gameplay-help

[arctic aspen]

What I'm basically asking is if you have something better, suggest it

[arctic aspen]

I genuinely wanna know why that is so much of a problem

[rigid onyx]

hard to take it seriously when you link a mob fleet with luna for someone that doesnt want speed

[whole crypt]

that's what I suggest (and currently use)

[rapid shard]

Bois just for speed clearing with the fast strikes?

[clear harbor]

Is that independence in the first fleet?

[broken kayak]

atdan girls #1

[arctic aspen]

is that ayanami, I cant tell with the skins lol

[undone tundra]

atdan girls #1

[broken kayak]

man of culture

[arctic aspen]

wait no it cant be

[whole crypt]

Gouden Leeuw

[undone tundra]

no

[hollow gust]

Cause there is nuances when recc fleet comps, they just don't work for most people if you don't fulfil specific criteria's

[arctic aspen]

definitely in the case of all other modes but I feel like there's the same template for opsi for a long time is it not

how much has opsi been changed

[stark quiver]

0

[arctic aspen]

[crisp wraith]

OpSi latest update is like, Arbiter fights I think.

[rigid onyx]

people who optimize opsi care about mob speed usually

lion/percy/ good damage cv (essexkai, maybe) golden leeuw/z52/ply probably can clear abyssals and strongholds at lower adapts than most fast fleets

[hollow gust]

[arctic aspen]

essexkai is like literally the only one I'm missing, LMAO

[stark quiver]

new ships release often so there isnt much of a template

[rigid onyx]

double bb is probably better tbh

[arctic aspen]

that's fair, but I haven't asked in a really long time so I wanted to update it

[stark quiver]

ill go fry something up in uhh 16 hours or so

[rigid onyx]

dont you already have adapts

[arctic aspen]

It's just something I do

[stark quiver]

Not really

[crisp wraith]

This is the latest I could find for CN speed clear fleet, updated for September.

[stark quiver]

speed 💀

[arctic aspen]

That's crazy

[crisp wraith]

Lightning McQueen

[rigid onyx]

im stupid who's the bottom right bb

[stark quiver]

ariM

[rain bobcat]

ari meta

[crisp wraith]

Arizona Meta

[arctic aspen]

there's less UR than SR lmao

[rapid shard]

Why the rainbow IJN torps over improved quads or normal mags?

[rain bobcat]

damage

[rigid onyx]

is this new tech

[silver lintel]

Atago wtf

[arctic aspen]

yeah this is ridiculous

[wind hazel]

no it's old

[arctic aspen]

I'll just stick with UR slop

[hollow gust]

Speed clear fleets are so fucking useless , half those things don't do shit unless you know what you are doing

[crisp wraith]

This is already 3 months lmao.

[stark quiver]

its like that one godforsaken c1 fleet

[wind hazel]

it's clear c1 within 1s kind of speed fleet

[undone tundra]

this is not the latest

[crisp wraith]

Oh shit fr?

[undone tundra]

updated a few days ago

[crisp wraith]

I see.

[stark quiver]

ill stick to BA

[rigid onyx]

c5

[hollow gust]

That's why you are asked inquiry questions, instead of slapping random fleets in

[rigid onyx]

c1 im pretty sure is witchM no healer

[wind hazel]

if you read the caption, it's c1 c5

it is used for 1s clear c1

there's also royal oak version, also mostly same shit as this with ariM

[undone tundra]

general is this one

seems no change for the c5 speed team

[crisp wraith]

Yeah no change for C5.

[wind hazel]

ngl but they all look the same, but different, but still same.

saving 10s only to get stuck in the fog while you afk

[stark quiver]

[crisp wraith]

Fog, OpSi's strongest opponent.

[ivory sigil]

Man that's alot of adapt need to farm

[undone tundra]

those craziest guys spent 10hrs+ in c1/c5 so still quite important for them

[wind hazel]

cn tryhard built different

[rigid onyx]

all that time to just have no cogs anyways

[undone tundra]

yeah

[atomic abyss]

Opsi more like kanasai

[stark quiver]

thats why i pvp

[rigid onyx]

Didn't you overcap 5

[atomic abyss]

Anyways folks
A general reminder to be nicer

[rigid onyx]

I can't talk I overcapped 50 atp

there still hasnt been an answer to the guy's question it turned into speed clear again for some reason

[stark quiver]

nnt answered

[whole crypt]

looks like WDP swapped in

[rigid onyx]

respectfully nnt's answer is semi speed

[whole crypt]

I have 2 boss fleets what else do you want

[stark quiver]

i have no boss fleets
i use the power of friendship from my 4 fleets combined

[crisp wraith]

That's for general fleet. C5's fleet is still this.

[undone tundra]

for the c5, no change, but WDP swapped into the general one

[rigid onyx]

best fleets for: mob fleet gets highest priority one trick low adapt stronghold fleet

is what the guy wants

[wind hazel]

nobody here has the answer, nor bili

[rigid onyx]

fair enough

just do lion uni + 4 rainbows

wait low adapts stronghold uni is worse than percy

[arctic aspen]

I also clarified that it can just be UR slop that's better than what I currently have

nothing sweaty

[undone tundra]

i guess not

the other way round, isnt percy for speed clear?

[rigid onyx]

stronghold boss reverses your healing

[wind hazel]

the best sidegrade i can think of is to use eldridge instead of kron to proc invulnerability for your vanguard

other than that it's whatever

[arctic aspen]

This helps, thank you, these are answers I'm looking for

[wind hazel]

it's still rng, it can be worse

[stark quiver]

i wonder if kotori,lex2,lion,laff2,ykkz,eld would work

[arctic aspen]

[trim depot]

Is it fine to buy more dock space from here?

[undone tundra]

sounds like a pvp fleet

[wind hazel]

because it is

[arctic aspen]

free dock space is free dock space

[stark quiver]

it has full oaths and max +13s aside from an aux gun and some dd guns

[rigid onyx]

your fleet gets stuck in the goop and you just die to a regular mob

[trim depot]

it won’t be affected if I switch guilds right?

[arctic aspen]

I think its per guild

I never left my guild so idk what counts as active and what doesnt

[trim depot]

if it is I might gotta switch up on my day 1s

[rigid onyx]

you keep what you bought but you have to restart progress for guild contribution to get higher levels

[rain bobcat]

I mean just this + 2 more crossfleet will do for entirety of opsi

like theres not even a reason to swap gears on team 1 because it can kill all harbiters regardless since it's that easy

[wind hazel]

no goldburn, what is this poor fleet

[arctic aspen]

where heal

[rigid onyx]

bottom fleet for mob?

[rain bobcat]

did z52 need it idk I just forgot

[stark quiver]

i got dickwadded

[rain bobcat]

bottom fleet + 1 more vg for mob, top for every single boss

[wind hazel]

it's a bossing fleet anyway, toolkit kinda useless there. replace with goldburn

shove in offensive aux too

usb, rpg, etc

[rigid onyx]

harby actually has vanguard pressure

[rain bobcat]

usb and stuff is fine yeah

I just dont put oxytorp/fumo because november harbiter

[wind hazel]

that's fair for nov

[rain bobcat]

the goal is to not switch gear at all the entire year and id say it works well

[arctic aspen]

this is so me

but I aint ever heard of anyone using ibuki and watarase in big 2025-6

[silver lintel]

Ibuki still the fastest mobber

[rain bobcat]

fast clear + enough to clear stronghold provided the backline isn't deplorable in dps which it isn't in that fleet

[sweet delta]

I heard that people use Ibuki for high EX scores

[arctic aspen]

who's the 3rd vanguard?

[rain bobcat]

anyone, im using hindy

[whole crypt]

the fleet I use worked fine for low adapt stronghold

speed doesn't mean it can't handle bosses/strongholds

the Lion variants are also roughly designed to kill boss nodes outside of abyssals by the time Lion needs to shoot

[stark quiver]

Nnt moment

[whole crypt]

which is why Unicorn is better than Perseus or at worse neutral when it comes to healing

[arctic aspen]

I dont mean to have any conflict, Im just looking for the best afk slop

[whole crypt]

unless you have another preload carrier going ahead of Unicorn/Perseus, their first airstrikes will launch before stronghold boss spawn

but Perseus will then instantly negate her own healing with the second preload while Unicorn has 17-18s for you to kill the boss

[rapid shard]

@sweet delta on your DPS sheet. What is R column for? is that who they are paired with?

for the vanguard section

[arctic aspen]

I was not informed of her power

[whole crypt]

she's not bad
but she's also not complete for you if you don't MLB her

[wind hazel]

[whole crypt]

her DPS is also somewhat reliant on your flagship being a fast attacker

[knotty jolt]

wait what? prints? I

[arctic aspen]

prints?

[whole crypt]

wait

[wind hazel]

she eats gold bulin

[sweet delta]

Sorted by DPS, unrelated to left side

[arctic aspen]

ngl she does look like a pr ship lowkey

[whole crypt]

nvm brainfart I sholdn't be talking AL while working

[crisp wraith]

Watarase is also my favorite PR ship

[whole crypt]

but yeh you need to MLB her and you need a fast attacking flagship to get the most out of it

[undone tundra]

watarase is specialised for speed c5 with a specialised team only, not that powerful under all circumstances

just ignore her if you are not a tryhard guy who want to save 1~2s for each battle in c5

[light trail]

is 1/8 maintenance for guam/laff2 rerun

[rigid onyx]

no

[light trail]

when's that estimated to be

[rapid shard]

That is on the 15th

[light trail]

oh okok sick

[vestal yoke]

who should I redeem from my wishing card?

[atomic vortex]

There's a whole guy in here with the re run date as his name

Whats fastest way to get points to unlock new ship yard developments?

[silver lintel]

Is this coming maint w16

[rapid shard]

For xp or the faction tech to start them?

[atomic vortex]

Tech to start

[rapid shard]

MLB ships of that faction and or level them to 120

[whole crypt]

depends on the ships, some factions just don't have easy sources if you don't already have the ships around

[wet prairie]

Is the only thing this maint W16?

[whole crypt]

and event ending

technically if you're not a lategamer this is a dead week

[wet prairie]

Rip

Also are data mines back on?

where w16 datamine

[rapid shard]

That wont be up till servers go into maintence

[red sapphire]

Hi, from shipyard I developed Mecklenburg, Daisen, Shimanto, Plymouth, Anchorage, August von Parseval, Cheshire and Neptune. I'll finish Ägir today (a couple of runs on 12-4 ). What should I develop next?

[rapid shard]

FDG would be a decent one. Gascone also gives +2 BB RLD when you 120 her

[red sapphire]

Actually FDG would be nice because I lack of a pr2 for the newbie missions

Thanks

Is she good?

[rapid shard]

Solid early/mid BB till you get better rainbows

[red sapphire]

I have Musashi Lion Zwei and Vanguard. Don't know FDG will do better than Sashi on mob

[rapid shard]

Na Sashi is better lol honestly you dont "need" FDG. id just knock out gascone for the RLD tech

[red sapphire]

Okay, so when I finish that, at this point do I have priorities for shipyard or I just randomly do?

[rapid shard]

Get what you want at this point tbh. All the really good ones are just timegated by BPs

[red sapphire]

Alright, thank you so much

[twin bronze]

Do lion prefer using black shell and +9 crossbow over yellow shell and sword?

[rapid yoke]

Would she be worth building?

[strong tartan]

yes but quite expensive

[agile sky]

shop priority guide says to ignore dupe since u can use bulin but with the meta ship, does the dupe now become high priority or nah?

[barren token]

the 4 crystals at 2000 each is very cheap, if you don't get them by 1/15 your only option to MLB cleveland will be buying them in the META shop

[whole crypt]

in most cases it's either white+black or white+radar/table

[vale spindle]

you can still ignore but its 8k for all dupes instead of 32k like a normal event so more managable

[whole crypt]

it's probably better to deal with event points than crystal fragments later

[red sapphire]

How good is Cleveland META?

[whole crypt]

average event gold

[agile sky]

would yall rate it above or below the f4u and the blueprint?

[whole crypt]

below corsair, above blueprints if you will bother with META ships

[vale spindle]

I love plus 1 cl fp yay

[whole crypt]

if you have no intentions of raising or using her soon the crystals can be a worry later, assuming you can't get enough points
also you can level them to 120 if you want to bother for tech, though it's harder to deal with what's effectively a 0LB ship
you're not particularly losing anything faction tech wise since there's currently no use for META faction tech

[whole crypt]

well you can still level clemeta without crsytals, just a bit more annoying

[agile sky]

gotcha gotcha, thnx.

[inland seal]

Haiyo, anyone has recommendations for who to limit break as a starter

[tropic tusk]

If I'm not wrong meta mats are limited per month in opsi right?

[tropic tusk]

Unicorn

[inland seal]

Just her is gud enough?

[tropic tusk]

/guide

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Guides to Azur Lane

If you're not sure where to start or how to optimize something, try checking these out!
🔹 English Community Guide Compendium by samheart564
🔹 Campaign Progression Guide by cheeky1467

Contains a list of guides about key Azur Lane gameplay mechanics, including:

• Newbie Tips
• Common Resource Guide
• Research Guide
  and more!

If you are an older player aiming to push endgame content, you can check these out instead!
🔹 META Chronicles by pilica12
🔹 Suchiguma Azur Lane Guides by suchiguma

Contains a list of endgame oriented guides and deeper dives into gameplay mechanics, including:

• Chapter 14 and 15
• Challenge Mode
  and more!

Here are some other useful commands:
Use /tierlist and /equip for a ship and equipment tier lists
Use /tags for a full list of things I can help you with

[tropic tusk]

Give that a read

[inland seal]

Aight tyyy

[whole crypt]

new ship is Fujinami

sub support fleet

[peak moat]

what is the best research focus for gear right now? pr5-pr8

[whole crypt]

8

[charred pollen]

[whole crypt]

fog mechanic, visibility based on AVI

[peak moat]

Is it just for the new ur gun or are the yellows good too?

[whole crypt]

mainly the BB gun
the CL gun is okay but depend on whether you have better
PR5 is already in lab
most of what you want from 6 and 7 should be in proto shop

[rain bobcat]

do they like actually come

or is it some weird torps that support here and there

[boreal wagon]

it works kind of like air support fleet

[rain bobcat]

I mean if we're the allies I doubt it'll be planes, very likely just insane amounts of bullet/ramming/torp damage

its centre force whch had like 10BBs, 20 DDs

[wind hazel]

they finally making us raise subs for real

[charred pollen]

What’s the highest level of enemy ships currently for w15?

[rain bobcat]

130

[charred pollen]

[rain bobcat]

iirc w16 will be 132 on 16-4 boss

[wind hazel]

sub 16-1 16-2,
cv 16-3 16-4

wtf manjuu

[charred pollen]

Just mentions on the post of it being level 132

[rain bobcat]

boss?

[charred pollen]

Surely it won’t be that bad

[wind hazel]

no the support fleet.
1 and 2 sub support
3 and 4 cv support

[rain bobcat]

ah

[fluid brook]

How good is cowpens and what will i be missing if I skip her?

[wind hazel]

very good, probably best 2ndary healer with great dmg

[fluid brook]

ok ty

[wind hazel]

you also miss out rld tech

[rain bobcat]

I tried running cow on 15-3/15-4 mob and she basically always mvps on the musashi setup

[wind hazel]

i tried suchi's setup, cow mvp too lol

[red sapphire]

Is there a way to gold upgrade a ship on shipyard without using my BP? So when it's finish I can just trade them?

[whole crypt]

Submarine support fleet
On ch16 you can form a submarine support fleet using SS, SSV and IX-S
On entry to the map there is a round of submarine interception, the results of the interception will determine the strength of yours and the enemy's fleets' concealment
The sub support fleet carries out support torp strikes

Fog of war
There will be fog of war on the map, you cannot tell the scale and type of enemy nodes in the fog, or enemy facilities*
When you sortie there will be a visibility level based on your AVI, visibility increases as you kill enemy nodes
When total visibility level reaches a certain amount the boss node will appear
An area leaving your visibility level will be covered in fog again
Enemies are strengthened based on number of enemy nodes in fog

Ground air base
There will be enemy ground air bases on the map, enemy air support will be strengthened based on the number of air bases
Air bases can be destroyed using the airstrike order from your carrier support fleet (should be similar to ch15)
Only air bases not covered by fog of war can be destroyed

Unique augs: Magdeburg & Renown
New ship: Fujinami (IJN DD, CV Umezawa Megu, has EX voice) (presumably 16-4 drop)

VV character story
VV fleet chat

Island requests and transport costs after lv41 will be changed to as lv40

[boreal wagon]

does jp actually use the word they use for avi cuz mtl gives me air status which implies ACV to me

[wind hazel]

only if they can be coined, and you don't have existing BP of them

if you have their BP then you are forced to use them

[summer patio]

Are any of the SR ships in the medal shop worth it?

[whole crypt]

word for word it says "Aviation stat"
ACV uses a different term

[red sapphire]

Okay that's what I wanted to check. Thanks

[boreal wagon]

so just mtl being mtl

[whole crypt]

I can check CN later after I wrap up my current work

I just read JP first because it popped up in-game

[wind hazel]

Medal shop ship hull priority

BB-Alabama, the rest for faction tech
CV- Enterprise, the rest for faction tech
CA- no priority, only for faction tech
CL- San Diego, Sirius, the rest for faction tech
DD- Kazagumo, the rest for faction tech
SS- U-96

[boreal wagon]

i dont think CN even mentions what its based on

[summer patio]

Thank you!!

Do I replace Pennsylvania with Alabama?

[wind hazel]

depends on the level and whether you can max limit break alabama or not

eg, replacing lv80 penny with lv1 alabama is no no

[whole crypt]

it doesn't
additionally SS support is 16-1/2, CV support is 16-3/4

[boreal wagon]

yeah mori already said the latter

[summer patio]

How about lvl. 70 replacing 80, would that be worth it?

[wind hazel]

yes

get alabama's special augment too

[summer patio]

What do I have to do to unlock SP and EX in the event?

And C1 and D1, I can't find them

[north gorge]

there's a toggle on the A/B maps to change them to hard, at the bottom left

[boreal merlin]

should've read more reddit threads earlier and i wouldn't have wasted resources on these shits. especially the gold triple 406 and messerFUCK (I had like 6 of those lvl10 which i deleted earlier)

[wind hazel]

keep the boiler

[knotty jolt]

personally would hold onto the twin 381mm just cause I'm old

[boreal merlin]

i was pretty reluctant to let that one go cause its been on my Lion ever since i pulled her

[knotty jolt]

Back in my day it was one of the best for barrage BBs

[whole crypt]

depending on where and how you asked in reddit you could have gotten trash advice anyway

[boreal merlin]

I was put in here https://www.reddit.com/r/AzurLane/comments/139bssp/text_post_about_bad_gold_gear/ and another reddit thread put me on the Safe to Scrap website

[knotty jolt]

Quick skim and looks fairly ok advice

Missing abit due to being 3 years old tho

[boreal merlin]

ye

[inland seal]

hai, im quite underleveled for the main story, is there any way to farm exp?

[summer patio]

Where is the Hard Mode toggle?

[crimson glacier]

tap a stage first

[onyx flame]

/hardmode

[odd root]

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

[onyx flame]

are you underlevel by ships or commander level?
but either way grind the event rn

[inland seal]

ship

im new so uhh is the event hard?

[knotty jolt]

Depends, if you are high enough level shipwise it's easy.

If you aren't the higher areas might prove difficult

[inland seal]

my highest one is 33 lmao

[knotty jolt]

You should just go and grind out some more levels then in general

[inland seal]

by farming story?

[knotty jolt]

Preferably the highest stage you can do in the event actually

[onyx flame]

no event still

[knotty jolt]

Event XP will be similar to campaign xp for you since you're still starting out

[inland seal]

ohh i see tyy

[stone sluice]

Submarine support fleet.
Likely the time of regretting not getting tempesta ships has come

[tulip tinsel]

any news on w16?

[forest palm]

looks like we're getting FoW in 16

https://azurlane.jp/news/724

[wind hazel]

yeah we talked about it already

[tulip tinsel]

ok thx

[wind hazel]

scroll up for more details

[forest palm]

all the detail is in the patch notes, and they asked about news

[wind hazel]

jp left out some info which cn covered

vice versa cn jp

[whole crypt]

as they always do

the only one you never really need to read is EN

[wind hazel]

en keep suspense, thriller move

[forest palm]

FoW is so fun...

[whole crypt]

I have 120k oil for this should be fine

[wind hazel]

i have 12k

[rain bobcat]

I have 10

[ivory pawn]

You guys have oil?

[gilded carbon]

Rarely. Its best used, well, used

[forest palm]

I farmed 4 HVAR this event, so not really

[rain bobcat]

why

[forest palm]

why not

[onyx flame]

i too am farming 4 hvars

[whole crypt]

surely you have more in storage

[gilded carbon]

How important are these HVAR-planes. Im at 80k currency and i have not 1 full plane yet

Plus 1 from YK2-Rerun-Shop

[whole crypt]

fairly important for an anti-light CV fleet, more so if you want to push the supposedly top anti-light USS fleet

[gilded carbon]

How many would i need

[whole crypt]

at least 2, preferably 5

[gilded carbon]

5? Yeah No. Not gonna Happen with my luck

[whole crypt]

not like you have much time left to farm it, just cope with Yorktown II archive or wait for it to show up in lab

there's also no relevant light boss now anyway

[gilded carbon]

2 will be fine

Other Rocket-Fighters wont Work?

[gilded pier]

👋

[whole crypt]

where have you been burning all that

[wind hazel]

12-1

[gilded carbon]

Anyway, thank you kindly nntktt

I will cope with 2

[rain bobcat]

allegedly from no vanguard test via jimmy its very close to the current best lion zwei alsace/ other variants

[wind hazel]

hvar gap bf109g, so the dmg difference is quite big

[rain bobcat]

so with willy dee its def gonna be better

[whole crypt]

I don't doubt the potential there's just no place to use it

[rain bobcat]

but yeah the bosses we have are cringe

helmet is a joke and wichita is wichita

[whole crypt]

next thing you know is we get a light META but somehow fucks with the kearyorklex comp

[rain bobcat]

the harbiter I took down to 30 bars in 1 strike lol

[whole crypt]

I don't have the comp up to test on harb, I guess I could try low-adapt hitting it

[rain bobcat]

I mean technically yeah isn't low adap hitting decent test

[whole crypt]

well I don't want ot change comps again

[balmy skiff]

in terms of tiering (F is the lowest and META is the highest)
how good are Lex2 aka Rafa 2.0 and BisZwei 3.0 and William Deported

[whole crypt]

I'm still busy raising Kotori's affinity using a shitty comp in 12-1

wtf is F-META

[balmy skiff]

a tiering.

[whole crypt]

just for the record META and meta are different things in AL

[wind hazel]

they are both meta tier in anti light

[whole crypt]

META doesn't really mean anything tier wise

[balmy skiff]

X tier then?

[wind hazel]

but anti light is not the meta now

so them being meta tier in light, is not meta right now. thus they are meta and not meta

[whole crypt]

anyway Lex II, Raf, BisZwei and Willie D are all top tier ships, but all for different things

[rain bobcat]

great

[gilded carbon]

What is William D. used for?

[rain bobcat]

well willy is technically just z52 but not tanky and no dmg outside of uss anti light but thats besides the point

[wind hazel]

fleet wide buff, and EU fleet buff

[whole crypt]

may be good for 15 mobbing but otherwise a great boss fleet buffer especially for USS fleets

[gilded carbon]

Noted, thanks.

[rain bobcat]

willy does 5% dmg taken debuff to enemy and boost flagship by 10%

[whole crypt]

additional boost for USS main fleet too so basically she's an auto slot for KearYorkLex if you build it

[rain bobcat]

unfortunately not tanky so you give up ply to use z52 although that's not really a big loss

[gilded carbon]

Since i wont be able to Field the EU-HVAR's, do i even need to bother anytime soon with the lack of light Bossing-Content outside of an light-Harbiter

[whole crypt]

light harb isn't relevant light bossing though

[gilded carbon]

Assumed so. Once every three Months is hardly relevant justification to make use of so many ressources right now

[balmy skiff]

what's the best backline for light as of rn

[rain bobcat]

light harbiter is a fly lmao

[wind hazel]

you can use lion soyuz/alsace and fritz. ez 2 hvar antilight

[spice ingot]

hello, new player here. If i buy second floor, will ships get exp for level up or not? sorry if my english sounds so bad

[signal inlet]

who should i paired with lex2? can i use essex?

[onyx flame]

they dont get exp on the 2nd floor but get slight more morale regen

[signal inlet]

no, only for regen morale

[spice ingot]

I see, thanks for the answer

[onyx flame]

in theory best pairing would be kearsarge + yk2

[rain bobcat]

essex isn't a great anti light bosser

[white agate]

the exp from drm is negligible anyway

[signal inlet]

woah kears still on progress, i dont have yk2

[white agate]

only use of dorm is for farming morale regen

and cute decorations

[trail dagger]

Should i build her?

[soft raft]

She's pretty niche, kinda whatever in terms of priority

[trail dagger]

I see, guess gonna left her be

[mighty tulip]

Two questions what do I do with all those data cards and who should I retrofit next?

[tropic tusk]

swap helena with laffy is better

[tropic tusk]

war archrive u can just ignore it , unless u want ironblood tech. as for retrofit portland > laffy > helena

[mighty tulip]

Okay I finished Uni and just did Portland

Will start Laffy thanks

[tropic tusk]

dont forget to swap their place

[mighty tulip]

Which archive to do for an iron blood vanguard?

[knotty jolt]

divergent chessboard

[onyx flame]

only other reason to touch war archive is if your not high enough commander level to reach chp 9 of campaign and there no event going on for you to grind

[mighty tulip]

Oh okay so do war archive after event

[knotty jolt]

or you're trying to 100% collection and are missing someone cough Cavalla cough

[tropic tusk]

Scherzo of Iron and Blood,Inverted Orthant,Tower of Transcendence,Rondo at Rainbow's End,

<@&460646206851252224>

[onyx flame]

if your doing the ex war archive make sure to only do hard mode and dont bother with 3 starring em
if your grinding commander level do passionate polaris in sp instead

[mighty tulip]

Okay i’m gonna atart retrofitting Laffey and just continue doing C2 in event then will grind commander level in polaris after event

Thanks everyone everyone 🙏🏽

[tropic tusk]

dw u will be coming back soon

[onyx flame]

184k points for 100 hvar bps wonder if i can squeez out another 25

[knotty jolt]

Save yourself w16 coming soon

[onyx flame]

im not even in w14

[polar lion]

For gears what's the difference between max stats and max enhanced?

[knotty jolt]

I woulda expected someone like you to be done with campaign

[knotty jolt]

max enhancement usually are their max stats unless you're referring to something else like sorting on the wiki

[tropic tusk]

when is 16 coming?

[polar lion]

Yea sorting on wiki

[onyx flame]

max stats prob means at max level, while max enhance means the highest level of the gear gold 12 pouder guns only are shown

[white agate]

the true question is: when are my 300 gems

[onyx flame]

actually there more to max enahced as well

[tropic tusk]

just swipe

[woven star]

Max enhance for purple 11, gold 13. Stats at 10

[weary gust]

No. Max Stats = Level 10. Max Enhance = Max level gold plates upgrade to, which is +7 for blue, +11 for purple, +13 for gold, +13 for UR.

[white agate]

wait, actually its 250

[polar lion]

Oo thanks

[onyx flame]

well i was mainly looking at the icons in the wiki and the lower tier gear just poof so wasnt looking at the stats as well but in wiki case it just shows highest rarity and its max enhanced

[weary gust]

The only gear that goes poof on max enhance sort is common. Blue and up are still all there.

[onyx flame]

was talking about the lower tiers of the same gear

[trim depot]

why has akashi stopped giving free shit to me did i piss her off

6 day streak over

[woven star]

@onyx flame Some gears don't have higher equivalent of purple, gold or rare tier. So they can be enchanted higher then x3 or x6 max stats. And at same way gears which have higher rarities can't have max enchance

[ivory pawn]

There’s a limit to how many rewards she gives. Or you need to buy more gems.

[trim depot]

[tulip tinsel]

she's greedy scamcat

[tropic tusk]

u buy in shop she will gift u

[steel swift]

Once I purchase one of these items and it runs out, will it refresh again?

[knotty jolt]

no

[hollow gust]

its limited, you are limited to that many

[knotty jolt]

the number equates to the times it was rerun, Zflag is unique as it had 3 reruns compared to normal 2 of almost everything else

[weary gust]

zflag is also uniquely useless.

[undone plover]

does anyone have a 14-4 hard safe threat fleet for boss that is rng proof?

i keep having the occassional death

[slim hinge]

Is it worth oathing Lexington II in terms of meta? She's strong but she doesn't seem to offer anything new. It feels like she's there to supplement Yorktown II.

[hollow gust]

oathing for meta is a slippery slope thats never worth it

[vast sparrow]

OH HELL NOOOO

[hollow gust]

also she is the pure dps that yorktown2 has been lacking

[hollow gust]

its been known since last night 🐢

[vast sparrow]

Fuck 14-4 H

[tulip tinsel]

wth is loop mode supposed to be

[vast sparrow]

Auto Mode i think

[hollow gust]

that was lethal cleared in the first hour

w14-4 was powercreeped by cowpen before release

[rain bobcat]

now they're simply gonna dedicate 1 year to powercreeping w16

[vast sparrow]

Adding a new Level cap?

[hollow gust]

dont need it

[red sapphire]

Any of this ships is ok to pair with Retro Yat Sen? (Or can I get one from shipyard/shop?)

[hollow gust]

pick a ddg or use harbin

[slim hinge]

That depends on how difficult chapter 16 will be.

[hollow gust]

people with spare subs fleets arent gonna have trouble

[silent zodiac]

Is Pasadena a better off tank then her sister Cleveland or should I stick with Cleveland for now

[rain bobcat]

its the same level for most of it and apparently only 2 lvls higher than 15-4

that's not much lol, just an extra 5% penalty for our already batshit broken array of ships

[hollow gust]

just use cleve, pasadena sucks

[trim depot]

should i focus first on tenrai in the prototype shop or other super rares

[silent zodiac]

Ok then

[hollow gust]

although using cleveland is sus asf too

[onyx flame]

if you cant buy all the bps for the rainbow then dont

[rain bobcat]

get bb guns

youll need like 3 months to finish 3 bb guns anyway so tenrai wont take much longer than that if at all

[trim depot]

where do u find this image anyways

[silent zodiac]

Is there a better easy to get off tank?

[trim depot]

its rlly helpful

[hollow gust]

just use a good ship

[spark gyro]

Hey how do i sync ships? Like where do i see if theyre synced? Ig its about the guns and something with rld but what stats am i supposed to look at

[onyx flame]

https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/calculator/
put stuff into here and look at the timing

[spark gyro]

Okie ill try thank you <3

[whole crypt]

doesn't matter how difficult it is, they said no new cap

[mild gull]

hi, just tried searching posts around this server but no luck, afct, fire table has been added to core shop, i cant see it in ltd or monthly, is that a bug or i misinterpreted patch notes?

[ivory pawn]

Your account is limited to 2 total.

[mild gull]

Ahh thank you, I already have 2, yes

[ivory pawn]

If you already have 2, they should be greyed out under Ltd.

[ivory sigil]

After done open all the OPSI map, my Adapt is 6 and i should focus on clearing items coordinate for those with C4 above right? Ignore the one beneath c3?

[wind hazel]

i do everything. some people ignore c2

[whole crypt]

I ignore C2 fractured

C3 and C4 fractured are both 4-node but C3 doesn't have a gold plate on clear, I still do them because having 4 nodes is still fair game for dives and scamcat

ah well I knew this was going to happen

[ivory sigil]

SP luck

[young socket]

what is skin projection?

[whole crypt]

it's a feature to let you generate "dupes" of PR ships for the purpose of skins

[young socket]

huh i dont get it

[wind hazel]

read pin

[knotty jolt]

Normally you only have one pr ship

[whole crypt]

basically it creates copies of the PR ship you can use for secretary, so you're not limited to being only able to use one skin at a time

[onyx flame]

basically it lets you display different skins for your secretary slots for shipyards ships

[knotty jolt]

This lets you have multiple secretarys of that ship to display multiple skins

[young socket]

oh makes sense thanks

[ivory sigil]

Idk whether it's a rumor, but imo the faster u reach the adapt 6 in OPSI, the dailyOPSI quest give higher reward
is that true?

[wind hazel]

[ivory sigil]

the 1st day open OPSI, most of my dailyOPSI are those C2 or around it

same thing happen on 2nd day, which i havent touch any, so i raised a concern that the game give OPSI dailyquest based on your Adapt progress

tho it's not tested yet so... i could be wrong tho

[whole crypt]

nope

also the adapt level number is completely worthless

[ivory sigil]

does it allow apply to usual non PR/DR ship as well?

[whole crypt]

besides META all regular ships you can use an actual dupe, this feature was added for research ships because you can't have dupes

[ivory sigil]

ohman, there is noway i get a dupe of collab at this point

[whole crypt]

case in point

I mean the only reason the feature exists is because some people like to use the same ship with different skins on multiple secretary slots
practically I would tell you owning dupes is useless and waste of dock space
collab ships also don't really have the same problem because most don't have multiple skins

[knotty jolt]

they're all oathed too

[wind hazel]

professional lolicon

[whole crypt]

I also have non-loli ships that I oathed out of preference but that's a topic for #al-general and I'm not going there

[silent zodiac]

Would grabbing Kazegumo from medal shop be better idea then?

[hollow gust]

are you new?

[wind hazel]

you should get kazagumo but not for the reason you were asking for

[whole crypt]

Kazagumo is a good ship but looking at the conversation she's not an offtank

[silent zodiac]

Yes, for the most part

[whole crypt]

or any tank

[tulip tinsel]

kazagumo is wet paper, not tank material

[silent zodiac]

No sr vanguard besides Le terrible

[knotty jolt]

What are you doing that you need to ask for an offtank suggestion?

[whole crypt]

you don't need to use SR ships

[tulip tinsel]

as her name implies she's terrible

[silent zodiac]

Not so much off tank as third spot for mob fleet

[wind hazel]

just use your starter fleet, helena or laffey/whatever dd you chose can offtank

[whole crypt]

in fact if you're still fairly early in the game you don't want to use SR ships

do you need a separate fleet for mob and boss?

if you don't have enough ships or enough gear for the ships the real answer is to just use one fleet

[stark quiver]

What’s good gph

[peak fable]

what do I do with SR cats? My cattery is like, almost full with them

[whole crypt]

feed them to other cats

[onyx flame]

cannablism

[peak fable]

so, treat them just like any other cat? unlses they have a special skill?

[whole crypt]

unless you get one with good starting talents they're mostly just placeholders until you do anyway

[stark quiver]

W16 has submarine support mechanic
What do I do if I am a pleb with only 3 subs raised and no 404

[whole crypt]

stop being a pleb and become a proper vet

[onyx flame]

fck around and find out on release

[whole crypt]

(not) leveling ships is a personal choice

[stark quiver]

[whole crypt]

you'll be fine I think

[stark quiver]

What’s the best sub fleet I can make
Well 2nd best

[wind hazel]

the wolf packs

[onyx flame]

fishpack isnt it?

[whole crypt]

sub support fleet probably just checks numbers like CV support fleet does

[stark quiver]

Oh right

[onyx flame]

oh wait fishpack for main

[whole crypt]

skills probably won't matter

[wind hazel]

inb4 it want SSV

[stark quiver]

Will 404 see its first large campaign usage

[wind hazel]

3 of them

[whole crypt]

my guess would be it'll be some sort of TRP/OXY check

or maybe level, or ship power, who knows

[stark quiver]

Submarine Support fleet

• submarine interception battle will take place before the map screen appears
• depending on the interception battle results, the concealment strength of you and your enemy will be affected (the rate at which your and your enemies concealment gauge to decrease)
• additionally the submarine support fleet will provide torpedo support during battle
• ships that are deployed in the support fleet can't be deployed in the regular sub fleet at the same time

Land-based Air Bases

• land air bases will appear on the map
• enemy air support attacks during battle will be strengthened depending on the number of bases
• can be destroyed by the carrier support fleet's support attack (the thing you can use on the map that decreases enemy fleet's hp=
• you can only destroy bases that are not covered by the Fog

[peak fable]

what does the "skill arrow up" mean when I feed the same cat to the SR cat I'm feeding?

[whole crypt]

#gameplay-help message

[stark quiver]

Will there be both a cv and ss support fleet 💀

[whole crypt]

1 and 2 will use SS, 3 and 4 will use CV

[stark quiver]

What

[peak fable]

nvm, I figured it out

[stark quiver]

Wait does this mean there will be TWO cv support fleets that I need to piece together
AND two SS support fleets

[tulip tinsel]

16-1+2 SS 16-3+4 CV

[stark quiver]

Oh that’s what he meant

[viscid swift]

Makes sense

[onyx flame]

inb4 chp 17 idea

[whole crypt]

comprehension is also not EN's strong suite, even if they read

was 15 any significant increase over 14 in terms of enemy stats?

[knotty jolt]

imagine i-13 being useful for once

[whole crypt]

well I'm just going to throw my oathed wolves in support until someone tells me the optimal setup

but given how power/stat scaling might work for gimmicks like this might be best to just give them double oxytorp

[eternal moth]

I'm wondering if there are any ships I need to level and skill for 16. AFAIK all my most powerful ships are at least 120, but there may be vanguard that find a niche here

[whole crypt]

we don't know because we don't know the exact details yet

[junior walrus]

Just getting back into the game is this fine lol

[wind hazel]

cant go wrong leveling your URs and PRs

[junior walrus]

I had people help me gear them so I’m like 90% sure the gear is fine

[knotty jolt]

Yes but swap helena and laffey around

[eternal moth]

Yeah, we'll have to wait for Thursday. And data mines are still verboten right?

[north gorge]

nope

[wind hazel]

ehh

[whole crypt]

datamines are fine

[knotty jolt]

I mean why not? Buff laffey evasion further and keep helena safer

[wind hazel]

it doesnt matter, you want both to survive in the end for campaign

who's offtanking here doesnt matter because both have almost the same ehp

[whole crypt]

that moment when you realize you're doing dogshit damage because you ran into a shield abyssal on a 20s comp

[ivory sigil]

are all the best submarrine ppl use nowadays are limited??

[knotty jolt]

Wolfpacks aren't

[ivory sigil]

where can i get her

[whole crypt]

medal shop, special pool
nothing to worry about before ch14 anyway

[ivory sigil]

wait a min... there is no ship named that

[wind hazel]

considering we never recommend special pull, 1 of them might as well be limited

[crisp wraith]

"Wolfpacks" refers to Iron Blood's subs

I think U-37 is in one of the exchange?

[ivory sigil]

i think i only had 1, U-410

[knotty jolt]

Hell, I use U-110 cause her skill is funny.

[stark quiver]

Idk who the best subs are

[knotty jolt]

u-96 is medal exchange

[wind hazel]

37 merit or WA i think?

[whole crypt]

just saying the sub meta might have moved on by the time you need to bother

[ivory sigil]

Guys Ping hai vs ning hai who is better or just raise both?

[crisp wraith]

Merit both yeah

Also not Wolfpack but we're getting Flasher rerun soontm

[wind hazel]

flasher gud

[wind hazel]

why you wanna raise

[ivory sigil]

nah just for preference
it match my strategy of slowpoke fleettech etc

[whole crypt]

experience the OG China wall build both with Yat Sen

and cry at the complete lack of DPS before you get retrofits

[wind hazel]

just raise both if you're chasing tech, which you won't be anytime soon for theirs

[crisp wraith]

Are you guys using the new rainbow G7e on Flasher and Archerfish? What's the auxs for those?

I don't remember where do I check sub breakpoint.

[wind hazel]

https://suchiguma.github.io/deepresearch/submarine-calculator/

[crisp wraith]

Holy ballin' thanks

[whole crypt]

why didn't stiggy do the 4-salvo G7eK

[crisp wraith]

Is that possible

Can we truly ascend to peak submarine gaming

[whole crypt]

only on i-404 likely not using oxytorps and needs to be middle, which is overall sub-optimal for the rest of the sub fleet

[crisp wraith]

I see

[ivory sigil]

just me being idiot to buy event oil despite oil overflow, end up being capped passive oil

so i decided to use my oil wisely, instead of spaming candy in dorm
I wanna see what gonna be next after 1200 oil used

[whole crypt]

well if you have cubes up it's not so bad

the other 1.2k oil comms are kind of ehhhh

[tulip tinsel]

only the cubes from it are good

[knotty jolt]

Its a shame it doesn't cycle till you do it tho

[whole crypt]

the problem is it's random which comm you get

so trying to keep doing it till you get cubes is kind of a lost cause

[stark quiver]

waste of oil smh

[ivory sigil]

well consider it is afk oil, i think it does help me less waste from passive oil
in conversion, 1200 oil might be around 4500 gold (for lv70 requirement etc etc? )

[onyx flame]

its more than that at 12-4

[knotty jolt]

a triple run of 12-4 is 801 oil

[whole crypt]

per oil you get more coins from 12+

[wooden herald]

what happens when you get meta character drop from the stages when you already have fully upgraded character? there are no duplicates and there isnt any info about a possible conversion to currency or anything

[knotty jolt]

they turn to crystals

[onyx flame]

it gets turn into meta crystals

its like 10? or something per dupe

[whole crypt]

actually any oil capped stage should give you better rates than 1200oil comm

[wooden herald]

oh completely forgot about those xD thx for the info

[ivory sigil]

ye, i guess it is a old day comms that i left it there since 1st week in AZ

perhap it was for newbie busy AZ player who want to make use of their overflow oil

[whole crypt]

well oil cap didn't always exist

even then it wasn't really that recommended later in the game

[junior walrus]

Should I pull or keep saving for different event

[wind hazel]

pull for lexii

[ivory sigil]

yea for newbie they dont have much time nor oil-cap maps, the condition of 1 ship lv70 for newbie is quite easy

[crisp wraith]

definitely pull

[junior walrus]

LOL

[knotty jolt]

I did that 1200 oil com abit back in the day cause I wasn't as active

[whole crypt]

is that after you claimed the pity or is that just having not built for the event at all

[wind hazel]

collect 0/4

[junior walrus]

See cat post

[crisp wraith]

You were gone for an eternity and those bumass cat couldn't even be bother to max their level out?

[whole crypt]

ehh there's like a day left try pulling for Lex II I guess?

[crisp wraith]

Event gone in 38 hours

[zealous bough]

Should I pick shinano or NJ?

[ivory sigil]

lol

I asked google and 7858 hours mean 327 days

i was mistook it for 7858 days

[wind hazel]

is this from hand book letter?

[crisp wraith]

21 years

[crimson glacier]

actually why is this in gph

[zealous bough]

[zealous bough]

Yes

[wind hazel]

do you have shinano or NJ in your dock yet?

[solid quail]

does tigercat aircraft have passive intercept abilities like the flapjack?

[zealous bough]

I have neither almost at pity for heavy

[wind hazel]

then keep it, don't use the letter yet

[junior walrus]

How do I get rid of shit ships with no one to enhance lol

[wind hazel]

retire

[solid quail]

Can enlighten me why flapjack is recommended over tigercat for fighter aircraft slots on all CVs?

[wind hazel]

it has better AA coverage due to slower plane speed

[whole crypt]

it's not though they're basically sidegrades

[onyx flame]

cheaper

[zealous bough]

Can you still buy the nj car skin

No way so sad

[junior walrus]

How do I retire I’m sorry I don’t remember anything from this game

[whole crypt]

flapjack is only recommended over tigercat if it's a plane hell, or if you are considering saving like 1 electronic only to spend ordnance reports instead

[zealous bough]

It's over

[tulip tinsel]

build > retire

[hollow gust]

just wait for next november

[solid quail]

on a side note what are the best gears to put on the latest DAL collab units and also lex2? Seems the slaimuda github not yet updated....

[onyx flame]

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

[whole crypt]

ectl is not a good source for gear setups

besides the fact it's hardly ever updated

[onyx flame]

in suchi we trust , anyway make sure to read the disclaimers

[whole crypt]

even then flapjacks are not recommended over tigercats, this is a sidegrades display

[wind hazel]

huehue

[junior walrus]

Any of these epics worth keeping I need space

[whole crypt]

honestly no idea why stig recommends flapjack higher than tigercat for a generic case

[wind hazel]

lang2, z1, 9, the chinese ships, yui because collab

[hollow gust]

its generally not reccommended to retire epics, you should buy dock

[solid quail]

what do you mean? Like in terms of dmg tigercat is better but AA wise its flapjack? Or they both just meh in the face of UR fighters?

[junior walrus]

I have no gem 🙁

[whole crypt]

sidegrades meaning the two fighters basically do the exact same thing
flapjack is just slightly better for AA
the only UR fighter we have is a niche bossing rocket plane and shouldn't be compared with flapjack or tigercat

[tulip tinsel]

or just get rid off gray/blue ones

[ivory sigil]

wow u had like 280dock space lmao

[junior walrus]

I have like 20 gold sacrifices and 30 epics what can I do with them if all my main ships are max limit break

[whole crypt]

it's not epics, it's elites
those are not sacrifices they're bulins

[ivory sigil]

that's plenty of purple bulin you kept lol, just nuke them into someone, u eventually get like 2-3 each week tho

[whole crypt]

but anyway if you don't have any ships to LB right now and you need the space it's safe to scrap a handful of purple ones

[junior walrus]

I have 2 Yorktown II any reason to have 2

[whole crypt]

is the first one MLB

[crisp wraith]

No, make them eat each other if not MLB.

[junior walrus]

No both level 1 lol

[tulip tinsel]

lb 1

[whole crypt]

then use 1 to LB the other after leveling up

[onyx flame]

my only guess is the plane used to upgrade to flapjack is in theory easier to get than the one for tigercat

[whole crypt]

yes but it also costs ordnance reports, there should be a bit more context to that

and it's not like you can't source gold hellcats from boxes, you just get less gold boxes than purples

which shouldn't be a serious concern by the time you're considering gear lab anyway

ah well maybe I'll ask him next time he's around

what's the best way to raise affinity for a lv125 SR BB when you have nothing else to level

[wind hazel]

put her on farming fleet

[whole crypt]

I'm not farming anything now

[wind hazel]

island planner affinity item then

[crisp wraith]

idk fucking... 1:1 on 1-1?

[whole crypt]

I guess I could use those for the last few points

[wind hazel]

or put on 14-2H

[whole crypt]

1-1C is lame if it's not a low level ship

more rather you probably can't even 1-1C if it's not low level

oh wait I do have 1 more ship to level, forgot I cogged Wakatsuki for ASW cope when testing 14H

[crisp wraith]

Ballin'

[onyx flame]

farm 24 hvar bps to remove it

[solid quail]

for CB, is this still a good gear to get from gear lab or better to get B-50 Triple 305mm Mk-15 Main Gun Mount instead?

[hollow gust]

you shouldnt use CA guns on CBs

none of the CBs perform well with them

[solid quail]

I see. What about as a CA gun?

Not sure whats good for CA/CB since the guide doesn't specify based on ship types for vanguards

[hollow gust]

its fine a early on CA gun

[tulip tinsel]

guam gun at jan. 15

[hollow gust]

CB guns are way higher caliber

[solid quail]

so which one's a good main CA gun for gold types late-game? I suppose B-50 Triple 305mm Mk-15 Main Gun Mount is the best gold main gun for CBs....

like just for campaigns and events stages

[viscid swift]

CAs can't use CB guns

and frankly hull type doesn't matter what guns you use

[solid quail]

so what main guns are best to use for CAs? I guess I will reserve the above gun solely for CB use despite it being able to equip on CAs too

[viscid swift]

follow the qgg, what I'd be saying basically mirrors that

[solid quail]

oh that thing was actually sorted under qgg. Was looking at gear lab section. Thansk

[viscid swift]

....

[mossy junco]

we get free pulls with guam rerun?

nice

[trim depot]

is there a way to remove this

[knotty jolt]

that one always stays

[trim depot]

it’s been here for like 5 days

ok ic

[whole crypt]

it doesn't refresh until you do it if you were intending to go for a specific long comm

[knotty jolt]

best not to do it in general regardless

[trim depot]

the cube one looks nice

does having this lock me out of it

[whole crypt]

it's not the worst thing to spend your oil on before oil cap but we generally don't recommend it

[knotty jolt]

the odds to get it isn't worth the oil cost trying to roll for it

[whole crypt]

it does but we don't recommend doing long comms anyway

[trim depot]

Ok ic

[knotty jolt]

i mean if you aren't as active

[whole crypt]

you get enough cubes if you keep playing consistently, it's not really worth using that for extra

for one thing long comm doesn't increase your commander XP which tends to be the bigger problem in progression

[uneven knot]

i still need 10 more prints for hvar yall think i can get it today?

[whole crypt]

just do what you can there's archive if you are still missing prints

[uneven knot]

real, if i don’t get any within the next 3x sorties imma just go back to 12-4 lol

[wooden herald]

my luck is cursed when it comes to these shitters I feel like I am getting more meta duplicates than hvars :D... I literary got zero prints in 30 S rank sorties...

[junior walrus]

Anything I can do to earn gold while resting?

[forest palm]

what's your highest campaign level?

[junior walrus]

11-2 2 stars 11-1 3 stars

[forest palm]

can you push to 12-1? because world 12 is a good neutral zone for coin farming

[junior walrus]

Just run subpar fleets on lower levels?

[honest robin]

hi guys, quick question, is it possible to get this plane somehow? and how to get more of these sr components? i'm playing op sirens but I'm barely getting anything

[junior walrus]

Probably not rn but soonish im sure

[rapid shard]

That plane isnt worth crafting tbh. Helldiver is better overall

[honest robin]

i mean for nakimov recommend is the sr plane from this one

[ivory pawn]

The blue plane is from Northern Parliament boxes, they’re purchasable with medals or sometimes with coin or merits.

[viscid swift]

no it isn't

[honest robin]

or was it for chkalov?

[rapid shard]

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

Theres also a tab for gear lab

[viscid swift]

no one wants them

[honest robin]

i'm an idiot then

but still one question remains, how to get more of these components?

[rapid shard]

Just doing opsi, the hidden zones, abyssals, strongholds have a higher chance to get them. Also farming C3 or C5 zones for cat nodes with high level cats has a chance to drop them

[ivory pawn]

Keep playing Opsi. It’s a bit slow paced but it adds up. Don’t forget to buy stuff from port shop.

[hybrid forge]

The boss is medium armor, right? For the event.

Edit: sure seems so, Raffaello gun ripped it to bits in EX hard

[eternal basalt]

The Arbiter drops choice packs too

[chilly radish]

i have 1 more day right? cause idt i can get more xd

[viscid swift]

yes

[onyx flame]

you just need to get 1 cube from comms or whatever source and you have enough for pity

[chilly radish]

okay

[red sapphire]

Just in case did you clear weekly missions?

And readed the story part of event

[chilly radish]

all that gave out the cubes

for event welll idk how it works, buty for the nodes with battles, i did all i could until i wasn't able to get meet the requirement

[red sapphire]

I mean this

Sometimes people miss this

[chilly radish]

well i mean idk xd

can explain how u check it? then i'll be able to tell xd

[red sapphire]

Sure, check here

Hopefully if you didn't knew you have that still to clear

[young otter]

What are some good substitutes for Plymouth if I don’t have her?

[eternal basalt]

Just get her, she is a PR ship

[zealous bough]

What's this 15/29

[eternal basalt]

It takes 15, you have 29

[zealous bough]

Oh ok I was reading as it takes 29

Sword or hammer for yuudachi?

[young otter]

Easier said than done. Just wondering what others are similar to her.

[viscid swift]

what do you need her for is the question

[zealous bough]

I should collect all these operational tuning things in operation siren?

[onyx flame]

From the maps yea, but dont buy them from shops

[young otter]

This guide here for one of the later W14 stages has Plymouth as apart of the fleet, but I have everyone else here except her.

I have stuff like San Diego or Unzen though, if that plugs the deficit.

[eternal basalt]

There is none

[stark quiver]

how much cv rld does teach have

[viscid swift]

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

sort by rankings for W14 boss

also dare I ask how old that W14 guide was

[onyx flame]

10 if im reading this right

[peak fable]

are the Lexii cosmetics in event shop limited?

or can you get them later in boxes?

[eternal basalt]

You mean her skins or the gear skins? Annyway, both are event limited

[peak fable]

good thing I got them then

[eternal basalt]

Gone till November (or 2 years if gearskinns)

[peak fable]

I asked this before, but are the PR prints even worth it, cause it feels like I have to lose out on trillions of resources for spamming event stage

like I thought about it and assuming I actually farm 15k worth of points, that's like what 22-23k oil?? idk if getting some hvars is gonna numb that pain, but yeah, been wondering

[tulip tinsel]

you want to get to 55k anyway in any event because of the gold plates

[ivory pawn]

My goto routine for events is farm to 55k, then buy stuff within that limit. PR prints are usually one of the last things I end up buying. Sometimes I get them all, like this event, sometimes I only get a couple.

[eternal basalt]

Or 70k like me for books

[peak fable]

im already at almost 70k

[stark quiver]

What’re you farming for?

[peak fable]

can buy 5k worth of prints atm, but yeah, would require some extra to clear those

[tulip tinsel]

i'd say dr prints are good and pr optional

[eternal basalt]

What did you get if 70k doesn't give the prints.

[peak fable]

idk, idc about any of the pr 8 ships, they are also nothing to write home about

but i did hear that you can eliminate ships by getting them maxed out in research

so that's really the only reason why

so I can switch off PR8 focus earlier

[stark quiver]

[peak fable]

also not talking about meck or gouden here, I mean only the PR ships

[eternal basalt]

Switch off pr8 focus, hearing some weeeeird things today

[peak fable]

hey, i didnt get to research PR7 or anything before that yet, will need to finish that unless PR9 comes out before I even finish PR8

[eternal basalt]

Should be catchup coming somewhere in january iirc

[peak fable]

do we know when PR9 will come

[eternal basalt]

July 2026

[peak fable]

ah, so years away, kk, will probs finish at least the DRs by then

[stark quiver]

If you aren’t picking shit researches you can finish it entire pr8 in that time

[tulip tinsel]

5months a lot of time

[peak fable]

I lowkey wonder what I even spent so much of my event points on, that I still dont have enough to buy out the PR prints at 70k, I guess getting a second UR copy is costly

oh wait, the cosmetics

yeah right... well well, that's on me then

[eternal basalt]

Getting the 300 points? Yeah, that shits EXTREMELY expensive... poor newbies

[peak fable]

I mean, technically it only was 14k points for me (I missed 2 quests), but that would have been enough to comfortably clear out the shop, but because UR bulins are scarce, I think the Willy D copy is worth it, heard she is quite good as well

Is Willy D higher priority than Guam?

[eternal basalt]

Laffey II trumps all

[undone plover]

there is 1 reset left before maint correct?

[red sapphire]

Now that we are getting Guam rerun do I craft Ägir gun or I just wait and buy Guam gun for Ägir?

[white agate]

yes , still 3 pulls till i 200/200

agir kinda out of meta, tho yes, i would wat for guam gun

[red sapphire]

Remember to do the story part of event. I comment It because usually people forget that and it's 5 cubes

[tulip tinsel]

yall what was after 2 wyverns in GL

[white agate]

main issue is, if you forget you can't see it in the archive

[tulip tinsel]

like prio to craft

[red sapphire]

You might want to check this
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/gear-lab

[red sapphire]

True

[eternal basalt]

You can still have it incomplete AND get the 5 cubes this event

[quasi nymph]

which one is better for essex ?

[stark quiver]

for campaign?
breguet

[quasi nymph]

mostly light boss

[undone plover]

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

[peak fable]

just saw this, didnt know the 2.5D is better than the longer D researches, I really like how many prints you get as well from the 8hr D, but maybe that was not implied in "Ship Focus"?

[hollow gust]

Most 8 Hour researches just suck

[peak fable]

really? why :o

[hollow gust]

Cause you spend 8 ass hours for 3 prints

[peak fable]

wait, its not guaranteed 3 prints? damn... is the 5hr one also not guaranteed 2?

[hollow gust]

They are? Which is why 8 is not advised

[peak fable]

I see, well, I've been picking the longer ones every time

well, at least i did get a good chunk of gear prints, so maybe not the worst outcome

[hollow gust]

Its slower gear too

[cobalt gate]

man i wonder how rough chap 16 will be

[white agate]

surely easier than w14 hard

[peak fable]

dont jinx it

[hollow gust]

Like it matters , 90% of people will just copy fleets

[white agate]

we have so many healers now anyway

[inland shoal]

No reaction gifs in this channel pls thx

[peak fable]

oh, kk

[vocal heart]

Hi guys, does anyone have a great lineup for chapter 14-3 14-4?

[stark quiver]

I doubt it’s a healer problem

[vocal heart]

in hard

[stark quiver]

Well not like noobs can do it anyways so don’t see the problem

[stark quiver]

I used variations of these
Top two fleets are alternatives
Considering running fire extinguisher on backline

[vocal heart]

thank you so much what is it for the mobs and the boss?

[stark quiver]

Any fleet with unicorn is a mob fleet most of the time

[vocal heart]

but you managed to do all complete

?

[stark quiver]

Wdym
Like lethal 3 star? No
It did 14-4h normal clear just fine

And again, fun fire extinguisher on back lines in boss fleet to be more consistent
And Aquila is top slot, musashi middle and uni bottom

[zenith heron]

What's with a Hedgehog with Eldridge? Unless those Subs are actually more annoying

[stark quiver]

they indeed are

[molten vessel]

gear for Lexi 2

[sharp furnace]

when can i expect this to come to core shop?

[ivory pawn]

Who knows if it'll even come to Core Shop, I'd expect it to be craftable in Gear Lab instead. They are trying to update Gear Lab every July/Dec from now on, so some future July/Dec probably.

[dusty gulch]

Can anyone figure out about how much oil cost another 25 planes from D3 will cost? Or just know the drop rate?

[inland shoal]

Depends on the fleet you use and no no drop rate is known

[dusty gulch]

25 plane parts sorry. From the event. I believe it's a fixed oil cost.

[white agate]

don't worry , surely devs won't put in an aircraft dropping a nuke on your backliners right?

[inland shoal]

Well some people low cost it. Tbh I don't even have an answer for you if you pay the oil cap cuz I haven't really been paying attention, but the drop rate doesn't seem great from what I could see

[hollow gust]

its like 55k event points per plane lmao

[ivory pawn]

If you're running oil cap that's like 88k oil btw.

[dusty gulch]

Well, i have 12k oil right now and trying to decide if i should farm out another gold HVAR fighter, but I'm thinking it was like at least double that per plane.

[stark quiver]

no?

[dusty gulch]

Yeah, that sounds about right to me.

[ivory pawn]

Just multiply your oil cost by like 300 ish.

[inland shoal]

At any rate with only 1 day left 25 prints sounds rough

[stark quiver]

its doable
but i wouldnt unless you wanna sell your soul for it

[dusty gulch]

Yeah. true.

[still drift]

chapter 14 what fleets should i put on?

[hollow gust]

good fleets, if you want help gonna need context and what ships you have

[hybrid forge]

wait a sec - does the event end in a few hours or 24 hours + whatever

?

[inland shoal]

The latter

[hollow gust]

1 day and 7 hrs

[frosty slate]

any teams on yorktown meta to one shot?

[hollow gust]

pinned

[noble pawn]

Me wasting almost 40k oil for 3 copies

[forest palm]

it's luck dependent in the end

[frosty slate]

I have 2 of those, it's better to put one on each girl, or both on one? what other gear are suitable here?

[weary gust]

Better to use a different fleet comp entirely if you can't use the right gear that'll do the damage type needed and sync timing.

Also what is this for?

[frosty slate]

Yorktown Meta

And I'm missing literally just those 2 extra planes

Are there really no other replacements?

[ivory pawn]

Use BFGs and play around with the calc to see what combination syncs best.

[weary gust]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109G_(Carrier-based_Prototype)#tabber-Type_0 would be the next best fighter vs med armor boss. If you can put 1 of each on each carrier and timings still work then that'll do

[hidden bobcat]

how do I gear up my William D. Porter? Does she want the single 113mm Mark IV gun or the UR DD gun?

in other words, do I gear her like Z52 and Trafalgar?

[real parrot]

What should I spend the rest of my event currency on? I already bought out most of the essentials so these are what is left

(Ignore Cleveland META, I already have enough of her)

[rigid onyx]

cog chips

those are super high prio

[wind island]

on drip. incredibly important. /s

[forest palm]

cog chips are the way

[hidden bobcat]

gun choice for William D. Porter? Anyone?

[rain bobcat]

peashooter or single 113

[grave cove]

Whats a good pick for the wishing card? I have Richelieu and Belfast already

[rain bobcat]

keep it until you want someone

in the large scale of things none of the options do anything

[grave cove]

Gotcha. Also congrats on finishing the skins guide!

[stone sluice]

It was 50k oil each average for me

[hidden bobcat]

can I give her the golden 113mm Mark IV gun?

[rain bobcat]

yes

[rain bobcat]

10% drop rate on average every single clear

[lean valley]

Each stage? Each elite/boss would mean a ~34% chance per stage to get at least 1 drop, which seems super high

[brave canyon]

For a new account should I bring Impero to 125? She was one of my first ships and 2nd 120 after unicorn

[rain bobcat]

uh each clear* I meant yeah

[rain bobcat]

she's useless

[grave cove]

For Medal shop what are good picks? BB/BC I have Hood, Warspite, Alabama. I'm assuming Amagi is decent else tech points?
For DD I have Z46 guessing Yukikaze or Kazagumo?

[rain bobcat]

the remaiing BBs are tech, and yes for DD ur guess is right

[brave canyon]

Also what torps are best for William Porter? Quad magnets or something faster for ability activation?

[rain bobcat]

sync her with ur flagship

[brave canyon]

How do you calculate rld to do so?

[rain bobcat]

https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/calculator/

[ivory sigil]

is azurlane fat?
is azurlane weight 30gb ?

[whole crypt]

if you install everything it's around 28GBs on android, 30 sounds about right if fruitphone

[rain bobcat]

25gb if you dont install everything

[whole crypt]

should be able to shave more if you don't keep voice and shit like 3D dorm and island

[proper violet]

I have 3 UR bulin rn, will dported and NJ bof need 3 UR for mlb should I wait for laffii/guam or use on one of em?

[hollow plank]

does william d porter need ot be mlb to be useful?

[whole crypt]

every ship wants MLB

[hollow plank]

so if she is not, not worth using? did i get that right?

[whole crypt]

generally yes

[whole crypt]

depends on what else you have

[soft raft]

It's MLB or bust for all ships because a significant chunk of a ships' kit is locked behind limit breaks

[whole crypt]

like some ships can survive being not MLB but it doesn't mean they're better than their alternatives in that state

Agir already has a lot of bulk at lower dev for example, and Laffey II's skill already makes her super durable from damage capping even without LB, but they're still not particularly great ships when incomplete

[forest palm]

I have to wonder at what point vanguards are missing out by not being MLB, because there's a lot of Research ships that can function fine at Dev 25

[proper violet]

I posted above for dis

[whole crypt]

a screenshot of your dock filtered to UR would have been better...

[proper violet]

Awe thought u meant non UR choices

But ye sandy, will dported, lexii musashi NJ. Just will dported and NJ needin UR bulins

[slim hinge]

What's the armor type of the boss in EX stage?

[whole crypt]

do you have any spec cores left or is 3 bulins already including that

[proper violet]

No spec cores rn, but havent gotten the spec cores this monf

[whole crypt]

finish WDP and wait for Laffey II/Feb UR, NJ not much of a priorty at this point

[stark quiver]

medium

[proper violet]

D ported big worth?

[whole crypt]

less likely to be replaced

[slim hinge]

Thanks

[proper violet]

Yh ok guam out soon too right?

[whole crypt]

rerun is next week

[proper violet]

Gettin that one frfr

[quartz lintel]

Could someone pretty please build me a second fleet?

[soft raft]

You are nowhere near ready for a 2nd fleet right now much less even have a good fleet right now from the looks of things
Also go give this a read if you havent already
https://www.azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

[jolly condor]

crazy question, butttt should i use prinz eugen over tohka

[proper violet]

I use tohka on mob, and eugen on boss myself rn

[whole crypt]

Eugen is 🚮
Tohka is basically the best SR CA in the game now

[proper violet]

But tohka better between the 2

[dusty gulch]

The real question is, do you have the prinz eugen skin?

[slow fox]

-# Why would you ever say such a thing about Eugen 😭

[jolly condor]

😭that’s like the only reason i’m asking

[whole crypt]

-# because Eugen can't even claim to be the tankiest CA anymore

[slow fox]

-# Yostar giving out 125% like it's no one's deal nowadays

[strong tartan]

wasn't that title forcefully ripped from eugen a millennia ago

[jolly condor]

Unfortunate

welp i have agir anyway

[proper violet]

Yeah the skin is good, but since eugen aint it, I ain't care bout the skin myself

[hollow plank]

125% on what?

[whole crypt]

there's actually not a lot of CAs above Eugen for ehp