gameplay-help

[tawdry halo]

raaaaah

[whole crypt]

you can adjust the ship positions in the fleet

[wind hazel]

^this is opsi, not event. for event you keep the fleet from earlier

stop confusing yourself. it's getting sad to read

[tawdry halo]

Idk atp

[whole crypt]

for event just use anything

you don't need a lineup of 110+s and 120+s for event

[summer patio]

How hard will I be set back if I recklessly spend 1180 gems?

[wind hazel]

you lose out a bit on quality of life

[summer patio]

Sounds fair

[onyx flame]

thats 60 dock space

[summer patio]

Is depot space relevant?

[onyx flame]

no

[whole crypt]

it's 59 dock space

depot space is not relevant, but dock space is

[onyx flame]

if you overfilling dismantle grey gear/bad blue gear and shove the rest onto ships if you still need space

[eternal basalt]

10 bucks

[summer patio]

Usually, how much time do limited skins last?

[onyx flame]

till the event ends

[summer patio]

Okay, thank you

[onyx flame]

also listed above the skin name

[eternal basalt]

Then they rerun in November

[strange sphinx]

[summer patio]

[hallow spoke]

how does the crafting work?

do i just stack copies of gear

[onyx flame]

which depot crafting or gearlab crafting

[hallow spoke]

depot

[onyx flame]

depot is get enough bps then you can make the gear

[hallow spoke]

ohh okay

[twin bronze]

Hi y'all are these two teams good enough for w15?

[spark patio]

Anyone rerun in this January? Guam and Laffey II?

[onyx flame]

yea guam and laff2

[hollow gust]

That looks sufficient

Although I won't run skyraider ngl

[twin bronze]

So should i use tenrai?

[whole crypt]

it just occured to me you can have more vouchers than there is shit to buy

[strange sphinx]

wait did cowspen out healed Aquila or no?

[onyx flame]

right

[whole crypt]

which tierlist and are you sure you're looking at the right plane, because wildcat is absolute 🚮

[rapid shard]

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

Use this guide

[dawn spade]

wait im a dumbass. i clicked the wrong one lmao

i meant the F4U Corsair

[whole crypt]

purple Corsair probably has slightly better AA than Seafang but Seafang is 20 more AVI so
almost sidegrades

[hollow gust]

Cowpen and Aquila both have 8% heals , however Aquila gives a shield while Cowpen is a flat dps buff for ships that were healed

[rapid shard]

You already +10 the seafang and its a bit faster so id rock that one

[dawn spade]

thanks guys 👍

i'll just keep the seafang

[whole crypt]

the faster is kind of whatever but yeh you probably won't notice where Corsair may do better
you can recover part of your investment in the Corsair when you craft it up to Flapjack though

[hollow gust]

cowpen giving dps buff is so funny

[rapid shard]

They both pretty damn close to each other

[whole crypt]

not exactly, Aquila heals 8% of target HP, Cowpens heals 8% of self HP so there's a slight difference in effectiveness depending on who you're healing

[whole crypt]

I'm aware, thanks

[rapid shard]

Would the higher dmg on seafang be better for intercept over the slightly faster fr and angle of corsair?

[whole crypt]

Cowpens also launches significantly faster than Aquila

[hollow gust]

Even with Aquila partial launch mode?

[whole crypt]

you can't fast launch Aquila in heal mode

[whole crypt]

why are you comparing a purple hellcat instead of a purple corsair, it makes a difference

if you want to compare hellcat and seafang compare both golds

[onyx flame]

cowpen also does a more dmg then aquila so

[whole crypt]

damn why don't I have a seafang hang on

[rapid shard]

Clicked the wrong one. Unless the AA angle makes a massive difference then seafang does seem like the better option

[whole crypt]

well you also conveniently missed hellcat has a second set of guns

[sleek bolt]

guys, is New Vpf 94 Corsair DB, huge upgrade practically?
stat wise look great than Golden Helldiver , i guess?

[whole crypt]

it's not

[onyx flame]

golden helldiver?

[hollow gust]

It's way worst damage then a helkdiver

[whole crypt]

XSB3C from lab

[hollow gust]

Also why craft a Goldiver

Either way , timing plane for certain scenarios

[onyx flame]

oh that, scrubbed from my memories

[hollow gust]

Idk why don't they just make a hyper fast fighter but

[sleek bolt]

thanks for confirming
i thought 2x 2000lb make it better

[whole crypt]

it's a combination of a few things
Corsair is slower flying with a slightly faster gun so it has potential of more rounds going off in a single pass
Hellcat just downright has 2 sets of guns and is also slightly slower than Seafang
purple Corsair is a T3 plane and uses the same bombs as the gold 2x500lb bomb fighters, meaning you're really only losing the 20AVI in comparison

it's 2x1000

the loadout is even worse than destroyers

[rapid shard]

Yeah on 125 Essex its only a .07 diff on fire rate between the 2 between seafang and corsair. Thats why I was curious on the AA angle having any major impact between the 2. Just curious on what makes it "better" and how the stats actually translate

[whole crypt]

the AA angle does indeed affect performance

[rapid shard]

Is the angle the "cone" it can fire at frontally? Or is that too simple for AL mechanics lol

[whole crypt]

it's also part of why messershit is actually not that great even for AA

[tall shuttle]

how to get essex's retrofit item

[whole crypt]

wait for rerun in August

[tall shuttle]

[rapid shard]

Makes sense. Im trying to actually learn how AA works past just "throw this gun/plane on and call it a day" mainly just for personal curiosity. Haven't found any indepth breakdowns

[whole crypt]

because plane AA is basically just "use these planes and hope they fly in the right lane"
just like why you want longer range AA guns for coverage

AA gun in the current era is just "strive to put rainbow 76 on everyone"

[onyx flame]

btw for the first rainbow 76, do you just shove it onto the aa carries

[whole crypt]

essentially

[rapid shard]

im rainbowless right now so trying to play around and maximize dmg/range with what I got lol they made the AA system way to complex for no reason

[whole crypt]

if you're rainbowless then it's "throw roombas on everyone"

[rapid shard]

Right now ive been having better luck with a sextuple, twin90, roomba and stagg with 2 CV. Been farming 13-4 so plenty of messing around with setups while leveling ships

[hollow gust]

Farming 13-4 is slapping in a z52 and Unicorn to carry the shitters

[whole crypt]

this is what my 13-4 looks like lmao

[rapid shard]

Its Cowpens Prinz Wesser WdP Brem Biloxi with some crossfleet support. Started with them all about lv100 and been surviving no problem

[lucid orchid]

Why im not getting shimanto even tho the blueprint is enough

[forest palm]

switch it to display fate sim

[whole crypt]

stigs apparently you don't even need to 0RLD BB for sonaru with morktown

[lucid orchid]

Does that mean getting extra 165 to get permanent max level of it?

[whole crypt]

for FS5 yes

[lucid orchid]

Kk

[mighty tulip]

Should I farm B3 or continue running C2 until I’m able to do C3? (I don’t meet the attack requirements for C3 sadly.)

[stark narwhal]

what ship should I grab from the wish fulfilling card?

[brisk cedar]

Who I should have as a tank in mob fleet in chapter 14 hard ? (I have almost everething besides Laffely II)

[wind hazel]

why not

[tulip tinsel]

whoever you need for tech or just keep holding it until you need it

[wind hazel]

you can try bayard instead of sandiego

[whole crypt]

Soyuz on raff gun with twin shells 18RLD can meet momo and laffey summon times and you do enough excess damage to trade catapult for beacon

if your carrier RLD is very low then you might have to adjust but otherwise the timings work fine

[wind hazel]

isn't the point of 0rld BB is to sync soyuz with nakhimov max CV rld? lol

to activate the freeze

[whole crypt]

except the timing works even with max RLD

[wind hazel]

are you sure, 18rld worth of timing difference

this is max, is the freeze still working?

[wind hazel]

ye that's very far

im testing it now on cm, first strike freeze still work

actually i should have tested in simulation im dumb

[whole crypt]

soyuz slow is 6s
nakhimov procs 1.5s after launch

there's enough window

[wind hazel]

you're right, 3 strike they work

i dont need to adjust fleet tech

[whole crypt]

oh wait I forgot to beacon

[wanton dawn]

is there a good website for fleet tech tracking?

[wind hazel]

https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/db/tracker

[whole crypt]

it's even more loose

[wind hazel]

i didnt even beacon, just double cata

[whole crypt]

well I put it on because the fight ends 2s earlier

[wind hazel]

my beacon on opsi duty

[whole crypt]

just get more beacons

but I guess that also means there's quite a bit of leeway for people who don't have high RLD techs

this is the 0 tech timing

still assuming oath200

[wind hazel]

why is it so different

[whole crypt]

probably a RLD buff somewhere

[night dirge]

Struggling with chapter ten what’s a team I could make with this

[wind hazel]

f2p 0bb rld is this, pretty tight

[tulip tinsel]

get unicorn from guild shop and retrofit her

[wind hazel]

nj shinano unicorn
eugen swift dezeven

should start making 2nd fleet

[onyx flame]

0lb lion but mlb nj and shinano

[wind hazel]

waifu gamer

[fair lance]

based

[night dirge]

Hell yeah

Should I start using lion

[wind hazel]

not at her current state

[tribal belfry]

guys is eu and na server together?

[onyx flame]

shes the best bb in the game but yours is at 0lb so shes worse then nj rn prob

[whole crypt]

English servers are not separated by geographical region

[night dirge]

Oh dang I didn’t know lion was like that if I knew I would’ve made it better

[wind hazel]

yes, we're part of global server. big 3 servers are china, japan, and global. there are other servers too like hong kong taiwan etc

[tribal belfry]

ok ty

[whole crypt]

"global"
some countries not included

[wind hazel]

we're slightly racist

[forest palm]

I just hate equally tbh

[night dirge]

how can i level stuff up without data packs

[whole crypt]

use them in battles

[wanton dawn]

sry, how does the import work..?

[onyx flame]

you data pack/dorm them to a survivable level then bring em to battle

[night dirge]

is there a quick method

[whole crypt]

paying for the packs that contain XP packs

[onyx flame]

import only imports json that has been exported, you gotta manually input there no auto add

[night dirge]

is yorktown 2 / hakuhou good?

[wind hazel]

it imports from existing like from retropaint if you had it. otherwise you gotta manually input them for the first time

[wanton dawn]

ic, is it worth it to have a tracker? or does it not rly help overall

[night dirge]

or should i try to replace anything i have with them cus i got both

[wind hazel]

helps a lot if you just started to farm for tech

helps sorting out on who to raise next, who you're missing etc

[whole crypt]

you cannot import directly from any sort of game file or data
tracker is not that important if you don't care too much about tech
also not that important if you level everything fast enough

[night dirge]

i should use eugen over shimakaze?

[wanton dawn]

right right... i have like 155 120 ships now and it is quite annoying to know what to raise next... so maybe i shld take some time to input them

[whole crypt]

your Shimakaze has no LBs, it's deadweight

even rainbow ships need their limit breaks to perform

[wind hazel]

they are different use case anyway. one is a tank, one is a dps

if she's mlb i would suggest her over swiftsure

but she's not, so she's benched. same as lion

[night dirge]

what limit break should i use it at

[wind hazel]

max, that's the same for most ships

[wanton dawn]

i have some lvl120 non max limit break ships from URs and research, it automatically makes it so i max limit break those units too, how shld i fix it..? thanks

[night dirge]

actually should i LB shimakaze or lion

[whole crypt]

tap into the individual ships and check mark as not MLB

[wind hazel]

how many UR bulin do you have? because your musashi is already 2LB

[wanton dawn]

tyty

[whole crypt]

but checking not MLB only affects bulin count really, MLB is not used for any fleet tech

also faction tech I guess

[wanton dawn]

yep i was just concerned abt the faction tech, but ig it doesnt rly matter

[onyx flame]

affect faction tech which can screw with rld count if you import it straight to the calculator

[whole crypt]

if you have enough for all 9s then it's basically all the same

[night dirge]

should i limit break lion or shimakaze?

[tulip tinsel]

lion

main fleet >> vanguard

[whole crypt]

if you can MLB Lion then Lion by a long shot
if you can't MLB her straight away then don't LB anything yet

[night dirge]

alr

[wind hazel]

@night dirge

[night dirge]

oh mb

[night dirge]

i think i got 2 more

i got 2 more

tbh i only lb musashi cus i got a skin for her and thought she might be good

[wind hazel]

are you close to another UR exchange anytime soon?

[onyx flame]

she is good for campaign at least

[night dirge]

i just did one so not rlly

[wind hazel]

then just mlb your musashi now. get 4 UR bulin in the future and max Lion next

you can get 3 more this month, so should be easy. lion can mlb by February

[night dirge]

mhm

if i do mlb lion do i replace nj and keep shinano and retrofit unicorn?

[wind hazel]

for campaign you'll probably replace NJ

unicorn will always be in mob fleet, but shinano can go to boss when you have more CV to play with

[night dirge]

alr

[tribal belfry]

good banner to summon?

got the cow girl

[wind hazel]

nice

now try and get lexii and you can stop pulling

cow is very good

[tribal belfry]

what shud i pick here

[wind hazel]

cancel

it's asking what to disassemble. if you're new you gonna need every gear you can get

[tribal belfry]

ah ok

[wind hazel]

are you new though

[tribal belfry]

well kinda ye

[wind hazel]

keep most of them then. the gun on far right is very good for your battleships

[tribal belfry]

im new the acc isnt

[night dirge]

do we know if alsace is re-running soon or ever

[tribal belfry]

why dont i see my cowgirl in dock

[wind hazel]

alsace half a year to go ish

[wind hazel]

do you have filter on

[night dirge]

how can i make mood go up or should i just not care if their mood goes down

[onyx flame]

wait/dorm them to wait less

and you should care since if their morale is above 120 they get a 20% exp boost and if its 0 they get half exp

[night dirge]

alr

[tribal belfry]

what baout her

[onyx flame]

not really worth

[low juniper]

Is Gouden Leeuw a tanky ship

[low juniper]

Probably in a year or so

What's with the hand reaction lol

[tribal belfry]

what about those

[wind hazel]

she's pretty tanky but not the tankiest

[low juniper]

Does she also have good dmg

[wind hazel]

yes

[wind hazel]

not good

[low juniper]

I wish I could get her to d30 already 😭 I need 286 more BPs

[peak fable]

how much more dmg are 20 points of FP or AVI in %?

[low juniper]

I bought her skin too

[tribal belfry]

what would be a good starter formation?

[wind hazel]

cowpens laffey, nobody else

https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

use cowpens instead of long island enterprise, follow the rest

[tribal belfry]

only thsoe 2 in team ?

[hardy umbra]

Guys can someone help with understanding operation siren?

I just got to the part where you can accept daily missions and i accepted one, how do I complete it? :<

[onyx flame]

click on view and it bring you to the location, then you gotta get there

[hardy umbra]

Hmmm ok

[strange flame]

are events only rerun once, and if so does that mean hakuhou and unzen will be available this year through archiving?

[brisk cedar]

I really need help with 14-3/4 mob fleet for hard mode , I have practically evrething besides Laffely II and the moment I ran out of amm my fleet just dies even thought I stagger almost every shell , stop suicide boat and play practically always manual , should I jsut clear it to safe before attempting three star ?

[onyx flame]

hakuhou released last year while unzen reran last year, its take about 2 years for rerun than another yearish after to archive so earlies you see hakuhou is 2027, unzen is prob this year

[tribal belfry]

lexi is coming home

[onyx flame]

#trophy-room

[strange flame]

oh nice, shame on hakuhou tho -_-, she looks so good

[whole crypt]

just keep playing it'll all come home eventually

[tribal belfry]

getting lexi and cow in 10 pull is nice isnt it

i have 2 cows now cna i limit break it or soemthing

[whole crypt]

yes always use dupes for LB first

[tribal belfry]

those i cna use as dupes for everyone?

[strange flame]

is it a fine mindset to just level up the ships that i like?

[onyx flame]

depends where you are

[ivory pawn]

It's recommended to level up good ships first, but eventually the goal is to level everyone so level favorites after you get to the good farming spot.

[onyx flame]

if your alr comfortably in midgame where your at chp 12 and you dont intend to tackle hard content you can kinda do whatever

[strange flame]

im at 13-3 rn and only barely got enough ships for 4 fleets for opsi

so i guess i should level up the good ones -_-

[onyx flame]

you dont need 4 full fleets for opsi, just form 2 good fleets and fill in the rest with rando

[ivory pawn]

Just needed good ships to reach ch 12 efficiently, you're free to level up some favorites now.

[tribal belfry]

are those good

[onyx flame]

eventually you prob have 3 fleets for opsi, 1 mob, 1 bb and 1 cv fleet or some mis mash of boss fleet

[ivory pawn]

They're retrofit materials, used to upgrade ships that can be retrofitted. You really want the Carrier ones asap, as the first ship you should retrofit is a Carrier. (Unicorn)

[tribal belfry]

i see and what baout those for lexi whiuch shud i upgrade first

[onyx flame]

none cause your not gonna be using her for a while

you should be lvling unicorn healing skill first

[tribal belfry]

whats best fleet for beginnign from that? and what position

[onyx flame]

your fleet was alr given here

[hollow gust]

Unicorn Pennsylvania Cowpens
Portland Helena Laffey

[tribal belfry]

ok ty cow girl as leader in the orange field?

[night dirge]

how do i get the SP stage on the event

[onyx flame]

clear D3

[tribal belfry]

man my fleet soemtiems freezes and i cant do anythign but close game

[ivory pawn]

No, Penn in the middle.

[tribal belfry]

i dont have her

[hollow gust]

Get her then , she is cheap in guild shop

[tribal belfry]

im lvl 5

guild at lvl 11

[ivory pawn]

So you're 4 levels late on picking her up then.

Shop > Supply > Guild. You get like 4k guild coins for free.

[hollow gust]

you dont need to be in guild to get guild currency

[tribal belfry]

ahh where is portland

pen i mean

ok the 300 one got it

[hollow gust]

rare, also did you not read the guide?

[onyx flame]

mori sent it but i dont think they bothered

[tribal belfry]

not yet

[hollow gust]

read it

[viscid swift]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ic8gY2GB-D7PtYqJiGjFJunl6Tm3AnJvtFgj9Z1f8V8/edit?usp=sharing

[tribal belfry]

anythign worth getting here

[ivory pawn]

Never touch Heavy nor Special.

[tribal belfry]

light?

[ivory pawn]

Build Event if aiming for Event ships, in this case until you have Lexington II.
Build one Light a day otherwise because it's refunded.

[tribal belfry]

is she a good light unit

[viscid swift]

no

[tribal belfry]

?

[tulip tinsel]

just read guide and use those ships

[ivory pawn]

Please tell me you're not throwing dozens of cubes at Light.

[tulip tinsel]

bro went from triple digit to double digit cubes

[tribal belfry]

xD

[tulip tinsel]

not like 150~ was much

[onyx flame]

anyway read
https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/#permanent_ur
https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide

[tribal belfry]

what are red crystals good for

[ivory pawn]

Buy one dorm slot, buy 2nd floor of dorm, and then buy as much dock space as you can.

[trim depot]

this is good right

[tribal belfry]

or a lexi skin?

[ivory pawn]

Only if you want to fork over $$.

[ivory pawn]

Yeah it's good. If that's ACE hiding in the background it could be worth resetting that cat just enough to get the other Reload talent.

[tribal belfry]

i got some tickets to pool from soemwehre anyone know what that was

i cant see them in depot

[ivory pawn]

Probably the Rental skins, you can rent some of the new skins for a trial run under the Saratoga events menu.

[tribal belfry]

will i get the ship aFTER GIVING THEM GIFTß

[ivory pawn]

Yes, you're choosing a ship to obtain.

[tribal belfry]

oh im cooked i picked randomly

is any of them good which i chose?

[ivory pawn]

It's ok they're mostly mid anyways. The standard recommendation is to wait until you have all but one of the build-only ships and choose the last one.

[tribal belfry]

my rnadom chopice wud be here i guess but ill wait when does event run out

[ivory pawn]

The event itself lasts another week or two, but once you have the Card in your depot its there until you use it.

[verbal plinth]

Ends next thur

[tribal belfry]

ah nice

[slow fox]

yeah

yep

[slender turtle]

Is there any way to know if my dock is in a good enough state to do w15?

[slow fox]

yep

[stark quiver]

see if you have the ships thatre used for w15

[ivory pawn]

You go give w15 a shot, that'll be the best way. Skim through the guide too.
Otherwise, maybe share your dock here in a thread, some vets might be able to give you suggestions on the cheapest/quickest upgrades to get you ready.

[slender turtle]

I mean i think I should definitely be able to, but ill make a thread to see what yall think for suggestions

W15 Help

[ivory hearth]

is clarance k bronson any good?

[ivory pawn]

She's got Air Raid Assistance so she's not bad at least. But terrible tech, and Kazagumo is better and available in DD medal shop.

[ivory hearth]

gotchu, thank u

[west mural]

Worth?

[whole crypt]

one of the best guns for Musashi

[night dirge]

Is there a tier list or smth for characters?

[silent zodiac]

So i just got Le Terrible from the daily free Light pull, is it worth using her over the starter destroyers? or is she ...uhhh Terrible

[vital meadow]

does any1 have a comp and gear list for 14-4 hard?

[hallow spoke]

24.6k now, 5.4k more till ur bulin, this is pain

trhere, i just mlb my raff

[ocean terrace]

30 minute Q or 2.5 hr/5 hour Meck

[remote yarrow]

There's 2, one that hasn't been updated since september and an endgame one , check #bot-spam /tierlist
But if you are trying to progress campaign I would give this a look https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide

[red sapphire]

How good is Owari nowadays?

[viscid swift]

still one of the better SR BBs
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13YbPw3dM2eN6hr3YfVABIK9LVuCWnVZF0Zp2BGOZXc0/edit?gid=0#gid=0

[red sapphire]

I might give her a try, why not

[hallow spoke]

theyre edging me

[viscid swift]

what

[hallow spoke]

2 levels off brp

[stark quiver]

i take Q

[viscid swift]

yeah so, that's easily fixable

[hallow spoke]

how

[ocean terrace]

by levelling them (books or grinding a stage)

[hallow spoke]

i swear ive been like doing sorties and theyre not leveling, especially the saratoga and glowworm

i dont got any books left

[ocean terrace]

should put the ships you wanna level in mob fleet, that way they get a lot more action and exp

[hallow spoke]

is event better to level or like the story, im at chapter 8

[ocean terrace]

D3 in event is equal to 10-3 in exp and coins iirc

[viscid swift]

D1 or D2 of the event because they have an oil cap unlike world 8

[hallow spoke]

that's d3 im tryna hit, i need 2 more levels ish

[ocean terrace]

ah, just do D1 or D2 then as he says

[hallow spoke]

ima do d1, 5k off from UR bulin anyway

you can get gems like this? i just found this photo

what is this tho, like commision, research or what?

[sick hatch]

commisions

[hallow spoke]

what are the chances bru....

ive never seen it once

[white agate]

low, also needs to play and sortie regularly

so best way to get gems is trough $

[soft raft]

Commosion gems have 2 layers of RNG

1. Getting the commision in the first place
2. There is a non-zero chance for you to get jack shit after its done

[white agate]

3. the commission is rarely the 8h one
4. even the 8h commission when giving gems gives little like around 50 at most i think

[zealous bough]

how do you get yuudachi meta?

[viscid swift]

right now you can't

[zealous bough]

oh i see

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1456675404986318994/1456756739473932393/Screenshot_20260102-151035.png?ex=695985ef&is=6958346f&hm=be2de64d7e503cbe295fd5bca32e59e68ab3b7ca7c60c7bd5db953427e8b4445&

what should i buy from this shop? gear or the ships above it?

[viscid swift]

/coredata

[odd root]

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

[viscid swift]

AFCT takes the place of the Black Shell, the latter goes straight into niche

[rigid onyx]

if i were starting again id do 2 white shells --> 2 tables --> 3rd white shell --> indep

[zealous bough]

thanks a lot for the help:)

any advice on whats a good bb to get when starting again? warspite from req shop and retrofit her? or is some 15 dollar pack for the labs better?

[rigid onyx]

warspite is a bit expensive and right now there arent many good perma bbs

usually an event bb is good but for the very start pennsylvania is cheap and good

[viscid swift]

if you really want to spend 15 bucks on a PR go for Monarch from PR1

[rigid onyx]

15 bucks on gems for dock space will be better after like 3 months though

[atomic vortex]

My intention is to grind the event for drop rewards at 55k 60k 70k and so on, I was just getting HVARs as a passive and I noticed that the drop rate is abysmal

Is my luck just atrocious or is this normal

[viscid swift]

none of the milestone rewards are worth it after 55k

[rigid onyx]

55k is the last milestone that matters

[slender turtle]

Yeah i mean I think i spent like 90k oil for 3 hvars this event lol

[verbal plinth]

rng is rng

[atomic vortex]

I want the tech boxes

[viscid swift]

you don't

[stark quiver]

Not having a shop/milestone hvar sucks

[viscid swift]

because how would you like to get it, open it, and find out what you got is a repair crane

[rigid onyx]

event being 3 weeks more than makes up for yorkii rerun having a shop hvar

[atomic vortex]

That's the joy of gambling

Actually can we find out what tech boxes hold?

[viscid swift]

yes

[rigid onyx]

what the high roll is a catapult?

[viscid swift]

literally the same drops as T4 yech boxes except you can only get gold gear

there's nothing rare or exotic that can drop from a T5 tech box

[atomic vortex]

Is there a contents chart it wiki page?

[viscid swift]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Equipment#Equipment_box_contents

[stark quiver]

Everyone still complaining smh

[slender turtle]

Hmmm i think i would rather have a 2 week event and a guaranteed hvar from shop, the amount of oil spent for the 3rd hvar would not exists if that was the case

[zealous bough]

how do you unlock sp in the event this is my first event

[viscid swift]

/hardmode clear D3

[odd root]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/460648604974055424/1322138175426269215/image0.png

[zealous bough]

thanks

[stark quiver]

I’d rather have a shop hvar and 5 days to farm
Anything else means I don’t get the blood rush

[slender turtle]

LMAO I mean if im not up all day and night sortieing, is it even a good event?

[viscid swift]

you need therapy

[slow fox]

Also true.

I believe that the actual and heuristuic feeling of Portland's tankiness - such that the rest of the model lines up relatively well with the other heuristic feelings of other's tankiness - can be constructed with some mean (perhaps a convoluted mean) of 6 (or more) different columns.

[meager path]

my phone battery died at 21.00 and i didnt pin discord in laptop so yeh

[copper turtle]

genuinely need to make space who do i retire 😭

[viscid swift]

dispose/use the dues and bullins first

[eternal basalt]

Get which you got 2 of until lvl 10 and limit break them

[forest palm]

buy space

[serene moth]

https://tenor.com/view/new-jersey-gif-1452662310833629741

[forest palm]

[zealous bough]

When is monarch better than izumo?

[forest palm]

Dev 30 Monarch is better than Fate Sim 5 Izumo, and if both have their Unique Augment Monarch will still be better

[zealous bough]

Ok so always monarch

Thanks:)

[blissful berry]

Anyone have an idea to when PR 9 is coming out?

also why no fate sim for Agir yet

[ivory pawn]

Like August ish.
No Fate Sim for Aegir cause no Fate Sim for Aegir, DR Fate Sims are kinda random.

[blissful berry]

Thats weird, we're at PR 8 and no Fate sim for DR 4 yet but aight thank you!

[rain bobcat]

hakuryuu has fate sim lol

they simply do fate sims whenever they want and not on a schedule

[turbid marsh]

probably want to boost opsi bosseshp and attack like 50% if want to use overkill like agir lol (and rewards too)

[fleet marten]

Any Good Commendable Gold Rarity Ships that are worth grinding for other than the given: Helena Retrofit, Kazagumo, Sirius, Independence Retrofit, Sandy, Oumi, Peter Strasser and no PRs mentioned

[hollow gust]

Dps CBs

[turbid marsh]

unicorn and cow

pens

[viscid swift]

Aurora, Chapayev

[turbid marsh]

aquila

[viscid swift]

Eldridge when her retro item is permanent

[rigid onyx]

zuihou

[proper violet]

Cowpens so good

[rigid onyx]

d7p

ddgs kind of

submarines

[modern acorn]

I was wondering about Ägir skin. One on one Leisure time still have the pillow as a censor??

Somebody please help me :))

[rapid tusk]

Currently at commander level 45. Guide says to do passionate polaris to get level up but it says i have no data keys?

Still can't get 3 stars on C1 on the current event

[ivory pawn]

Can you beat C1 on the current event? Then beat it like 10 times, then try and get the third star.

[rapid tusk]

I can beat it but I can't get 3 stars

[turbid marsh]

try again when safe

[ivory pawn]

Every time you beat a stage its Threat Rating goes down, up to 10 times.

The lower the Threat Rating, the less damage enemy ships deal and the more they take.

[keen flower]

i want a CL/DD to fulfill hard mode req
what should i use from here?

[blissful berry]

Anyone know when Vestal META is going to rerun or appear in shop?

[ivory pawn]

Not next cruise pass, but the one after that she'll be added to shop.

[blissful berry]

SWEAR

[ivory pawn]

So, uh, April 1st, no joke.

[blissful berry]

bruh

[ivory pawn]

I swear. Cross my heart, hope to die, and all that.

[blissful berry]

dont lie to me, every april 1st ive gotten bad news in the past 2 years

[ivory pawn]

Well, assuming the wiki is up to date. La Galissonnière META isn't in the META shop is she?

[stark quiver]

[blissful berry]

she is actually lol

[ivory pawn]

Wiki is not up to date.

[blissful berry]

[ivory pawn]

Therefore I lied. She'll be in the shop February 1st.

[blissful berry]

Thank you kind stranger

[viscid swift]

They're all pretty mediocre

What other stat requirements are you trying to meet

[keen flower]

level and AA ig

mostly level
maybe torp for the future

[viscid swift]

actually Glowworm is decent, needs her retro though

for torp you're mainly looking at IJN DDs

[zealous bough]

what guide? im new too

[keen flower]

k il level up gloworm then

[remote yarrow]

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide prob this one

If not no idea

[keen flower]

what does project identity, island planner, and private quarter give

[nimble cypress]

So what is the best aircraft to put in Hakuhous first slot anyways?

[nimble cypress]

Time wasting.

[nimble cypress]

Rather, Island planner is a time waster, private quarters unlocks some things like profile frames but otherwise it's seeing the shipgirls in 3D while Project Identity unlocks new appearances for TB and Navi or w/e

[stark quiver]

project identity is a child raising simulator, which you get to reach certain endings with TB/Navi to unlock secretary skins
Island planner is like an rpg where you manage well an island, farm stuff, make stuff etc, you can get gems and gifts (that can increase ship affinity) overtime but takes a while to do it
Private quarters AKA 3d dorm is a 3d ship girl interaction mode

[ivory sigil]

@keen flower Opsi guide from cheeky

self-note

ii have an issue, i face major long battle in Hard11-4

the boss is Sendai and she had Light armor

1st team is for standby only
2nd team is all enemy

my current gear

[whole crypt]

I won't say it's impossible to one fleet but you're reaching the limits of onefleeting especially if you're not stacked

[ivory sigil]

No i beaten it already

But it was A score
It is either i took it too longer than 120s

Or i let it auto and laffey die

[whole crypt]

same thing

[fleet marten]

Forgot Unicorn and Eldridge is done

So Cowpens, Aquila, Zuihou and De Zeven

Any uses for the DDGs though? or is it just pure FP focused since I got Sandy Retro, Tashkent, Mogador, and Z52

[whole crypt]

you could just repeat it until safe to see if it gets any better or you have to use a stronger fleet/add cross fleets

[viscid swift]

not really. vanguard damage has never been that relevant for bossing and the presence of better buffers has only made that more evident

there's always fleet tech to grind for though

[ivory sigil]

Hmm do i need to retrofit Independence to unlock her crossfleet??

[rain bobcat]

indep doesn't even have a damaging crossfleet

[viscid swift]

better would be to have Independence retrofit replace Unicorn

[ivory sigil]

But i need to beat 11-4 to get those retrofit item

[wind hazel]

so beat it

[stark quiver]

🧠

[wind hazel]

more like why arent you already at 12-4

[ivory sigil]

Would be better if when i finish willyD i hope i can replace laf.... wait a sec

[ivory sigil]

WHY DONT I SWITCH 1ST FLEET TO 2ND FLEET & viceversa

The DD is the only reason then i could just yeet the DD to the standby slot

[rain bobcat]

I dont know why ur trying to run healers into boss, instead of running 2 BB, and do you not have damage carriers apart from origami

[whole crypt]

note both of your carriers in fleet 2 are CVLs so one of them won't fit in fleet 1 slot

you could just level up the ships more so you can use both fleets

[ivory sigil]

Wait i cant i forgot i was bringing 3 DD and both of them the requirement arent allow 3DD to be standby

[ivory sigil]

It was let 1 team as standby, the main take the whole

[rain bobcat]

what

that's clearing mode already is it not

[whole crypt]

just level up the ships and 2 fleet it

and if you reach clearing mode you only have to fight the boss anyway

[rain bobcat]

you wont have a repeat sortie prompt outside of clearing mode

[ivory sigil]

realize

[whole crypt]

also if it's not safe yet it gets easier after you reach safe anyway

[ivory sigil]

So when i reach safe, i just need to auto it in non clearing mode right

To reach 3star etc

[wind hazel]

why arent you using fleet 1 to boss?
kotori origami unicorn/yoshino tohka yamai kurumi

[rain bobcat]

you can simply beat mobs, retreat, return do again for the escorts

[wind hazel]

is it dd torp requirement forcing you?

[ivory sigil]

I want too but the requirement for DD is too peak,

I hope i can solve this after getting something like laffey2 or z trafaga something

[wind hazel]

got japanese dd around? shiranui or naganami or kagerou

those have high torp stats

[rain bobcat]

it doesnt really help that tohka and kurumi have 0 torp

[whole crypt]

doesn't 12 have even higher TRP req

[rain bobcat]

2400 or smh

w13 is eva check, w14 is eva+torp

[whole crypt]

the bottom line is he needs to level up more shit

Laffey II isn't a particularly high TRP ship either

[fleet marten]

I see, I guess there isn't much to continue with when you complete the required Gold Rarity ones then its all fleet tech for the rest...

I'll take note for the ships good for tech some other time

[viscid swift]

not really that difficult

just use this to keep track of what's what
https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/db/tracker

[keen flower]

does opsi uses mood?

[rain bobcat]

no

[nimble cypress]

Anyone?

[viscid swift]

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

[keen flower]

i should just make it and upgrade it? for alabama
or do i make saratoga augment first

[wind hazel]

she's your only good BB yeah? then make it

augments are useless if they aren't lv10

[scenic mesa]

Is this a good gun?

[wind hazel]

for musashi

[scenic mesa]

Ay nice

[rapid summit]

Apart from AA how good is Laffey II compared to San Diego retro?

[wind hazel]

tanks way better

[rapid summit]

What about damage?

[wind hazel]

idk gun dmg, but seem about there. but aa sandy wins easily

[stark quiver]

laffey has less AA damage

[viscid swift]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13YbPw3dM2eN6hr3YfVABIK9LVuCWnVZF0Zp2BGOZXc0/edit?gid=0#gid=0

[rapid summit]

Ty

[ivory sigil]

yeah 1 or 2 of them
what about kazagoumo? does she good for DD in hardmode?

[tropic tusk]

who is this ?

[viscid swift]

Janus

[tropic tusk]

thx

damm that skin is not in game

[keen flower]

since i dont have cowpens, i should level up volga right
already have lex 2

[viscid swift]

I wouldn't say doing more pulls for Cowpens is outrageous

[ivory sigil]

and many other splash art that didnt become skin either

[tropic tusk]

lifes hard

[keen flower]

i only have 200 coobs rn, and i dont have coins
still have backlog of coin needs

[tropic tusk]

u still have a few days till event finish no?

[keen flower]

fair ig

[wind hazel]

better than all i mentioned

[keen flower]

better to go for cowpens at the cost of potentially not getting guam or laffey 2?
i have volga which can sub for it

[wind hazel]

you cannot not get laffey2 unless you slept through the event

[keen flower]

oh laffey is event?

[tropic tusk]

[wind hazel]

guam on the other hand is skippable, has permanent sidegrade nowadays in the form of a thick elf

[viscid swift]

Laffey 2 was a shop UR

[keen flower]

who?

[wind hazel]

gouden leeuw from series 8

[viscid swift]

And we have so many good AA ships for w15 now that missing one won't hurt you that badly

And Cowpens looks to be the next Aquila in a way

[ivory sigil]

hmmm i was going to ask who should i prior, between laffey2 and guam...

but since we can just try to dev30 gouden without spending any UR bulin.... i guess the UR bulin is for laffey2?

[wind hazel]

yes and laffey2 would use 1 less bulin as well if you get her 2nd copy

[stark quiver]

laffey 2 is pvp jesus

[keen flower]

oh yeah how is aquila nowadays?
still the 2 healer with uni retro

[rigid onyx]

eh

[ivory sigil]

wait so how can i compare laffey2 vs kazagomo ? 1 is goldbulin and 1 urbulin?

[rigid onyx]

laffey can't be pvp Jesus when eld exists

[tropic tusk]

they both work together tho

[viscid swift]

She's got a lot more competition these days

Such as Cowpens

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13YbPw3dM2eN6hr3YfVABIK9LVuCWnVZF0Zp2BGOZXc0/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Really though if you want an idea of where ships stand in the current meta

[keen flower]

oh wait i was thinking of perseus

suprising in that tier list percy is lower ranked than cowpens or aquila for mobs

[viscid swift]

Because late game mob fights last around a minute

[ivory sigil]

suchi did mention them in his video /https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRikqxmpKFg

[ivory sigil]

hmmm, help me abit
i want to try exp farming and wanna use abit of crossfleet stuff

i dont have anyone in crossfleet yet, beside indepenance.

(in my possibility) Who should i try priortize to get 1st?
-# AKA should i get Newjersey lv1 put her in standyfleet and call it a day

i also have this 2, does their ablity mean i can put them in fleet 4th and benefit from their heal??

[viscid swift]

I wouldn't get a ship solely for their cross fleet

[winged willow]

What kind of fleet do I need for ex event stage?

Gets wrecked

[viscid swift]

for normal node it's a pretty simple single target boss fleet

[fair lance]

So it’s my first time doing c1 gaming and I’ve run out of coins to trade with Akashi do I just go back to clearing opsi map at this point? lol

[viscid swift]

yes

[trim depot]

how do i set my autosearch to go after every enemy not just 5 mobs and the flagship

[viscid swift]

you can't

[trim depot]

damn

[viscid swift]

only need to do it at max one time for each map anyway

[trim depot]

im tryna do war archives and i wanna maximise each data key i use

but i dont wanna do it manually each time

[viscid swift]

farming for what exactly

[stark quiver]

cavalla

[viscid swift]

anyway, if you wanna save on keys just use helps

[trim depot]

helps?

[viscid swift]

high efficiency combat logistic plans

[trim depot]

oh yea i used all of them alr lol

[viscid swift]

anyway, I wouldn't stress about maximizing the keys too much

[trim depot]

alr

[ivory sigil]

-# me at 64/60 keys...
what should i do overflow of key?

Chessboard is my usual option rn but
I get plenty of dupe but only capable to half MLB them
if i dont have the character lv70 i just retire them dupe to save up dock slot right?

what WA should i do if i want to focus on gear lol

[viscid swift]

None of them

Don't worry about wasting the tickets

[rain bobcat]

the key doesn't matter

I haven't spent a single key in 6 years

[knotty jolt]

I've been spending some of mine for cavalla cause she's a WA exclusive

[stark quiver]

noob no cavalla

[knotty jolt]

Also will there be a livestream etc for next ur event for info?

[viscid swift]

Probably

[knotty jolt]

kewl

[ivory sigil]

but it need like half a month just to get 60 key
aka i would need at least 2 month to get these 4 IB tech faction score

-# (although i đi get Z46 after 3rd key used so.....) that is 0.5 month less maybe

[keen flower]

does fleet deployment reset hp to full or does it only get rid of the debuff

[onyx flame]

both

[keen flower]

k thanks

[onyx flame]

the D3 map drops are your last resort to fishing up faction tech, you can basically get enough from the coomons/purples that drop and that excludes whatever you may have gotten from gacha/medal shop

[stark quiver]

i overcapped ap for a fat 18 hours

[onyx flame]

is it possible for me to squeeze out 34 more hvar bps before the event ends

[ivory pawn]

I'm going to say no, but we're like 3/4 of the way through so you can maybe guess if you know how many blueprints you've earned so far.

[stark quiver]

why not lmao

[deft cloud]

What am I supposed to do? I just started with this game. I'm clicking Graf and nothing.

[stark quiver]

those are kinda just buffs, dont worry about it

[deft cloud]

Okay

[stark quiver]

you got the invitation ticket right

[stark quiver]

id reckon its possible within a 48 hour period if you are dedicated

and i mean real dedication

[onyx flame]

i got 66 bps so far but i kinda slacked off on my cycle last few days

[stark quiver]

if you have enough oil, 1:1s and time its doable

[ivory pawn]

That sounds like it might be doable then. And hey if you get close just use York2 WA to finish the last couple.

[onyx flame]

Yea been 1:1 it and still got oil in reserve

If only i got a 2nd healer up and running i could cycle more but oh well

[stark quiver]

oh wtf back then it didnt even take me 5 days
i went one hvar a day for 4

[stark quiver]

you dont have 6 healers and 6 vanguards?

[rain bobcat]

check the guide on my name

[plain saffron]

well the 1st run have bugged higher rate

[stark quiver]

i meant the rerun nagami

[onyx flame]

Only uni is in a useable state in a sense, dont got any of the secondary healer cept cowpen and she isnt leveled yet, perseus is 100 but idk if thats enough.

[stark quiver]

nah ur kinda fried
i didnt use full 6 healers i had a 125 ranger as well + a UR dd

[onyx flame]

I also dont got crossfleet for jack so unit actually gotta be decent 😔

[stark quiver]

just 1:1 and see how far you can go

[stark quiver]

[weary gust]

Basic 1:1 fleet that's strong enough w/o crossfleet is pretty much Uni+retrofit DD dps vanguard like a DDG.

[stark quiver]

just make sure you are getting S ranks on bosses, or else its useless

[rose whale]

Is it worth it to build a full eagle union main fleet for porter's buff?

[hollow gust]

Fleet dependent

[clear harbor]

Sorry this isn't a great screen grab. What does the pulsating black dot above a shipgirls head indicate? A debuff?

I'm using Helena, so I'm hoping that it's telling me her Radar Scan is active.

[wind hazel]

think it's raffaello's skill

are you using raff?

[clear harbor]

Yeah, I'm using Raff. And I think Raff's debuff is indicated with the painter's palette?

[hollow gust]

[wind hazel]

it's not helena lol

[hollow gust]

Helena is also a black hole

[wind hazel]

i literally tested it in cm with kurumi solo vanguard and i see it...

[viscid swift]

It means Any debuff

[hollow gust]

Its a symbol for diff debuffs , it can also
be Helena

[stark quiver]

there are symbols?

[viscid swift]

No

[wind hazel]

TIL

[ruby sinew]

is it worth buying the yuudachi retrofit item

[ivory sigil]

so it is dps check ???

[stark quiver]

yeah

[ivory sigil]

pls guide

[wind hazel]

use dps

[ivory sigil]

just use lion

wait i thought that normal boss is light shield

[wind hazel]

you dont have lion, what use lion

[stark quiver]

what guide

[wind hazel]

pls guide

[stark quiver]

boss is medium
just dont be shit

or is it medium

[ivory sigil]

do we need Lexi2 + YK2 lv120 + 6 HVAR for it???

[onyx flame]

its light

[stark quiver]

its light
ok bet

[stark quiver]

lmfao no
you dont even need cvs for it

[viscid swift]

I just used my Yorktown meta fleet

With la9s and not hvars

[stark quiver]

i used no fleet because idgaf about it

i have time
its ranger's tme to shine

[wind hazel]

lies, you tryhard ranger for ranking

[viscid swift]

Lies, no one can say no to 500 cog chips

[stark quiver]

oh cheeky you poor child

[knotty jolt]

Me sitting like a lazy sack of shit not doing it

[wind hazel]

alpha has 100k cog

[stark quiver]

im just gonna play to beat the cheater

[knotty jolt]

Honestly that ain't as egregious as sandy server cheater

[stark quiver]

he will be gone soon, manjuu always listens to me, like how they sniped NullGazer

[wind hazel]

how to not be taken seriously 101

[stark quiver]

they cant deny my divine wisdom

[arctic aspen]

Sorry but I'm gonna ask this annual question again

What are the absolute best 4 fleets for opsi now? Mobbing fleet can just be a bunch of broken ships, that is fine.

essentially the mobbing one gets the highest priority, for like soloing strongholds

[wind hazel]

if you wanna be lazy,
boss for all armour lion zwei meck/alsace z52 traf plymouth
mob for everything else unicorn+5 strong ships
fleet 3 and 4 crossfleets

if you wanna speedclear for mob you use fast load CVs and preload vanguard like ibuki

[rigid onyx]

fastest mob is probably lion (musashi gun) percy fast cv (bearnm, bois, etc) z52 ibuki harbin

stack xfleets

there's no real 'strongest' opsi fleets because optimizing for clearing on min adapts and clearing fast reqire differnt ships

i run percy amagi cv akagi \mu because my lion is locked to a fast gun

oh there's also watarase technology

[viscid swift]

Really no one cares because opsi isn't difficult anymore relative to the ships and gear available to bother optimizing fleets for it anymore

[arctic aspen]

yeah im looking for a no brain low adapts sweep fleet

laziest of the lazy, spoonfed slop

I know opsi is pretty easy but putting the strongest 4 fleets is a habit of mine

[slow fox]

If this is true, should I remove some considerations from eHP?

Only do arbiters for example

[wind hazel]

there's no low adapt sweep fleet

[stark quiver]

there isnt?

[wind hazel]

siren will sweep you

[stark quiver]

terrible game design

[rigid onyx]

hasnt this been a major criticism of the ehp chart for a bit because abyssals make vh plate seem a lot better than it actually is

[viscid swift]

Uhhhhj

[ivory sigil]

oh, i did it after took over manual

i was 0.1s before FAIL LOL

[rigid onyx]

i might be remembering something wrong

[stark quiver]

where the fuck is this boss's hit box

[slow fox]

OpSi in general has forgiving mods vs heavy, is the concern I hear a lot.

[sick kettle]

alright im finishing up nyakhimov do i move on to pr8 or try to get 2nd La9?

[slow fox]

-# According to my testing, not that much though

[rigid onyx]

?/50 for 2nd la9

[sick kettle]

2/50

[rigid onyx]

move to pr8

[rigid onyx]

you'll get a 2nd la9 in .5 months ish anyways from protocore shop update

or when is protocore update usually? late jan right

[viscid swift]

Usually with the LNY event

So it changes a bit every year

[rigid onyx]

ah

[viscid swift]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13YbPw3dM2eN6hr3YfVABIK9LVuCWnVZF0Zp2BGOZXc0/edit?gid=0#gid=0

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

This is the closest you'll get

[arctic aspen]

Im asking for no brain spoonfeeding slop, not a research project

[rigid onyx]

rainbow bb percy good cv + 3 rainbow vanguards

[stark quiver]

is it that hard to like just give a fleet lol

[arctic aspen]

yes it is for helpers in gachas in general

[rigid onyx]

probably like lion percy fritz z52 ply gleeuw or something

i dont really have experience optimizing extreme low adapts

[arctic aspen]

that is fine, I appreciate the effort

I know not many people deliberately ask to be spoonfed but this is specifically for people who do know, if you don't, do not stress yourself over it

[rigid onyx]

i dont know of people who are trying to create min adapts strongholds/c6 abyssal fleets tbh

[arctic aspen]

[rigid onyx]

maybe im just uninformed

there used to be min adapt harby people

[stark quiver]

i lost to the cheater 💀

[ivory sigil]

Wait i forgot is La9 priority high for new/midgame player? Or Wyvern still top?

[wind hazel]

wyvern

[stark quiver]

they use completely differnt mats

[wind hazel]

how would you know

[onyx flame]

you cant even craft a la9 in the gearlab

[wind hazel]

oh yeah they do

[stark quiver]

because i have eyes

[wind hazel]

true

[rain bobcat]

even if u could craft it would be ord as usual

its no secret that research gear is ord

[ivory sigil]

Sorry, i mean the necessary of them,
-# like they are important for ch13 14 etc? How much i need etc?
Since they are BiS of everyone so i need to get as much as possible right?

[wind hazel]

you don't need them
but you want them

[arctic aspen]

man.. brave frontier

[ivory sigil]

Apparently i didnt do any Research of 7, but some time their face appear like Napoli 8h or Rigging 5h of PR7 etc, should i try to get them or just ignore and PR8 for good

[whole crypt]

if you're doing a series focus the hell out of it before doing others

if you want PR7 you can focus that after you finish 8

[ivory sigil]

I see, btw meck 8h vs Rig 2h, which i should take

[true lichen]

Whats the best way to get 10 dragon empery tech points? Im all out of bulins to keep limit breaking them right now. These are the ships i have

[ivory pawn]

I wanted Meck asap, so I would've grabbed Meck. 8h is kinda bleh tho, if you don't mind taking a little longer on Meck better to grab Rigging.

[ivory sigil]

Having 114 / 170 dock space is insane

[true lichen]

How so

[ivory sigil]

But yeah u might want to buy bulin from merit ⚔️ by constantly pvp other so u can get them

[wind hazel]

buy from shop

[true lichen]

Already did that 😃

[whole crypt]

some of the An Shans are in guild shop

[ivory sigil]

Ohwell some of them require item to LMB mybad it was retrofit

[wind hazel]

what

[true lichen]

Oh ill take a look at guild shop ty

[whole crypt]

buying Chang Chun alone is already 10 points exactly, I assume you're trying to unlock Harbin

[wind hazel]

changchun and taiyuan from elite guild shop

[true lichen]

Yeah, just 10 more points for her

[late flame]

-# I should get ning/ping hai from shop someday

[whole crypt]

how many prints do you have for her and if not do you have other PR ships currently using your daily free/discounted prints

[keen flower]

does higher level campaign hard mode have better chance to give gold retro prints?

[wind island]

yes

[wind hazel]

we dont know but do higher stage for better core data

[whole crypt]

the real answer is we don't know

[ivory sigil]

How good is harbin

[wind hazel]

decent CL

[whole crypt]

not good enough for you to divert your attention now

[true lichen]

Im at 150/160 but i messed up when i put my missions that give the exp packs for those ships on pr5. So i need to finish an actual ship before i can focus on other pr exp missions

[wind hazel]

huh

do NOT use the combat data pack for combat data collection

[ivory sigil]

we are the same (me is PR6)

Tho missing the handbook mission for combat data is not big of a deal.... right?????????

[whole crypt]

I recommend doing Plymouth instead...

[true lichen]

Im 384/900 for ply

[whole crypt]

right Harbin just has a very low tech req because of how few Chinese ships there are...

[true lichen]

Cant buy any ships from guild store either, gotta wait for shop reset. Oh well lol

[whole crypt]

well thing is you don't have a lot of useful Chinese ships to grind with, and even if you bought Tai Yuan/Chang Chun you probably don't have the retrofit items and missiles

[wind hazel]

you can refresh it once if you haven't

[true lichen]

What else do i do with them? Do they have any use

[whole crypt]

personally I'd just put the PR5 missions on hold, they're a one-time reward anyway

[wind hazel]

you convert them into protocore

[whole crypt]

you analyze them for prototype cores in the depot

which is in fact, the recommended use for CDPs

[true lichen]

Interesting. Never heard of it before

[whole crypt]

now you have
prototype cores are fairly limited before you start generating excess research ship prints but you want them to buy a bunch of good gear from prototype shop

[ivory sigil]

Yes, u can use the trick to convert to protocore, it help u you buy Rainbow gear in the prototype shop

It was only for the endgame player who used to max out their PR ship and make use of Excess BPs and Combat data

but with the trick to convert to bypass, you can copy the same thing and get the rainbow gear like a boss

[whole crypt]

you're still not recommended to buy rainbow gear first...

[wind hazel]

it's not even for endgame player ~_~

[whole crypt]

it's just there as an "archive" for people to buy older series shit instead of needing to research them

but to get there you need to analayze CDPs, before you have excess research

[ivory sigil]

yeah u suppose to own Flandre/Champy gun as early recommendation and then tenrai

[whole crypt]

for some people it may be easier to craft stuff in lab than to buy from proto shop

[late flame]

just whale for pr pack

[whole crypt]

I don't have the protoshop sheet on hand but yeh chamapgne/flandre guns, BF-109Gs

[wind hazel]

it's faster to craft bf109g from GL

[candid yarrow]

what unit best replaces kurumi in yorktown meta's 1 shot fleet?

[whole crypt]

what fleet you using

[candid yarrow]

i havent updated it since the previous one

[true lichen]

Ill keep all that in mind. But the mission tells me to finish one of the pr5 ships and i got the last 10 points with the shop reset!!! Thanks guys. Ill see how things go, i probably have some extra exp packs too

[whole crypt]

oh right that thing doesn't cost electronics does it

[whole crypt]

again you don't need to rush to finish the missions, they're not going anywhere

[wind hazel]

ye pretty cheap all things considered

[whole crypt]

even if you have enough tech you don't have a good roster to grind for Harbin

[ivory pawn]

The ords hurt a little, but it's not too bad.

[whole crypt]

8 ords is a bit

that's a T3 ord right there

[candid yarrow]

is it just summoners

[wind hazel]

what is your "previous one"

[whole crypt]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uU-t3CrFFpKFrheOUHSNHysDfb86P11OztobBlAWWK8/edit?tab=t.0

[candid yarrow]

im looking at the doc that kinda looks like it

[whole crypt]

summoners help but there's only so many useful summoners
you still need a strong main fleet to make use of it

[wind hazel]

bro

[whole crypt]

also if you're using a 4 strike BB fleet for example, momo and laffey II don't work well for it

[candid yarrow]

who is momo again?

[brisk dragon]

is there anyway to obtain Williams outside the shop?

[candid yarrow]

collab?

[whole crypt]

ToLoveru collab

[whole crypt]

no and why would you need to

[brisk dragon]

so i should buy her as soon as i'm able to unlike META clev which i can wait to see if i get her from the farm/gacha

[whole crypt]

well you get a bunch of vouchers from other shit, you don't need to buy any vouchers to buy the first copy of WDP unless you started late

[wind hazel]

buy her by next wednesday

[whole crypt]

and yeh you don't have to decide now, event still has a couple more days to go

[wind hazel]

but you should have gotten the first copy if you have been playing lol

if you havent, then next wednesday

[ivory sigil]

uh.... guess i go get wyvern... but how long tho, 2 or 3 month of opsi???

[whole crypt]

roughly

[wind hazel]

more or less yes

[brisk dragon]

no i just noticed i have 200 vouchers. enough for the first copy i was just making sure that materials have no other use

[ivory pawn]

What armour is EX?

[kind needle]

just got the shop UR, I can buy 4 bulins on the proto shop, who should I MLB First?

[wind hazel]

L

[ivory sigil]

Light

[ivory pawn]

Ty.

[ivory sigil]

Why

[whole crypt]

the vouchers can be used for buying coins in event shop if you have excess vouchers

[wind hazel]

show other MLB UR

[brisk dragon]

will use those 200 of the UR copy first and see if i can get the 2nd copy. saving a UR bulin sounds tempting

[whole crypt]

show your MLB URs too
have you picked up cruise bulin
have you picked up 30k milestone bulin
have you bought this month's protocores from medal shop

[wind hazel]

make a choice, whether you wanna go anti light or anti heavy
hakuhou or lexington

[whole crypt]

or wait for Guam/Laffey II

[wind hazel]

personally leaning lexington since she has pvp use LOLOL

[late flame]

he has laff2 lol

[whole crypt]

oh then yeh LexII

[wind hazel]

both guam and laffey2 mlb 😂

[kind needle]

No, No, Yes.

[whole crypt]

then LB LexII first I guess though you're still quite far off on levels
you should have enough for another LB fairly soon if you haven't picked up cruise and milestone

[kind needle]

what is the order I mean,
Lex II > Hakuhou > ???

[wind hazel]

lexii>wait for feb UR

[whole crypt]

depends on what you want to do with them, they don't belong in the same fleets

[kind needle]

aight

[whole crypt]

LexII just has better long term potential since she also has use in PvP now

[kind needle]

I kinda lean into building anti light since I lack anti light imo

[whole crypt]

Hakuhou is basically just upgrading your IJN fleet

anti-light is not relevant right now so it kind of doesn't matter

[ivory sigil]

-# (i assume someone had try to buy a UR bulin)
How much $$$ is UR bulin?

[wind hazel]

you have lion alsace zwei fritz, you're alright

[whole crypt]

and yeh Lion/Zwei/Alsace/Fritz basically solves all your bossing needs already

[kind needle]

my problem ig is tech prob

[rigid onyx]

in packs sometimes; rn there's on for $37 that has 4k gems and a ur bulin basically

[whole crypt]

that's separate of using those ships for bossing though

there's only been like 1 or 2 limited packs with UR buling before, you can't whale your way past it besides whaling pulls for dupes

[rapid yoke]

Which ship on the pr series 1 should I build?

[whole crypt]

any one that you can work on

you don't have a lot of options early on

your XP is also not going to be particularly fast, it's just making use of what you can for now

[rapid yoke]

Saint Louis is available

[sinful socket]

I have 5 ur Bulins should I save or spend on Lexi2/Porter?

[whole crypt]

Saint Louis is usually one of the first PR ships you can work on, just go ahead with it

but don't worry if the progress seems slow

[rapid yoke]

Noted, thank you

[floral thistle]

who to MLB? I currently have 9 pURins in total (dock and protocores), and I am close to getting the cruise bulin. i have already obtained the milestone bulin as well.

[ivory sigil]

Should i buy vinceness in with 8k merit shop to rush USS fleetscore? (600+ atm)

How much they give yearly? (Assume)

[next escarp]

Do I just grind and wait for the commision where cubes are offered as rewards?, knowing that getting that cubes has chances only. Is there a way to alternative way to earn cubes except clearing stages from the campaign on the first time, commision or opsi?

[onyx flame]

your main way of earning cubes is from dailies, comms are a bonus
if its non event doing 1 light pull a day nets you 3 cubes a day from dailies

[next escarp]

Ahh dang it, how am I supposed to get 58 cubes before January 7 lol

My Card is getting nervous

[onyx flame]

iirc this nets you uh 168 cubes a month?

just play more, if you grind mission urgent comms can pop up which could be cube commisions

[next escarp]

Do they also pop up after clearing event stages?

[onyx flame]

they should but its rng still whether they showup

[next escarp]

I'll take the chances, thanks friend

[whole crypt]

did you miss Laffey II during Guam's original run

[ivory sigil]

-# play island planner for cube nvm

[next escarp]

Do they give cubes as reward?

[whole crypt]

daily/weekly mission, commissions is just RNG but you're still guaranteed 168+ each month

[next escarp]

Tell me more or I'll shower you with DMs

[whole crypt]

they don't

[next escarp]

Daym, I suck at probability

[whole crypt]

are you looking for cubes to hit pity before event ends or something

[floral thistle]

yes

[whole crypt]

how far is Nakhimov from dev30

[floral thistle]

like 15 prints away

[onyx flame]

they did say 58 cubes before 7th jan so imma assuming yea

[whole crypt]

finish Soyuz, keep the rest for Laffey II

is it 58 after deducting dailies/weeklies or 58 now

[ivory sigil]

Hmm handbook are the most easy handle probably

Despite being 7th week in Azurlane i had like 400+ cube rn

Within 7 weeks i had used:
160 lightroll (160 )
65 for DALcollab (130 )
65 rolls for Lex2 event (130 )

[whole crypt]

4 days of dailies is 16 cubes
there's 3 cubes from login stamp on the 4th
next week's weeklies is 12 cubes
that's 27 more cubes to fetch in 4+ days

it's going to be rough but it's possible

[honest mortar]

has the prototype 55mm gerat seen much play? it has a high dps for an aa gun but has less range than the roombas which are more often recommended

[onyx flame]

just need god grace for cube comms

[tulip tinsel]

it doesn't give any cubes, only a few gems after like 20hour gameplay

[rain bobcat]

buy lucky bag/cruise

[red sapphire]

Hi, am I suposed to be able to buy Merit from medal shop? I can't find it

[tulip tinsel]

afaik no

[stark quiver]

no

[red sapphire]

I see. Well, the game states It as a source for some reason

Thanks

[whole crypt]

merits are only PvP and daily/weekly missions

[red sapphire]

Yes, I know. I was asking because of the screenshot I shared. It says medal shop I wanted to make sure it's not

[sweet delta]

Range kills it, and fast reload isn't as good as most people thought 2 years ago

[ivory sigil]

Why did YorktownMeta got 3rd rank in vote Poll?? Did she strong or something??

[sweet delta]

Because she new

[onyx flame]

the power of recency bias 🔥

[sweet delta]

Better question is why Taihou is first by so much when people shat on her art when she released

[whole crypt]

did anyone think the fast reload is good 2 years ago

[sweet delta]

Ectl

[honest mortar]

[sweet delta]

until 2025

[next escarp]

Done all

[whole crypt]

because the minority is loud

[honest mortar]

i dont have the rainbow aa guns yet but using them on some aa focused guns should be fine right

[whole crypt]

roombas and sextuples

[onyx flame]

if you only need 58 cubes
you get 4 cubes for 4 days (just make sure to pull on the event banner a day)
3 from monthly login
12 from weekly
so that leaves you with 27 you gotta scrouge up from comms which is possible

just incase they didnt see the prev msg

[next escarp]

I only got until Jan 7 for pity pull

[whole crypt]

yes all those are cubes you can get before 7

[late flame]

whale for cubes

[ivory sigil]

So yeah in total of 6 weeks playing i had at least 820 cubes

How much cube on Common Resource again? 168?
So yeah i got around 300 cubes from playing constantly (maybe...)

Meanwhile 520 are from One-time/ RNG/Event/Mail

[stark quiver]

i had a thousand and dumped half into perma to try for aquila

[whole crypt]

168/month is the guarantee if you play

it's usually slightly more because the average is based on 4 weeks + 30 days or something

[rigid onyx]

its usually a lot more because comms are a large source tbh

[whole crypt]

well comms add up over time

it's RNG but you should get a handful everyday

[stark quiver]

lol

[late flame]

my rng is a lie since all i got was zero cube from comms for the past 2 weeks

[whole crypt]

did you actually log every commission return for 2 weeks

[late flame]

i did out of boredom at some point

[ivory sigil]

I do lost some cube due to forgot 3/3 hardmode but yeah it is minimal loss

Btw i forgot i was asking about
Is there a pool for Merit character?

[onyx flame]

the cube is whatever compared to the coredata lost

[whole crypt]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Shops#Merit_Shop

[late flame]

i am also losing out on coredata* since i have not gotten to w14h

[rigid onyx]

caring about core data in 2026

[onyx flame]

how else will i afford white shells for all my bbs

[strange sphinx]

and Rainbow table with limited of 2

[ivory sigil]

pls talk about gems income as f2p

It is already 2026 and what appear in my mail is barely anything worth

Does they gift gems in LNY??

[whole crypt]

there's basically only free gems in CNY and anniversary

[tulip tinsel]

you pray for nonexistent maintenance gems

[whole crypt]

CNY you get a trickle that adds to uhhh 400-ish gems, didn't keep the count doc

anniv is basically year x 100

[stark quiver]

do you guys do daily hard mode

[white agate]

why should we not?

1 cube

[whole crypt]

it's just afking for 5 minutes

[slate estuary]

i need a second fleet can i get some help

[tropic tusk]

wht is it for? wht is ur first fleet? wht other units u have?

[slate estuary]

i use them

need second fleet for campaign

[onyx flame]

damn he really just threw in all rainbows and call it a day

[rapid tusk]

Why can’t I do C3 yet?