#Looking for help with story push teams

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hollow phoenix
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I'm new, looking for suggestions on how/who to split up into my mob and boss teams. Also wondering if I should be spending my cubes as I get them on the event banner because I heard theres potentially a New Jersey banner coming up after that. So yeah my plan is to take 2 teams and push to chapter 12 hopefully and then start working on research ships etc. My current order/priorities for retrofit is Unicorn -> Portland -> San Diego. I also did purchase one of the starter packs and so I have almost 1100 core data, not sure whether I should get Independence(another retrofit ugh) or keep saving for Roon µ. These are pictures of my dock.

drifting pollen
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How many cubes you got

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Though my answer is probably save

hollow phoenix
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ummmm about 30

steady swan
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San Diego is way lower priority than Independence for retrofit

drifting pollen
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Well uh save * 2

steady swan
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She's very very expensive to retro

drifting pollen
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Independence should be considered a priority by the way

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Sandy not so much

steady swan
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Pretty sure I'd also rather retro Hiryuu first before retroing Sandy with how expensive Sandy is

drifting pollen
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Why hiryuu, she’s never used except pvp

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Though good tech ofc. Anyways not hiryuu but unicorn then Portland then independence seems fair

hollow phoenix
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so getting independence is better than saving for Roon

drifting pollen
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By a mile

steady swan
hollow phoenix
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so portland should be the boss team tank?

drifting pollen
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What world you at?

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In campaign

vast ivy
hollow phoenix
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5
but I'm not walled or anything

steady swan
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wait other than those 3 that lixxy said, retro your starter as well. you're gonna need it anyway for rookie missions

hollow phoenix
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right now just farming for toolkits

drifting pollen
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I mean I play pvp everyday for the bulins so I’d build her, but I guess I don’t bring up pvp for newbs

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Oh right starter retro is fine

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Idr where you get a Juneau but she’s a great retrofit too

steady swan
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5-2 is where you get her first

vast ivy
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I wouldn't rly farm toolkits tbh

drifting pollen
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You got any bulins available?

hollow phoenix
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yeah I got a ton of gold and purple ones

vast ivy
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If anything I'd farm for 406 mk6 or that one dd gun or helldiver

sterile inlet
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Can just go amagi, unicorn, ark royal kai, portland, helena, z23 retrofit for 1 fleet for now

drifting pollen
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Can you show your entire dock? I only see favorites rn

vast ivy
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Javelin retro when he has high lvl Nimi

sterile inlet
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Oh wait i didnt see

hollow phoenix
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this is all I have I just filtered out the bulins and the tons of dupe 1 stars

sterile inlet
steady swan
hollow phoenix
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I already used some to get Sandy, the others are Takao/Atago/Prinz Eugen/Minneapolis

steady swan
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Oh nothing noteworthy then

sterile inlet
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Okie

drifting pollen
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You’ll use a single fleet for now, you can build a second later

hollow phoenix
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is this fleet boss fleet or mob? or am I not bothering with a split

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helena means boss right?

vast ivy
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Not bothering with a split yet

steady swan
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don't bother until you are like w9 at least

vast ivy
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Helena is alright for dmg early on

drifting pollen
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The idea is you don’t need two fleets yet, and by using one fleet you can level them quicker

vast ivy
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And you get the benefit of raising her already for boss at the same time

drifting pollen
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Plus lv advantage is massive in this game

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It’s really what’ll carry you through the early worlds

sterile inlet
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Lets see: for mob fleet after leveling, use pennsylvania, unicorn, saratoga kai, phoenix, z23 kai, javelin kai
For boss fleet: amagi, ark royal kai, enterprise (pick from noobie mission), portland kai, helena, kursk @hollow phoenix

vast ivy
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Hmm is it worth getting Indep to replace Sara over shells? RichelieuThink

hollow phoenix
sterile inlet
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Its a long while

vast ivy
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Idk but then I'd probably not retrofit her

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If I'm gonna replace her with Indep anyway

sterile inlet
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And indep only good after full retrofit

steady swan
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pick Sara all day over Independence definitely no bias there yeah Indep should replace Sara once you can retro her. then again it can take a while to retro her and she's meh before retro.

sterile inlet
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So it finna take a long ass time that could be spent on just leveling saratoga further imo

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Get indep, but after you reach chapter 12

vast ivy
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Hmm but if you retro Sara you'll need even longer to retro Indep PortDoll

sterile inlet
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Can uh, long island work

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Just ignore retrofitting indep and saratoga and just use long island to push to 12

steady swan
hollow phoenix
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how bad would farming the foxes be

steady swan
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Don't

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just don't

sterile inlet
hollow phoenix
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kk phew

steady swan
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unless you like them, not worth it

vast ivy
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Pretty bad
Even if waifu do it after you reach w12 or sth

steady swan
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only SR ship worth farming is Yuudachi in 6-4 and that's only after her retro item comes back

sterile inlet
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I think long island is the easiest way to not waste resources

hollow phoenix
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I mean is independence non-retro not better than long island?

sterile inlet
steady swan
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Sara pre-retro is still decent compared to long island at least.

vast ivy
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Or maybe use Sara and just don't retro her? No clue how good unretro Sara is tho tbh

sterile inlet
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Me neither

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I think sara non retro better

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Sbe has more planes

steady swan
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Plus 6 DBs is pretty great for mobbing compared to Indep pre-retro and Long Island

vast ivy
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Ight then I'd just use her until you can afford to retro Indep ShiSleep

hollow phoenix
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would I rep Saratoga with Enterprise since I'll probably get her before I can afford to retro independence?

sterile inlet
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So mob fleet: pennsylvania, unicorn retro, saratoga (dont retrofit), phoenix, z23 retro, javelin retro
Boss fleet: amagi, enterprise, ark royal retro, portland retro, helena (dont bother retro for now), kursk

steady swan
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Yes. She works better in mob fleets imo

sterile inlet
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You can unlock enterprise for free after you finish your noobie missions

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Like just select her from the pool and get

hollow phoenix
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yeah do I wanna rush that, as in rush z23 retro over unicorn and portland to get her sooner?

sterile inlet
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Whatever makes you get her sooner ya

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Iirc you need to retrofit portland too

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For the noobie mission

hollow phoenix
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ok tysm for all the advice/help guys
you've been awesome

steady swan
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wait the rookie missions also require you to get Portland and your starter to lvl 100 to get Enty

sterile inlet
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Ya

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Its just farming

steady swan
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Wait not only that but actually lvl 110

sterile inlet
vast ivy
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Retroing Port was what took me longest iirc

sterile inlet
hollow phoenix
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I assume I wanna 3* every map along the way too?

sterile inlet
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You can, its bonus rewards

steady swan
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wait you have 1100 core data right? buy indep rn and throw in the dorm in the meantime

sterile inlet
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Like it gives a bulin or whatever

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Extra gems too

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Oh and dont use gems on skins and rings

hollow phoenix
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I've been keeping my main team of 6 in dorm cuz otherwise their morale just gets too low and I cant keep pushing

sterile inlet
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Gems are only used for dock space and dorm space unless you are willing to spend money for extra gems for rings/skins

steady swan
hollow phoenix
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no, I have so far bought the 1st expansion for the dorm

sterile inlet
vast ivy
sterile inlet
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You buy all the dorm expansions except the 6th (last one)

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And 2nd floor

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Then dump all the rest of your gems to dock space

vast ivy
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Wow so u bought 6 slots? MutsukiHyperStare

steady swan
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4 dorm slots is more than enough for most people

hollow phoenix
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oh I meant the area expansion thing or whatever

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dont you have to do that twice before you can do the 2nd floor

sterile inlet
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Oh wait you bought 6 slots??

hollow phoenix
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no

sterile inlet
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Oh

hollow phoenix
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I have 4 slots on the 1st floor only

sterile inlet
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Okay just buy 2nd floor and dump the rest on dock space

vast ivy
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Ah all good then I misunderstood ShiSleep

sterile inlet
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If you want you can buy 5th slot too

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But dont buy 6th

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PortDoll 6th is for whales

hollow phoenix
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can you buy 2nd floor before you finish expanding the 1st floor? cuz I need 500 coins for the 2nd expansion

vast ivy
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Yeah 6th is extremely expensive No regrets tho 🐳

steady swan
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dorm coins are pretty easy to get

hollow phoenix
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the only way I've seen I think is commissions

sterile inlet
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Ya commissions

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Also dont do the commissions that cost 1200 oil if you actively play the game

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Those are not worth it

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The general strat for comms is to just spam shortest time wise until the comms that give cubes or gems show up

hollow phoenix
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makes sense makes sense

vast ivy
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Comms that give gems are a lie

steady swan
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generally just do the 10 daily comms that give oil at least

sterile inlet
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Cuz fishing for coob ones

hollow phoenix
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OH yeah also I recently unlocked research
are the ones that ask for cubes worth it? and which ones am I most interested in doing

sterile inlet
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Like one of those 8 hr cube ones can gib 3 cubes

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PortDoll its a lot of coobs over time

steady swan
sterile inlet
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Ya in the beginning

steady swan
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anyway just keep your comms up most of the time

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especially with the commission exchange event we have rn

sterile inlet
steady swan
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60 cubes for just doing comms

sterile inlet
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Read thru this if you have the time

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Follow everythign this guide says

hollow phoenix
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oh this is perfect thanks

sterile inlet
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So it wont help you in pushing to chapter 12

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Bc pushing to chapter 12 take like 2 weeks for you rn

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But it is a thing you do all the time after chapter 12.

hollow phoenix
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oh yeah I just wanted to get started on that grind asap cuz no time like the present

sterile inlet
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Ya

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Helps to read thru and follow it asap

hollow phoenix
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does beating an ambush count as beating an escort fleet for 3* requirements

sterile inlet
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Know that if you wanna be most efficient, you rush fdg first

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Friederich der große

vast ivy
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"Friederich" HipperMad

hollow phoenix
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oh I thought you had to start at pr1 and work up to the higher ones

sterile inlet
vast ivy
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Nah order doesn't matter much
Although requirements for PR1s are much lower and they can help you meet requirements for other seasons

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For research otself focus should be set to 4 or 5 tho

sterile inlet
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Research focus pr4 first bc the ships there are some of the best

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So are the equips

steady swan
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from pr4 you'd probably unlock Anchorage first with how easier USS ships are to get.

sterile inlet
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Pr3 has good equips but the ships arent the best anymore, plus you can buy its equips from prototype core shop

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And pr2-1 are just bad for focus

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Pr5 is good too but the good ships take eons to unlock

vast ivy
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Idk I found kms to be easiest since the tech pts are just so easy to gain

sterile inlet
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Pr4 is uh, agir first

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Cuz you be rushing fdg right

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On the way to finish fdg you get enough points to unlock agir too

steady swan
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grinding Main fleet with only Zeppy for me was PainPeko

vast ivy
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Oh yeah but I couldn't even meet tech pts requirements on other ships

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Tbh idk how he's gonna do that on fdg either unless he gets roon

hollow phoenix
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I have Prinz Eugen 🙂

steady swan
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you don't need Roon to get FdG tbh. then again I started when Inverted orthant was running and was able to get a lot of purple and common IB ships for fleet tech anyway so...

sterile inlet
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So you can get the easy to access kms ships

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And mlb for points

hollow phoenix
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is there any way that I would be able to max out the current event

steady swan
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this event is not worth grinding tbh

sterile inlet
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I dont suggest you do this

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It barely has anything useful atm

hollow phoenix
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ok, just saw all the one time achievements for blueprints in there

steady swan
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I mean the DD gun is useful ig but the drop rates for the last 5 BPs needed for it is PortDoll

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and the Harbin gun is now a thing

sterile inlet
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For the ca gun

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And if you are extra hardcore and reach w12 before the end of this event

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You can finish it (reach 60k points)

hollow phoenix
steady swan
vast ivy
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You should do what that guide tells you for minmax with gears
But you seem to have misunderstood what it tells you

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Unless you mean unlocking ships

hollow phoenix
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yeah according to this I'll unlock pr1 first

vast ivy
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You will most definitely meet the requirements to unlock pr1 ships first anyway

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So might as well do that for a ship of your choosing and then move on

hollow phoenix
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I have my research focus set to 5 and my catchup set to FdG

vast ivy
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The farming can be a bit of a pain though

steady swan
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4 has like more useful gear than 5

vast ivy
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Well if you truly want to gear min max you want to not catchup FdG
That would make your FdG take longer to max though so don't think it's rly worth it

sterile inlet
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Pr5 ships take actual eons to obtain