gameplay-help

[viscid swift]

In addition to AA good vanguard dps is crucial in clearing mobs in later campaign stages

[rain bobcat]

I doubt its living in 15

[soft raft]

Some of the late campaign bosses can just nuke your backline out of existence

Iirc that's mainly 14-2 and 15-2

[rain bobcat]

14-4 has 4-6 BBs before boss iirc

[whole crypt]

the problem isn't that there are bosses that nuke your back line, it's just the front line needs to do more than surviving

[soft raft]

^

Vanguard gotta get to the boss asap before the backline takes too much damage

[sweet delta]

Is seyd nakhi Lion Yuki laffii eld with 17.5k and 17k power a dangerous fleet?

[spark patio]

then which ships should i get from research after Agir? Shimato?

[viscid swift]

Potentially

[whole crypt]

pvp? could lose on bad rng

yeh that comp is just taking the top row from pvp guide, 17k suggests it should be at least decently geared

[cerulean field]

does the black friday event end today?

[stark quiver]

no
no 2 +13 spears prob

[dawn zealot]

No. It's up to Dec 3rd

[stark quiver]

Wait

[rain bobcat]

[fossil vale]

Where to farm EXP? NGL, this game's a bit too confusing with the UIs
Dunno what does function and where to look for stuff

[tiny mason]

[stark quiver]

also 17.5k backline might mean they are using 457

[onyx flame]

ship exp or commander exp? ship exp you simply just bring them along on the highest stage you can do without them dying, for commander exp you just need to go to battle, more ships used means more commander exp

[whole crypt]

at the end of the day it's one of those things you can be gibbed by rng if you don't look at the screen

[onyx flame]

can also give these a read since your new too
https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips

[stark quiver]

eld moment

[fossil vale]

Ship exp with those book like stuff?

[onyx flame]

are the books arent really farmable you get them from the cruise pass (battlepass), weekly missions, events and lecture hall when you sortie with level 100+ ships. so early on your main source of ship exp is just bringing them into battle

[whole crypt]

XP books are a limited resource in early game

[fossil vale]

OH FUCK

Goddamn it, I used it up on the beginner units

[whole crypt]

you get more weekly but it's a fairly small trickle before you unlock lecture hall

you just get XP from using the ships in fights, if you can't beat a map check gear and LB and if it's not something you can improve, just go back to repeat the previous stage for XP and level

it's ok using XP packs but I would hold on to a handful at least to bump new units if a good replacement comes by over your initial fleet

[fossil vale]

Alright, thanks a lot

[whole crypt]

the newbie tips also has basic starter fleet ship reccs, you may want to check and avoid using bad ships

[lofty harbor]

what fleet formation shoud i use

[rain bobcat]

double line mostly

[fossil vale]

Are Wisdom cubes usable for Collabs?

[onyx flame]

yea

[fossil vale]

Oh, nice

Gonna hold on to all of them and just go with whatever unit the game gives then

[whole crypt]

collab doesn't use a separate currency for building but it does mean eating into your stock since we are expecting new UR end of the year

not that you have much choice if the collab interests you

[sweet delta]

Was there a preview of who the next showdown meta is?

[lofty harbor]

what is the circle that come to my unit? i notice that it comeout when plane comeout

[sweet delta]

AA gun circle

[lofty harbor]

but i notice i can still hit enemy ship, outside of that range

[sharp socket]

dont think there was, only showed cruise pass boise meta iirc

[onyx flame]

AA is for hitting planes, not ships

[dusk vortex]

Should I use my combat data packs to level up my ships? or use it for prototype shop only?

[lofty harbor]

oh... ok

[onyx flame]

always convert to protocore

[sharp socket]

dotted circle is AA circle, planes inside it will take damage periodically based on your AA guns

[whole crypt]

no, but current one has 23 days to go so chances are it'll be announced before UR event

[whole crypt]

combat data packs cannot be used to level ships, it's used to boost the XP progress in research but yes we do recommend analyzing them for prototype cores because XP is cheap

[lofty harbor]

are skill book rare? can i use it?

[fossil vale]

Oh, by the way, is it safe to use up the ship building support tickets or did I just fuck myself over with using ~5?

[sweet delta]

Always use , start with unicorn healing and ignore portland

[whole crypt]

you get a regular income for skill books anyway

[sweet delta]

Use them or lose them

[lofty harbor]

ok thx

[whole crypt]

just make sure you do the daily raids

[uneven knot]

they expire in a few days so use them all

[whole crypt]

if you have tickets still it's use or lose for the event but you can space them out to do daily build missions until the event ends

[lofty harbor]

i haven't do that yet, since it look high level... my team already almost die on 2-2... this game is harder than i thought

[sharp socket]

just need levels and gear

[sweet delta]

No it is trivially easy if you read

[fossil vale]

Any recommendations for limited shop pick, or should I not bother?

[sweet delta]

Limited guild shop is for collection

[fossil vale]

Ah, no good units? Alright, thanks!

[sweet delta]

There are some mid game ships but they're bad for new players and bad for end game players

[lofty harbor]

there is this gauges on my ship that can spawn planes. what is that?

i know it go up if my backline got attacked

[sweet delta]

Detection Level:
If the gauge hasn't been filled, your carrier is Hidden, meaning she has 10% flat AA resistance pierce against enemies (e.g. she deals 30% more air damage to an enemy with 300 AA), and enemy ships won't target but can still blind-fire or splash her.
If the gauge has been filled, there will be an exclamation mark (!) displayed to the side of the gauge, and your carrier loses the Hidden status. They will regain the buff when the gauge level falls below the red line.
The carrier's gauge will be increased when she launches an airstrike or certain barrages, when she is burning, when she is spotted by enemy ships that crossed the detection line, or when an enemy ship or airplane crashes into your main fleet.

[lofty harbor]

damn... this game more complex than i thought...

ok thx

[whole crypt]

most of this you don't actually need to think about
just pick good ships and use good gear

granted your options will be limited early in the game but by and large we just let auto handle the fighting

[lofty harbor]

all my ship now is mostly naked on gear... i can ignore it later yeah until late game? or i should get some gear? but from where?

[uneven knot]

open up some techboxes

[sharp socket]

tech box early on

[uneven knot]

naked gear is prolly why ur ships are getting cooked

[onyx flame]

make sure to compose your techboxes to t3 before opening em

[whole crypt]

gear is fairly limited early on, you often go with empty slots in the first 2 chapters

but yes do try to craft your tech boxes up to purple then open them, should be at least good for some placeholder gear, and there are some pieces you will keep using for a very long time

[onyx flame]

toolkits

[lofty harbor]

btw what max tier for techbox?

[sweet delta]

Game also gives you free +6 purple every half chapter you clear

[whole crypt]

don't care about the tier, you want a purple one

the tiers listed on gear screen are somewhat misleading

[lofty harbor]

yes, i give it all to Portland

[sweet delta]

Shouldn't be portland
Autoloader for your BB
Single 127 for your DD
Both gears get replaced by certain tech box drops but that's up to luck

[lofty harbor]

ok noted

can i change server?

[rain bobcat]

progress is server based, if you log on to a different server you restart

[lofty harbor]

[fossil vale]

Why use gems to increase dock size(?) - are there really that many ships needed?

[lofty harbor]

which server is the oldest

[stark quiver]

avrora

[onyx flame]

there like 800+ total ship in this game, excluding space needed to hold bulins/for farming

[fossil vale]

What in the actual fuck

And y'all remember the majority of those? Sheesh!

[crude basin]

hey guys as a new player who should i be doing tactical classes for

[onyx flame]

unicorn first

if you dont have her, buy her from the guild shop

[crude basin]

which skill should i focus

[rapid shard]

The heal

[crude basin]

who else should i train for missions

[lofty harbor]

should i change my main to avrora server?

[rapid shard]

What do you mean missions? as in fleet or dispatching?

[onyx flame]

unless you got friends there i dont really see the need to

[onyx flame]

prob the event mission where it says do tactical training x times

[crude basin]

for the cruise mission

[rapid shard]

You just train whoever your using.

[sharp socket]

choice of server does nothing to gameplay

[onyx flame]

technically it affects your medal shop

[sharp socket]

if you want to speedrun the game for some reason then ok

[stark quiver]

It affects PvP

[fossil vale]

UR gacha sits at 1.2%? Dang, that's pretty low
Does that increase for Collabs?

[lofty harbor]

2-3 before boss battle

[safe nexus]

is it worth it to save oil by using 1:1 fleet on D3 till i done the event?

[sweet delta]

I wouldn't call that low considering that the game gives a lot more gacha currency than other games do
.
Collaboration SRs will likely be 2%

[dusk vortex]

what unzen skills do I need to level up first?

[fossil vale]

Ah, that's pretty good then

[lofty harbor]

what to do?

[safe nexus]

what gear do you have and do you have exp book i forgot when does one have them

[onyx flame]

grind the previous stage to level your ships up a bit more before going back to tackle

[lofty harbor]

where do we craft the t3 techbox?

[onyx flame]

depot, click on your lower tier boxes and there should be an option to compose

[lofty harbor]

thx

[safe nexus]

is there datamine for unzen rerun?

[onyx flame]

? what do you need a datamine for a rerun for? all of the data like already out

[safe nexus]

curious of the shop priority

[whole crypt]

also LB what you can, should give a bump to your HP and damage

[lofty harbor]

who should i LB?

what about enhance?

[onyx flame]

always enhance the ships your using (use common rarity ships to do that)
and lb just about all the ships your using, purple bulins are fairly common and if you have dupes even better use those first

[onyx flame]

the usually gun + ticket, then the rest is up to you with how much you have to spend prints/coin/oil/map drop ship if you care, tech boxes and plates if your new and still need em

[safe nexus]

preferably unicorn if you gonna use bulin, alo use all your focus to retrofit unicorn first

[whole crypt]

enhance can be done with common fodder but the difference won't be too much in the short term

[safe nexus]

is the ship good at all?

[whole crypt]

Hatsuzuki is not bad but suffers from being just another decent SR DD

[safe nexus]

sad but somehow she is my only SR DD i think

[whole crypt]

I agree that Unicorn retrofit should be a priority but you won't see much difference until modernization

you don't have to use a SR DD, or a DD at all

if you need one for hardmode slot or trp req sure but starter DDs will probably work fine too

[lofty harbor]

ok thx everyone

[safe nexus]

ok thx

[safe nexus]

forgot how large the difference was lmao, should the priority be portland then? since cheaper and a good tank

[whole crypt]

you pretty much should focus on CV prints first anyway

if there's spare from missions and stuff then yeh Portland

[hollow gust]

Huh is I-404 just not good in w15 campaign ?

Idk if I built her wrong but the output is kinda depressing

[whole crypt]

my impression is flasher always outdamages her for "normal" stages

not sure if she gets it better with bosses

[hollow gust]

UR sub my ass

[fossil vale]

Any use for commons? Should I retire them?

[hollow gust]

Enhance ships with them

Gouden is kinda awesome for campaign though , she has everything you need

[wind hazel]

she has my money?

[lofty harbor]

what good place to dumb my oil? so i can get my girls some exp?

I'm currently only on 2-4

[wind hazel]

is event unlocked for you? if yes, go do event

[hollow gust]

You won't give elf wife your money?

[wind hazel]

her money is my money.
my money is my money.

she feels better than guam? or more or less same

[rain bobcat]

isn't she more or less guam but more damage

[hollow gust]

Lot more damage , helps with chaff

[lofty harbor]

anyone

[rain bobcat]

highest stage u can do but I wouldn't recommend stopping unless you can't actually beat the next stage

[hollow gust]

But eh, guess I404 just does worst; I do have the 4 rainbow torp build +13 but I doubt that will do better

[wind hazel]

read what i wrote

[lofty harbor]

ok...

[wind hazel]

@lofty harbor @lofty harbor @lofty harbor @lofty harbor

[rain bobcat]

mori it's a new player at chapter 2

[wind hazel]

yeah and?

[lofty harbor]

oh... that for me...
ok i will do that

[hollow gust]

Gets clapped by A1

[rain bobcat]

I don't even think event unlocked before finshing ch3 or something

[wind hazel]

then push campaign until event is unlocked, then go do event

[rain bobcat]

to be fair flasher's barrage will probably hit everything which leads to her having a higher starting dmg eitherway

[wind hazel]

that's why my statement was led with a question

[rain bobcat]

in comparison, 404's barrage will most likely just go straight to the waves of water

[rapid shard]

Mori Ayaya, yall wanna help me make 2 fleets for opsi?

[wind hazel]

no

jk where's thread?

[rapid shard]

Bout to Open it lol

OpSi fleet help for smooth brains like me

[strange rapids]

Should I lvl up uni to 125 or 100 is enough?

[rapid shard]

at least 120

[onyx flame]

120 should be enuf, save 125 for main dps

[rapid shard]

You always want to 120 your ships for the bonus tech

[fossil vale]

Do ships' mood get better with time or only after every daily reset?

[onyx flame]

they regain morale at a base of 20 per hour

so if you want them to recover faster put em into the dorm

[fossil vale]

And what happens upon reaching disappointment?

[fossil vale]

Oof

[hollow gust]

For the boss fight I summoned subs when zuikaku spawns , so theoretically it shouldn't hit water

Then the fight lasted long enough for all subs to retreat; maybe it was some really unfortunate low rolls

[civic crag]

Is unzen still good

[lofty harbor]

I can't believe this i malded 2-4 stage, failed so many times...
and this is what they give me

what stage should i even do now

[rain bobcat]

for opsi bosses, my 404 usually hits harder by a margin

flasher may just roll better outright in campaign

[lofty harbor]

I can't do event yet

should I try war archive?

[wind hazel]

do you have exp books?

[lofty harbor]

i haven't used that, yes

[wind hazel]

use some and get them to around lv25-30

[lofty harbor]

who

[wind hazel]

limit break ships, put good gear on them

everyone. make everyone 25-30

[lofty harbor]

this is my team

[lofty harbor]

i mean like who first. because i doubt i can make everyone level 30

[wind hazel]

how many books do you own?

[lofty harbor]

damn... so little

[wind hazel]

good enough, spread 5 to all

and remember to limit break your ships.

[lofty harbor]

ok

[wind hazel]

wait until thursday

you should have these gear, equip the 406m mk6 on penny, the 150mm on helena, 127 on laffey

wrong channel sir

[blazing charm]

omg i got into a wendys situation

[lofty harbor]

it was hard but i did it. so i just spam that first stage yeah? is the next stage harder?

[wind hazel]

yes it has higher level enemies. farm a1 for a bit first

[lofty harbor]

ok thx

[wind hazel]

move to a2 when everyone is ~30, a3 when everyone is ~35

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Effulgence_Before_Eclipse#tabber-A2

can check here for more info on enemies level and stuff

[lofty harbor]

thx

[sharp socket]

15-3 or 7-4 for houshou

one of them i can oilcap

[wind hazel]

uni+cassin 7-4

[lofty harbor]

is she good? should i replace anyone here?

[rapid shard]

Shes bad

All the Elite METAs are bad

[lofty harbor]

damn...

[gilded carbon]

Should i build a third one? Im lacking more advanced Fighters

[rapid shard]

Ignore META ships for time being. You dont start really using them till mid-late game

[gilded carbon]

My commonly used Fighters are Hellcats or Seafangs

[wind hazel]

yes

more flap is good

[gilded carbon]

How many should i, realistically, aim for?

[forest palm]

it's a, "as many as needed" type plane

[rapid shard]

How lazy are you at wanting to swap gear around is the real answer

[forest palm]

I have like 20 Flappers at this point

[wind hazel]

enough to cover both mob and boss CV

can be 4 can be 5 can be 6, usually 4 is enough

[gilded carbon]

Then they should, over time, replace Hellcats and Seafangs. 6-ish then. Sounds doable. Thanks

... What do with the outdated Fighters? Disassemble the Seafangs and Hellcats? Most of them, anyway

Seafangs cant be upgraded further, If i recall

[onyx flame]

i just pass em to ships when i bring em to level

[wind hazel]

keep them as memory

[forest palm]

unless you want to upcraft the Hellcats to get plates back, but I don't think that's worth all the GL mats

[gilded carbon]

I will keep a handful for that, yeah

Thanks for the Help.

[wispy cosmos]

when did they update the cattery limit

[cobalt rapids]

cn anni

[wispy cosmos]

what's the new max slots

[cobalt rapids]

400

[manic sable]

question how do i unlock this skill for shimakaze? is it unlocked by limit break

i have all her other skills 10/10/10

[muted wind]

yeah, you get it by limit breaking her. ships aren't really worth using unless you limit break them-- and URs are kinda expensive to do that with early on

[manic sable]

i see, yee ive only been able to get a few UR bulins but ive been trying to lvl up shinano first

thanks for the info 😄

[muted wind]

i'd wait with spending the bulins until you have enough to limit break ships fully (4 per ship), and maybe check back here for more advice then first

[manic sable]

i see well my shinano is already on last limit break haha my gear is kinda limited as well but im grinding alot for UR Gear

[muted wind]

... yeah, at this point may as well max her out

[manic sable]

just pulling to get another copy is kinda hard when all these events are going on 😄

[muted wind]

i'd argue with dupes from the permanent gacha, but that might take a while, and the same could be said for shimakaze. plus you'll probably have enough by the time the next UR comes around anyways

[tropic tusk]

U do know there is UR bulins right?

[manic sable]

yes i have 1 in stock

is what ive been using to lvl up shinano

[tropic tusk]

Do U have any proto core?

[zenith heron]

Did you use your 1 UR Starter Invitation Letter already?

[manic sable]

we had one of those?

[tropic tusk]

It's a mission reward

From the beginner missions

[manic sable]

oh

[tropic tusk]

The final reward

[manic sable]

i dont think ive opened a UR voucher sooo

[muted wind]

yeah, if that's still an option, wait for it and take the shinano dupe to save a bulin

[manic sable]

guess i gotta grind for that then

[tropic tusk]

Ya U can

They are all just simple missions

[manic sable]

i see, because in main mission section it only shows clear 10-1

[rain bobcat]

I would get and bulin musashi instead over shinano if you don't have minimum 3 good UR BBs

[manic sable]

these are my only UR atm

minus bulin ofc

[rain bobcat]

wait for how broken december UR is and ask again

but if its not crazy good for a beginner then getting musashi perma and using bulins on her is the best bet

[manic sable]

i see, i will save up for her as well then

thanks for the tips everyone

[civic crag]

investment unzen or trafalgar first

[forest palm]

Hakuho is right there...

[whole dawn]

Chat gib Sakura empire fleet pleach problem is I'm poor

[manic sable]

she is strongest one out of my UR ships? i do have access to essex UR though just need mats for her to upgrade

[forest palm]

Shinano + Hakuho will be fairly strong later on ya

[whole crypt]

do you want the usual factionfleetbad talk or just something that'll work for shit that's too easy to matter anyway

[manic sable]

i see i will try to upgrade hakuho then since i have an extra copy of her

[forest palm]

Yes Hakuho is probably the strongest investment you can make out of those ships you posted, and that's under the assumption those are all your URs. Provided we are getting a new UR in about a month, but that's a month out and still a lot of time to resource gather for new Bulins

[manic sable]

i have 71 cubes saved up so far

[forest palm]

shouldn't be too much an issue we are heading into a new Cruise Pass which means a lot of free cubes to grab

[wind hazel]

[manic sable]

yeah thats what pretty much helped me get all these cubes and ofc grinding the event for UR gun

[forest palm]

baring those it should still be easy enough to manage around 150+ cubes before mid to late Dec

while the goal is 400 if you can manage 250 going in you should be able to make it

[manic sable]

ill keep in mind for hakuhou then she will be my next focus UR

[spark patio]

is this good? and which ship should i use

[wind hazel]

only relevant for pvp

[whole dawn]

Anything

[spark patio]

Is U-101 I-404 and Archerfish a good combo ?

[eternal moth]

Not particularly. Archer and another USS sub would be though

Preferably Flasher

[spark patio]

Then I-404 Archerfish and Nautilus?

[fast steppe]

didn't realise i had this many torp plates lol what's the priority

can't pull up plus13 cause cloudflare

[undone plover]

honestly if not raised yet just wait 1 month flasher will rerun most likely and u can have i404 archer + flasher which is the best sub fleet atm

[eternal moth]

lol, cloudflare busted again?

[undone plover]

improved quad mag

[spark patio]

Flasher rerun with Laffey II?

[undone plover]

yes

early january most likely
and there is LNY after which is the perfect place to raise submarines

their affinity at least

[fast steppe]

done

regular quad mags?

[undone plover]

this one specifically i hope u didnt do a mistake https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/533mm_Improved_Quadruple_Magnetic_Torpedo_Mount

[fast steppe]

nah i'm aware

[undone plover]

good

[spark patio]

how to get this? i mean which rerun does have this

[undone plover]

we had 2 idk if u managed to get both
if not u can improve 2 other regular quad mag but I would just wait tbh

[fast steppe]

think i wasn't around for the first run

[undone plover]

it was in the little academy event + 1 more event i forgot about

[fast steppe]

fritz?

[undone plover]

oh fritz yes

[spark patio]

Fritz rumey?

1,5 years of waiting

[undone plover]

future events might have it too

[fast steppe]

surely it gets added to gear lab right

[onyx flame]

at least it aint like afct

[fast steppe]

clueless

[onyx flame]

there only 4 dockyard ships that need ijn main exp right? izumo, azuma, hakuryuu and daisen, knocking off the exp reqs for shipyard while i grind my fleet techs

[whole crypt]

then just use anything really, faction fleets aren't useful and you don't even actually enough good ships for a full fleet anyway

[onyx chasm]

Just got unzen so do I wanna try MLB her first or someone else

[eternal moth]

Imp >>>> Unzen

[weary gust]

Finish Soyuz.

Mlb one ship at a time, don't jump around on them. They're useless until mlb.

[eternal moth]

Also, next time you ask that question, please filter by UR

[rain bobcat]

soyuz and traf before implac

[eternal moth]

Traf before Implac? What?

[whole dawn]

Decent ig?

[violet grail]

So now that I finally got my first ship to dev 30 (roon) should I convert any general blueprints that can select season 1 to Roon and will it then let me convert those into protocore currency?

Or do I need fs5 for that?

[tulip tinsel]

you only need dev 30, and yeah convert it

[violet grail]

Sweet thanks.

[whole crypt]

you really aren't going to be doing anything with lv1 ships and most of those there are a waste of time and resources

[whole dawn]

I meant the fleets not the lvl I can just lvl then up anyways

[soft raft]

Read the 2nd part of his sentence

[tulip tinsel]

what are you trying to with that??

[whole dawn]

No idea

[soft raft]

Nagato is shit
That CL in the middle is shit
That CA that isn't Unzen isn't really noteworthy
Taihou is fine-ish but doesn't have much long term value
Unzen and Oumi are the best ships there ignoring the obvious lack of levels and limit breaks

Also insert obligatory "Faction fleets suck" statement here

[rain bobcat]

faction fleets are only good

when ur actually using good ships

[whole crypt]

faction fleets are only good when it's the ships that are good and basically has nothing to do with it being a faction fleet

[cobalt rapids]

nagato is shit

[whole lichen]

Hi I'm new and I would like some advice about synergies and which elite ships should I try to invest or smthng, For the SSRs I'm not using rn cuz of underleveled is war spite and prinz eugen

[soft raft]

Give this guide a read asap
https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

[cobalt rapids]

non of these ships are mlb so they are bad

[whole lichen]

cloudflare down

[soft raft]

Both of those fleets are majorly scuffed and you barely even have the resources to raise 6 ships early game much less double that

[whole lichen]

What should I do then

[cobalt rapids]

grab unicorn helena and portland from guildshop

[soft raft]

And Pennsylvania

[whole lichen]

I'm broke in guild money, I used it on dock expansion

[cobalt rapids]

what are ur BBs in dock and what is ur medal rotation

[whole lichen]

what is medal rotation

[cobalt rapids]

go to medal shop and say what two hulls are there for SR

[lofty harbor]

is she good? can i use her?

[cobalt rapids]

shes bad

[whole lichen]

is it the merit shop

[lofty harbor]

it's from gacha

[whole lichen]

SR bb and sr cl

[soft raft]

Get Alabama from BB then

[cobalt rapids]

grab alabama and sandy

[whole lichen]

I can only buy one

[cobalt rapids]

alabama

can u at least get unicorn from guild shop ? or too broke for her alone aswell ?

[whole lichen]

um

yes I'm broke

[cobalt rapids]

rip

[whole lichen]

for the bb there is

Nevada, repulse, renown, lutzow, warspite, and alabama

[cobalt rapids]

ur fleet should be smth like alabama unicorn hiryuu - marseil smth laffey
maybe show ur dock

[tulip tinsel]

firstly get dewey meta outta there too

[whole lichen]

how do I get a lot of data packs

[cobalt rapids]

alabama sara hiryuu - marseil hatsuzuki laffey
pray u get unicorn from map drop and boot hiryuu out for her
mlb alabama first with gold bulins and then marseil

[whole lichen]

is that for fleet 1

[cobalt rapids]

if ure alr done with ch4 and 5 then just wait till u get enough guild coins for uni ig

[soft raft]

You can't really grind XP packs until you start using lvl 100+ ships

Also XP packs didn't even exist for a good while so you'll live perfectly fine

[cobalt rapids]

ur only fleet till u reach oilcap

[soft raft]

It should be the only fleet you're running until at earliest W9

[whole lichen]

which one is sara

is it saratoga

[cobalt rapids]

yes

[cobalt rapids]

alabama flag

[whole lichen]

what

[cobalt rapids]

alabama in the middle ( under the flag icon )

[whole lichen]

ok so how do I lvl them up fast now

[cobalt rapids]

i think clf is fixed so u should read this now https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

[cobalt rapids]

theres no fast method for you yet
throw them in the highest stage they can survive

[lofty harbor]

i got submarine. i don't need to invest on her yet yeah?

[tulip tinsel]

just do any sortie and you get xp, dorm , pvp

[soft raft]

Nah

[cobalt rapids]

u can lv i-58 to like lv100 and to clear lv65 sub raid when u reach ch 12-4
can ignore subs till then

[whole lichen]

So should I use the suggested sr and r ships in the guide

or just Unicorn

[cobalt rapids]

just unicorn for ur fleet
and helena over hatsuzuki

but both are from guildshop

[lofty harbor]

ok thx

[mystic acorn]

Whats the BF point stand for that we get somehow on the top left screen

[whole lichen]

Where unicorn drop in the campaign

[soft raft]

Didn't we already tell you to get her from guild shop

[soft raft]

There's a special mini Black Friday cruise pass

[red sapphire]

For pushing story, should I use BB or CV Boss Fleet?

[whole lichen]

I'm broke, might aswell try to get her from luck while leveling up my units to be good enough

Ok I found it myself dw

[red sapphire]

4-4, 5-4, 10-1, 12-1

[soft raft]

1 BB 2CV
W13 is the only place in campaign that you can get away with 3CV (Mob fleet only)

[soft raft]

It'd be faster to join a guild and farm guild coins than to try and RNG a ship drop

[whole lichen]

I already applied multiple times and none accepted me

[red sapphire]

Alright, thanks. What should I use? For BB I have Musashi or Lion and for CVs Shinano and... Hakuhou?

[soft raft]

Without knowing what content this is for and what you have, idk how you want me to answer

Plus I gotta clock in for work so have someone else help with that

[red sapphire]

Don't worry, make sense... Have a good worktime

Was w13+

[undone plover]

ch14 and ch15 require specific setups
good thing we have dedicated guides
https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/chapter-14-brief (15 and detailed guides in the pane)
for 13 just make sure u have decent ships and gear and u will be fine

[lofty harbor]

help... what to do they are angry at me

[undone plover]

i recommend u post in your specific server channel here in discord asking for a guild
should be quicker

[red sapphire]

Thank you!

[undone plover]

give them rest
put them in dorm

[lofty harbor]

but i only have 2 slot...
also i still have so many oil...

should i use gems?

[undone plover]

put the red ones in the dorm then rotate them so u increase morale faster

expand dorm with decor coins and buy 3rd slot and second floor
it takes a while to get enough decor tokens tho

[lofty harbor]

hmm....

[undone plover]

try and farm event
a1 a2 a3 and b1 should be possible with your levels if u just limit break them

get 10k event tokens for the gun before thursday

[lofty harbor]

gun?

not the girl?

[onyx flame]

the gear is more useful sadly

[undone plover]

yeah the gear is more prio
Dw about the girl u can get her later down the road

[lofty harbor]

someone said to me lutzow better than pennsyvan

should i change?

btw what happen. if i force the girl to still go to war even with 0 heart?

[turbid marsh]

well better than penny isn't that high of a bar... but i feel like should wait for better super rare bbs for gold bulin.

[lofty harbor]

i see... ok thx

[turbid marsh]

cause theres nelson (elite) and hood that can be accessible, also theres collab coming too

[lofty harbor]

what is affinity for

can girl have negative affinity?

[tulip tinsel]

at 100(love) +6% stat boost except speed

[lofty harbor]

damn...

[onyx flame]

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

honestly the affinity is kinda whatever, the exp penalty is the main issue

[tulip tinsel]

half xp bad, don't use ships with 0 morale

[lofty harbor]

i guess i should start build my 2nd fleet then?

[turbid marsh]

not really, 2nd fleet is for w9 +

[tulip tinsel]

no

[lofty harbor]

but my fleet 1 girl all sad

[viscid swift]

Take a break

[tulip tinsel]

wait

[lofty harbor]

ok

how long do i need to wait for them to not be sad in the dorm?

[onyx flame]

with the dorm boost rn its 50morale/hr so 3 hour from zero morale

[lofty harbor]

3 hour to 100 morale?

ok that is faster than i thought

[onyx flame]

???3 hour to 150 which is the max

[turbid marsh]

though i don't recommend collab ships in general though, however, for a new player, have to use what the game offers XD

[uneven badger]

please help me beat 13-1 hard what should i change to my lineup ;(

[rain vine]

which fleet is failing?

[uneven badger]

boss fleet

[ivory pawn]

Swap Alsace for a CV, get that airspace control to green.

[uneven badger]

which CV give me some examples i might have all of them

[ivory pawn]

Practically any UR CV or Enterprise. I’ve been partial to Nakhimov lately, Essex is fine.

[uneven badger]

alright imma use essex

thx

[ivory pawn]

I’d also swap out Aegir for, idk, Trafalgar or Z52 if you have either. Stick Anchorage in tank slot.

But that’s not as important.

[uneven badger]

yeah sure z52

should I swap friedrich with NJ?

[ivory pawn]

Why fix what ain’t broke? Long as your mob fleet is working no need to change it.

[hollow gust]

You just dropped out Alsace , if anything she goes back in

[uneven badger]

alright that air control looks green now, hope it works

[hollow gust]

Helena can go to , there are much better ships these days

[uneven badger]

like what? san diego?

[hollow gust]

She is significantly better yes

[uneven badger]

can i use plymouth?

[hollow gust]

Still better choice then Helena

But just use your Sandy, and you can swap Elridge and z52

[uneven badger]

hmmm okay

[agile patrol]

hi who do I MLB
yes i have enough bulins

[safe nexus]

does the pity from unzen banner saves?

[hollow gust]

Soyuz Hakuhou Unzen

[safe nexus]

im in trouble then

[hollow gust]

That's why you save cubes well

[peak fable]

why is it recommended to only get 1 copy of the event shop ship? I was wondering if farming campaign is really more worth than a gold bulin, because realistically, you are not in a rush for exp and gold anyway right? We also have so many events in a row in recent times, I barely ever find time for campaign unless i sacrifice event rewards that are just not farmable, so i kinda dont understand why I should farm campaign at all, because I will run out of oil before I run out of event shop things to farm anyway.

[hollow gust]

It's not recommended to get the ship from event shop. You should realistically be getting your copies map drop. In addition you won't be maxing every single event ship that comes , by the time you need to, bulins are very accessible

[tulip tinsel]

there are times when no event for weeks

[hollow gust]

[tulip tinsel]

Wdym ???

[onyx flame]

for normal event, you really only farm up to 55k points for that milestone rewards, so thats the max ish amount of currency to buy stuff that you working with. and while your farming it usually at D3 which is where the shop ship drops from so you might not even need to buy thenm.
for rerun there even less event farming since you really only wanna aim for that 35k point milestone which can be done just by using all the daily bonus.

[knotty jolt]

I don't think there's ever been a time there hasn't been some form of event be it a free skin to prelude or just an aux gear or actual full event

[hollow gust]

We haven't had a multi week break in since forever

[onyx flame]

additional most event coin/exp earning is like w9/10 level? which just isnt enough im ngl

[tulip tinsel]

then im going insane

[cobalt rapids]

if ur bottleneck to lvling ships isnt cog chips nor oil(xp) but instead gold bulins then theres nothing wrong with farming extra dupes
but 90% of the time that wont be the case

[peak fable]

are gold bulins really that accessible? I am legit starving for them.

[onyx flame]

if your trying to mlb everything then yea ig you constantly be starving

[red sapphire]

Hi, on OpSi, can we swap gears mid map?

[ivory pawn]

Yep.

[knotty jolt]

Are you remembering to do your exercises and etc? Cause a decent portion comes from shop

[peak fable]

the question is, why SHOULDNT I MLB everything, that's the true endgame, isnt it?

[cobalt rapids]

they are accesible if u are actively playing pvp and actively lvling ships
they are also accessible if u are not actively lvling ships or ure actively lvling ships that are not SR
they are not accessible in the rest of the cases

[ivory pawn]

Hold the ship’s image on the left to do it from the map screen.

[stark quiver]

pvp

[red sapphire]

Alright, thanks. Knowing this will lower my gear requierments by far

[hollow gust]

Read the caveat, by the time you are grinding fleet tech late game; income should be sufficient if you are actually playing the game like pvp. It doesn't mean you can afford to mlb 100 ships in a month

[knotty jolt]

I always hold onto quite a few bulins to be able to mlb a major event just for the border

[stark quiver]

i dont grind borders

[peak fable]

Hm... I guess, there are a lot of purple and blue ships to go through as well.
So in your opinion, I assume, experience is the true bottleneck, not bulins?

[knotty jolt]

More like oil but also yes

[stark quiver]

bulins

[cobalt rapids]

xp is a bottleneck when ure not playing the game

[peak fable]

cause legit, all i wanna know is, when I am like true true endgame player, like almost fully maxed fleet tech and I have a few more ships left, is that because exp or bulins were holding me back?

[undone plover]

cog chips and bulins is usually the 2 bottlenecks
early on u will hit cog chip deficity first I think
then later on gold bulins might become a bigger bottleneck but I cant be sure of that

[peak fable]

cause if it's bulins, I hardly understand the argument to not farm out the event shop dupes

[undone plover]

bulins and cog chips
xp is almost never a bottleneck

[cobalt rapids]

gold bulins become a bottleneck only if u disregard pvp and dont wanna lvl non-SR ships with "bad" tech

cog chips is 99% of the time a bottleneck for active grinding

[undone plover]

the argument is because farming event is inefficient for coins and cog chips
the more time u spend in event is less time spent in ch12

[obtuse island]

should i keep pulling or just leave it as that to get the new ur in december

[peak fable]

so even if I get "more bulins" from the event, I will just make cog chips an even harder bottleneck then, alright, I think I get it now

[knotty jolt]

Hold off

[stark quiver]

theres no real endgame

[ivory pawn]

I’d save.

[peak fable]

nah, my life will be much happier with maxed fleet tech, trust

[undone plover]

farming doesnt rly get u much cog chips to be fair
I can see an argument for a true min maxer farming ship dupes
HOWEVER an even bigger min maxer will just wait for event rerun to farm 2-3 dupes in each event

[onyx flame]

it never be max, there always new ones

[knotty jolt]

Endgame is when you can waste resources

[stark quiver]

you can just grind fleetpower

[cobalt rapids]

its because the coin eff in event is also not good for players compared to ch12
not only xp and stuff
coins are usefull for many reasons for newbs

[onyx flame]

real, i can be at 70k coins look through a few menus and be broke somehow after

[peak fable]

wait that's lowkey really smart

[knotty jolt]

I go through 100k+ a week

[peak fable]

maybe I should also like min-max using gold bulins only for 2 cube construction ships, because I spam Light every day anyway

[stark quiver]

you should get important tech done first and then worry about that

[obtuse island]

dang it, i really wanted to get her since i don't have any really good vanguards dmg wise

[undone plover]

idk how old your account is
but as long as u do enough pvp i wouldnt worry too much about bulin efficiency
especially if u are new

use bulins for useful ships/waifu
then for tech ships

[last zenith]

any idea what new ur going to be

[stark quiver]

no

[cobalt rapids]

its going to be a ship

[stark quiver]

or will it

[last zenith]

very intresting

[knotty jolt]

It's going to be a girl too

[peak fable]

a bit less than 3 months by now, I've been min-maxing everything like a lunatic, but I obviously lack the insight which resource is the last to lack, so if it's cog chips...
I think the ultimate conclusion is to only farm event ships that are heavy+, wait for reruns and hope you roll them off of light construction, if they aint heavy+, anyway, heading to ch12 now

thanks everyone for your input c:

[last zenith]

coggies are good

[cobalt rapids]

getting ships of light construction is rarer than ships in heavy/special...

[stark quiver]

ch12 at 3 months

[undone plover]

sometimes the event ship might be good enough to warrant an MLB earlier
that is what I meant

[cobalt rapids]

event banners are 99% of the time heavy/special mixed and thats where 80% of the pulls are going not the 1 /day in light

[undone plover]

i am all for min/maxing so if u want the insight of later game players then no worries u are welcome
just dont go overboard

[peak fable]

I mean it was ch12 at week 6 and it will ch12 for the next 3 years as well

[onyx flame]

the amount of cogs needed is still kinda like looking at my fleet tracker yeesh

[stark quiver]

look at where you're at

[cobalt rapids]

the true way to overcome cog chips bottleneck is make a time travel machine and go back in time and become a boomer

[red sapphire]

I made a fleet with what I have for OpSi. Does it look... not bad at least?

It's BB boss fleet

[undone plover]

for traditional format events for example there is 2 methods of min/maxing
u can low cost B maps which is more painful but gets u more cog chips in the end
or u can farm D3 map and hope for the ship drop (saving u bulins)
both are valid
up to you which u want to do

[agile patrol]

i should mention that these are my fleets:
Mob: BisZ, Unicorn, Saratoga retro, Otto, Kazagumo, Laffey
Boss: Lion, Enterprise, Essex retro, Agir, Helena, Trafalgar
final verdict?

[knotty jolt]

looks good for vs light armor

[rain vine]

doesnt oumi need flag?

[cobalt rapids]

oumi might want flag depending on boss

[peak fable]

the best day to start investing was years ago, the second best day is today

[stark quiver]

it looks pretty bad

[agile patrol]

@cobalt rapids hallo my bestie hallo hallo!! halloO!!!! halloooooooo
would you please help me pleaaaaseee please please please 🥰 youre so nice i knew youd say yes

[red sapphire]

Oh, don't know. Does Oumi need flag?

[agile patrol]

umi no neko youre the best

[stark quiver]

do you have gold fire control radars

[peak fable]

she is defo much better as flag ship

[red sapphire]

No... I would use them for sure...

[undone plover]

i would also use a better tank than cheshire if u have

[cobalt rapids]

the question is if the boss hangs long enough in oumi dd gun range to outweigh losing ply buff from lion

[stark quiver]

damn bro, its fine i guess

[red sapphire]

I have Ancho, but she's on the CV fleet

Other than her... not much more

[undone plover]

I see
if CV fleet is strong that is ok
if not go all in on the BB fleet and use anchorage here

[red sapphire]

I see... I will have to investigate

[cobalt rapids]

if these are all your URs then you can mlb soyuz

[red sapphire]

CV is AvP Shinano Hakuhou Ancho Kazagumo Sirius

[undone plover]

that is pretty decent
i guess it can stay like this for now sure

[agile patrol]

is there any place she'd go in my fleets orrrr do I like.. stash her aside for now?
or do i actually get to start making OpSi fleets that I have never gotten to doing?

[undone plover]

if u see fights end before your BB can launch 3 salvo then I would swap personally

[cobalt rapids]

can start making opsi fleets
the 3 rainbow bbs + agir helena traf good

[red sapphire]

Thanks for the review, appreciate

[agile patrol]

okaaay!!!!!
i'll make a thread later and idk. maybe bother someone to make me three one 🥰

[cobalt rapids]

u can ping me if u want

[agile patrol]

surely you'd be willing to help me since youre so so nice . . .

[agile patrol]

the way ive been doing opsi is kind of funny
my stronghold runs usually get cut into 6 because i have to port, reheal and go back in every 2 sorties 😭

[red sapphire]

May I ask if you can ping me too? I have basic idea and would like to read and learn. And may be be helpful...

[agile patrol]

will do so!!!!!!!!!

[red sapphire]

Thank you

[agile patrol]

OPSI FLEET THREAD STARTER

[sweet delta]

Can PR ship below dev 30 equip unique augment?

[cobalt rapids]

dont see why not

[stark quiver]

ae

[onyx flame]

seems to be able to slot isnt locked (ignore the gear)

[sweet delta]

Main fleet damage calculations now include research ships at every 5 dev levels and META and native UR ships at every limit break. Come check out just how bad your 3 star shinies are!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wvigE4P1-2XUt3tnGuXKPeD-WiDtOxbm9GEkSeTO9mY/edit?gid=1096217536#gid=1096217536

[viscid swift]

it's bad

[cobalt rapids]

we need another 21 kear entries with aa debuff

[drifting light]

what emulator should i download to come back to the game? tried bluestack X but is kinda bad in the fights

[cobalt rapids]

mumu is pretty good

[empty snow]

for AL at least, mumu should be the only answer

they partnered with yostar specifically for the game, which is unfortunately why AL will likely never have a true pc client

[cobalt rapids]

damn thats crazy

[drifting light]

hey, gfl1 got their pc client today, so there is hope

but thx, gonna download it and try again, time to download the 24gb again

[cobalt rapids]

gl soldier

[drifting light]

any specific configuration i have to keep in mind for mumu?

[wispy cosmos]

source?

[boreal wagon]

they announced it on bili somewhere but their "partnership" revolves around a preconfigured mumu instance with AL pre-configured to download itself there is nothing custom about the mumu version
(its also chinese only)

you can also see the download for it on the bili homepage for AL

[inland shoal]

Not really

[empty snow]

they cross promote AL on their own website
https://www.mumuplayer.com/en/games/action/azur-lane-on-pc.html

i can't find it now, but when i first started using it the mumu website said they were basically the official emulator for AL, and prior to AL massively bloating up the game size, it was the only emulator i tried that could run AL smoothly on 60 fps settings

[analog tendon]

The retrofit skill of Helena says "if there are 3 ships afloat in your Vanguard and there is an Eagle Union ship in the backmost position (other than this ship)"
What does this mean? Just that i need to have an Eagle ship in the main fleet? Or must it be in a specific position?

[knotty jolt]

Eagle union ship in the off tank slot

[soft raft]

Off tank position in the vanguard

[knotty jolt]

meaning helena herself can't be that eagle union ship in that off tank posistion

[analog tendon]

the off-tank slot is the rightmost one, right?

[soft raft]

Yee

[knotty jolt]

its why this clause is in there - (other than this ship)

[analog tendon]

Thanks

[tall sierra]

Hello, i Just found Taihou π, Is she strong?

[soft raft]

Decent but has no real long term value

And Muse ships don't have tech so she doesn't even have that to fall back on to help her relevancy

[tall sierra]

Alr, thank you

[thorn tartan]

What is the "Special" ship pool?

[soft raft]

Mainly Submarines and Aircraft carriers

[thorn tartan]

When can i pull from it?

[soft raft]

Don't bother
Just wait for a event banner that uses the special pool for its own pool

[thorn tartan]

Essex is supposed to be in there.....

[soft raft]

She is indeed in there

[sweet delta]

No she is not good, and why did you buy her before asking?

[tall sierra]

I found her in the requisition

[ivory pawn]

Pray she shows up in a future SR invite.

[ivory pawn]

That’s even worse.

There’s enough good stuff in the medal shop, including all the good ships you could’ve gotten from requisition, that you should have no medals to waste on it.

[sweet delta]

Fax

[slender turtle]

Would yall say drake or chkalov get more us generally?

[sweet delta]

Id say they get the same amount of use

||equal to zero||

[forest palm]

bench warmers

[thorn tartan]

You use them until you get something better.

[slender turtle]

Figured as much😂😂

Does drake need like an augment to make her more usable, or is she just cooked?

[sweet delta]

Unique augments can be useless or can double a ship's strength

[atomic abyss]

drake does not have a unique augment

so i think you can figure out the answer

[tulip tinsel]

roasted

[slender turtle]

Yeah i get that, just figured its rough place for a ur to be if she has a fate sim and still be kinda meme territory lol

[atomic abyss]

drake wasnt even that broken for her time

at least when compared to fdg and other BBs

[red sapphire]

What's the best equipment for Independence if I don't have URs?

[slender turtle]

Yeah not sure how DRs like her and azuma gets to these kinda fucked positions they are in

[stark quiver]

comparing ca to bb

[sweet delta]

The same way any other character gets powercrept

[atomic abyss]

i mean, back then they were trying to figure out how to even balance rainbows

[stark quiver]

its also like how fdg is a noob only ship

[atomic abyss]

that's not the point
drake wasnt that remarkable as a frontline DPS even on release
she was the best sure

but fdg was so ridiculously far ahead of everything else

[sweet delta]

Back then they didn't know how to balance rainbows.
Now, they still don't know how to balance rainbows

[atomic abyss]

drake back then would be like comparing NJ to FdG

[sweet delta]

For campaign, flapjack, breguet or skypirate (skypirate is not worth crafting)

[red sapphire]

Breguet? Even with the new augment?

[ivory pawn]

She had that part of the skill even before her augment.

[forest palm]

Skypirate was never worth crafting

really though it's a dead end one off plane that's easily replaced

[sweet delta]

What did the augment do?

[atomic abyss]

augment never changed what plane she used
she always had that US TB buff
shame that the one good US TB isnt really worth the mats

[ivory pawn]

When this ship uses Eagle Union aircraft: increases that aircraft's efficiency by 5% (15%). When the battle starts: increases your Eagle Union Vanguard ships' AA and EVA by 5% (15%) and decreases your Eagle Union Main Fleet ships' DMG taken by 5% (15%). Every 20s: launches a Lv.1 (Lv.10) special airstrike (DMG is based on the skill's level).

[forest palm]

pretty useless

[red sapphire]

I asked because of this... But if Breguet is just better I go for It, of course

Thanks guys

[drowsy quest]

If in going to spend money, whats the best deal/pack to get?

[rain vine]

buying gems when you have the double gem thing

[grim siren]

Does Unzen want double Rainbow Aux Torps or 1 Fumo, 1 Oxytorp?

I mean, Hit stat are good right?

[knotty jolt]

EVA aux

[red sapphire]

What are you using Unzen for? Hit stats are good sure, but she usually go high performance hydraulic steering gear + toolkit

[grim siren]

Opsi bossing, Going full Offensive setup with Unzen since she's in the in the middle

[peak fable]

the more I build BBs, the more I realize how absolutely, insanely goated the purple 406 is

[rain bobcat]

double oxy

[undone plover]

Double oxy should be better I think but dont quote me on this
Maybe if it was light armor boss u want more fp/hit

[rain bobcat]

just dont use unzen on light lol

[undone plover]

True

[rain bobcat]

even on medium its cooked because hindenburg is right there

[undone plover]

Especially now with 2 unzen gun hinden is even better I think

But then again ply traf and z52 exist

[knotty jolt]

I mean you could use her vs light with the French torpedoes if you manual

[signal geyser]

Judging by how the timing has been in the past, should we expect to be able to coin dev Plymouth, Brest and pr6 at around the end of the year? Seems like thats what happened last year

[viscid swift]

You're off by about a month

It usually happens around Lunar New Year in around January/February

[signal geyser]

Ah ok, thanks

[eternal basalt]

Not with the lab update in Dec?

[viscid swift]

Even when they did gear lab updates in December the PR updates were still around LNY

[peak fable]

does anyone perhaps know how many BPs it takes to reach dev 20 on a gold ship?

[sweet delta]

/devbp the bot knows

[odd root]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/460648604974055424/885529968455598170/unknown.png

[peak fable]

W bot

[sweet delta]

133

[peak fable]

ty

[silent hearth]

Is the event over tonight or tomorrow night?

[undone plover]

1 reset left

[granite token]

from these options who is best

i can level them

i need xp for nakhimov

[undone plover]

Isnt nakhimov backline?

[granite token]

the

combat data collection?

[undone plover]

Yeah?

[granite token]

OH WAIT ITS MAINFLEET

[undone plover]

Main takes main
Van needs van
CB is both

[granite token]

[undone plover]

Aquila volga and giulio if u have the gold bulins for aquila

[granite token]

okay!

[undone plover]

Both purple are fine to level if u dont have gold bulins

[granite token]

can i jsut keep my van the same and change main?

[undone plover]

Van can be anything
Doesnt matter which faction

[granite token]

okay okay

[undone plover]

And volga will carry in ch12 so can use anything tbh

Just give her some levels
71 might be too low

[granite token]

who should be flagship

[undone plover]

Volga/aquila
doesnt matter much

[granite token]

what planes for them..

[knotty jolt]

Standard

[undone plover]

Uh…
Normal bomb fighter like Flapjack
Helldiver/tenrai DB
Parallel torp bomber like breg/wyvern

Aquila is fine on preload mode if u use volga as well I think

2 heal not needed

[granite token]

volga help

[knotty jolt]

Seafangs and reppu will work fine as they both have the same payload of 2 500lb bombs

[hot oriole]

Is it too slow if I just got 3 UR gear design plans per 1 OpSi run?

[granite token]

okay okay and then

[knotty jolt]

Sb2c helldivers

Literally beats out 99% of all other planes in its category

[granite token]

[undone plover]

Wdym 1 opsi run?
1 month?

[knotty jolt]

The purple barracuda will work unless you wanna take the gold off and put it on her

[hot oriole]

No, the period of time that it reset

[granite token]

oh, actually she has a gold barracuda currently

[hot oriole]

Idk how to describe it:(

[undone plover]

Yeah so 1 month

3 rng is good
Probably average
U get 4 selectors as well each month

[hot oriole]

Aight, thanks

[granite token]

last up is giulio

[hot oriole]

One another month and I'll have my first UR gear

[knotty jolt]

The ye old gold standard classic back in the day was f6f hellcats, sb2c helldivers, and fairey barracuda I miss those days such simpler times

[granite token]

back when everyone used the same plane

[hot oriole]

Solid

[knotty jolt]

I mean giulio is like any other bb purple triple 406mm with whatever aux guns and AA gun

[viscid swift]

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

[granite token]

classic, i’ve read it many many times

i’m just dumb

[viscid swift]

it's literally just a series of pictures with overall effectiveness decreasing from left to right, doesn't get much simpler than that

[solar canopy]

I have these CVs and I want to maximize damage on Heavy Armor Bosses with them. The composition I'm still using is Implac + Shinano + Amagi. Now I have Hakuhou and seeing that she has quite a lot of Torp Bomber slots, I'm considering her to join my fleet. So which CV should I replace? Or should I just ignore Hakuhou?
[ Honestly, I really want Hakuhou to join :") ]

[viscid swift]

if the boss doesn't move Implacable goes

if it does she would replace one of Amagi or Shinano but because we haven't had any relevant heavy armor bosses lately no one's been able to test

not to mention BBs might edge CVs out against heavy armor anyway

[solar canopy]

hmm okay, thanks for the suggestion

[bleak junco]

Okay I’m gonna paste my question here since I didn’t get a definitive answer in general, I dunno if this is the right place to ask but….

do collab ship gacha’s always focus on the special pool in azur lane (like how on unzens banner you can only get perma ships from the heavy banner while pulling)? Or whatever the main girls’ ship type is (like CL) or something? I don’t really know how that works in general for limited banners so

[stark quiver]

They get rate up on their banner

[viscid swift]

so this exactly the right place to ask

and to answer yoru question it depends
event pools will with the exception of LNY draw on the heavy or special pool excluding the URs

and usually the hull type of the headlining ship will determine whether it will be heavy or special

Tohka is the closest we'll get for DAL so I would suspect heavy given she's a CA

[bleak junco]

Ohhhh okay then, thank you very much!! I was wondering how that worked for a while now lol

[lean valley]

event pools will with the exception of LNY draw
LNY being light I guess?

[viscid swift]

yes

[lean valley]

Do we get event pulls for 1x cubes then, or just light pool with normal event cost?

[viscid swift]

same cost as the light pool

because the ships don't get their own event pool, they're directly added to the light pool for a limited time

[lean valley]

Ah interesting, that's actually better than I would've expected

[agile patrol]

uruuhhh...
which guns are good enough for BRS on mob fleet?

id assume just the mk6 and the 155m kai are good, nooooo?

[sweet delta]

All of them are good because mob is basically what ectl builds for

[agile patrol]

or just the 155mm. i already have that on her coincidentally

[sweet delta]

Except BB aux guns for chapter 14

[agile patrol]

perfect!!!

[sweet delta]

155 Kai is better for 14, 155 is better elsewhere

[agile patrol]

what separates the two

[sweet delta]

Their spread pattern
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/#main-fleet-weapons-bb-aux-gun

[agile patrol]

ohhh inrteretsinting
i thought the black and white ones were the exact same

[sweet delta]

No, they are different colors and the black shell is almost always worse than the white shell where that matters

[agile patrol]

... oh
so getting the white shell is better anyways

[sweet delta]

You want 3+ white and 1+ black to start with

[agile patrol]

oh conveniently i somehow already have one extra white shell

[sweet delta]

After all, black+white is better than white+white in the cases where you shouldn't use AFCT or HSFCR

[agile patrol]

well. that's suddenly my BRS's gear done??
mk6, 155mm, bofors staag, white shell, fire control radar

[agile patrol]

sorry what's AFCT?

[rain bobcat]

admiral fire control table, unavailable gear from vanguards event

its a rainbow aux

[agile patrol]

ohhh... that one thing im sad not to have and is always in my face :(

[fresh briar]

Where the hell do I get gifts

[soft raft]

Wdym

[soft raft]

iirc the island gamemode

[tawny bear]

yes in the shop

[weary gust]

The EX is heavy armor yes?

[fresh briar]

How do I get down

[whole crypt]

the rainbow item is 5 points/item, there's 10 in a paid pack otherwise a handful locked behind a lot of grind in island planner
the other items are 1 point/item, those can be bought from the season shop in island planner but you'll need to make enough coin in the mode first

[fresh briar]

How do I get down!!!! I'm freaking stuck for no reason

[sweet delta]

Welcome to the island of bugs

[whole crypt]

leave the mode and come back again and see if you end up some place more reasonable

[fresh briar]

And I'm still flying

[whole crypt]

honestly the first time I saw someone launch upwards, most just clip through the floor

[fossil vale]

Are logistics plan for 2x rewards not a good idea?

[whole crypt]

they also spend twice the resources

[fossil vale]

Yeah, I'm alright with that

Do they spend twice the mood too?

[whole crypt]

yes

[fresh briar]

Bruh how do I get down

[fossil vale]

Dammnn

[rain bobcat]

the pack is gone though no?

[whole crypt]

honestly no idea, try restarting the game

[rain bobcat]

as in even those who haven't bought it can't buy it rn

[whole crypt]

if it doesn't work try asking support

[whole crypt]

I don't know was it limited time?

[sweet delta]

But if you're playing island for the gifts, don't

[rain bobcat]

I haven't seen it even on lexi (where I haven't bought the pack)

[whole crypt]

it's purely for compressing your runs when you don't have time

if you have time we generally prefer just grinding normally so that morale regen doesn't fall behind so much

[weary gust]

Man I remember now why I didn't clear this ex the first time around. I think I only managed to do it without too much trouble this time because of four +13 la9s...

[whole crypt]

only if you were trying to DPS Unzen

[sweet delta]

I did it with a level 1 fritz and 0 la9

[weary gust]

I-404 worth +13ing two UR torps?

[sweet delta]

Which Ur torp

Submarine worth is subjective though

[weary gust]

I didn't know there were more than one Type 95 kai

[whole crypt]

I think what he meant was the torp and oxytorp aux

[rain bobcat]

there's the actual torp and the dildo which is technically a torp

[weary gust]

I have 1.4k gold torp plates.

[sweet delta]

I didn't do it for I-404

[whole crypt]

whether you think that's worthwhile is

[weary gust]

Guess I'll go ahead and do that then.

I404/Flasher/Albacore is top sub comp atm?

[knotty jolt]

i thought it was archerfish not albacore

[whole crypt]

pretty sure last time I saw stig post it was flasher flag/archerfish/404

[weary gust]

I've been not paying much attention recently, busy with work, so just catching up on updating comps and trying to remember things I've seen while lurking here.

Does I404 actually do a decent portion of her damage with the plane? I kinda figured that'd be a gimmick.

[soft raft]

they are essentially for if you lack time to grind since it doubles everything including the negatives

[slate timber]

What is a good fleet I can make with these

[lofty harbor]

when will commission reset

[viscid swift]

at server reset time, 3:00 AM EST or whatever your local time is

[soft raft]

Stick with Penny/Unicorn/Enterprise Portland/Jav/Helena as your single fleet and dont even think of doing a second one until at earliest W9

You currently lack enough good ships to make a 2nd fleet much less even have the resources to do so in the first place

[lofty harbor]

ok thx

what is the use of dupes

[soft raft]

At the very least you could replace Jav with Kiev but eh

[viscid swift]

limit breaking

[lofty harbor]

i don't see that anywhere. where is that

[viscid swift]

and you use the commons as enhancement fodder, the rest you can retire for medals

[lofty harbor]

so like 5 star to 6 star?
and 6 star to 7 star?

[viscid swift]

yes but the max is 6 stars in the game

[lofty harbor]

ok thx

[stark quiver]

Isn’t it 2 now

[viscid swift]

Oh right, daylight savings

[soft raft]

Yop lol

[lofty harbor]

I'm on mission 4 now. should i focus on event instead and continue mission later? or push to mission 9 first?

[viscid swift]

They're called chapters or world BTW but you only have one full day of the event left

[lofty harbor]

I'm lacking 8k for gun

[soft raft]

Eh you'll live

[lofty harbor]

i have like 7K oil can i got gun if i use all that? i can only do up to the 2nd one

[soft raft]

As in stage A2?

[lofty harbor]

yes the first page

[viscid swift]

Probably not given you can't low cost it

[lofty harbor]

[soft raft]

I was gonna do the math then I remembered that only D stages have oil cap so I dont have numbers to work with

[viscid swift]

it's your first event and you just started, it was to be expected

Unfortunately for you our next event starts right after this one ends

[lofty harbor]

[sweet delta]

It's always 2 am EST

[haughty skiff]

just keep pushing

3-star all of A, which will get you 1,200 event currency - the more stages you can push today the better

do all of the daily event missions for the event currency, then make sure to play each event stage you have unlocked tomorrow for the 3x; even if you end up not being able to afford the UR Gun it'll still be beneficial

[viscid swift]

they started not even a week ago

[haughty skiff]

i saw - not saying they can get the gun, but there's 0 reason for them to not just keep pushing the event anyway

and they should be able to 3-star A1, A2 & A3 before the event ends

[viscid swift]

not that would be of much use

[slate siren]

ive never really delved into op siren, how hard are these to get?

[knotty jolt]

not hard just tedious, it's just a time sink

[slate siren]

where exactly do i get em from

[knotty jolt]

Randomly from floating caches and daily missions aswell as strongholds and abyssal zones

[jolly condor]

Is prinz adalbert good?

[soft raft]

Decent transitional material before you get Anchorage and the CBs

[brazen lotus]

Is agirs cb gun really better for her than the normal/ap rainbow ca guns?

[soft raft]

All of the CBs besides Kalaare incentivised to run CB Caliber weaponry in one of their skills

And even ignoring that, CB guns compltely bypass shields so why wouldnt you use them

[brazen lotus]

Ah yeah I guess they're bracketing eh

It only cuts her all out assault volley requirements in half tho

Nvm also boosts eff

[lofty harbor]

how to get medals

i want to buy bulins

[rain vine]

retire blue or higher ships

[knotty jolt]

Blues provide 1, purples 4, gold 10, and rainbows 30 for reference

[surreal wharf]

How do I change my team?

[rain vine]

formation

[knotty jolt]

If you're referring to operation siren you "order" then "fleet deployment" at an ally/blue harbor

[surreal wharf]

Could you give me a tip on how to get strong fast?

[viscid swift]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

[rain vine]

^ read this
the game is a grind, you cant really get strong "quickly"

[stark quiver]

hi gph

[lofty harbor]

why hard only 3 times a day. how do i even 3 star them all? not to mention i need to farm for unicorn retrofit

[knotty jolt]

Geniunely idk why it's limit to this day, but you 3 star them eventually

3 starring hard mode maps just provides some retro prints aswell as cog chips and arrays at later worlds which can be useful but not really a priority
personally haven't 3 starred them in ages cause of quick clear

[lofty harbor]

so i guess i should prio unicorn farm first? than 3 star hard yeah?

[viscid swift]

well you should be 3 starring hard mode stages to get prints to retrofit unicorn

[lofty harbor]

yeah but unicorn only from x-4 yeah?

[knotty jolt]

Early on 3 starring is pretty good

[viscid swift]

carrier blueprints yes

[knotty jolt]

you can get retrofit prints from other sources too but majority will come from x-4 maps

[lofty harbor]

i mean like i will skip x-1,2,3 and just do x-4 on hard

[knotty jolt]

yes

[lofty harbor]

ok good 👍

[knotty jolt]

you don't need to clear prievous zones you just have access to all the hard modes on that world

[bright tusk]

Is +13 sext bofors still better than +10 twin 76 and +10 twin 57? Or no? If yes at what level 76 & 57 will beat +13 sext?

[sweet delta]

+13 sextuple can be better than+13 rainbows only on the ship with the significantly strongest AA slot in the fleet. On the other slots, +10 rainbow will likely be better

[vocal niche]

is the game faster lately or is it because I just reinstalled the game

[sharp socket]

i think they did do optimisation recently because my meta fights no longer run at 5 fps and instead a more watchable 10 fps

[covert sierra]

How to use this?

[wind hazel]

go to meta showdown screen and start boss fight

100 per battle, so twice a day

+3 support that you can do for fewer point

[sharp socket]

how many merits do you need to buy all of the merit shop ships

[wind hazel]

541000

[sharp socket]

back to pvp grinding i go

[wind hazel]

~32k per season if you do and win all pvp, so roughly 16 months just from pvp merit

🫃🏼 damn that's a long time

[amber ocean]

how many cubes can be earned from dailies / weeklies

[sharp socket]

also how many of those ships have retros

[wind hazel]

103

[eternal moth]

168/month

[viscid swift]

at least Newcastle and Eldridge

[wind hazel]

according to wiki anyway, maybe more as of writing nvm it's updated lol just today

[viscid swift]

and Kinu

[stark quiver]

is cel grinding %

[wind hazel]

350 dockspace collection challenge

[rain bobcat]

[lean valley]

Isn't a season 2 weeks and not a month?

[rain bobcat]

that's a bit of a wild thought

[trail python]

i just start again for playng azur lane, what should i choose between z23/ laffey/ or javeline : ) ?

[rain bobcat]

doesn't matter

[viscid swift]

you don't have access to your old account?

[remote yarrow]

They are pretty similar in terms of performance, if you care about minmaxing Z23 for PR points

[wind hazel]

actually you're right, half of 16 then

[stark quiver]

smh

[wind hazel]

this is proof that im not a pvp nerd

[sharp socket]

i have 450

[rain bobcat]

[stark quiver]

no diff

[remote yarrow]

imagine not having 800+

[wind hazel]

450 challenge sounds doable, if you retire all the non SR UR

[rain bobcat]

600-1000 is "playable"

[wind hazel]

well except aurora and stuff

[sharp socket]

collection is easy if u scrap retro 120s, greys, blues, obtainable purples, muse, -chans and dont fully pull collabs

[trail python]

mid-game, and... broke. i just have 1 fleet and stuck in ch 10-0

[viscid swift]

that's still a lot better than starting from scratch

especially with the date a live collab dropping in a few days

[amber ocean]

I might be messed up then

[remote yarrow]

That's most likely fixable unless you were F2P and used all your gems on skins and don't have dock space

[rain bobcat]

no I think they mean its bugged

[stark quiver]

yeah just have 4000

[rain bobcat]

I remember someone having a completely bugged stage where they couldn't press anything at all and restart didn't fix

[viscid swift]

huh

[trail python]

im still saving my gems btw

[rain bobcat]

could be misremembering who it was

[remote yarrow]

Then use that account?

[trail python]

and get confused about that

[viscid swift]

/gems

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

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 💳.

[trail python]

just today

and try to make a mob fleet

[wind hazel]

huh

[viscid swift]

ok if you're confused you're not gonna learn by starting from scratch because the game doesn't explain stuff to you