gameplay-help

[tired forge]

Pailneve heals a few seconds after she launches an airstrike, and by that time you have likely finished the battle and so nothing happens

[sweet delta]

painleve is just worse than a good non-healer like independence

[faint peak]

anyone else not getting chocolates anymore after grinding a stage a certain amount of times? like how do you even get the badge to level 60?

[rain vine]

theres a cap to how much you can get daily
just wait

[faint peak]

wait so that means i cant get my Atago badge to level 60?

[rain vine]

just grind daily

[faint peak]

its only until tomorrow right? unless i gotta use other ships to get to level 60

[rain vine]

ends tomorrow
dont know how one gets lvl 60, unlsss its a yearly thing amd very long term

[faint peak]

ye apparently theres a badge for level 56. id wanna get my Atago badge to that level. hopefully its a long term thing ye. alright, thx for ur help!

[ivory sigil]

i cant farm more than 58 until tomorrow right?

noted

[sweet delta]

why is an 11 week new player noting rainbow sub torps

[rain bobcat]

[brave canyon]

Yellow shell for royal navy BBs right?

Or should I just go white shell first anyways?

[stark quiver]

do you have the yellow shell?

[ivory pawn]

Just go white shell first anyways.

[dim grotto]

Is this fleet good to fight boss for W15?

[stark quiver]

no

[dim grotto]

What fleet i use then..:(

[stark quiver]

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/chapter-15
use a fleet here

[tame pivot]

Anyone wanna explain how the new valentines event works in simple terms for me?
or has someone made a "for dummies" explanation yet?

[brave canyon]

not yet

no shells yet

[brave canyon]

1. elect girl
2. farm campaign for some points
3. click on daily points for other points
4. that's it make sure you do it before reset or you might miss the ring

[lucid dirge]

is using Chang Chun over Fu Shun in Nakhimov/Souyz comp better?

[tame pivot]

I already got the ring, didnt really understand how it worked really was all

[tame pivot]

do we still wanna put the girl we want as our valentines in our first secretary slot like always or nah?

[brave canyon]

i dont think that matters, it just determines who your first selected shipgirl is

[brave canyon]

I guess you also have to click to accept the letters

[onyx flame]

#gameplay-help message

[spice phoenix]

do i need to change my secretary ship with the valentines day changes or just change the ship in the event

[soft raft]

Bruh why is there no slider for how many points you want to give

No I do not want to give Franklin 800 points

[severe tinsel]

Hello, does anyone know what is this supposed to be, i have no clue abt this at all, it just showing like this and the notification is really annoying.

[sweet delta]

due to 🍝 you will likely have to pick another ship

[severe tinsel]

How to pick another ship, i didn't get any tutorial on this feature

[tame pivot]

are pomts baesd on amount of battles cleared or?.. just wondering if its better to farm lower chapters for less oil

[brave canyon]

im not sure, its very easy to max the points out regardless

[whole crypt]

higher chapters = more points
raid also give points
very easy to cap so just farm normally for it

if you don't cap there's always next year

[slow charm]

Hello all. I'm very new and trying to use the spring invitation for a ship w/o wasting it. After some research, it seems I should get either Fu Shun or Jeanne D'Arc? Any advice would be appreciated.

[whole crypt]

don't use the invite

just hold on to it till any of the ships will be clearly more useful

[tame pivot]

even with the higher level frames?

[whole crypt]

the frames are just rewarded per 10 memory levels on that ship as far as I know

so what you need to do is just farm the memory points for the ship regardless

[tame pivot]

and you only earn point for the 1 character who you have selected while farming right?

[brave canyon]

go for an SSR, I disagree with holding it a random SSR will never be as useful as when you are just starting out
the tech fleet/completion element is not as important

Jeanne is a very good defensive support vanguard but farmable, even though she's farmable you probably won't farm her for a while
the other two are serviceable carriers, Taihou does ok dmg centaur is a support carrier
take your pick of the three IMO I would probably recommend Taihou, but can go Jeanne as well

[slow charm]

Thanks. That's similiar to what I heard online. My only concern is that this seems to be the only way to get Fu Shun atm even if she is only elite. Do you think there's any merit in getting her and playing the long-game with a retrofit?

[onyx flame]

just hold it till you need it, everone else in the option except for fu shan is already in perma

[slow charm]

What would "needing it" look like? I'm not opposed, but I think im still getting used to things, so I dont quite understand

[onyx flame]

needing as in you either need a ship to fufill faction tech/fleet tech/collection
most of the option arent exceptional enough.
plus with a ur banner coming soon you will most likely be getting better ships from there

[slow charm]

This is my team if u have any other advice or if this affects it

[onyx flame]

well what campaign chp are you at rn

[slow charm]

That makes sense. A lot of what I read on reddit said to save for the banners, but i have been spending more than I should lol. I'll be more careful knowing that's coming

[brave canyon]

im actually unsure about fu shun

she looks solid though

[slow charm]

The very start of 5. I literally spent almost all of my oil farming unicorn cus she was recommended on some of the online guides and I wasn't getting her at all. Not sure if that was bad luck or normal

[onyx flame]

you can just get unicorn from the guild shop, there no need to farm her

[slow charm]

dont tell me that now 😭

[brave canyon]

lol

[onyx flame]

anyway here 2 guides to read
https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/
https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/

[brave canyon]

I farmed her too

[onyx flame]

other than that its just compress your 2 fleet back into 1 until you reach chp 9
it prob be something like
musashi, unicorn, nelson
friedrich, z23, prinz heinrich
and limit break the ships your using

[slow charm]

Huh, I just looked at the guild shop? Is this essentailly an epic of my choice everytime it refreshes?

[slow charm]

Thanks. I copied em down. I'll give them a read in the morning! I really appreciate the help

[brave canyon]

I would focus on FC and unicorn especially I think they're your 2 best ships (other than Musashi)

Musashi I might bench for a while it could be a very long time before you MLB her

[onyx flame]

musashi really only need 2 limit breaks to be better than most gold bbs alr

but you can also swap her for nelson

[slow charm]

Should I be spending the MK materials more frugally? I kinda been saving all of them.

[brave canyon]

mk materials? bullin?

[onyx flame]

purple one are more comman, gold one not so much and rainbow you should be careful in investment

[slow charm]

Yes, those

[onyx flame]

anyway some numbers
for newer player you have to be really picky with your gold/rainbow in what to invest into

[brave canyon]

MLB Unicorn and FC are very high priorities, same with getting unicorn retrofit

[whole crypt]

fu shun is nothing special without retrofit and her item is not accessible now

none of the invite ships are particularly useful in a significant manner to newer players when you should consolidate resources for better ships

that is why we say hold on to the invite

[slow charm]

That makes sense. I think I'll hold it until I need their additional tech for that tree. Speaking of which, if I retire ships, do I keep their tech contribution? I've been trying to hold onto all my commons/rares/etc, but my dock is getting very full

Also are the medals from retiring better spent in the shop or the gacha?
Sorry, ik thats a lot of questions lol

[onyx flame]

never the gacha, only in the shop

also yes you keep the tech even if the ship is retired

[whole crypt]

I wouldn't say never requisition but it's basically when you come down to a point when you have plenty of medals and are just looking to complete collection with something that's stuck only in requisition pool

[onyx flame]

fair i suppose mf 16 bbs in medal

also question, what kinda aux do you run on IXs i know one of the obv one is round shot

[slow charm]

I don't rlly have much auxillery, so nothing atm. Only reason she has a star is cus I pulled 2 of her lol

[whole crypt]

something like this
but you know, why use frigates

[sweet delta]

Btw Reddit is only good for gooning not for gameplay guides and advice

[slow charm]

lmao

[onyx flame]

was gonna use amity to try smack the lvl 95 sub raid but i cleared it with normal subs so imma do a lil science

[whole crypt]

you can get away with fairly shit gear on frigates when it comes to the sub raid

but you'll need more levels and maybe better manual if you want to go with really shit gear

[eternal glacier]

I need to get past 10-4 to get the PR xp things💔

[wary hawk]

I would argue that Suchigumma videos are also excellent for gooning

[eternal glacier]

Could this fleet beat chapter 10

[whole crypt]

yes but gearing
also why is NJ not flag

[eternal glacier]

Idk, i can put her on, most gear is level 8 accept for Torpedos which are 11

[onyx flame]

[whole crypt]

wasting torp plates and using shit gear isn't going help your case

would you have a better BB by any chance since NJ is not MLB

[eternal glacier]

Bruh idk

I only have golf gear no UR

[whole crypt]

not MLB Shimakaze is also 🚮

most of the gear you use isn't going to be rainbow

at least not till much later

[eternal glacier]

💔🥀 i have Ayanami retro but she's not in there because this was a while back screenshot

[tulip tinsel]

why i can't find Alsace in the valentine thing

Nor Soyuz

[whole crypt]

average ayanami gear looks like this

[whole crypt]

filter by BB, relog etc

[eternal glacier]

This is what the levels are rn

[sweet delta]

Which PR ship will you use the exp on?

[eternal glacier]

Shimanto

[onyx flame]

i wouldnt use combat xp packs at all

[eternal glacier]

Why

[wind hazel]

converting them to protocore is better value

[onyx flame]

the exp part is the easiest portion of the grind

[whole crypt]

because they're better spent coverted to prototype cores

[eternal glacier]

I suppose so, I only used prototype cores for 150mm guns for Shimanto, which I already got.

[onyx flame]

[wind hazel]

[whole crypt]

congratulations on wasting it on useless gear

[eternal glacier]

😭🙏

[wind hazel]

skip agir gun

[eternal glacier]

But hey lore accurate gng🥀

[wind hazel]

lore accurate most ships are retired

[whole crypt]

lore accurate all ships in the game now have either retired, been destroyed or do not exist

[eternal glacier]

"was" lore accurate

[wind hazel]

you are lore accurate

[eternal glacier]

I only did because I play Shimanto in wows XD

[tulip tinsel]

Still nothing

[tender lotus]

Should I use bonus tickets on ex stage or hard?

[wind hazel]

ex if you can get good score

which should be easy. use dr bb+cb

[tulip tinsel]

Nvm forgot you have to have that ship

[whole crypt]

you have the ships right?

[tender lotus]

U mean with the challenge setting?

[wind hazel]

no just regular ex

[whole crypt]

advance challenge and EX are two things even if they look like 1 button

[wind hazel]

more oil=better score

[tender lotus]

Okay

[rapid summit]

Can I get bzwei/bismarck letter?

[whole crypt]

if you have either BisZwei or OG Bis yes

[tulip tinsel]

can someone tell which one is first slot for that efficiency boost?

[rapid summit]

Alr Ty.

[onyx flame]

aircraft slot/top slot

[tulip tinsel]

Thanks

[slow jasper]

For Valentine's event, sane level is around 8, then it's only frame upgrades?

[whole crypt]

max level with messages for ships that existed before 2018 vday is 8, then 7 and so on for each vday cut off
for ships that were added after 2024 vday max is 1, with 2024-2025 ships having 2025 vday message and ships after 2025 vday having one for 2026

[wheat locust]

should I buy the 6th slot on dorm or buy the second floor?

[whole crypt]

any levels above these only goes towards the frame which seems to be 10 levels per frame

[whole crypt]

you should have bought second floor before 4th and 5th slot

[onyx flame]

2nd floor mirros your first floor no of slots but loses exp gains in exchange for 10 more morale regen

[slow jasper]

That's a very long 'yes' :3

[whole crypt]

well max message level is not 8 across the board, just for the sake of details

[wheat locust]

this account was kinda old like year 2023 and I watch some guides in yt only to realize its bad so I cant help it

[whole crypt]

it just means 6th slot is even lower priority

[wheat locust]

got it thanks for the answer

[slow jasper]

6th slot is good when you already have 2nd floor sou you can put your whole grind-fleet in there

[whole crypt]

6th slot is good if you grind heavy and aren't f2p

[slow jasper]

Looks like a me-problem then, I still have 5k+ gems just lying there waiting for something I would want to spend them on

[wheat locust]

ouch

[wind hazel]

what about your dockspace?

[whole crypt]

5k gems is 250 dockspaces which you'll need as you collect

[wheat locust]

ye im cooked

[slow jasper]

I have 910

Bought like two skins total

[late flame]

trust me i'm f2p
-# ||first to pay||

[slow jasper]

Nah, you get your dock space from free gems alone

[whole crypt]

you can get more free gems but it'll take a long while to catch up if you don't buy

[wind hazel]

then you can get 6th slot if you want

[wheat locust]

id like to buy some skin but I guess those will have to wait

[late flame]

generally the advice is : you want skins, its better to shell out cash

[slow jasper]

For skins you more or less have to pay real munny

An l2d is 60-80 ship slots equivalent

[wheat locust]

thought so they gatekeep ruby so hard

[late flame]

the game is f2p friendly so paid skins / rings / fancy UIs / battle cruise pass / lucky boxes is how devs earn $$$

+stuff in 3d dorm, island planning gacha etc

[wheat locust]

guess that make sense

[dim grotto]

What build for her to fit support line?

[whole crypt]

if it's for ch15/16 support just give her 2 G3R1s

[dim grotto]

Oh isee

[dim grotto]

Is Essex combo work just with kearsage?

The uss fleet i thing

[mint valley]

For this event should i be constantly grinding the Hard?

[trim depot]

r the global rewards distributed only once it reaches 0

[brave canyon]

some combo of Lex II, York II, Essex, Kearsarge

maybe Independence on a budget

[whole crypt]

what combo
currently the top arrangement is Kearsarge/YT II/Lex II if it's anti-light

[umbral briar]

still better kear than essex?

[whole crypt]

Essex has never taken Kearsarge's place even after her retrofit

even before Lex II she was an awkward 3rd slot if you were using Kear/YT II

[umbral briar]

who should strake first? Or have loadloadouts so i can copy?

[whole crypt]

ideally Kearsarge should hit before the carriers to activate debuff, but Yorktown should launch ASAP after, and her skill should then make Lex II fire right after her

something like this I guess

might vary depending on what planes you have and RLD tech

[exotic wren]

Only got 2 hvars and one nakhi fighter(forgot the name) can the nakhi fighter be used for anti light compared to pirate or pancake and the like? Or is it just anti med?

[umbral briar]

YT 2 not use sky? Or its not dive bom slot?

[whole crypt]

BFG might be better

[whole crypt]

timing, Yorktown needs to be within around 2s before Lex II to sync

you could do this I guess

actually if you do that kear doesn't need loader

[umbral briar]

And for vg still use kazagumo? 🤔

[whole crypt]

Kearsarge already gives you ARA

vanguard should be Willie D + 2

[umbral briar]

• 2?

[whole crypt]

2 whatever other ships depending on the fight

[umbral briar]

Oh like sirius/aurora?

Also why ppl use willie its good? Dont mlb yet

If that good i thinks should mlb asap

[signal leaf]

can anyone explain what happened with the valentines thing

[wind hazel]

pin

[signal leaf]

no like if you did the event or whatever would you get old valentine messages or like new ones

[wind hazel]

idk 🫃🏼

[whole crypt]

depends on the ship
there are no new message for old ships and ships with no existing messages get new ones

[signal leaf]

ooh

[ivory sigil]

can this CM be auto?

... oh it is not...
what strat is the boss?

[undone plover]

https://suchiguma.github.io/challengemode/february

[late flame]

heh i was wtaching suchi's video

[tulip tinsel]

why helena as tank she's wet paper

[undone plover]

updated guide
tenrai got demoted
but for anyone curious why: we felt La9 is very useful in its niche and tenrai is becoming less relevant in bossing as well as a lot of good campaign ships also lack DB slots or can run 0 DB which makes it overall not a huge prio like before

[late flame]

kill boss faster than boss kill helena, ez

[eternal basalt]

CN/JP didn't miss a valentines day, they just didn't log it that year

[simple rose]

Is there someone who plays Island Planner Mode? I need help with fishing. Got almost everything without much problem but I'm unable to fish out Crab. I am slowly loosing my mind here because I spend few hours already testing every spot and every bait.

[tulip tinsel]

https://discord.com/channels/456397991847395339/1422463299877867540

[warm flax]

I didn't get a Valentine letter?

[simple rose]

Thx. Saved my ass.

[onyx flame]

letter no longer comes into the mail/gives an item. it been changed to an event. check pins

[warm flax]

That's lame

[wraith pendant]

So I've reached 50k personal points in the event and just realized everyone is participating into the total points

[onyx flame]

you still get letters just no longer in the mail (rip item thou)

[wraith pendant]

I guess I can stop now

[lucid dirge]

what are options for vanguard slows for ijn carriers setup? i have my airsrike synced at around 23 seconds

is eldridge only good option?

[autumn pumice]

Uh, I can't level up sweet memories rewards to lvl 30? I'm at 25, what am I missing? I'd like that ring

[onyx flame]

theoretical max rn for global is 27 assuming you played from first valentine and never missed any

[dim grotto]

Who ship that can save 2 bullet on battle like alsace?

[lucid dirge]

lion

[dim grotto]

Nice informastion r Ally apreciate

[lucid dirge]

and mecklenburg

[dim grotto]

Doesnt have her yet..

[lucid dirge]

some old research ships like champagne and gasagone also have that
in general last few UR BBs and mostly french BBs

[autumn pumice]

I read pin and I still don't get it, so I messed up by not dividing the sweets and the ring is unobtainable??

Cause that's pretty fucked

[onyx flame]

no you legitimately cant get it regardless until next year

max amount of choclate we can obtain rn is 4000 which is = to 20 levels

• however many previous valentine message you had before

[autumn pumice]

Leaving the ring there as a tease was certainly a choice then

[woven star]

If lvl 20 max this will be sadge . I want 50+ frame portrait

[elfin hollow]

Data packs 100% yeah?

[rapid shard]

Cubes first \

[lucid dirge]

i have problem with souyz/nakhimov setup: what carrier use with them to deal with meduim? i sadly don have fritz so what are substitutes?

[clever gale]

i think Idependence is a good alt

[elfin hollow]

Alright I'll go with cubes then

[lucid dirge]

what are the downsides of using her? is she need USS stuff/ships or...?

[clever gale]

gotta use uss equipment. and if you don't use cleveland class ship in vanguard part of one of her skills doesn't activate. other than that she's a solid CV

[ivory pawn]

You can’t sync timing with her, so she’s a bit worse as a bossing ship.

If you have Lion, she’s probably the best alternative.

[lucid dirge]

i have but then i missing souyz buff to carriers, is it just better to run full BB's then?

[ivory pawn]

Nakhi still does quite a bit of work even without that buff, so you don’t necessarily need to.
You can also try Essex if retrofitted or Enterprise.

[lucid dirge]

I am praying on new good Northen parlament UR carrier at the end of this month

[lucid dirge]

I have essex retro but i can't figure out her loadout and she don't contribute that much damage in my practice with this fleet

[whole crypt]

I mean you naturally have good USS fighters, wyvern works fine for TB

[exotic wren]

Ying and Chao still shit after retro right?

Danke, oh ya what do Halford do again? Debuff right?

[hollow gust]

halford just sucks

[exotic wren]

While daiyan is just so-so and Bayard is a sort of tanky AA barge?

[hollow gust]

Bayard and Daisen are both extremly good

[wheat locust]

best place to farm commander xp?

[hollow gust]

Daisen top SR BB, Bayard
close to top CL DPS

[exotic wren]

Wait really

Well, Top SR BB doesn't sound too appetizing with the current lineup of URs

Bayard got higher DPS than uh Helena at least?

[wind hazel]

lol

[hollow gust]

Helena isn't a dps ship

[tulip tinsel]

bayard and helena is like heaven and earth in dps

[dark hazel]

farm with full fleets, do opsi, buy the level pack

[exotic wren]

still could be worse

Ye but is she actually near Ply levels? sorry I'm only familiar with scalings until PR6

[cosmic wasp]

Hello I'm new did you know where I can get the gears? Y'know like missiles

[lime gyro]

Is this ship good?, please give your opinion

[sweet delta]

Bayard is above ply dps

[exotic wren]

Le wat

[hollow gust]

Very very good

[tulip tinsel]

gear for what

[cosmic wasp]

.wait I ss it first I just troubled

[lime gyro]

Used against what type of armor

[exotic wren]

Ddg missiles can be bought at the core data shop, while one stronger version is available as last reward for current raid event

[cosmic wasp]

her gear

[dark hazel]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/#gear

[tulip tinsel]

yeah just read this guide and follow it
https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/

[dark hazel]

gear is situational depending on what content you're doing, seems like you're brand new so check out some of the newbie guide to learn what's going on in the game

[cosmic wasp]

Thanks a lot

[thin flint]

So uhh, I still havent received my Valentine’s gift from my secretary (Ulrich) do I have to wait?

[tulip tinsel]

no item this year

[lofty frigate]

Need help to recover account

[dark hazel]

#tech-support

[lofty frigate]

Im there but no one is there respondíng

Who is an admin there?

[dark hazel]

it's been 7 minutes man, give them a while

[lofty frigate]

If i put a image with My ID and all its ok?

[wind hazel]

contact customer service

[lofty frigate]

Where? The Game just make You go to a chat bot where is useless

[tulip tinsel]

#bot-spam message

[lofty frigate]

Useless

[onyx flame]

if your trying to recover an accoutn you have to email support

[dark hazel]

If you're not willing to email customer support and be patient, not sure what you expect

[lofty frigate]

There is no form of email support

[dim tundra]

where to use the pigments again, I keep forgetting where it is

[tulip tinsel]

event> paint thing i forgot name

[dim tundra]

found it

[onyx flame]

/techsupport

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

If you experience a specific issue, such as a bug not encountered by others; an issue with your purchase, or loss of items, please contact us by sending us email at [e-mail] or alternatively using in-game system at Settings > Help > Contact Us.

Please do not DM Yostar staff or discord mods about your issues.
Please note that the answer may take a while, so we ask you to be patient.

[lofty frigate]

The problem is..i don't wanna do all the first Game time of 7 minuts to do the contact thingy

[soft raft]

Dont dox yourself bruh 💀
Especially with Discord's evident lack of capability of handling personal information well

[soft raft]

You dont need to tho???
Have you ever sent a email before? It's as simple as that

[tulip tinsel]

the email adress is legit written down there

[short matrix]

for valentines events, is there a max level for the characters? Trying to max Leipzig and Amagi

[lofty frigate]

[e-mail] ?

[hollow gust]

as far as we are aware, it goes to 46

[vagrant gale]

can u hit lvl 30 for the valentines thing even?

[short matrix]

grazie

[hollow gust]

max is 20s

[vagrant gale]

i mean this

[hollow gust]

nah

thats next year reward

[vagrant gale]

so the devs actually made a 1 year gap between an event where u have to accumulate currency

without doing much explaining

[hollow gust]

this event is basically good intention, horrible communication

[vagrant gale]

i think so too this is the 3rd or 4th time i had to ask here about it

[warped granite]

Is it not possible to earn the level 30 valentines ring

[hollow gust]

nope

[onyx flame]

not this year, next year

[tulip tinsel]

you can next year

[hollow gust]

today is last day and max is around 25-26?

[warped granite]

F. Things weren’t explained in the game very well

I maxed out on sweet memories

[hollow gust]

im guessing they will give us a ring a year now

[onyx flame]

would be neat if we still get depot items

[warped granite]

Is there any benefit to getting girls to level 10+ in the valentines event? Outside of the frames

[onyx flame]

not really

[warped granite]

Like I’m debating if it’s better to level a lot of ship girls’s sweet memories , or just one of theirs

Seems there more benefits for individuals rather than just maxing one ship out

[onyx flame]

depends on what you wnat out of this event, do you want letters or do you wanna show devotion to 1 girl

[warped granite]

It seems like it’d take years to level up just one girl to max sweet memories though

With the current cap

[onyx flame]

it take 3 years starting from 0

assuming 60 is the cap

[warped granite]

Sweet Jesus
That’s a long time to focus just one ship girl, and ignoring everyone else

They really shouldn’t have had such a low cap

[lofty frigate]

I got 3 or 4 wives already on My old Lost account

I want to recover it

If i can't. I Will just erase the Game and leave..and return to the shooter waifus

[onyx flame]

like we said, email support and wait

[lofty frigate]

Dóne. I Will wait

[alpine musk]

is this max for this year?

[small quarry]

To level up higher EXP for the girls... map 12-1 is the best. 🤔

[alpine musk]

also.. is there no valentine gift item this time around?

[tulip tinsel]

no item

[alpine musk]

[tulip tinsel]

you can next year

[plain saffron]

can you?

[onyx flame]

well you should be able to, since we got 20 levels this year, so unless number change we get another 20 next year

[plain saffron]

so we can get valentine gift next year?

[onyx flame]

oh there was a question above [you can next year] that was asking about the lvl 30 ring iirc

[plush hollow]

did you get anything for leveling amagi that high? cause i know they aint giving 21 valentines letters

[undone plover]

u get 3 medals for her instead of 1
and 2 will have upgraded frames

[alpine musk]

only the frame level i think

next year imma have full trust

[plush hollow]

nice

so for someone who wants to min-max it was better to swap out after you got all their letters?

[alpine musk]

I would assume so, yes

[onyx flame]

depends what your trying to min max

if its letters yes, if its frames for 1 girl no

[hushed delta]

what stat does a ddg use in Main fleet? FP or TRP?

[boreal wagon]

the same regardless of position which is TRP for their missiles FP for their guns

[hushed delta]

and it's the seal of the four gods good in main?

[boreal wagon]

ddgs arent good in main period

[sweet delta]

are Chao Ho and Ying Swei's AA efficiency still ineffective?

[boreal wagon]

they very much still dont work

[sweet delta]

main fleet DDG is only used for coalition EX high scoring

[hushed delta]

I'm testing a ddg 1:1 fleet for event's hard spam

[sweet delta]

i would recommend a Ranger if you dont need suicide boat defense, she's cheaper than DDG

but if you want to low oil then you should farm Normal difficulty with 0LB ships

[boreal wagon]

also dont expect them to ever fix this because i dont think they even know ghosts dont have labels

[sweet delta]

I'm sure someone Chinese will report the bug and get it fixed promptly
It's unbelievable there are bugged Chinese ships in this Chinese game

[hushed delta]

I want to find a cheap but quick way to farm this event's points and be done with it

18oil per sortie is fine enough

[boreal wagon]

i mean considering its been broken for quite a while

[cloud forge]

No Valentine's day Gift from secretary this year?

[boreal wagon]

no the valentines event replaced the old system

[cloud forge]

Oh I see

[hushed delta]

oh, fu shun can solo it, nevermind

[whole crypt]

you can beat hard with Fu Shun + 0LB CVL

assuming you're want to low cost instead of use oilcap

[proven fable]

Finally dev 30...

Now what the heck do I even do with her 💀💀💀

[sweet delta]

put in antilight fleet with yorkii and lexii

[proven fable]

Does Essex retro, kear flag, enty work? I don't have yorkii 💀💀💀 lex 2 in progress

[sweet delta]

💀💀 why did you focus 6 for kearsarge then
A 2LB lexii can replace enty perhaps

[sweet delta]

@proven fable

[gilded carbon]

how good are the two new Retro-Ships?

[strong tartan]

eh

[proven fable]

alr bet

[sweet delta]

average new event gold level

aka ||above Drake level||

[gilded carbon]

so not bad but nothing special?

fair, thanks

[proven fable]

yo so how does the valentines thing work? cuz like i hit level 21 on the thing for lion but like idek what im doing 💀

[sweet delta]

at least drake can tank though

[eternal basalt]

You just wasted the event. Congrats!

[onyx flame]

is not 'totally' wasted unless they wanted valentine letters from other ships

[proven fable]

lmao rip

[stark quiver]

Maybe they wanted it for lion
Why assume they’re wasting it?

There’s no reason to jump to dumbass conclusions because you yourself dislike the update

[eternal basalt]

There is just 1 message for loon, so getting to level 21...

[woven star]

But another frame opens after level 20...so

I don't see anypoint to have all messages especially if you can't share it with another players. I think you can find them somewhere in wiki/net. But another thing for collection by having some special picture frame. Which you can use in medal tab

Unfortunate something like level 50+ picture frame is more question of years... 3 at least I guess

[mossy junco]

when i spam opsi strategic search and it runs until AP is used up, and i refill i should be able to just restart strategic search and it will continue, right?

[sweet delta]

depends what kind of zone you were targeting.
If you were farming Secured zones and you ran out of AP, the game will put you in an Explorable zone. Then the game will tell you this zone is not Secured if you try to start search again

[mossy junco]

ah ok that explains it, ty.

[sweet delta]

If you were searching Explorable or Hidden Zones, then you can just restart strategic search and it should work

[rough dirge]

Heyhey, sorry to ask but, where can this be found?

I haven't found any sort of valentines' themed event this year.

[onyx flame]

It top left off the battle button on the main menu

[rough dirge]

OK i figured it out but i still can't find a way to "designate" shipgirls.

[obtuse island]

bottom right

[woven star]

Or secretary slot

[rough dirge]

OK, thank you for the help. I guess i was just too used to seeing those buttons and not paying any attention to them. TYVM!

[obtuse island]

dw it also took me a couple days to find the event lol

[blissful berry]

Can I ask questions about skins here or is there a better channel for it?

[dark hazel]

#al-general

[blissful berry]

Thank you

[hardy citrus]

i have a lot of blueprints for ships that don’t have fate sim, should i save them in case they get fate sim?

[iron blade]

How we feeling with Chang Wu?

[forest palm]

tech fodder

[stark quiver]

What about the skin?

[blissful berry]

idk where the features are at

[peak fable]

do UR gear prints in the Proto shop never refresh?

I swear I've been waiting 3 months for more Tenrai prints XD

[dark hazel]

correct, they do not

[peak fable]

ugh, then uhhh... what's the next best thing to get after Tenrai? the new plane or BB gun? honestly idk

[stark quiver]

https://bit.ly/ALCFguide
general skin guide
For the new skins this rotation
Idk why you’re being told to go to #al-general when questions can be answered here
@blissful berry

[sweet delta]

/protocore

[odd root]

Protocore Guides

🔹 Protoype Core Priority image guide by samheart564
🔹 Prototype Core Spending image guide by elp

[blissful berry]

ye I saw but I didnt understand (im drinking rn) but did find a video and some help in the other channel thank you also

[stark quiver]

The skin guide link should be easier to understand when it’s updated

[sweet delta]

When will it be updated?

[light trail]

LA9 IN SHOP LETS FUCKING GO

is second la-9 > meck gun for +13 if competing for ur upgrade parts

[hollow gust]

Lmao no

[forest palm]

solid answer

[slow charm]

Who should I medal exchange for?
Online guides say San Diego is the best option, but I am very new and not sure if I can take full-advanatge of that. So before I waste medals, will San Diego still help me in farming chapters 6 onwards?

[hollow gust]

Then you just don't use San Diego until you are ready

[slow charm]

I mean, yeah, but theres also other options in the medal exchange so I'm just asking what would be the msot efficeint use of resources for now?

[forest palm]

minimum investment is like MLB + Augment and she's pretty usable

[hollow gust]

Well what's the other class in medal exchange

[hollow gust]

That's just taking Sandy

[sweet delta]

From DD, is Yukikaze or Kazagumo better first?

[cloud panther]

Gumo buff all you planes it's so good

Nanoda just survives longer I guess

[quaint tapir]

probably yukikaze for a new player with how specific kazagumo teams are tbh

[stark quiver]

what a new player gonna do with yukikaze

[forest palm]

YKK implies 4 Bulins and shelling out coin for an Augment, wouldn't bother recommending base YKK either

not to mention Augment mats

[quaint tapir]

shrug
if you want to actually use what you grab from the shop, yuki is generally more relevant early on
if you're not investing either way might as well just put kazagumo on the back burner for whenever they have a team that cares enough to want her

[forest palm]

except she isn't really relevant early on, there's better ships to pick from, Kazagumo is even outside of her niche is fairly competent

it's like buying into planed obsolescence

[stark quiver]

what counts as a team that cares enough to want her tho

[slow charm]

Most of the online guides I see say San Diego is top tier. Is that outdated? Also I keep hearing a lot abt exclusive weapons, can anyone elaborate on that?

[forest palm]

no still relevant

[quaint tapir]

stuff that most people won't see unless they really care about harbiter currently
but i also haven't tried taking her into w15-16 because she seems like a total deadweight there

[cloud panther]

Gumo gonna buff even quick takeoff so there's that

[stark quiver]

i dont see how yukikaze is better tho
you dont need to spend augment mats on ykkz's unique augment if you run kazagumo
and im sure new fleets would appreciate more buffs for CVs compared to a little more vanguard damage

and i have no clue why endgame stages are even mentioned when talking about a new players account

kaza also sees way more usage down the line against bosses when the player is running CVs

[hollow gust]

Kaza buffs literally every single CV, how are her comps niche

If anything Kaza is more for earlier game players since endgame players have op rainbows+ buffers

[quaint tapir]

well if we're continuing to talk about new players, pushing them in the direction of a cv fleet seems like a questionable idea when w10 and 11 exist
and if you're only buffing one or two cvs you might as well just push vanguard dps/utility
so i don't really see the new player value in her because she's kinda just an opsi baby most of the time

[stark quiver]

who says theyre using full cv fleets bruh

[hollow gust]

Kazagumo is the definition of utility and she has decent dps

[sweet delta]

i says

[quaint tapir]

would personally rather invest the bulins elsewhere
taking her and just leaving her to cook until then is w/e though

[hollow gust]

Yukikaze is practically irrelevant outside of pvp

[sweet delta]

San Diego is high-top tier in late campaign. She can be used by players at around Chapter 9+, she at least needs her Unique Augment, not retrofit, to become better than the retrofitted starter DD like Laffey.
Exclusive weapons is Unique Augments, you can consult this guide to avoid wasting the time-gated resources https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/augment-modules/

[hollow gust]

Even in PvP in a Yukikaze doubter , way more fun to run a jinstuu nuke

[late flame]

As a person who has tried both yukikaze and jinmeta in pvp, winning > fun

[hollow gust]

As someone who runs both there is no diff in offense

Only reason I bomb out of the season these days is cause I forget in week 2

[late flame]

pvp is a joke anyway(but is a good thing tbh)

[stark quiver]

people hate on pvp cuz they suck

[slow charm]

So, how does this sound... I hold my medals for now and see if I can gather the materials to craft her unique augment before the medal shop refreshes. If I am able to get her unique augment, then I buy her, If not, I save/go with a different ship?
Or is that a bad idea?

[forest palm]

grinded AotN back in like 2019, got it, stopped caring about PvP

[quaint tapir]

you should just get sandy regardless, she's too useful

[sweet delta]

you buy san diego now, doesn't matter if you have enough augment or not

[hollow gust]

Or just buy Sandy

If your server doesn't get CL again you will regret it

[quaint tapir]

if you don't build her this month you will eventually and she's probably one of the best investments you can make

[late flame]

-# watashi wa numba wan 🎵

[slow charm]

Okay. Done. Didn’t know it was that obvious lol

[quaint tapir]

still feels weird recommending sandy as one of the few must-have guaranteed SSRs when she was considered total dogshit at launch

her augment & retro carry her extremely hard but it's not a cheap investment to make

[viscid swift]

she's perfectly servicable with just her augment

[hot tiger]

How do I get the regular menu background music back?

[late flame]

after event ends

[peak fable]

is it possible to run a full bb bossing fleet without bismarck zwei, without losing like a trillion dmg?

[stark quiver]

yeah

[hot tiger]

What should I prioritize in portshop

[sweet delta]

you just need the boss to not move much, as kawakaze meta and yuudachi meta showed

[sweet delta]

Shop Priorities:
Port Shop:
If you are active in Operation Siren, you should easily be able to buy out the Port Shops each month.
With that said, here are the higher priority items: T3 Ordinance Report, UR Design Plans, T2 Ordinance Reports, Gold Plates, T3 Development Materials, AP Packs, SR Design Plans, T3+ Coordinate Loggers, and Siren Coordinate Loggers (if you can reliably beat them).
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cLPieopZYrpcu_0tqFjs0vcZ5ZqBgafWuQQ9MZkn0xQ/edit?tab=t.0

[urban mountain]

I have too much gold what to do with it

[inner delta]

spend it on cats

[fair mountain]

The valentine's stuff goes away tomorrow, right? I didn't know you had to tap the daily thing... I am still missing 5 levels there

[icy robin]

Give it to me 😁

[frank phoenix]

anyboy worth picking from the SR event selector box?

[wind hazel]

im stuck at 80, how to fix this? it's not giving me anymore 🫃🏼 do i have to purposely fill it to 200 and never do opsi to recalibrate it after reset

[stark quiver]

yeah

have you considered reading

wait till reset, then get 200/200, wait for that reset as well, and then proceed as normal

[rapid grail]

you can do that ig but you kinda lose out on those.

made that mistake a lot of times but atm it's just unavoidable with how opsi works. Yet another slog in this gacha game

[spice phoenix]

is there a cap to sweet memories?

[wind hazel]

yes 🫃🏼

[rapid summit]

Am I supposed to get a letter from her in my depot? (It’s Bzwei version)

[obtuse island]

so basically you gotta miss 2 months of opsi to fix the bug?

[knotty jolt]

no just one day

[slow fox]

misinformation

[stark quiver]

its not a bug
its skill issue

[knotty jolt]

You get 200 daily just get to the max tomorrow then dont do more opsi for that day

or at the very least dont consume them to start a showdown till the following day

[obtuse island]

ohhh i get what's going on now

[trim depot]

are b type projects decent enough to take instead of a refresh

[undone plover]

should strive to always take D/Q/G and E 2h (purple better)
H when u have enough cubes (1k+) can be used for occassional refresh

if u have nothing faster than B to reset then ig u can take it
i would refresh

[trim depot]

o I forgot daily reset is in like 5 hours ig ill reset then

[covert phoenix]

Does anyone have fleet setups for 3-starring world 16 on auto-battle?

[hollow gust]

copy lethal 3 star fleets off youtube

[trim depot]

is it possible to use the chibi model of a seperate skin while equipping a different one

bru alr

[vital cloak]

how do i marry a ship? i have promised ring but idk how to use it

[wind hazel]

find your waifu, get her to 100 affinity, click on the affinity icon from the character screen, marry her

[vital cloak]

ok

[trim depot]

wait skin projection exists right

when is that unlocked

[wind hazel]

last year

[trim depot]

oh lv100

[wind hazel]

lol i misunderstood your question

[trim depot]

all g lol

[wind hazel]

that still won't separate your chibi model

your chibi model will default to the skin your ship is currently using

[trim depot]

i thought the skin projection works by acting like ur using a second copy of the ship

[wind hazel]

it is yes, but it's just for secretary purpose

[trim depot]

yea i just want it for secretary purposes

[vital cloak]

how do i get more gems without buying?

[inner delta]

3* stages, cny event, anniversary, commision

[strange junco]

3 star stages

[vital cloak]

ah, it's just like Arknighst then

and how do i get gift for ships?

[inner delta]

gift is from island planner

[vital cloak]

i see

[fluid fjord]

Is that video about Chang wu in the media-content being a top 3 dps with dragon ships accurate? She’s really good with them but it’s not worth it basically?

[sweet delta]

i personally would say that's correct

[fluid fjord]

Ok thank you

I wasn’t sure if that person was reliable or not

[sweet delta]

According to my research, he is very reliable

[viscid swift]

according to yourself yes

[frank phoenix]

is running flapjack on essex correct?

i'm starting to get a decent ammoubt of mats from opsi but i still don't understand what gear should i prioritize for who or why

[jovial plinth]

wtf do i do with the affinity gifts and how do i give them to my valentines girls

[plain saffron]

click the affinity icon(like when you want to oath them) then there's a button there

[jovial plinth]

oh, so it's not an actual way to increase the valentines affinity to get more messages then

[plain saffron]

yeah not event related, you can also get the items from the island planner

[jovial plinth]

ah i see, thank you

[late flame]

caveat being its not really worth playing island planner (at least im its current state)

[jovial plinth]

i haven't even touched it lol, doesn't really interest me

[sweet delta]

usually correct in campaign, never correct against single target bosses

[fierce crater]

how do I get more levels? doesnt this end ina few hours?

[late flame]

next year

[plain saffron]

wait next year unfortunately, there's way more lvl than that

[fierce crater]

this event was poorly advertised and I didt know about it until 10m before reset last night

[rustic adder]

yea not many ppl knew it was gonna happen before valentines day, i got griefed bc of it

[plain saffron]

fortunately you can still get everything even when not doing it daily

[late flame]

i mean, even devs had to hot fix the tutorial.
Oh well another point to complain about next survey..

[fierce crater]

i wanted a new valentine letter from anchorage, but thats not even an option anymore

[rustic adder]

i might stop even careing about the letter and just going max lvls into my fav

[plain saffron]

i meant it as like, the daily bonus stacks and the cap is not daily but cumulative so you can do it at last day if you want

[stark quiver]

i didnt care to begin with

[plain saffron]

i only care about my saratoga frame

[late flame]

i gave up after dabbling abit

[fierce crater]

they should give us an extra week on this

[plain saffron]

just farm normally and keep clicking saratoga

[late flame]

They should have just stuck with old format

[sweet delta]

#game-feedback

[cobalt gate]

i don't get it..... why did they gave us 1500 on the last day? its 100 more than what you need

[stark quiver]

maybe cuz 1400 looks odd ig

[plain saffron]

the points won't be just for this year

[stark quiver]

or that

[cobalt gate]

i know, but for only 1 character is really awkward

thats 7.5 lvles, and i think we only have max 7 valentine messages anyway

[plain saffron]

there's frame

[cobalt gate]

its not like i can split the daily rewards for multiple characters

[sweet delta]

that's your skill issue, the total for this whole event was a multiple of 200

[rustic adder]

i wasted 102 points on spence since i didnt know the event started 2 days ahead of time

[cobalt gate]

did anyone test for max level?

[plain saffron]

it would take multiple years to reach the max

[cobalt gate]

just saw it was 60..... lol guess this is another botched system they trying to push

[sharp socket]

why arent i getting a valentines day message from my secretary

[rotund narwhal]

They changed it this year

This operation valentine thing exists now

And they don't give you messages if your ship isn't released atleast on late february 2025

[sharp socket]

im pretty sure helena was released before that so where did my valentines go

[rustic adder]

only ships released within the last year got a new msg this year

[rain bobcat]

have they teased batch 2 skins or no

[sweet delta]

There's batch 2?

[rain bobcat]

maybe, the lucky bag says A so there should be a B

just like last year

[sharp socket]

man wtf

[rain bobcat]

they couldn't be assed making new stuff for 800 chars

[sweet delta]

Lucky bag 2026 B: hidden from view, 100% chance for fdg skin

[dim grotto]

Maggiore or archerfish?

[rain bobcat]

pretty mid skin batch unironically chang wu is the best

[cunning bone]

how do you get the valentine gift for this event???

[inner delta]

its now in the valentine event screen, change of format

[cunning bone]

so no more collection of that?

[inner delta]

ya

[forest palm]

weird V Day event

[whole crypt]

well now they only have to write new vday messages for new ships each year

[dim grotto]

What i've should do.. change alsace with who..? Damn

[soft raft]

What chapter is this?

[onyx flame]

15 aint it

[dim grotto]

Yes

15-4 this is final

[soft raft]

Hmmm
Well Perseus's +90% longer reload certainly aint doing much to help the situation when that's heavily screwing over basically her everything

[dim grotto]

Doesnt have anything left like Aquila, indenpende thingy

[soft raft]

I'm assumign this is supposed to be the boss oriented fleet

[dim grotto]

I use 2 mob boss fleet

[soft raft]

No Cowpens? Volga? Zuihou?

And Im assuming Unicorn is busy on the other fleet

[dim grotto]

So the stronger is this

[dim grotto]

I did have it tho but my self cant wait for grind that long zamn

[slow mulch]

Does construction length have anything to do with rarity?

[soft raft]

No not really
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Building#List_of_Ships_by_Construction_Time

[slow mulch]

damn

I'm quite confused. Is Chang Wu and Hai Chou an independant rate or are they included in the SR and Elite pool, but with higher rates?

[hollow gust]

huh?

they did the work for you, 2% is the chance to get changwu and 2.5% is chance to get haichou

[dim grotto]

Well this fleet fcking strong aint gonna lie sweep 5 three red enemy with zero ammo lol

[slow mulch]

Independant rate then?

[pulsar hornet]

So I didn't log in in the last 30 days. Did I miss out on the the valentines gift?

[hallow mountain]

Best ship to give the La9 to?

[onyx flame]

it became an event, you can technically still finish it now before maint, check pins for details

[hallow mountain]

You literally have an hour. Good luck mate

[hollow gust]

whenever you can sync it with other ships correctly

[hallow mountain]

I'd say Uni or Perseus

[hollow gust]

read it again? LA-9 is a pretty specific bossing equipment

[hallow mountain]

Fuckk

[hollow gust]

it will never correctly used until you know how to equip gear depending on content

[hallow mountain]

Who do you suggest

[hollow gust]

... you dont randomly slap in la-9 without context

[hallow mountain]

Yeah I forgot

[hollow gust]

it doesnt have intercept and its slow

[hallow mountain]

Yikes

[hollow gust]

its a extremly op plane but useless as fuck for many players

[hallow mountain]

Yeah so which ship do you suggest

[hollow gust]

[hallow mountain]

Might probably start from there if I have her

[hollow gust]

honestly fuck it, just use it on your best bossing cv

when you get multiple copies you can start syncing soviets or eagles

[pulsar hornet]

I basically have to grind hard? I got up to 14/20 for my girl. Could I still do it?

[hallow mountain]

Oh ok thanks

[hollow gust]

you already missed out on the biggest daily checkup reward, the best you can do is run your ships tthrough event hard as many times as possible and see if you can get all 1.2k

[whole crypt]

just wait for next year

[pulsar hornet]

I only need to run normal maps or event maps?

[whole crypt]

if you're only doing 1 girl all it does at this point is unlock more medal frames

[hollow gust]

event map is by far the fastest

[whole crypt]

15s clear on hard rinse and repeat

[pulsar hornet]

Got it. I'm only doing 1 girl anyways since I pretty much missed the entire evnt

[rapid grail]

before i finish up Valentine's day (ingame at least), are the players never getting any of these valentines mail in depot again?

oh wow. what a bummer

[hollow gust]

its for the better honestly

[whole crypt]

it's mostly inventory clutter anyway I like the new system, also new players don't "miss" these items going forward

the real issue is just the lack of new messages for old ships each year

[rapid grail]

understandable

[stark quiver]

i like the part where we got free gifts and rings without needing to do island planner
W

[rapid grail]

my gripe's with the medal system for this event but its not gph relevant...

URs take 2 years, give or take for them to rerun (cba about WA addition + perma pool)
Valentines now takes 4 years to max a medallion

[whole crypt]

more like 3

depends on the memories level of the ship you started with since it seems you start higher for ships that you did vday for previous years

[stark cipher]

how do i get to lvl 30 if im caped at 1200 for sweet memories?

[lime wraith]

Did I log in too late to get the Valentine’s Day letter from my main secretary shipgirl?

[rain vine]

you have 16 minutes to claim it

[stark cipher]

we dont get the letter anymore like before, now its through the event

[tulip tinsel]

this year you don't you can next year

[lime wraith]

What event is that?

[stark cipher]

that blow thx tho

[scarlet cosmos]

I’m a bit confused, what does Flandre’s FS5 do?

[vivid bay]

Do I need 4 full lvl125 fleets to do Arbiter hard mode in OpSi?

[rain vine]

no, lvl 120 is fine, as long as the fleet itself is actually good

[trim depot]

do I keep grinding hard stage for points after the daily 15 or the other modes first

[rain vine]

keep doing hard

[trim depot]

alr

[hollow gust]

not much

[lime wraith]

Another question, how do I get Long Island's new event skin? That's not about to end too is it?

[rain vine]

buy it from skin shop, you still have time

[stoic horizon]

Wasn't the event skin unlocked through opening 25 of those red envelopes?

Similar to how Fu Shun's skin drops at 15

[rain vine]

my bad, i was checking the wiki

[tulip tinsel]

At the 25th red envelope you open

[lime wraith]

Yeah, I see now, thanks for the help.

[slow fox]

What was the recommended number of LA-9's again? I would assume enough for 1 boss fleet, right? That would be 6? Or 9?

[wind hazel]

4-5

no use case of 5 so far

[slow fox]

Why 5 instead of 6?

I'd assume in some situation where we run 3 CVs...

[wind hazel]

it's the eagle cope

[slow fox]

Hmmm oh aua I see

IJN Nuke fleet can only use 3

Do you think that more HMS UR CVs would bring some sort of composition that looks like this?

[wind hazel]

not with the current ships

[slow fox]

I see. What does Eagle cope look like? Essex YorkTwo +1?

[wind hazel]

the usual kearsarge yk2 +1

[slow fox]

Ah. Kearsarge only has one fighter slot. Thus 4 + 1 is 5

[wind hazel]

with lexi it's even less i think? isn't it

oh nvm lexi 3rd is also flex

so yeah still 5 i guess

[slow fox]

Why not Essex LexII YorkII?

[scarlet cosmos]

Ahh it takes away HP requirement

[wind hazel]

unless some new cv that can use 6th then 5 remain the max so far

[wind hazel]

essex too fast

also missing one of the big buff

[slow fox]

I see I see. Thank for math lesson. Okay. I have 4. That's good enough.

Time to get more hindengun

[slow fox]

So it is still a cope because we're missing big buff

[wind hazel]

what about sync 1-5

[slow fox]

Sync 1-5 not a concern

We only need to hit once

[wind hazel]

[cunning bone]

how do you level up this thing?

[potent tinsel]

Is there no way to get arkhangelsk rn? Just have to wait for her to be added to normal pool?

[dim grotto]

Fkin hel w15 um done for rest for a month to prepare for w16

[strong tartan]

isn't she perma in heavy

[onyx flame]

during the event you give the selected girl, sweet memories (aka chocolates) that you get from sorting/daily

[cunning bone]

so there is no way to give anymore of the chocolate to level up?

[clear harbor]

Wiki says/confirms Arkhangelsk is perma in heavy.

[knotty jolt]

Not gonna ask what that was but basically you're capped on how much you can give your selected ship a day

[cunning bone]

Oops sorry im programming, sent the text in wrong server

[onyx flame]

yea event is alr over

[cunning bone]

the new format of valentine is confusing

[potent tinsel]

oh I totally misunderstood the wiki then, thnx

[whole crypt]

it's not confusing they just have very bad instructions

[clear harbor]

It's all good. Someone had to explain the wiki to me, so I understand.

[onyx flame]

does the first 15 reward of the event only just boost item drop rates? points are still the same yea?

[inner delta]

yes

[ivory sigil]

ValentineLv16 Willy D Porter 💀

[tulip tinsel]

what armor is chang wu in normal ex event?

[iron berry]

Is SY-1A better to use than usual HP auxes on DDs?

[onyx flame]

its a missle for ddgs not an aux

[wind hazel]

it should follow the ship which is medium

[trim depot]

how reliably can chang wu get max stacks without her fleet req fulfilled

in like mob fleets

[whole crypt]

not very reliably at all

[opaque galleon]

Do you no longer get the valentines item in the mail anymore?

[whole crypt]

yes there's no items anymore

[meager stirrup]

Was there a free ring from Valentine's rewards?

[whole crypt]

apparently there's more in higher memories levels too but those likely are for subsequent years because it's not reachable this year

[meager stirrup]

Darn, I missed out on the ring, wasn't sure how to get more sweet memories.

[whole crypt]

literally just keep running stages and collect the dailies

but event's over now so

[meager stirrup]

I was grinding a lot but it wasn't going up anymore

[whole crypt]

as long as you got the levels you can probably collect the rewards later

[meager stirrup]

Okay, as long as the rewards don't reset I should get the ring next year then

[whole crypt]

well there are levels beyond what's achievable this year so it should keep the same thing for next year to build upon

unless of course, smol indie dev pls understand and their usual 🍝 kicks in

[meager stirrup]

[eternal basalt]

You could grind 400 points per day

[eternal basalt]

[past bear]

Is lv 50 valentine lv impossible this year?

[whole crypt]

I don't think even 40 is achievable this year?

[mossy sierra]

do you think everyone will get the new long island limited skin before the end of the event?

[eternal basalt]

It's impossible NEXT year

[late flame]

in before it gets scrapped next year

[eternal basalt]

We wish

[whole crypt]

the monkey paw curls, we lose this format but we also don't get the old one back for new messages

[whole crypt]

is there any reason why you think we won't

[late flame]

End
Of
Support

[whole crypt]

between now and end of the event?

[eternal basalt]

And the next event coming up, with a stream and all

[late flame]

-# ||(i meant for next year valentine, alot can happen in a year) ||
for Long island skin? - as long as you log* in daily and collect all 25 red packets, no issue

[mossy sierra]

its because of how many red envolopes there are to claim

[eternal basalt]

Most of the later rewards give 2 packs

(and there might be a surprise event thursday?)

[late flame]

apologems would be nice

[whole crypt]

yes and the event is designed for everyone to reach the end of it well before the event's deadline

[mossy sierra]

that what i always do everyday i play azur lane log in daily

[whole crypt]

it's day 4 now and I'm 16/25

it's not like they're handing out less than is needed, the point is everyone who bothers to play should get it

[mossy sierra]

same thing i am on 16/25

[whole crypt]

if they give out less than is needed to claim the reward that's false advertising and they're on the hook for it

[mossy sierra]

i've been playing azur lane for almost 1 year now

[onyx flame]

there enough as long as you dont whiff the login ones from fu po

[whole crypt]

there's 5 logins to do in 2 weeks and you only need 4 for red envelopes

there's 4 more in minigame and 5 more in painting

[mossy sierra]

ah okay thanks for letting me know i'll do them as i will remember

[whole crypt]

you can get everything by end of week 1

the only reason you'd take longer is if you don't spend enough oil for the paint, in which case as long as you finish within 2 weeks

[mossy sierra]

i have quite alot of paint

[whole crypt]

you get paint from missions based on oil spent, you need to get the last mission cleared to have enough paint for everything

[eternal basalt]

4000+weekly amount of oil today :/

[whole crypt]

it's possible to not spend enough oil for it if you're more casual, but that's about the only real obstacle

[mossy sierra]

yes thats the job get all paint before the end of the event

[whole crypt]

which is obviously not a problem if you leaderboard for raid

[eternal basalt]

Or even just go for 38k and be nowhere on the leaderboard, as sane people should do

[mossy sierra]

i wont be bothered if i go on the leaderbored or not

[whole crypt]

well my server was done surprisingly quick

[mossy sierra]

quick like lightning fast

[eternal basalt]

You can't even go on the leaderboards, they lock at 0%

[whole crypt]

which is why I'm locked at #5 on mine

[eternal basalt]

It's like 200k points there

[whole crypt]

my server not that rough, 122953

top is 375k

2nd and 3rd is the same guy and his sub acc at 301k and 272k

[eternal basalt]

4 4th places at 177013 on Lexi

[whole crypt]

4th place here is also 170s

then the drop to me lol

[eternal basalt]

Anyway, it's a waste to go over 38k

[whole crypt]

I just did it so I won't need to worry about going over on oil the next couple of days

[eternal basalt]

Prep 25k oil for the 26th

[whole crypt]

well I don't need to spend next week's weeklies so that's an easy one there

[mossy sierra]

i think i overfilled something

[whole crypt]

that's normal

[mossy sierra]

ah i see now

[spark patio]

Is Fu Shun only available through this red thing?

[glass aurora]

Just got independence, do I replace one of my BBs with her straight away?

[wind hazel]

is she retrofitted?

[quasi glade]

Hi wanted to ask something rq. I'm planning to pull for York2 but i couldn't understand what kind of eagle ships i pair her with. DDs like laffey or BB/CVs? Laffey is almost retrofitted

[glass aurora]

Not quite

[wind hazel]

then no

[wind hazel]

depends, you can use her as a standalone for campaign. for bossing vs light boss it looks something like this, or depends on the boss

[quasi glade]

Does she count towards +3 eagle ships requirement?

[wind hazel]

yes

[eternal fiber]

speaking of this, Is yorktown Kearsarge and Lex II the better option than York Essex Retro and Lex II, or does it not really matter. just trying to figure out what ships to focus on leveling for Worlds 15 and 16

[wind hazel]

-kearsarge for campaign, level everyone else

[eternal fiber]

alright

[fallow sedge]

Best ship from spring festival exchange?

[mossy sierra]

i am having trouble trying to do the advanced EX challenge battle

[wind hazel]

what kind of trouble

[mossy sierra]

my fleet keeps defeating so quick even they are level 110+

[wind hazel]

you want to use lv125 ships, not 110+

[mossy sierra]

yeah well i dont have level 125 ships

[wind hazel]

then you will keep having trouble for EX

[oak jasper]

I need help with Ägir reaching the next level I hit level 30 and it's done nothing since

[wind hazel]

she doesn't have fate simulation yet

[granite summit]

for the valentines event was there a treshold to unlock the messages (like for older ships that had multiple over the years) did you need 200 per message or did you unlock all with 200? how did that work?

[whole crypt]

1 message per level, each level takes 200 points, messages only get added up to how many the ship actually has

[granite summit]

alright, thank you

[ivory sigil]

Vit2, does it recommend to get it?

[whole crypt]

the white version not really
the black version is a coverging tb sidegrade, so only really for anti-heavy CV comps

[tulip tinsel]

the missile in the event is better than the one in coredata shop right?

[wind hazel]

yes

[sharp comet]

where is the event

[wind hazel]

it ended

[sharp comet]

oh for some reason i thought its 1 week

[whole crypt]

to be fair it did last like a week or two in the past, only in the sense that you still got the vday message from your secretary even if you don't login for a week after it becomes vday

[sharp socket]

huh its gone so fast

[eternal basalt]

Don't think so, if not online on feb 14, you lost your shot

[whole crypt]

one way to find out...

[eternal basalt]

Way back machine?

[whole crypt]

how about I just look for the patch notes for last year's event

【イベント】
・バレンタインプレゼントキャンペーン
開催期間:2月14日(金)0:00～2月20日(木)メンテナンスまで
期間中にゲームへログインすると、一度のみ【秘書艦枠の一番左側の枠に設定されている艦船】から、
　「バレンタインプレゼント」を受け取ることができます。
Feb 14-20
login during this period, for one time receive valentine present from your leftmost secretary

[eternal basalt]

Limited Time Event: Valentine's Day Gift
Event period: From February 14th to February 19th, 11:59 P.M. (UTC-7):
Log-in to receive a special Valentine's Day gift from Commander's secretary ship.
till 19 for us

[whole crypt]

yeh so for a week, until the next maintenance

which means this new valentine's event

• ran in less than half the time of what it used to be available for
• was bugged for at least the first half a day depending on where you play from

[forest palm]

so we adressing how garbage this V Day Event was?

[ivory sigil]

I thought they are same
But who would use it?

[spark patio]

DDG

[forest palm]

the one in Core Data is the SY - 1 Missile, the one the event gives is the SY - 1A Missile, these missiles are used by Tai Yuan, Fu Shun, An Shan, and Chang Chun post retrofit

[rapid shard]

1A does a little more dmg and is slightly faster rld over the 1

[ivory sigil]

The maintenance is 1 hour later than usual and didnt had gem compensate

[whole crypt]

no gems is par for the course barring some really bad extensions

or other gameplay implications

the most you'd get out of 2-3 hours of delays is maybe more coins/oil

[tulip tinsel]

DE DDG's
Checked stats and the one in event has way better base stats

[whole crypt]

yes the sy1a is slightly better than the core shop sy1, but not by a very significant amount and generally should not affect the DDG's capacity to operate in what you'd normally use them for nowadays

[knotty dome]

the valentines event let you get a special border with a ribbon thingy if you kept levelling up a ship, is that visible anywhere now that it's over?

[ivory pawn]

Academy -> Medals -> third tab on the left iirc.

[knotty dome]

thanks

[stark quiver]

It was only 1 hour delay

[shadow yarrow]

Is harbins dps that crazy high for a gold cl?

[whole crypt]

she's towards the high end, not sure what your line for "crazy high" is

fairly sure bayard can do better than her

[sullen idol]

what r the ways to get more bluprints for dr ships?
i already got the 150 catch ups and dont want to spend tha much money

[soft raft]

You uh
do researches like you normally would

tho you can also use coins instead for FdG, Drake, Azuma, and Agir

[shadow yarrow]

Outdamaging magdeburg even with aug and manually well aimed torps

[sullen idol]

but researching the bps takes a while or not?

[soft raft]

So does coining so either way it's gonna take a while

[shadow yarrow]

outdamaging seattle maxed out
matching plymouth easily

[whole crypt]

magdeburg isn't on the high end last I checked

[sweet delta]

magdeburg and seattle aren't on the high end last I checked

harbin can beat ply on heavy

[whole crypt]

her torps?

[shadow yarrow]

I am using chang wu EX as the test boss
Also i gave magde rainbow mag and a rainbow torp aux

[shadow yarrow]

harbin running the 135 sap and shitty torps
Sakawa and magde using mag torps with black or rainbow torp aux
i use manual to land the torps

...btw does seattle need better guns than this? Whats the equivalent of putting sap 135 on harbin against medium

[shadow yarrow]

Doing 2x damage over a seattle who is equipped with both her own gun and napoli's
ignore montpelier
Is the chang wu boss not the best benchmark for testing?

[rapid shard]

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

Just because its her gun doesnt make it best. Give this a read if you havent

[sweet delta]

what torps are harbin using? i think manual isn't the best benchmark for testing

[whole crypt]

manual isn't a benchmark for testing Harbin doing better than Seattle is par for the course

[shadow yarrow]

Mk35 sub-hitting torps

[rapid shard]

Thats part of the issue

[shadow yarrow]

I mean the quad consecutive 533mm mark 35

[spark patio]

is ts good?

[sweet delta]

that's not the issue that's causing harbin to do double seattle

[sweet delta]

the issue is that mk35 isn't shitty enough to offset the massive gain from manualing harbin's torps

[sweet delta]

it's about as good as this

[spark patio]

Eugen gun still better?

[sweet delta]

it's about as good

[fallow vault]

wheres a good place to start learning how to really play the game? ive been playing for 3 months just doing random stuff with no real trying

[sweet delta]

/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

[fallow vault]

so overall ive done everything wrong that i couldve done wrong

[whole crypt]

most damage you can do to your account isn't permanent and even then you basically can't brick completely, just takes more time to recover

[forest palm]

worst thing you can do is scrap the Hedgehog, or a piece of gear from the Memento board

[fallow vault]

ive just invested a bunch into random ships that i dont really use

i have like two ships above level 100

[whole crypt]

that's not really a problem

you eventually get around to leveling everything anyway

[ivory pawn]

At some point your goal is to raise hundreds of ships to level 120, so it really isn't an issue.

Having two lvl 100 ships you don't actively use is two lvl 100 ships that are taking care of those cog chip commissions.

[fallow vault]

these are the two fleets i use dont really know if any of the ships im using are good but i like them

[whole crypt]

good or bad aside you need to LB your ships

the only really problematic ship there is Hestia, but I have a feeling you need to drop some of those SRs and URs

[fallow vault]

i kinda already assumed that shes bad i just thought her healing gimmick was kinda neat

[whole crypt]

you get one of the game's best healers for free from guild shop

[forest palm]

using 3 tanks in the vnaguard

[whole crypt]

just buy Unicorn

repair ships Hestia or otherwise are terrible at healing

[fallow vault]

i already have unicorn im pretty sure

[whole crypt]

well you need to raise and use her then

and many of your ships are stuck because you simply can't afford to LB so many SRs

let's not even talk about the two URs with no LBs at all

[fallow vault]

these are all my ships

[fallow vault]

i kinda forgor

[silk fossil]

Jeeez

[whole crypt]

yeh that's going to take some time
you need to raise Unicorn Saratoga Helena who you can LB with purple bulins

you could LB your NJ with the level 1 dupe and continue to use her for a bit since you don't have any other good high level main fleet that isn't stuck behind LBs
don't use the bulin, save what you can and we should have a new UR event coming
just drop Implacable she's useless at this point

what chapter are you at

you pretty much have to condense it into 1 fleet because there's no way you can run two effective fleets now

the dupe eugen is useless, just scrap her for 10 medals

[onyx flame]

unless they wanna use the 2nd one to display different skins

[whole crypt]

well at least this one is completely repairable with time at this point

I'm just going to not think about whether he's spent f2p gems on skins over dock space

[rain vine]

or the third skill slot

[silk fossil]

I do have a rather modest fleet at the moment.

I would like to hear your opinion on which characters are worth improving at this point, and which ones are not.

Universals I throw to upgrade elite ones

[rain vine]

buy unicorn from guild shop

dont spread bulins, finish the limit breaks on a ship before moving to the next one
penn - unicorn - saratoga
portland - z46 - z23
you can get portland from guild shop as well

[hazy olive]

Guam-Unzen-Azuma

Trvst

[dim grotto]

I have 4 ur bullin rn
Should i use it for raffaelo or wait for new ur?

[sweet delta]

where did all your gold bulins go? How many can you get from weekly missions or medal shop?

[silk fossil]

I spend the to improve SR ships

I usually do all 30 phases

[sweet delta]

why tf recommend z46 over constellation and/or Carl/ChangWu

[fallow vault]

chapter 7

[rain vine]

sorry i tried suggesting something
if you have better suggestions, feel free to correct me, but youre getting pretty hostile about it

[hazy olive]

Is Owari not better than non-MLB NJ

[rain vine]

what do you mean by "phases"?
are you talking about the weekly activity stuff?

[hazy olive]

Maybe the research lab?

Well. Shipyard.

[silk fossil]

Yep

[hazy olive]

There’s 30 weekly activity things???

[rain vine]

well, regardless, you should always max limit break before investing bulins into a new ship

[fallow vault]

il start doing that

[sweet delta]

You can start with Constellation Saratoga Unicorn Friedrich Helena Z23, don't spend exp or oil on a second fleet, and read https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/ and https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/
Use gold bulins on Friedrich and Constellation only. Retrofit Unicorn and nobody else, once you're done then ask here again depending on how many gold bulins you have at that time.

[rain vine]

there are only 20

[fallow vault]

after those 3 what should i do with the other 3 slots

[silk fossil]

Oh, lord. Yes...

I confused, sorry

I slept bad previous night, I will sleep bad again, and I will be waken up with force at 6 to go to the university

[faint glacier]

hii,, just got jintsuu meta. how should she be geared for pvp? idrk what im doing since idk a thing abt gear other than rainbow = good
if theres any guides or anything do point me in the right direction- ty

[rain vine]

#pvp pins
also isnt going to be particularly useful until max limit break

[hazy olive]

That’s the fun part

You don’t.

[hollow sail]

the TL;DR is typically: either 550mm quad torp (light armor torps) or 533mm quint torp Mk IX + rainbow oxytorp aux + 533m mag torp aux

[frank phoenix]

is it worth spamming the hard stage in the event to get to 60k points?

[viscid swift]

Spring Festival Invitation ship overview

Note:** the best course of action would be to hold onto the ticket (it does not expire) until you have all but one of the ships,** if you really want to use it now though, here’s a breakdown of all of the ships.

**Taiho **and Centaur: They’re both pretty decent CVs but nothing spectucaular by 2026 standards. If you’re new they’re decent enough picks though bear in mind they both get not insubstantial boosts from their unique augments.

Jeanne d’ Arc: A decent ship but she’d be my last choice from this ticket simply because you can get her by clearing D3 of Skybound Oartorio in the WAs 60 times.

Fu Shun: Probably the rarest of the ships on this ticket as she’s previously only been available through her mini game which has not rerun this year for some reason so there’s not telling when she’s gonna be available again. On top of that she’s pretty strong once she’s retrofitted having among the highest vanguard DPS in the game (against light and medium armor anyway). It’s not all sunshine and rainbows however, in order to complete her retrofit you need her retrofit item which is currently unavailable and we have no idea when it will return. On top of this she like all the DDGs requires a hefty (for a new player) up front investment in gear including a missile which you can only obtain by spending 800 Core Data or getting lucky and participating in the current Raid Event early on to get a free SY1-a.

Chi An, Hu Pen, and Lung Wu: 3 purples that are collection only. They’re all bad for combat and don’t even give good tech at level 120.