongest ships in the game regardless so you should definitely build her asap
alright, ill throw her in coach! lol
found out by listing in dock i got agir in the middle of yumia atelier or whatever its called event which was in like june or smth
chapter 13 is more medium/heavy armor then light? if im reading the mobbing part of the quick guide right?
heres something i dont understand, i thought AP was supposed to be for heavy armor, but the armor mod on some of the guns lower then BB (especially DD) is lower then HE guns like this
Different calibers work differently, this is physics in the real world
that's true for main fleet guns
for vanguard guns the lines get a lot more muddy
Oh my bad I forgot we had 2 charts
1 sec I will link you the one made by sushi 
Ratings of all worthwhile Gear Lab gear that new and old players should craft. Recommends how many of each gear to get and how important they are.
New player column to know what to craft first
2 years and I still dk how vanguard guns work 
Awesome ty. Didnt know this guide existed. Been using the samheart one.
You are welcome
Samheart guide still good and updated
U can read the descriptions for more info as well
Will do
So Pearl seems to be very good for Tempesta...but my question is, is Tempesta even a viable fleet?
They are pretty much just collectors ships
they seem super slow
Some are viable
Their biggest downside is lack of AA which makes them die easily in plane heavy worlds like ch15
The “subs” as well always surface so even they struggle in later worlds
Speed rarely matters, and besides they get more speed when you limit break them
okay so sounds like they are not bad in certain scenarios
i really just want to play with them cus assthetic
You can probably use them up to ch14 if your other ships are good
They are hardly the best tho
I have alot of good ships...too many. my dock ful
trying to figure out where to get cannons, though
Main fleet cannons need to be farmed from T5 of this event.
Vanguard and submarine cannons are from T6, or you can pay a lot of core data for the 12 pounder which is a bit better than the farmable gun
okay so mega farm. hope I dont run out of intimacy
*Morale
You can still run good tempesta ships ; no point making dedicated fleets
Yeah thats kinda what I meant
intimate morale
they shoot shells at the enemy and do damage
Any lineup tips for current arbiter?
rainbow slop
Is it less efficent to have ships that you are leveling in the first floor of the dorm instead of the second floor because if the increased morale gain?
Or does the xp gain of the first floor offset it
I tend to put my leveling Fleet in the 2nd Floor while the 1st Floor is for leveling unused ships 
If you are hard-core farming, the XP from farming is much greater than one the first floor gives you, so you want them on the second floor to keep the morale flowing in.
If you aren't seriously farming, the first floor's XP is useful.
how many slots you got?
If you have three slots, you'll put half the fleet on the first floor and the other half on the second floor, so 🤷
personally the decision is made by the fact i can't usually afford to cog awaken immediately everyone
so people who are cog capped get placed in second
alternatively, people who want more exp go second, because normally dorm exp gain is kind of low
and yeah, morale is easier to keep high in 2nd floor
I wouldn't say the second floor keeps morale high, just that the degradation of morale happens at a slower rate 
There’s minimal exp gain when your ships get to higher levels
how long is opsi campaign
5 I believe, Chapter 4 is where you access the rest of the OpSi grind that resets per month...
It becomes Chapter 5 when those annoying puzzle nodes gets cleared...
so i just want to finish chapter 4 before the end of the month
If you can.
If not, best to just grind till Chapter 4 and wait for Monthly Reset to not waste some resources...
You can ignore those Puzzle Nodes btw, but its still annoying to do it once you have the time and will to do since it takes several moves till TB Assistance
im finishing up chapter 2 right now so i dont think it should take too long
Once you complete Ch4 you unlock the ability to auto opsi stages FYI. Massive QoL improvement
I have full dorm unlocked
But ye what yall are saying makes sense, ill put the leveling fleet on second floor
How stonk is Umi?
I think @cobalt rapids is very stonk
hmm
I've been stuck at update complete. loading game. for about an hour
I've closed and opened AL, the mumu emulator, and the PC
longshot but try running it as admin
the emu?
will try
I've been doing fine on this PC, just today it's not working
yeah
how to see the logs in the loading screen?
Has anyone tried a 1:1 grind fleet for 12-4? Just. curious so that I'll take note for it next time when I save oil
There's zero reason to do that.
W12 has oil cap so why even bother
You might as well run the full fleet because you're getting all the extra oil over cap as "free", which you can get way more than the amount of oil you'd save running 1:1 fleets.
no but there is a 1-1 fleet for 13-1
you can gain a lot more oil than you think
you gain like 3k ish oil daily including comms
no real reason to skimp the grinding with 1:1
My dock is getting full but I kinda want to collect as many unique ships but idk who I should use the duplicates to upgrade for a 2nd fleet
dont even think about a 2nd fleet right now
Buy more dock space. There are over 800 ships in the game. 150 is nowhere near enough.
theres like 650 unique ships not including collabs iirc
is recommend 500-900 dockspace for collecting
Can someone help me do this?
have you done OpSi? and if so have you unlocked META showdowns
Is +11 gears squads enough to clear all of OpSi?
+10 is enough depending on your stuff but Try not to +11 stuff
+13 one thing at a time instead of +11 everything
Is it better for fleet 1 in opsi to be a boss fleet for dealing with abyssals?
It seems that fleet 1 always spawned in the middle when entering a abyssal zone, which means it would always be within 3 times (1 move) of the target tile
Can your mob fleet not handle the abyssals?
Ic, because usually I am not that active. unless events, but when it comes to w12 grinding, I usually do AFK Grind till morale is low, and oil is depleted, but just wanted more coins/exp for it despite having oil cap 
if the boss fleet can fight all 3 armors of abyssal and win then sure
Coins from clearing rewards scale with the pre-oil cap uses. You're actually being less-efficient by going low.
Got a bit to paranoid a bit, but I guess I forgot about that functionality 
well
I would prefer it like that
then I want my mob fleet to be the one spawning infront of that said boss fleet
you can craft T2s into T3s
I have not looked into changing my main team in a very very long time
This is my roster now, what should I look into running?
For main fleet: New Jersey-Unicorn-Saratoga; Roon u-Regensburg-Otto
For boss killing fleet: Shinano-Bismark Zwei-Enterprise; Prinz Eugen-Helena-Z46
Submarines: I19-U556 META-U47
These fleets still work fine right now, but what would be better?
I hope my image formatting isn't too weird, I didn't want to put 10 images in the chat so I combined them all into one
i would suggest making a thread and stating what content you want to tackle
I could do that
I don't really have content in mind though
I use these for everything
If its a stage that requires certain types of ships I throw on my best ones and make it work
Next time do that in a thread
also what content are you even doing?
chapter 13 and higher and opsi have very different requirements
"General use" or "Everything" isnt a real answer btw
I will be sure to do this in a thread next time
I get its not a real answer, but its the best that I have got
I am only in chapter 10, and not far past the early stages of Operation Siren
I guess if I had to pick a topic, I would say event stages or war archives? I don't know what I need teams for right now
no
Nop
and we have no idea when she'll get one
event stages and war archives are baby mode, they dont have real requirements
also war archives isnt really worth farming unless you really need ironblood tech points
general use for "everything" doesn't really apply
at most, there is probably a fleet that could do any boss/stronghold of opsi+all content except ch15
but the said team has 5 of the most busted rainbows in the game+unicorn
ok then heres my question
What fleet should I look into running for whenever that becomes relevant?
Just please give me something to work on
Say for chapter 13, or some other not "baby mode" content I'm not aware of yet
surely this question is reasonable
please give me a mode worth doing and what team I should work on for it, because I clearly don't know that
first, get to world 12
your current fleets should be able to get there with decent gear
their gear might not be decent, and I don't really want to waste the materials on them if I won't be using them again
I can still do that if its your recomendation though
A simple reference for what gear to equip in each slot for the most commonly encountered enemy types. Covers main fleet and vanguard weapons and auxiliaries.
I thought it varied heavily depending on the character
AL cant play in emulator?
thats what guides I used to read would tell me
It does vary
But how much it varies depends on both the Hulltype and the content in question
Like for example what you'd aim for on Carriers is drastically different in campaign and OpSi while most vanguard cruisers stick with the same gear
And Battleships switch out their main guns depending on enemy armor type
Nah it can
Use MuMu if you aren't already, especially if you're trying to run this game on Bluestacks
Also make sure that the device you're emulating is operating on 64bit not 32bit
I use nox
Mu mu other emulator?
mumu is one of the stablest and least resource consuming emulators for running azur lane
Alright thanks you
Any good comp for Harbiter? One shot fleet if possible
how do i find all map pieces in island planner?
#1422463299877867540 they are locked behind quest, with the last piece needing lvl 29
Good morning everyone! Should I start raising her? Or not still?
I mean you're nearly done with her might as well, fate sim is whatever though ya can do that or leave her at dev 30
do i have to do this fate sim? i mean is it optional ? i have no idea honestly
Fate sim is optional but they would still like it
They don't have a luck stat until they fate sim but otherwise it's like a pseudo augment buffing their skills
Personally after dev30 roon id work on another PR for gear instead of a ship
i see...so ill level her up for dev30. i cant work on anything else to be fair
im locked out of everything due to fleet points
You can still do research for different PRs still.
i mean you can coin her to dev 30, then continue coining her to fs5 if your gonna use her or coing saint louis instead
Also remember to do your research catch-ups for large amount of extra prints
i hope your research focus is not on pr1 
it is....i put it on pr1 since i could only get these ships..
i cant remember what the research catch ups are to be fair
By clicking research focus on the bottom you can switch your PR research and change catch-ups
you should swap your research focus to like 8, cause pr 1-5 can be coined up (using coins to buy bps) and the newer season have better gear/ships
You can get a large number of research prints for ships due to catch-up
It expedites the development process greatly
for catch ups i would really only use pr 4 for anchorage and pr 6 for shimanto, the rest i save for converting to protocore.
i just found the catch-ups...i toggled it on
and i mostly wanted anchorage, im thinking she could replace portland retro in the near future?
Defo replaces portland
anyway do swap your research focus 
if i cant even unlock one, i could shift the research focus to something else?
you want to start accumlating the bps for the ships since they cant be coined, that and the newer season has better gear compared to older ones which you can get from gearlab/protocore shop
I mean, I'm somewhere along these lines with all of the PR ships
Even if you can't do the missions for the ship etc you can still research weapon prints and ship prints from research
newer players will need time to collect tech
just work on what you can work on first, notably this has no real conflict over which ship's prints you try to get first
you can unlock Ibuki or Kitakaze while you research for Shimanto prints
We're telling them to change PR research for gear not ships cause they need that more atm
nowadays just do PR 7 or 8 I guess
i put the focus on pr8, ill try and get the one i sent...eventually lol
a bit of 4 is good but I wouldn't dwell on it unless you specifcally want to gear focus for a copy of tenrai
do gear blueprints drop randomly?
Yes
Each PR has their own pool of Gear tho
Like PR 8 won't have a tenrai or or Georgia gun
close to 4 months, pr8 was release on 10 jul
But PR 2 will have Georgia gun and PR 4 has tenrai
guess I'm still on track then
that i had no clue about, the earlier ones should be easier to get id guess?
and PR8 has these
no the drop rate odds should be sameish throughout all the season, just that newer season have better gear so the gear you get is more worth while
we don't know the rates but the rates for each piece of rainbow should be the same across series, older ones you can just get from shop (one copy) and later craft in lab
im fried by all the information haha, but i assume the mecklenburg gun is a main gun for BBs...also any of the UR gear would take me ages to get or craft. im really early in OpSi as well
only older rainbow pr gear gets added to lab, newest there now is tenrai, with the right researches you're looking at roughly 2 months for 1 piece of rainbow gear
yea pr8 ur gear is meck gun, best heavy bb gun rn in the game.
Gear from research academy doesnt need any mats from Opsi unless your refering to older season ur gear
thou the best way to get older season ur gear is from the protocore shop (mainly tenrai, georgia and plymouth gun)
or gear lab yeah
It is super pricey and guns like flandre or champagne gun would likely be easier and quicker to gear for a ship
meck gun costs "nothing" you're just doing research
can't remember where it stands between 10/13 vs champagne/flandre though
anything sounds better than the +10 purple main gun ive been using ...ive also got the gold one, but its even worse
about how long would it take to get meck gun for free (T/C/E research)?
you be using the 406 mk6 for a long time im ngl
Price has many meanings, and here time is one,
I've still yet to get a meck gun myself 
that's a you problem
I've been playing the game for 6-7 months and just got the upgrade to the purple gun.. so yeah it takes a while considering you have other priorities for UR guns
ooof...im actually a bit more than a month in myself and im lost when it comes to gear
if you started doing pr8 from launch and don't yet have a copy of the gun you're just not doing the right researches
i came back after for 3 months after a 6 year hiatus and i could technially make the upgrade from the 406mk6 but i need the coins else where for now 
I'm doing research for ship prints lol I'm not doing every rigging analysis I see
i mean im not complaining about gear, only crossing my fingers when i open gold boxes for anything golden lol
even though i have the idea by now that they are mid, even worse tier
the fleet that spawns in the middle is the fleet you have selected before entering the node 
same i want more gold catapult 
ive pulled 4 gold catapults for some reason
anyway for gear guides you can use a mix of suchi and samheart one
just make sure to read the disclaimers
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/#main-fleet-weapons
https://azurlaneecgc.com/equipment/#legend
okey ure right but now my fleet 1 spawned on the side so i think its random 
understandable if you're rushing DRs I guess
i had the suchi one open in the background, it was the only reason that i knew the term "mecklenburg gun" haha
if you see someone use a name for a gear you got no clue about, you can slap it into aldb and it should pop up
https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/db/equips
this will be so helpful...i had to scroll through the guide to look for a random gun i didnt know about
I don't know, I know I once got a Hornet meta
if you have hornet meta you prob unlocked meta showdown, on the main menu click the left arrow and look for this
then click on current target>boss list
or from the main menu, Battle> Operation Siren>Overview>meta showdown
once you have 2 wyverns, any further UR aircraft design are 'technically' useless till they add new ur planes right
right now its only for wyverns so if more wyverns are useless to you then yes
I don't have
you have to finish opsi story
no need to finish it just gotta clear chp 1 then
im more confused how you got hornet meta without unlocking meta showdown 
oh is it only ch1 for meta? youre still gonna want to finish it at some point for more materials for gear lab
preferable you want to do up to chp4 at least to start the new monthly reset yea
I don't know
what reset
I may have completed all of chapter 1 at one point, but I haven't played it in two months.
once you finish chp 4 of opsi campaign, it changes to a 'new' version, where the whole map gets reset monthly along with the shops
Hmm, interesting, although many players recommend that I finish the company first and only then do the sirens. I'm currently finishing 9-4
you do them both at the same time. do campaign, when morale is low, do opsi
and there's ongoing event, so campaign can wait
how does this work, do the guild owner has to level it up or is it personal and it moves on from guild to guild? i do need more space for fuel
the max level cap for the upgrade is done by the guild, you need to upgrade it personally to get the benefit and it carries over
thank you so much
Oh, I see, so if fleet 1 has an orange smiley face, take action opsi?
most of my team are tempesta I think;-;
time to revamp your fleet then
dang that's gonna be hard just started and I'm broke
double fancy 
read the link
but u can use lyme over porkland
Is this fleet ok for endgame heavy armor bosses?
no
What would you change?
half of them
depends on which heavy boss too
if can eldridge cope then you can try triple IJN+tank/z52 kaza sirius/unzen/helena
sounds wrong
eldridge kaza +1 of the others
if can't eldridge then implacable+kaza+pick 2 strongest buffers
So I keep the CVs and swap backmost and frontmost?
I don't have implacable sadly
usually it's amagi instead of shinano
Don't have. Those are the best CVs I have probably
suchi said something about nagato+traf too but i still don't buy that
then you dont have to think too much about endgame cause you're nowhere near it
just use what's best for you
I see, thanks
How can I change formation, ships in operation sirens?
thanks
A neat GIF. You will also get the Option the first time you log into OpSi after the Monthly reset
Wich is hardly helpful, sadly
I'm just sitting here wondering they wanted to change the positions of their ships, which there's a much easier way to do that 
yeah just click fleet
the only acceptable "endgame" setup you could do is using hakuryuu over avp and eldridge coping
but that setup is inconsistent
so realistically ur either waiting for implacable+replacing shinano with amagi cv or continuing with the eldridge cope until you replace hakuryuu with amagi CV
either way, heavy bossing CVs are useless because the top dogs on BB outdamages anyway
August is fine enough
granted Sirius could be placed in there, but I don't know what they have 
shes fine but I think its agreeable to think of her as a mid game setup over implacable
eitherway not having amagi is a loss as well
we did fine with just August
which part of endgame setup you dont understand
also if this is ops the bar really hasn't moved 
who even uses august endgame setup
is there an up to date beginner guide?
surely they'll update opsi difficulty soon
Question, do I limit break Trafalgar or Z-51?
august isnt even the best budget version against heavy as well
rn half the things overkill by such a ridiculous amount
I can also limit break UR BB or CV but I already have some
Hakuho alone should trivialize most "heavy" content in Ops outside of HM Arbiter
some chinese maths are telling me triple BB beats every armor fleet setup but no way to prove
I have done that configuration but I forgot how it went, altrough I think it went decent
But I don't remember well :b
I mean, who do you have left to MLB for URs?
The lack of carrier to clear the screen of enemy ammo is something that you may miss, if you don't kill the enemy quickly
But most of the time you will, I think
tldr its allegedly zwei mecklen lion for all armor types -- alsace beats mecklen on light but who really cares about a 5-10% difference
thank you! and does it matter who i choose between laffey, javellin, and kms z23?
not really
doesnt matter
Ulrich, Konstrandath, Mussashi, Amagi CV, the last japanese CV, Shimakaze, Trafalgar, Z-51, Raffaelo, Alsace, Mogador, Vanguard and Fritz Rumey
left? or thats who you have mlb
Amagi CV and Hakuho are massive if you don't have those MLB 
Zwei abilities really help, I have her in my main fleet since I got her
lol just send screenshot
Left to limit break
Will do know, wait a lil bit
I mean, hakuhou amagi cv musashi z52 traf I would say without knowing wtver else you have available
Ulrich, Kron, Raph, Mog are definitely the ones that could be put on the back burner 
again a simple screen shot of all your URs you own would help
@wind hazel @rain bobcat @forest palm
?

