gameplay-help

[sinful relic]

oh phwe

[rapid shard]

The flex number is the fleet power and collection at 100%

[analog tendon]

the man can reenact WW2 by himself

[lyric stump]

4 month ago tho

[viscid swift]

You barely started 2 months before me

[lyric stump]

XD

Been real lazy till last and this year

[analog tendon]

76 lv125 ships

[viscid swift]

Also I've got a lot more 120s than you do

My number of 120s is now at 537

[lyric stump]

Didnt start care abt tech till last year anni

[analog tendon]

is this kind of gameplay resume something they show during the game's anniversary?

[viscid swift]

I didn't care about text for a while but I always kept leveling up new ships

[rapid shard]

Yeah you can get a snapshot during Anni

[lyric stump]

2023

[stark quiver]

i didnt know it was account-showcase-help

[lyric stump]

O i just go to lv 70 mlb get the pfp then never touch

[analog tendon]

I'm still so pissed that one of the ships i want most is Essex...and i started playing AL 2 months ago

[onyx flame]

Shoulda started during en anni

[rapid shard]

Her retro item should rerun next EN Anni and shes perm pool so hopefully you'll get a surprise one during a UR event

[eternal basalt]

Qe get also tickets start of year, dunno if Essex is included thoufh

[rapid shard]

A selector ticket like they gave during last Anni?

[atomic abyss]

just rmb this isnt the flex channel guys

[rapid shard]

Is that selector the same or do they change it up each year?

[viscid swift]

Always different

[ivory sigil]

GUAM

[ivory sigil]

post-maintenance issue

[stark quiver]

Yk what, you right, theres basically nothing to gph about when nobody can play

[atomic abyss]

how are the new augs

i heard formidable remains unformidable

[late flame]

too heavy

[viscid swift]

I posted the translations in a thread

Noshiro got a decent barrage actually but 80% proc rate is yeah...

Also they didn't make Formidable's root 100%

[forest palm]

she can use a sea hornet now which is better than the purple shitter you were forced to use

[late flame]

100% helena/enty proc when
-# also aug for RF when

[viscid swift]

Do people forget the Beacon is Royal Navy

[analog tendon]

top heavy, fixed your typo

[sinful relic]

is there anyone decent in the medal shop i should get that i could maybe possibly swap out laffey? im pretty close to finishing the retrofit on unicorn, and frankly i dont want laffey.

apologies to laffey lovers

[forest palm]

the Beacon may not necessarily align with build always

[viscid swift]

Well neither will a Sea Hornet

[ocean terrace]

you won't say that when Laffey II reruns

[sinful relic]

ehhh, ill prob skip laffey 2...

[late flame]

•rainbow sea hornet

[sinful relic]

or ill get her for collection purposes

[onyx flame]

Shes like free from the shop if you play the event

[viscid swift]

Laffey 2 is a UR

[sinful relic]

ehhh

[ocean terrace]

Laffey II is great for even Ch15

[woven star]

From SR packs. San Diego, Sirius, Kawakaze Kazagumo

[sinful relic]

i know, but im like more into amagi....

[viscid swift]

Helena, the Yamai sisters who I told you to level up

[viscid swift]

Huh

[sinful relic]

i was actually planning to use those on my next fleet.

[analog tendon]

I've heard this a few times, but what does Kawakaze have that sets her apart?

[sinful relic]

Sirius? whose that?

[viscid swift]

Kawakaze isn't even in the medal shop

[onyx flame]

Kazagumo

[rapid shard]

HMS crusier who buffs CVs

[woven star]

My bad. Kazagumo

[sinful relic]

is the event even still ava?

[viscid swift]

It doesn't mean it'll be a permanent assignment

[onyx flame]

She hasnt reran yet next year jan ish

[eternal basalt]

~~Unless they forgot to change the amount ~~

[viscid swift]

Though frankly

[woven star]

@analog tendon @sinful relic Sirius and Kazagumo have CVs buff and it's stackable

[onyx flame]

Its the first double ur rerun right?

[viscid swift]

Tonka and Kurumi are abnormally tanky especially for options you can get early game

[sinful relic]

im a bit slow but could you explain CVs BBs and all them? i see you guys say them but i dont exactly know what they stand for.

[rapid shard]

CV- Aircraft carrier BB- Battleship

[viscid swift]

So expecting other ships to match them is setting yourself up for disappointment

[sinful relic]

OH okay i was abit lost with CV thank you

[viscid swift]

They don't have the bullins for another SR right now anyway

[real folio]

will laffey II cost as much as the error sub?

[viscid swift]

She did in her original run

Hard to say what it will be during the rerun

[analog tendon]

If i remember Suchiguma's review right, the twins also have high dps for a gold rarity

[viscid swift]

They're above average as well yes

[ocean terrace]

Tohka's damage is very good too

[sinful relic]

i have a crap ton of purple bulins, i should actually be getting my 4th SR bulin when the maintenance ends, but ill be using 2 on kurumi.

[real folio]

nice, thanks for the info

[viscid swift]

Anyway

[sinful relic]

so i could possibly build another SR but itll be completed next week maybe.

[viscid swift]

The point is don't replace laffey for now

Fix your fleet so she lives

[sinful relic]

nothing much i can do, i was grinding coins for retrofit unicorn, but uhh maintenance. XD

[rapid shard]

Laffey stayed solid for me all the way through 12-4 on my mob fleet. Just need to sort out gearing and gain a couple levels

[sinful relic]

im pretty much struggling on 9-1 because i run out of ammo and i do less damage on the flagship (im not gonna bother trying 9-2) but i do complete it even if its not S rank

and laffey dies

[rapid shard]

Just do a few runs of 9-1 to level up some more

[viscid swift]

Enhance your gear

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

And make sure they're equipped properly

[sinful relic]

ive been enhancing, all the girls should have 6+ gear, im working on the golds but theyre a bit expensive

[rapid shard]

Gold ≠ good

[scarlet cosmos]

do we know what noshiros augment is going to do yet?

[viscid swift]

I've got a thread for this datamine

[scarlet cosmos]

oh i see it now

[sinful relic]

ah i was using the golds everyone told me to use

namely two planes for unicorn and 1 mag torp for laffey

[rapid shard]

Yeah those are good. Just making sure you didnt fall into same trap most people (myself as well) fall into thinking gold stuff is automatically better

[sinful relic]

ive been listening to what everyone says but things do confuse me so i need to check again which kinda annoys myself. ADHD momento

[viscid swift]

Did everyone miss the fact those gold torps were quints and not quads

[rapid shard]

Same lol just follow that guide cheeky posted above and you'll be golden

[onyx flame]

i think everyone saw qu and assume quad not quint

[sinful relic]

whats the difference?

[lyric stump]

Do the disc with either french torp ot wyven

[rapid shard]

I seen them tilted to the right and 533 lol to be fair they look almost identical to quads

[viscid swift]

The quints are mediocre

[sinful relic]

honestly unicorn is doing some great damage with the new barracude golden one.

[viscid swift]

When you do this as long as I have, the difference in width is immediately obvious

[lyric stump]

Thought theres both

[viscid swift]

What

[sinful relic]

is the quints weaker than what i was using before?

they seem stronger?

[rapid shard]

now I need to double check all my gold torps cause now I feel like there's some quints hiding in there

[viscid swift]

Again, what

[lyric stump]

1st time know?

[stark quiver]

i cant read that

[onyx flame]

i see quad, improved quad, quint what bout it

[viscid swift]

Dude, explain what you're trying to say we're not mind readers

[lyric stump]

Ok theres quad improved quad quint and g7e

I trying tell u theres gold quint

[viscid swift]

Yes and?

I fucking know that

[lyric stump]

Wym then ig my english trash

[zinc cave]

I just came in

[lyric stump]

Ignore me my english trash

[zinc cave]

and have no idea what you're talking about

[sinful relic]

im just confused

[viscid swift]

Well that's abundantly clear

[lyric stump]

Forget abt it

[viscid swift]

I have no idea what the point you were trying to make was

[lyric stump]

Just forget it

[viscid swift]

Swear this happens every time you come in here

[lyric stump]

Cause my english too trash or am blind

[stark quiver]

saltybelfast

[sinful relic]

laffey is about 2 levels above what im fighting and has 2 purple health things at +6, should i look into retrofitting her after unicorn? for her to be more tanky atleast

[lyric stump]

I should sleep so my brain doesnt stop working and i be talking wierd things

[viscid swift]

I wouldn't retrofit her

She'll just be a place holder

[sinful relic]

noted noted

i dont think theres much i can do, i could prob level up the uhh rice thing for more health?

she has around 1.6-2k health compared to kurumi and tohka who have about 4k

[ocean terrace]

wouldn't you want EVA on her with a toolkit or am I dumb

[viscid swift]

She's a destroyer so no

[onyx flame]

on laffey? you rather have hp since they alr got a lot of eva

[rapid shard]

Thats just difference between a DD and CL. Laffey has much more EVA tho

[sinful relic]

DD and CL? im assuming destroyer and what?

[zinc cave]

Light Cruiser

[rapid shard]

Crusier

[onyx flame]

subjected to rng cause you know its eva but maybe their dying cause auto just rams em

[ocean terrace]

DD is destroyer, CL is light cruiser, CA is heavy cruiser

[sinful relic]

gotcha

[sinful relic]

appreciated

[rapid shard]

CB is large crusier btw

[viscid swift]

No it isn't

[ocean terrace]

large cruiser*

[sinful relic]

oh no im manually LMAO cuz im scared auto is just gonna kill everyone

but i cant avoid hitting 1-2 torps

[ocean terrace]

wait manual player whaaat

are those common

[onyx flame]

manual make req much easier since you can control when to screen wipe and how your vanguard move

so if the stage is really hard to clear manual might let you clear it more easily

[sinful relic]

do note im also on pc (idk if that changes anything)

[viscid swift]

I don't see why it would....

[ocean terrace]

oh yeah you get a -20% HP debuff then

[zinc cave]

Exotic creature player

[sinful relic]

blue stacks wacky for controls

[ocean terrace]

I'm kidding don't take me seriously

[rapid shard]

Use MuMu instead of bluestacks. Much better emulator

[sinful relic]

im kinda just thinking what i can do, since its only laffey dying, everyone else is fine, im just hoping soon as the retrofit for unicorn is done ill have an easier time?

[lyric stump]

Idk i 1st use bluestacks but it blode up my ram so i use ld and now it stopped working and i bought a tablet to run on side and am too lazy

[ocean terrace]

I've had no problems with bluestack so far

[viscid swift]

How long are you taking kill the boss

[sinful relic]

ive hear about MuMu

[onyx flame]

for now

[viscid swift]

And as I said earlier

[sinful relic]

about 40 seconds left on the clock

[lyric stump]

It was a ram easter when i using it.

[ocean terrace]

I just had to download the android 11 version instead of the PIE one for it to not lag

[viscid swift]

Tonka and Kurimi are much much tankier than Laffey

[viscid swift]

Yeah that's too long

Frankly I'd be more surprised if she didn't die

[sinful relic]

i think its partly because of the 5/5 ammo? i have like none when i fight the boss

[viscid swift]

Gotta kill the boss faster

[onyx flame]

that does play a part since it gives you a -50% dmg

[viscid swift]

Just over level to compensate for the lack of ammo among other things

[sinful relic]

tohka is level 101, everyone else is about 95? kurumi is level 90 cuz i had no coins to MLB her LOL

[viscid swift]

2% more damage dealt by your ships and 2% less damage taken for every level they have over the enemy

Stacking additively

[sinful relic]

noted noted

ill just throw laffey to level 100 see if that fixes anything

[mint fable]

MLB Kurumi as soon as you have the coins, even the level 10 Kurumi is real tank

[analog tendon]

cuz i had no coins to MLB her
My brother in being broke af 🤝

[zinc cave]

Formidable's augment isn't 100% freeze chance
What is this nonsense

[viscid swift]

Try and fix your damage first

[sinful relic]

what should i do then? should i focus on opsi? and try to get some decent gears

[viscid swift]

Because the fastest you kill, the less Laffey has to tank in the first place

[mint fable]

That's a must to do

[viscid swift]

Opsi would take too long

[mint fable]

Just do the daily OpSi mission

[rain vine]

what gear do you currently have on your backline?

[viscid swift]

Get more levels on your ships as a whole, upgrade their skills, gear and make sure they're equipped correctly

[sinful relic]

uhh i dont think i have pictures of the current gear.

[zinc cave]

Enhance them too

[mint fable]

It's reallyy depends on what ship and what kind of enemy you have there

[sinful relic]

tohka has max skills, max enchanced, MLB, and level 101, her aux weapon sandathon is maxed too, so she just needs a bit better in terms of gear and shes done.

[mint fable]

That's great

[sinful relic]

should i upgrade the purple gears to level 10?

[viscid swift]

https://renhex.github.io/AzurLaneFleet/

Show it using this

[rain vine]

if theyre good, yes

[mint fable]

If you are lacking the purple plate, keep them at +6 and prioritize the good SR gears first

[sinful relic]

wait can i import from azur lane or something or do i have to manually input the gears?

[mint fable]

Manual in that web

[sinful relic]

WAIT NELSON CAN BE RETROFIT? shows that i havent been lookin at her

[zinc cave]

You can filter by ships with Retrofits fyi

[sinful relic]

well crap i don tthink i remember all the gear i had equiped

[zinc cave]

well just show us what you think you have

[sinful relic]

so far this, i dont remember what i had on the other girls

[zinc cave]

okay we got stuff to work with at least

[sinful relic]

i was starting to get some decent gear but the two major things i need to do is work on my dorm for morale, and then unicorn for retrofitting, ive sorta? sorted out the coin problem by unlocking 9-1 which gives me about 800 coins per clear.

granted the clear fails on the flagship with gives me D rank

ill readjust evertyhing when maintenance goes away so you can see all my gear and stuff

[viscid swift]

https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide
Just follow this as closely as you can

[sinful relic]

do i need to worry about submarines at aall?

[zinc cave]

not yet, don't bother with them at all basically rn

[sinful relic]

got it

[sinful relic]

so, im fine to go with 4-5th best on this guide?

[viscid swift]

Yes

Everything listed there at minimum is solid

[sinful relic]

okay ill keep that in mind, can i get most of these from campaign?

is there like certain levels i can grind for gear or nah?

[zinc cave]

dunno how impoverished you are but something like this should be fairly achievable, upgrade levels not specified

[viscid swift]

You shouldn't grind campaign for gear prints

Stick to opening tech boxes

Which will get you all you need for the early game

[sinful relic]

OH? i should use the sapphire for tohka?

[zinc cave]

its an evasion aux

[viscid swift]

It's a Crystal but yes

[sinful relic]

oh i was blind, i was reading sephira as sapphire because i didnt zoom in.

[sinful relic]

i saved that

[zinc cave]

i was too lazy to change the upgrade levels but most equipment should not go past +6

[sinful relic]

thank you

[zinc cave]

if you dont have augments lying around for free stats, its not a concern either

[sinful relic]

oh? just the main weapons?

[viscid swift]

Use Kurumi's augment if you have it

And a CL aux gun on Nelson, not a DD gun

Twin 128 would also be better as an aux gun

[zinc cave]

thats a mistake on my part ^

[sinful relic]

OH I TOTALLY FORGOT I got the augments, yeah i have everyones augments

[viscid swift]

Etc etc

[onyx flame]

shouldnt you alr have a gold white shell

[sinful relic]

uh, im unsure

id have to check again when im back on (HURRY UP MAINTENANCE RAAAAH)

[onyx flame]

it is a quicker maint since there not much just 6 hours

[zinc cave]

I won't give you an absolute this and that. If you're having damage issues upgrading purple gear is fairly inexpensive.

[sinful relic]

6 housr is small? wat

[zinc cave]

There's some gear that have longevity like the Triple 406 BB gun, and the Repair Tool Kits, and the quick guide should give you a decent idea

[onyx flame]

i would + 10 most of the weapons, the aux for backline is a bit more up to you since they are transitional, vanguard aux should get + 10 thou, general plates my beloathe

[onyx flame]

usual is 8 hours (longer if times go wrong)

[zinc cave]

As cheeky pointed out earlier, made a mistake with Nelson's aux gun. BBs generally prefer CL guns over DD guns when possible.

[sinful relic]

[zinc cave]

If in doubt of anything, just take a look through the various equipment guides

[onyx flame]

give the cl guns to the cl first before giving it to the bb as aux

[sinful relic]

ill try my best, how exepnsive is the blue gear? for aux

[zinc cave]

If you're opening T2/T3 Tech Boxes at all you should be getting a few here and there

Blue gear is lower than Purple

[onyx flame]

dont open t2, compose em to t3

[zinc cave]

Crafting blue augments is inexpensive relatively speaking but they should be the last thing to bother about rn

[onyx flame]

honestly i would just skip the augs you dont really need em at lower campaign

cept unique augs that you alr have ofc

[zinc cave]

Yeah if you happen across them from the daily, put them in but otherwise not a concern

[ivory sigil]

Yeah dont craft

I got unicorn purple staff while doing lv30 randomly the weekly aug

the luck was exceeding my own expectancy

But... why does Hardmode of 9-1 boss is getting tough

Like literally a 120lv kotori had to skills like over 6 or 7 times for over 2 minutes to kills

[muted wind]

sounds like a gear issue

... did she have an HE or AP gun?

[ivory sigil]

i only have a champy and white shell for her. Both 10+

[muted wind]

... yeah, that'll do. the 9-1 boss has light armor, so BB guns with AP ammo will deal basically no damage

there are some decent purple options with HE ammo, so just invest in one to swap around as needed

[ivory sigil]

So i need to change into Flandre gun? or go back to using purple given?

[rain bobcat]

like I told you, there is no use for champy and flandre gun AT ALL under ch13

[muted wind]

isn't flandre gun also AP?

[rain bobcat]

everything and their mom is light. both champ and flandre have 40 multiplier against that

[wind hazel]

actually you can use it for bossing against medium boss

im sure some ch12 boss is medium, can use it

[ivory sigil]

I see, that's quite new to me

[onyx flame]

everything but 12-2 is med

[muted wind]

most of chapter 12 and up are medium armor bosses, but before chapter 11 all of them have light. just get an HE gun and you'll be good

[ivory sigil]

So.... 3 airplane character instead ???

[rain bobcat]

wut

use 406 mk6

[muted wind]

the aircraft you probably have are also bad against light. just put an HE gun on kotori.

[ivory sigil]

[clear harbor]

I've been hesitant to craft augments because I didn't want to spend on something I didn't need, but if I have Sandy, I should probably craft her Aug, huh?

[onyx flame]

if your going to use her yes

[clear harbor]

Yeah, it's looking like she'll be in my rotation for a while.

[nova burrow]

Is the datamine for the new augs out yet?

[wind hazel]

ye https://discord.com/channels/456397991847395339/1445982264487051485

[nova burrow]

As thought removing the plane requierment on formi, nice and ty

[scarlet cosmos]

with this new augment, can noshiro be used late game

[whole crypt]

the plane req on Formidable is less of a problem than her stop not being consistent

[gilded carbon]

The Heinrich-Augment doesnt read like terribly much right now, sadly

[glossy finch]

How do i find akagi

[shadow yarrow]

How do i maximize the amount of tickets i can get right after maint for the poll

[wind hazel]

define find akagi

[nova burrow]

That u were were forced to use albacores was quiet a bummer imo

[glossy finch]

I try getting her through gacha but i have failed

[wise cairn]

gotta get lucky in 3-4

[wind hazel]

akagi is only from map drop

[glossy finch]

Do i wait for the event

[wind hazel]

she doesn't come from event

[whole crypt]

you weren't forced she's mid regardless

[glossy finch]

Oh boy

[wind hazel]

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

ships from this list only obtainable from specific maps and no where else

well, the boss drops

and some other....

[glossy finch]

Thank you

You are a life saver i was losing my mind trying to find her

[nova burrow]

I mean her special airstrike was locked behind useing at least one. Being mid or not isnt part of that issue though

[boreal wagon]

i mean you are still forced to run HMS planes in those slots if u want the eff cuz 🍝

[muted wind]

... i mean, presumably they'll fix it... right?

[boreal wagon]

surely

-# according to EN both slashes are now also the same name and description so there is that funny bit

[whole crypt]

doesn't change that Formi is mid/bad

[wind hazel]

nobody is saying otherwise

or even mention how good she is...

[gilded carbon]

Do we have a verdict of sorts towards the other Augs? From what we know so far

[wind hazel]

you can check the datamine thread, suchi updated

[muted wind]

wait, is formi's augment supposed to raise efficiency of HMS torpedo bombers or of torpedo bombers if she has any HMS equip?

[gilded carbon]

Neither reads to be as good as, like, Monarchs Aug last time

[nova burrow]

Baracudas are okey

[wind hazel]

tl;dr, formidable average, the rest kinda shit

[gilded carbon]

Thanks, i hadnt seen that it got updated

[boreal wagon]

its supposed to raise both torp slot efficiencies if she has any HMS equip what it actually does is raise it only if the plane is also HMS which also means that the plane itself fulfills the first part

[muted wind]

yeah because the way it's coded feels... very intentional to be the other? like the buffs are the same, it just changed it from checking for albacore to hms

[wind hazel]

so instead of only 1 HMS to activate the buff, what actually happen is it require both to be HMS? lol

i dont get it

[muted wind]

actually, wait, i missed part of that, it is different, but i don't get what it's checking now

[boreal wagon]

so, she first checks if she has any HMS equip at all, if she does her skill is considered activated and she for instance gets the barrage
(if activated) it then attaches buffs that gives 15% to slot 2 and slot 3
HOWEVER to get those 15% slot 2 and slot 3 have to be HMS
if only slot 2 is HMS then slot 2 gets 15% eff but slot 3 doesnt (and so on)

[muted wind]

ah yeah, amazing.

[wind hazel]

so it forces both TB slot to be HMS lol, instead of, for example, HMS aux

[boreal wagon]

well for the barrage you only need any HMS

only the 15% eff are locked to the plane also being HMS

[wind hazel]

good thing wyvern and spearfish are HMS

cant use for bossing

[boreal wagon]

im actually not sure if both slots get it if just one of them is hms i forgot what it actually looks like

[tulip tinsel]

she drops from 3-4 not gacha

[boreal wagon]

but eitherway its not quite what the description say lol

[muted wind]

would there even be any good hms auxiliaries? seems to me that an HMS fighter would be better if it worked as written

[tulip tinsel]

wifi died while i was sending it

[wind hazel]

AA radar

[muted wind]

ah yes, the AA radar that won't even raise her AA damage

i guess they copied the code for the original skill and forgot that the tag filter shouldn't be there? yeah, let's cope for a fix

[rain bobcat]

beacon。。

but anyway the bossing potential is already gone

so it's a massive bust if you need her to have hms TBs on both slots

unless you want to...

la-9 double spearfish

[nova burrow]

Or just use baracudas and pack her in the mob fleet?

[rain bobcat]

that just makes her just as dogshit as before unless the barrage is some godsend 5000/5000/5000

[wind hazel]

use albacore again

[muted wind]

well, the barrage isn't new or buffed so...

[forest palm]

or just don't use Formi

Strasser, Ark, and August all exist and will perform better than Formi at the one job she still sucks at

[nova burrow]

Well, not starting this discussion again, but it is mainly a waifugame, and this augment atleast removes the main inconvinence and she becomes useable

[forest palm]

it doesn't remove, just broadens it, and doesn't even fix her core problem

[muted wind]

i suppose letting her use wyvern to mob instead of albacores is... an improvement

[whole crypt]

the core problem with Formidable isn't her shit loadout reqs it's her stop not being consistent

[nova burrow]

Well going from purple albacores to barracudas is an upgrade in my eyes, but each to their own, im not looking out for maximum performance

[whole crypt]

you could give her double wyverns/spearfishes even

[nova burrow]

Well if id ever get ur parts to build them

[west steeple]

when does maintenance ends?

[wind hazel]

now

[west steeple]

it still says server down

[wind hazel]

at least supposedly...

[muted wind]

maintenance ends when they feel like it

[forest palm]

Event Details says 2 more hours....

[wind hazel]

Formidable's augment too heavy for the server

[late flame]

in before maint ext

[muted wind]

that event assumes 8 hour maintenances, today's is 6

[forest palm]

weird and wild how there's this thing on this discord that tells you

[wind hazel]

idk why you wanna trust that automated maintenance system

[forest palm]

because the servers are still down...

[wind hazel]

admin literally just repeat copy paste it without checking whether 6 or 8 hours

it even says maintenance on days that don't have maintenance

[whole crypt]

I mean the best you can say is the aug makes waifu players slightly less disadvantaged for picking waifu but waifu players probably don't really care or realize the difference in performance

[nova burrow]

Well normal maintance takes till 18:00 my time, server says 16:00 for this

[wind hazel]

actual reason: blame the popularity poll

[rain bobcat]

my fucking research

[stray crane]

So i guess the new event starts today

[plain saffron]

hi

[ivory sigil]

hi

[plain saffron]

6 or 8?

[weary edge]

i dont think there actually is an event is there

[wind hazel]

bangkit dari kematian

[whole crypt]

holy shit nagami is alive

[rain bobcat]

allegedly 6

[plain saffron]

[forest palm]

I got three 4Hr Qs back to back, so my reserach should be good

[whole crypt]

or have I just not been paying attention to this channel for too long to catch nagami

[rain bobcat]

I got unlucky and had 4 h1's

[wind hazel]

game is up

[plain saffron]

i'm rarely online here since i got a j*b

[wind hazel]

aaaaaaaand out of date

[ivory sigil]

gacha it

/8ball 6 or 8 nvm

[ivory sigil]

you guys use it all on 1 hours research?

-# (hides my 5 box of 12hours research)

[inland shoal]

Wdym copy paste? It's just one event set to run weekly lol

[wind hazel]

i gave you guys too much credit

[muted wind]

congratulations on your 5 blueprints

[eternal basalt]

Next week pre-lude + PR catchup

[rain bobcat]

ok lars scammed

[boreal wagon]

tf did i do

[boreal wagon]

no thats just wrong

[rain bobcat]

[boreal wagon]

the display there works differently

[muted wind]

yeah, the display and actual skill effect are technically unrelated

-# though nice to see that they remembered that it exists for once

[hollow gust]

what display? the rld?

[boreal wagon]

the eff bonus

[rain bobcat]

[hollow gust]

oh yeah, its applied ingame usually

that rld screen is useless as fuck

[boreal wagon]

its applied there tho, and it shouldnt be because the actual skill is bugged

the planes have to be HMS the preview just doesnt care

[hollow gust]

[plain saffron]

AL and consistency

[boreal wagon]

technically the preview is the correct one bc thats also what the description on all 3 servers say

but 🍝-code

[forest palm]

it's a feature, not a bug

[hasty skiff]

for the voting event does it matter who i vote

[muted wind]

nope, just vote for your favorite

[hasty skiff]

k thanks

[muted wind]

-# there's hardly any correlation between who wins and what we get later on anyways

[hasty skiff]

ok noted

[eternal basalt]

And get dissapointed by your fellow players

[muted wind]

already ahead of you, i'm voting for pamiat

[red sapphire]

Is Formidable better now?

Like, worth using?

[muted wind]

better yes. worth using, not really. also the augment is buggy so it's not even as good as it looks

[red sapphire]

I see, good to know, ty

[rain bobcat]

noshiro seems kind of promising idk

her barrage is like a mini ibuki barrage but it can fire very frequently at the cost of 80% chance

[muted wind]

noshiro seems good, but i doubt she'll actually deal enough damage to make her worth using still?

[rain bobcat]

ill try doing a few noshiro ibuki unzen strongholds maybe

[muted wind]

mostly wonder about the consistency of the barrage pattern honestly.

[rain bobcat]

its a bit less inaccurate than ibuki's

as in I don't think it's fully targeted

[muted wind]

ugh. actually, let me just throw her at something to see.

[rain bobcat]

ok its just fanned out

[muted wind]

yeah that seems... kinda bad? maybe good for mobbing.

actually, it ignores shields and pierces. should definitely be good for mobbing.

[rain bobcat]

yeah but her tanking is kind of rubbish

maybe unzen ibuki watarase cooks here but idk

[muted wind]

she's definitely not super-squishy, but with newer content she certainly doesn't feel as tanky as she used to

her buffs are still pretty nice and this enables her to mob better, so i guess it's fine. just maybe not replacing your main tank.

[drowsy quest]

I thought there was supposed to be a UR ship rate to build after maintenance tell me if im wrong

[ivory pawn]

You’re wrong.

[eternal basalt]

You're VERY wrong

2 weeks off

[drowsy quest]

So no UR rate up this month?

[junior fractal]

that's not what they said

[eternal basalt]

checks calender, sees 4, 2 weeks off
Months are short this year

[tulip tinsel]

18th ish

[rain bobcat]

use the book above ur head

[wind hazel]

maybe it's a hentai book

[junior fractal]

use the book above your head

[boreal wagon]

jp has fixed formi

[rain bobcat]

so ur telling me it was intern coding as usual

[boreal wagon]

what else did u expect

[rain bobcat]

anyway what kind of abomination can I pull off here

realistically double vit-2 tenrai and an absurd amount of copium in using beacon+manjuu

[wind hazel]

just use her on mob

[muted wind]

slow fails to proc and she deals 0 damage

[rain bobcat]

you lose 100% of the shots you don't take

[slim dawn]

what planes are best for u-404?

[hot aspen]

Used I try pulling for this?

[slim dawn]

i mean i404

[rain bobcat]

bearcat

[slim dawn]

why?

[hot aspen]

any ship that is a must pull?

[weary gust]

Only do 1 pull per day from light build outside of events.

[hot aspen]

Why light build specifically?

[muted wind]

it's cheaper and pays for itself due to the daily mission

[south sequoia]

where the augment datamine

[hot aspen]

Is there any good ship there?

[tropic tusk]

there is avora but shes late game

[soft raft]

*Aurora

[soft raft]

It only costs 1 cube per build and event banners take from either heavy or special to be the basis of their own pool

[tropic tusk]

jeanne but she is farm able

[spark patio]

any guide for the new event?

[tropic tusk]

isnt the event

just vote?

[spark patio]

jk man

[tropic tusk]

i will guide u to vote for unicorn

[eternal basalt]

Vote Vauquelin

[south sequoia]

isnt this still kind of bricked for formi since her slow isn't even 100% proc

[spark patio]

didnt we supposed to vote for Mutsuki?

[whole crypt]

yes the augment didn't save her

[south sequoia]

heinrich augment looks pretty good in comparison

pretty good saving aug

[proper violet]

I sure did, cause oath cheeks

[south sequoia]

how good is noshiro aug barrage damage

[whole crypt]

Heinrich is pretty run of the mill for vanguards

[proper violet]

How do I keep Hood alive on those? Hood just slowly but surely takes damage

[cobalt rapids]

noshiro got 80% dmg increase due to barrage

[plain saffron]

which is less bad

[rain bobcat]

formi might change

TBs got fixed on JP

slightly better but not 100% slow still sucks bollocks

[south sequoia]

Hows formi damage looking now? like compared to the rest of ssr cvs, I think its better to treat formi as a dps with some utility rather than basing her around that utility itself no?

the 80% slow is kinda bricked

[proper violet]

Anyone got tips to keep hood alive?

[tropic tusk]

both are equal bad

[south sequoia]

give her fire extinguisher or rudder if she's being sniped

[proper violet]

Thanks love you

[plain saffron]

100% equal?

[undone plover]

FdK is prolly better but dont quote me on it

[cobalt rapids]

well yea its inconsistent and hard to use due to the timing
but her dmg is decent now

[inland shoal]

Btw the aug decreases the buff uptime

[inland shoal]

Friedrich der Krosse?

[south sequoia]

bricked

[undone plover]

is Kleine wrong

[muted wind]

the description would imply it's the same... unless it's also bugged

[boreal wagon]

well the non-augment skill while it says has a duration of 3s actual always had one of 5s

[muted wind]

oh, right.

[boreal wagon]

this bug wasnt copied to the augment version so it has 3s

[muted wind]

admittedly, she doesn't really benefit from the buff being 5s over 3s? since it's just main gun dmg and that's gonna take longer to reload

[whole crypt]

🪱

[peak fable]

do we have any infos, datamines or reviews on the new augments?

[rapid shard]

Scroll up about 15ish messages

[peak fable]

nvm just scrolled up LOL

[spark patio]

So we have a CA with 700 avi? (this is gouden leeuw skill in wiki)

[muted wind]

yes

this (well, rather skill 1) emulates a gimmick that dutch cruisers have in wows

[spark patio]

how can she use with that large amount of AVI? she didn't have planes

[muted wind]

the skill 1 plane barrage scales with AVI

[boreal wagon]

the plane she sends out from skill 1 uses it

[spark patio]

bruh, the AVI stat even higher than my independence's AVI

[muted wind]

1. she needs dev 30 for the full 700 iirc
2. real carriers get extra AVI from gear, so they should be higher in practice

[rapid shard]

Pretty sure no CV has that high of AVI base wise

[boreal wagon]

neither does she bc it doesnt count as base

[muted wind]

mind you, this doesn't count as base AVI either, it's a flat amount added as a buff in combat

[boreal wagon]

it would also be unaffected by any sort of avi%
because thats how flat skills work

[muted wind]

for all intents and purposes, us knowing the AVI stat is a side effect of being able to datamine hidden skills

[boreal wagon]

well the game does try to tell us in the shipyard bonus preview but all it says is Bombing Raid I to IV

[spark patio]

didnt know a CA can do this stuff

Btw thanks for explaining, guys

[muted wind]

there is a lot of stuff implemented in terms of goofy hidden skills

[inland shoal]

For example Formi's s1 upgrading her s2

[elfin hollow]

I was always so mixed on this. Should I save up for particular ships?

[rapid shard]

Never spend medals on that

Save medals for the medal shop. You get 2 SR selectors based on hull type per month, as well as more specialized cores and other useful things

[elfin hollow]

Alright so noted I always mismanaged my medals. Well that is good to know now.

[rapid shard]

Medal banner is a scam lol go to shops and then the monthly section and look at the actual medal shop

[elfin hollow]

Ok thanks 👍

[spark patio]

Any new good aug?

[hollow gust]

noshiro

[whole crypt]

is the barrage good or something

[hollow gust]

suchi said it was a mini ibuki nuke

[whole crypt]

lol

at best that just works off Noshiro not being bad to start with

[proud mulch]

What is the best order to spend gens on do you buy skins or upgrade every thing else?

[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 💳.

[hollow gust]

3rd dorm slot+2nd floor then all into dock

that command is so fuking long

[proud mulch]

Ok

[stray crane]

should i 125 roon ?

[wise cairn]

If u want to

[stray crane]

sheesh i dont know man

[wise cairn]

She nice early game tank but dats it
I’m not against though if u want to 125 her
If u like her then do it

[hollow gust]

roon is not a early game tank tf

[wise cairn]

Then what?

[stray crane]

do u think i can get to 13 with this ?

[hollow gust]

Easily

[viscid swift]

With just that one fleet hell no

[hollow gust]

Well getting to w13 and beating it is two diff things

Also warspite in middle

[stray crane]

i m just tryna get there

should ask is this good enough for 12-4

[rain vine]

more than good enough

[proud mulch]

A question, I have ,are there any key gatcha units I need to go for ,for the main campaign or not? (Key gatcha units are units that are required to go forward in a story that are usually easy to get or are common to pull)

[rain vine]

no

[weary edge]

dont worry about those, you'll get them while pulling on event banners

no sense in spending cubes on perma banners when you can get the same ships on the december UR event banner that's in 2 weeks

[viscid swift]

no and no on both counts

[haughty skiff]

no

this covers the recommended newbie units that'll get you through the early game; you dont pull on the gacha unless it's an event, so there's no 'must have gacha' units.

there is a UR (Ultra Rare, aka Rainbow) event in 2 - 3 weeks, so save up and be prepared to pull on that.

https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

[cobalt rampart]

if trying to maximize iron blood tech points, would div chessboard or schlero iron and blood be better? im nearing the archive 60 point limit thing i realized

[weary edge]

chessboard

[viscid swift]

divergent chessboard

[cobalt rampart]

i should do the hard ones right?

[stray crane]

i think the lower one drop some good ship too

[proud mulch]

Also do you mind if I do a big question on what units I should focus on

[stray crane]

for the points

[viscid swift]

yes

[viscid swift]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

if you've just started

[proud mulch]

I have played for a bit

[weary edge]

depends what you're lacking

and do you mean focus on getting? or focus on building

[viscid swift]

define a bit?

[proud mulch]

Using photo to show dock and team

[weary edge]

whats ur commander rank, and what campaign chapter r u on

[stray crane]

cog array u can only get those in shop ?

[proud mulch]

7-1 and level 73

[weary edge]

they rarely drop from 12-4 (idk if it's all w12 levels), u can get them for core data, event shops, through the current voting event too

oh and also 3 starring hardmode w10+

[rain vine]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/common_resource/#/Cognitive_Arrays

[onyx flame]

you cant get array from chp 12

[haughty skiff]

seperate your dock by main & vanguard then make a thread and post it

[weary edge]

sorry, current voting event and w12 only gives cog chips

[proud mulch]

Ok

[weary edge]

yeah i forgot the difference between chips and arrays

[proud mulch]

And dock

[viscid swift]

0/10 for not using Unicorn

anyway, did you get all the unique augments for the date a live ships

[proud mulch]

I cleared all of the data a live quest

[viscid swift]

right, consolidate into one fleet for the time being

get Unicorn from the guild shop and get her leveled up ASAP

your fleet for now will consist of Warspite, Unicorn, Hiryuu, Tohka, Z23, Henrich

[viscid swift]

and give that a read as well

[woven star]

Mlb Tohka

Unless she can't use augment

[errant jacinth]

can someone explain the new event to me? Idk what I’m looking at

[hollow gust]

you vote for your waifus, they are more likely to get content if they do well

[errant jacinth]

that’s it? I can vote for anyone?

[rain vine]

yes

[hollow gust]

enty the queen of popularity contests

[inland shoal]

We'll probably get gear skins in a while and profile frames in 2 years for the winners, just like 2 years ago

[inland shoal]

Mostly, collabs, META, child ships are excluded (but some will get their own vote segments)

[errant jacinth]

can a previous winner win again?

[analog tendon]

To farm the event crystals do we just run the highest campaign map we can? Or is the amount fixed and you can do 1-1 in lower maps?

[inland shoal]

What event crystals are you talking about exactly?

[ivory pawn]

Just farm as normal, don’t need to waste time farming lower maps for it.

[analog tendon]

the blue crystals needed to progress the story of the new event

[sweet delta]

This is fake news

[ivory pawn]

If you farm 12-4, it’ll cost about 20k oil to fully finish the new event. That’s 8-9 days of oil just from the Canteen. We have over a month to clear the event.

[hollow gust]

[agile patrol]

hi. i have around 770 cubes
should i start dumping them into H-387 (3 cube) researches? or is there anything other than the december UR i should be saving for

[strange sphinx]

isn't 400 is enough

[inland shoal]

I personally wouldn't recommend it still, cubes are easy to lose

[eternal basalt]

January Guam, Dec unknown UR, Feb unknown UR. Recommended cubes: 1200

[strange sphinx]

guam rereun

really

[umbral briar]

I was just looking at ships to upgrade to lvl 125, but I immediately stopped at one with 3.8m exp? Is there an update? I remember the maximum was only 3m? Is it because of Retrofit?

[undone plover]

maybe a bug
I have never seen this
can u restart the game and check if it is still like this

[sweet delta]

You got her close to 3m exp 5 years ago ?

[umbral briar]

forgot , I haven't used it for a long time

[strange sphinx]

bro is farming too hard

[eternal basalt]

They could get >3M when they made it easier to get level 120, and funded the excess XP back to ships

[umbral briar]

after relog, still same

[undone plover]

~~york is just built different ~~

[umbral briar]

and this with 3.9m lol

[strange sphinx]

HMS really built different

[onyx flame]

~~ ready for lvl 130~~

[umbral briar]

Was it really above 3m before?

[sweet delta]

.

[hollow gust]

could it be the result of exp restructuring after 125 introduction

[umbral briar]

ahh i see

[eternal basalt]

Also .

[sweet delta]

They gave +1.09m exp to ships at level 120

[umbral briar]

oh like this one? wew i didnt know that

[strange sphinx]

Now I need cubes, Any quick tip?

[tulip tinsel]

daily, weekly, monthly,( opsi, war archive not much and limited) commisionsines

[onyx flame]

basically play more and get lucky

[agile patrol]

.
JANUARY GUAM?? OH.
i thought the next UR after december was in like february or something 😭
i have less time than anticipated

[undone plover]

next NEW UR

guam comes with tickets at least

[ocean terrace]

guam + laffey II rerun with laffey being the event shop and guam being gacha

[agile patrol]

ohhh i got it all wrong
i thought all URs in general were 2-3 months apart. its just the new URs with that delay

[undone plover]

yeah new UR Feb May Sep Dec
rerun between them

[chrome flower]

Opsi Fleet Build Help

[analog tendon]

What makes https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/db/equips/id/32360 so bad that it isn't suggested even as 4th choice? I'd have thought an extra AA gun would have been useful....

[chrome flower]

Any help with an Opsi Fleet would be appreciated, thread already made

[eternal basalt]

Exactly as I said. Dec new UR, Jan Guam, Feb new UR

[undone plover]

it basically makes your surface dmg 0 for the ship that equips it
the more enemies stay alive the more they can hurt your ships

[chrome flower]

[tulip tinsel]

it's a placeholder or smth for shimanto before fs5 iirc

[silk helm]

recommended cubes = 1200 is if ur super unlucky lmao...

[tulip tinsel]

can happen

[agile patrol]

im using my biszwei to farm combat XP, but it seems she's maxed out and gets 0 XP from sorties
does this still count as combat XP or not?

[undone plover]

yes but why not run sth that needs xp instead

[agile patrol]

i only have biszwei, bismarck and elbe to work with :((

[undone plover]

can just slow down the grind to 2 ships no worries
but up to u

[agile patrol]

perhaps

[gusty olive]

How's Formi augment?

[rain vine]

.

sucks that it didnt fix the rng

[gusty olive]

Unfortunate

[rain bobcat]

brother who!??? is it missouri?

[rain bobcat]

good but doesn't fix rng

[viscid swift]

huh

[light trail]

what's in the latest update? i cant check because my game wont freaking update and i doubt im gonna get any help in #tech-support so i might have to reinstall

[true lichen]

Is amity useless without the pirate gear?

[kind belfry]

When’s the next ur exchange coming ?

[viscid swift]

we don't know

[kind belfry]

Rip

I did get the whole date alive is it really under rated like chat gpt says lol

[viscid swift]

what

[kind belfry]

The date alive ships. The whole collection is it really not a good squad ?

With all the special specific gear seems good?

[viscid swift]

well there's no synergy between any of them so there's no need to use them all together for one

[untold sierra]

Hi guys, I needed some help with the game. Could you help me?

[viscid swift]

the vanguards are above average SRs, the main fleets are decent but are kinda whatever

[viscid swift]

what sort of help?

[kind belfry]

Why did they release if no synergy rip

[untold sierra]

I can't progress in my account anymore. Neither does anything come out of the pit nor are the searches progressing properly. What should I do?

account level 75

[viscid swift]

what do you mean you can't progress

[untold sierra]

This are my character

[viscid swift]

well your fleets are really bad for one

[untold sierra]

Why is it bad?

[viscid swift]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

give this a read, use Owari in place of Penn in the reccomended starter fleet

[viscid swift]

you're using a bunch of 0 limit break URs which without limit break are worse than max limit broken commons

Limit breaks are not optional in this game, they're mandatory

You're not using a healer at all for your mob fleet, let alone not using Unicorn, the best healer in the game and you can get her day 1 for free

You're spreading your resources way way too thin, right now just focus on making 1 good fleet rather than 6 terrible ones

I'm also gonna take a guess and say your gear is sub par as well

and for the love of, don't raise and use dupes

[tulip tinsel]

holy bulin spread

[hushed tinsel]

Damn, is that even fixable.

Here I thought my account looked terrible.

Which kinda leads me to question, did I miss a lot in 2 years ish of inactivity? Apart from knowledge of playing the game.

[rain vine]

its fixable, but its gonna take a while

[tulip tinsel]

the 🦁

[viscid swift]

the usual really, new ships, collabs, powercreep, time, etc

[rain vine]

you missed a lot of URs

[hushed tinsel]

Think Soyuz was the last one before I dropped the game.

But I got back on DAL collab without knowing of it, I consider this fate.

[viscid swift]

so Alsace, Amagi CV, Z52/Fritz Rumey, Raffello, Lion/Trafalgar, Hakuhour, the Danmachi Collab, the BRS Collab, Atelier Yumina/Ryza rerun, and the To Love Ru collab

plus the release of PR7 and 8

[hushed tinsel]

Amen.

[tulip tinsel]

thankfully alsace should rerun soon(few months)

[hushed tinsel]

Need to fix my acc as well tho, opened depot and found out a week of sorting is waiting for me... At least

[rain bobcat]

few months mean minimum 6 lol

[tulip tinsel]

easy

[untold sierra]

So what do you recommend to increase tech points?

[tulip tinsel]

get the ship>mlb>120

[hushed tinsel]

Am I trippin or fella here has not a single gear piece equipped?

[viscid swift]

forget about grinding more tech points right now

[tulip tinsel]

he doesn't have equipped gear on

[hushed tinsel]

Oh, I see.

[untold sierra]

Bsbdbbd sory

[viscid swift]

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

follow this the best you can

[untold sierra]

Guys, can we continue talking tomorrow? I'm not available right now.

[hushed tinsel]

If not with em, someone else will be here. 😄

[crystal flume]

who's the SR ship? i thought only UR have cross fleet skill?

[ocean terrace]

independence retrofit

[crystal flume]

ah

which of her skill will be cross fleet one?

[ocean terrace]

this one I think?

[crystal flume]

!!!! ahhhh thank you

[hushed tinsel]

So, since its quiet now, anyone willing to help me get back into the game? 2 fleets/depot sorting?

[sweet delta]

Do you have opsi fleet recommendations?

[crystal flume]

atm i'm just using what's strong
my ijn solo for arbiter still non existent

[stark quiver]

Same

[crystal flume]

atm it looks like this honestly i can't say i know which goes well with which

ah i change the first fleet to what's leftover and switch things for last day opsi for arbiter

[sweet delta]

Do you have the full picture? I could use some help

[crystal flume]

all my dock?

sure just gimme secs

[sweet delta]

No I mean this fleet 4 crossfleet you asked about

[crystal flume]

ah

it's based on cn one lemme grab the pic

[sweet delta]

I think you can make a thread and the regulars might help

[crystal flume]

it's pretty old one bout 6 months

[hushed tinsel]

Ooooh, right, completely forgot bout that feature.

[reef bane]

who is priority on UR exchange?

[sweet delta]

I think they missed the memo that BBs are good, what fleet will they use for light arbiter?

[rain vine]

Musashi >shinano/vangurad > NJ> the rest

[stark quiver]

It appears to be the ijn fleet

[sweet delta]

Damn, so they one strike temperance with implacable crossfleet freeze

[hushed tinsel]

Where do I use UR bullins next? Musashi? Or should I mlb Shinano? Gonna get her from handbook P9.

[ocean terrace]

wait for december UR

[sweet delta]

How many UR bulins can you have now

[hushed tinsel]

Shouldve 4 by the end of month.

[sweet delta]

Then wait

[peak fable]

I second waiting unless you need another UR BB

[sweet delta]

Don't ask if you don't have enough to max one

[agile patrol]

new UR is coming soon sooooo, wait a bit until u have 4 then ask again
also i dont recommend buying the UR bulins out when u can't afford all 4 at the same time, it clogs up ur dock

[warm latch]

not much you can do when some events dump ur bulins into your dock

[hushed tinsel]

Im spending money on dock slots, so I dont really mind having em around.

They cute tho.

[ocean terrace]

as someone who doesn't have any UR ships yet, I like looking at the shiny UR bulins to cope

[agile patrol]

hi im about to be done with AvP
what do i research next??
i've done Saint Louis, Roon, Agir and Anchorage
im checking and there are some non-coin ships i can Dev30 w/blueprints and blueprint exchange

• Kansas (87 PR8 bps needed, can get rn)
• Vittorio Cuniberti (101 PR8 bps needed, can get rn)
• Dmitri Donskoi (113 PR8 bps needed, can get rn)

i can also get shimanto but, i'm not using PR8 prints on her because i feel like that's a horrible idea

[robust onyx]

Shimanto is way more useful than those 3

[agile patrol]

but, PR8 prints on a PR6 ship??

[robust onyx]

No i would rather use it on current pr

[red sapphire]

Plymouth I think

Don't know if you have Lion, Musashi or an other BB to make use of her instantly

[ruby sinew]

what are the best tech packs to buy? should i be buying all of them?

[agile patrol]

i have Lion, Soyuz and BisZwei

[red sapphire]

You can go for Plymouth

[agile patrol]

sounds good
i do need hundreds of plymouth prints still so it'll take a loooong time to dev30 her but, i guess i don't have better choices

[tulip tinsel]

iirc pr5 dr should have coin soon

[red sapphire]

Do you need other roles to cover or it's just research for reseach?

[red sapphire]

Oh that's nice

[agile patrol]

OH RIGHT. i forgot about that

[tulip tinsel]

and pr6 golds i think too idk

[uneven knot]

does that mean ply gun is coming to gear lab?

[agile patrol]

research for research, nothing urgent rn

[red sapphire]

Hope so

[tulip tinsel]

maybe

[red sapphire]

Btw, fastest way to clear combat data collection quests?

[rain vine]

run three ships that fulfill the criteria and spam 12-4

[red sapphire]

Alright

[warm latch]

just use the ships and farm 12-4 or do event if theres an event then back to 12-4 when youre done

[uneven knot]

who are u guys using your votes on for the poll

[tulip tinsel]

#al-general is the place you seek

[uneven knot]

[tulip tinsel]

musashi or the cow

[potent tinsel]

is drake gun worse than hindenburg gun for mobbing cus the latter pierces?

[tulip tinsel]

ap good for medium/heavy he for light

[sweet delta]

The only thing Drake gun does better than hindenburg gun is 22% better damage against light. So hinden gun is better in mob because of medium damage and pierce as you said

[weary edge]

what's like the cutoff, is light DDs and CLs? medium CAs and CVs, heavy BBs? (with some deviation?)

[tulip tinsel]

no clue, but something like that, but i think most cv's are heavy

[rain bobcat]

most CVs are medium

with heavy CVs being usually paper CVs, taihou, shinano etc

[undone plover]

also lusty class

[red sapphire]

Is there any heavy META dossier analysis to test damage?

[stark quiver]

arizona meta

[red sapphire]

Nice, thank you

[stark quiver]

just run eldridge
and try to use boiler or some shit

[sweet delta]

Warspite is in CM this month if you can deal with her mechanic

[barren cedar]

Am I using owari wrong or is that she is not that good??

[red sapphire]

What's CM?

[undone plover]

show her gear but looks like she is underlevelled
Also how are u judging her? end battle dmg?

[rain bobcat]

horrible gun

[stark quiver]

challenge mode

[red sapphire]

Ohhhh thanks

[barren cedar]

idk she is like not feeling that good?

[red sapphire]

White shells doesn't stack. Do you have Fire Control Radar (purple) /Black shell (gold) by a chance?

[atomic solstice]

the king george gun in question

[barren cedar]

radar yes, black shell not yet

[undone plover]

change her gear to this
And aim for these 2 loadouts later

[barren cedar]

thank you so much ^^

[undone plover]

she is one of the better gold BBs
she needs level and good gear
she will do better
also unicorn tends to steal mvp in battles so dont compare her dmg to uni

[red sapphire]

Actually isn't better 410? Skills proc on main gun firing

[barren cedar]

hahahahah i thought my battle comp was wrong or somthn.
also unicorn rarely gets the mvp, its 95% of the times ryu lion and the rest unicorn or saratoga

[undone plover]

perhaps
tbh that gun just overcomplicates stuff I feel
mk6 is good enough most of the time

[red sapphire]

I see

[undone plover]

dont get me wrong it could be better
but I doubt it will be much better
especially when u get the gold radar mk6 will be offset enough from planes so you wont have any overlap

musashi runs twin410 tho ofc

[atomic solstice]

how much better is daisen gun over izumo gun on musashi

[reef bane]

how do i heal my ships in opsi?

[rain vine]

go to port and rest or use the emergency heal packs from your inventory

[reef bane]

how do i rest them, do i just move them to the green squares?

[ivory pawn]

Tap Port, tap Formation, tap Repair.

[reef bane]

ohhhhhhh

yo ty

[red sapphire]

Not too much I think, keep in mind that Daisen's is best in slot at the end

[stray crane]

are there a way to turn off that character cut in during battle

[undone plover]

i actually dont recall the full daisen vs izumo debate
but checking on lars calc quickly looks like daisen is not exactly better per salvo but it does mean she will sync to your other BB better which means guarenteed 4 salvos
izumo I think needs loader perhaps to manage comfortable 4 salvos

[barren cedar]

i have one of these but using it on kurumi, should i change it to owari? @undone plover

[undone plover]

yeah it is not good for CL main gun
the upgraded 155 kai version is good for CL main gun
this is better as BB aux

check this guide out for quick reference whenever u need https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

[undone plover]

I think this turns off the BG but you cant disable it fully (the 4th setting here)

[cobalt robin]

can i just vote for any ship in this event?

[atomic solstice]

yuh

[cobalt robin]

ill just go all in towards my wife

[robust onyx]

Except for previous winners

[cobalt robin]

can i vote for collab ships?

[robust onyx]

No

[cobalt robin]

sadge

[atomic solstice]

ts fucked up

[cobalt robin]

filler event ig before new ur

[forest palm]

ya we have 2 dead weeks, the 2nd one is the CTA then on the 18th the UR Drops

[cobalt robin]

2 dead weeks

[barren cedar]

yeah now owari is doing much better, i guess gear is everything in this game but is hard to get into as a newbie 🥀

[red sapphire]

Don't worry, you can use the quick gear guide

Is Arizona META a good playground for testing my Vanguard durability? (Got oneshotted XD)

[rain bobcat]

izumo needs +11 loader yes

[winged willow]

What am I supposed to use for 13-2?

I'm having problems clearing it, got only B.

[inland shoal]

Not really, it's a weird fight that emphasises speed as no vanguard can survive that smoke for long

[red sapphire]

Oh, okay. Thanks

[inland shoal]

Good AA and triple carriers help

[winged willow]

I must be doing something very wrong.

[forest palm]

well the stat isn't as concerning as the ships capability for AA, and the equipment you use for AA....

[viscid swift]

I would indeed say you are doing some things very wrong

[robust onyx]

Lack of AA vanguard

[little jewel]

Sandiego would help a ton.

[forest palm]

Reno does have good AA

[little jewel]

place her in the middle and give her a really good AA gun. she works miracles.

[forest palm]

basically the mob fleet is covered, and the boss fleet is a mess

[robust onyx]

The complaint was boss fleet

[forest palm]

a glaring issue would be the Yorkii with only 3 stars

[robust onyx]

Agreed

[velvet slate]

just corious, are you for some reason alergic to battleships or flat out hate using BBs?

[robust onyx]

In ch13 it's not vital to use BB

[forest palm]

no you want a BB in boss

otherwise you'll just eat shit especially in the Taiho fight....

[inland shoal]

In OpSi mob a little

[signal plover]

Guys
Having issues with patch download
Does anyone knows how to fix?

[velvet slate]

i dmed you about this btw

[signal plover]

Oh really?

Didn't get any dm

[signal plover]

Ok, saw it
Thx a lot, I'll try

[atomic solstice]

holy shit its gonna cost so much to get my sub fleet running

[inland shoal]

Yeah that's why subs aren't really used much until about w14

[rain bobcat]

can someone check if formi is fixed yet

[atomic solstice]

should I do gear enhancements or cog awakening first?

[wild hemlock]

how much AA is needed for W13 boss(es)?
feel like my mobs fine with ~2900
boss mega poops on me tho

[inland shoal]

What do you mean?

[viscid swift]

AA stat doesn't tell the full picture of how good your AA is

[forest palm]

the Gear you use, the ship you use factor into AA more than the stat itself, it's a lot more nuanced than looking at the stat itself

[inland shoal]

What for? Kinda depends on the gear, the ship and current enhancement lvl

[rain bobcat]

the efficiency thing on torps dont apply

JP fixed it iirc to where a single hms gear now increases both torp slot efficiency

on release in EN efficiency only applied in game if the slot itself was using an hms torp bomber

[inland shoal]

Not even fixed on CN

[rain bobcat]

[inland shoal]

Not to mention us

[wild hemlock]

might just not ever do w13, cba

[viscid swift]

it's hardly difficult

[wild hemlock]

12s a cakewalk then just POWER SPIKE LEVEL 90358532902352323

[inland shoal]

But lemme double check

[rain bobcat]

skill issue

[wild hemlock]

show me yo w13 setups

[viscid swift]

I'll do you one better, post your dock and I'll build you a W13 fleet

[forest palm]

13 is easy too

[atomic solstice]

all bidders, ohy torps, pressure hulls, snorkels, mostly are +0 lol

[rain bobcat]

u dont wanna see my first clear w13 setup from 2020 lol

fucking isuzu portland akashi is in it

[wild hemlock]

a clears a clear bro

doesnt matter how u get it

[atomic solstice]

specifically my wolfpack fleet

[velvet slate]

what he mean is the team that he used in 2020 is far weaker than the options you have today due to the ships and equipment available now are far superior to the options available back than.

[inland shoal]

Just don't use it until you got everything to a usable level tbh

[inland shoal]

Don't say stuff like this
Btw I double checked and yeah only fixed on JP

[atomic solstice]

ive just been calling them in for exp, theyre all lvl100 with like 1 mil stored

u-101 somehow snipes mvp like pretty often

[rain bobcat]

only jp is crazy

[barren cedar]

so musashi is a good investment in bublins? this is the guide tier list

[wild hemlock]

first 3 pages sorted by level
dont think anyone after nakamov is doing much lol

[atomic solstice]

bublins

[viscid swift]

yeah no one said you were gonna be able to do this with just what you already had leveled and yeah....

can you get any UR Bullins?

[tulip tinsel]

retrofit that unicorn

[rain bobcat]

probably the only acceptable bulin investment in he permanent pool of UR

[velvet slate]

u got level 120 max stars z52
maxed out alsace
maxed out sandy
level 120 musashi
level 125 perseus

buildings two fleets around those characters should not only allow you to clear 13 but with shimakaze also at 120 u could build around even clearing 14 imo

provided u have some decent gear (not necesarily best in slot)

[viscid swift]

Mob: Chkalov, Saratoga, Unicorn retrofit, Z52, Shimakaze, Yukikaze
Boss: Musashi, Alsace, Enterprise, Friedrich Carl, Unzen, San Diego

get all of your ships leveled to 115 at least, preferably 120, make sure their skills are maxed, gear at +10, and that they're equipped properly
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

[barren cedar]

perfect. planning now to change saratoga for her

[light trail]

yo, in case whatever you tried worked for you, can you send the steps of what you did in #tech-support

or you @velvet slate

[next escarp]

I need help with shinano's gear

[signal plover]

I'm still trying stuff
I'll let you know if I get some results

[winged willow]

Hm... For some reason I can't put 2 flapjacks on 1 ship.

[stark quiver]

some can othes cant

[winged willow]

Which ones can't?

[stark quiver]

theres a lot

its not flapjack specifically, its fighter slot

[atomic solstice]

are there non-ur ships with flex slots?

[winged willow]

Damn. For some reason slaimuda says I can put 2 flapjacks on yorktown 2. But I can't.

[rain bobcat]

bc ur not mlb

[winged willow]

Ooof

[rain bobcat]

matter of fact that should be lb1 so ur not even lb1 lmao

[winged willow]

Oh well, I have extra pancake for now.

[stark quiver]

Yes

[atomic solstice]

neat

[stark quiver]

Aquila for example can equip either fighter or dive bomber on slot two

[cobalt robin]

I'm at 350/400 pity so I guess I'm getting musashi next?

[rain bobcat]

if u dont have her yes

[cobalt robin]

don't have her

[weary edge]

is there a way to get auto sortie hardmode without getting rid of the mob nodes

[viscid swift]

no

[weary edge]

this is terrible news

[grizzled oak]

What's the best way to lvl up a ship's level? Spamming chapter 12-4 lowkey waste tons of oils

[rain bobcat]

12-1

tons of oil is an exaggeration

without mvp its only 2 weeks for a 120 less if mvp

thats like what 30k oil for 6 120 ships

[viscid swift]

OpSi C1 farming also exists

[rain bobcat]

yeah

unless you want to oath 200 you can opsi farm as well for exp

[viscid swift]

I did something like 50 ships to 120 in just under 4 months and most of those were vanguards

[rain bobcat]

I also finished all backline rld+hit within 4 months back then

[edgy steeple]

Fellas since i have limited UR Bulins who are the priority to MLB?
For BB I have Lion Zwei Musashi
For CVs I have Shinano, Amagi, Implacable, Rumey

[viscid swift]

frankly just save right now, we've got a new UR event dropping in ~2 weeks