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bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:30 PM

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Here are my ships

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I’m at 8-1

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This is what I’ve been messing around with but I’m still unsure about the progression

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Or what I should be focusing on at this point

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:32 PM

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hmm

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how many gold bullins do you have?

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if none then

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Hood, Vittorio Venetto, Unicorn(retrofit her ASAP), Portland, Laffey, Duca

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:34 PM

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Portland is really that strong?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:34 PM

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ys

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she the best tank you have access to early game and very cheap

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:35 PM

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And Laffey is also that strong?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:35 PM

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well you need her for the starter missions

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and both are already leveled up

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:35 PM

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All of my super rares are at max limit break I believe

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:35 PM

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the ones in the fleet yes

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:35 PM

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Except Sharingla or whatever

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and the foxes

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:36 PM

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you have 4 MLB SRs

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:36 PM

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Any ship under level 60 has no limit breaks

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those above lv 60 are max limit broken

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MLB SRs?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:36 PM

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max limit broken

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when I say max limit broken

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I mean fully limit broken

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:37 PM

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OHHHH

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Okay Okay

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I think I have a few bullins

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:37 PM

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how many?

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URs and Gold ones specifically

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:38 PM

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rich tree Hood, Vittorio Venetto, Unicorn(retrofit her ASAP), Portland, Laffey, Duca

Wait I only have one UR and the rest are purple

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:38 PM

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okay yeah

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stick with that one fleet for now

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:38 PM

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Okay

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Can I ask why portland and Laffey are so strong?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:38 PM

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retrofit Unicorn, Portland, and Laffey

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:38 PM

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Like what about them makes them good compared to the other ships?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:39 PM

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it's not so much that they're strong

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they're good and they're cheap

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:39 PM

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AHHHHH Okay

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:39 PM

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you already have them leveled up and max limit broken

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it's hard to justify leveling up SRs to replace them at this point

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especially with no bullins

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:40 PM

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Right RIght

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:40 PM

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also stop spreading around your gold bullins

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focus on getting one ship MLB at a time

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:40 PM

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Okay will do

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:40 PM

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one MLB ship is better than several partially limit broken ones

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:40 PM

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Dang

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The Max limit break is that big?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:41 PM

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yes

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especially for main fleet ships

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:41 PM

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Mostly becasue of the level cap I assume?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:41 PM

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no

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:41 PM

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Or are the stat buffs just so much better?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:41 PM

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the stat boosts they gain are pretty subtsantil

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:42 PM

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🫡

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:42 PM

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for instance BBs

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they're missing 2 main gun mounts usually before limit breaks

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so they're missing 2/3s of their damage output right off the bat

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:42 PM

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Dang

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I didn't even think about that

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Yeah

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So

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At what point should I start raising other ships?

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And, should I put certain ships in my dorm for the passive level up? I have ships I'm not using too much in my dorm but should I put my main fleet there?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:44 PM

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start leveling up ships for a 2nd fleet on the side

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:44 PM

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What would you recommend for the second fleet

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?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:44 PM

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but don't actively focus on it until you at least get the bullins to MLB everyone

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from this line up

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:45 PM

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I've asked a few people and most have come to the same main fleet

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Like 9/10 people have said this for the main fleet

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Some people like helena over portland

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But Portland is more common

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:45 PM

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what was it?

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:46 PM

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Hood, Vittorio Venetto, Unicorn, Helena, Laffey, Duca

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This was the other suggestion but I mostly got what you had said

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which was portland

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:46 PM

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yeh not using a tank is sus

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:47 PM

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But I never asked for a second fleet although I do want to start building it

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So that i can have an easier time later

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:47 PM

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honestly I wouldn't right now

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you technically have enough ships

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but they're often times 2nd or 3rd rate to the point where they'll be dropped as soon as you get better options

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:48 PM

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Right Right

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:48 PM

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and with the number of bullins involved.....

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:48 PM

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Hahaha I'll save them

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:48 PM

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and this is a pretty potent fleet you have already

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that should easily get you to W11

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:49 PM

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Dang

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:49 PM

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actually

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:49 PM

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What about my UR ship?

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SHould I put her in the dorm?

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She is my highest level rn

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:49 PM

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Mob: Royal Oak, Venetto, Unicorn, Voroshilov, Kursk, Duca,

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:50 PM

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Pheonix?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:50 PM

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Boss: Hood, Shangri La, [insertshiphere], Portland, Helena, Laffey

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rare ship

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:51 PM

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Yeah what makes her good?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:51 PM

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actually I don't think you need her

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:51 PM

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I've been enhancing with copies of her

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Although she isn't hard to get

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:51 PM

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she's a zombie tank

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:51 PM

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Oh shit that's kind of nut

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z

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well the low stats balance that then right'

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:52 PM

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kinda yeah

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she falls off pretty hard

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but she's a good early game option

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anyway that's I would do

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that insert ship here can be Implacable when she's Max limit broken

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:53 PM

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Okay so my two russian ships are good

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What about san diego or Baltimore

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?

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Is it just becasue they are SR ships and hard to raise?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:53 PM

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San Diego is crap before retro

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and her retro ios very expensive and hard to justify these days

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Baltimore is just sold

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:54 PM

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Right Right

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:54 PM

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not bad but no stand out reason to level her

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and your two Russians are already invested in

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:54 PM

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What about formidable?

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Is she good at all?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:54 PM

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don't

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Implacable is just flat out better

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:55 PM

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Right Right

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I have a unit

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A little girl

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Kazagumo I think

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She has a passive that buffs carriers right?

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Is that viable or is it more of a niche thing?

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Last question I swear

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I'm newish and still trying to learn

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:56 PM

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she's good

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and worth leveling

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but she's not a priority early game

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:56 PM

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Okay Bet

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I'll put her into my dorm, take out baltimore and san diego and put in the two russian ships

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And I'm gonna keep amagi chan in there

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too Cute

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:57 PM

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you do you

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 6:57 PM

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Thank you btw

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I appreciate the help

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 6:58 PM

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no prob

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:05 PM

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@rich tree

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What do your formations look like?

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What is your favourite ship? ... if you don't mind me asking

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:07 PM

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my formation

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for what exactly?

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also my favorite ship

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my profile pic says everything

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:07 PM

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Which ship is that?

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I still don't know them by name

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Also your formation like your ship loadout things

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:08 PM

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Belfast

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:08 PM

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Belfast

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Hold on gonna look her up

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Was she your first ship?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:08 PM

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no

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but she's the reason I started playing AL

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I held out for 6 months to oath her

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:09 PM

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Hahaha

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:09 PM

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also I was asking my formation for what content

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I change it all the time

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:09 PM

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Oh

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I guess your main fleet?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:10 PM

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if you want a taste

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here are my OpSi fleets

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somewhat dated

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:10 PM

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DANGGGGGGG

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125

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is that the highest?

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level?

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Also I haven't even touched submarines XD

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:11 PM

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also just gonna leave this here

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:11 PM

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DANGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

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I really want shinano and Musashi

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I have like 120 pull saved up

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not spending until they show up

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:11 PM

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bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:11 PM

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but I've been told it could be a while

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:12 PM

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actually this is slightly more up to datre

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Musahi's gonna be like a year and a half off still

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Shinano we won't see till like late this year early next year when she's archived

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:12 PM

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Archived?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:13 PM

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permanently added

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:13 PM

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To the pulling?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:13 PM

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which we don't quite no how they'll handle yet

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yes

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to the build pools

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:13 PM

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Isn't she a UR?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:13 PM

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yes

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:13 PM

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are there other URs like that already>?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:13 PM

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not yet

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she'll be the first

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:14 PM

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That's pretty cool

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Although maybe she will become more irrelevant then?>

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When they add other carriers

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:14 PM

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nah

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if anything she'll just get more relevant as stronger IJN CVs are added

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:15 PM

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Do you know who the next UR ship will be? Maybe I can pull for a copy if it's going to take so long for Musashi and shinano

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:15 PM

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New Jersey is the next to be rerun

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then Shimakaze, UvH, Kronshtdat, and Vangaurd before we get to Musashi's rerun

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and that's including the other events

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nore the new URs they'll be adding between now and then

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and we still have 3 more to come this year

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:16 PM

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Oh danggg

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Maybe I'll have to ask you if they are worth pulling for or not

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:17 PM

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IMO they're all worth going for

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:17 PM

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That's what I was going to ask

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😂

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:17 PM

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honestley

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:17 PM

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Is the cycle rerun, new ship, rerun, new ship and so on?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:17 PM

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I'd reccomend skipping all non UR events this year

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not quite

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:18 PM

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rich tree I'd reccomend skipping all non UR events this year

Okay I won't pull anymore

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I did at the start of this event to try to get more ships cause my roster was lacking but I don't need to anymore given that I didn't need them in the first place XD

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:19 PM

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yeah

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as well

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what's done has been done

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:22 PM

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Yep but I will save now and only spend on UR events

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Oh, are the war archives worth doing at all?

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If so are there ones that I should prioritize as far as getting a good unit?

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:25 PM

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honestley

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the only one I would consider right now is SP5 of Crecendo Polaris

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it's a good place to level up because it has an oil cap and drops a decent aux gear

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but either than that ignore them for now

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:26 PM

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Okay

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Last thing for today I swear. Is there a good doc or something for gear? I've kind of been throwing whatever onto whoever right now without much thought but I'm assuming the system is much deeper than this no brain gear assigning that I am doing

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:29 PM

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yes in fact

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there's two sources I reccomend

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https://slaimuda.github.io/ectl/

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:30 PM

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DANGGGG

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That website is nutz wtf

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:30 PM

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The ECTL has gear recommendations for each ship(it pays to read the descriptions)

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and

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:30 PM

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Rip Royal oak is mid

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:30 PM

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https://slaimuda.github.io/ectl/

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:30 PM

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But I guess I have nothing better

rich tree Apr 5, 2023, 7:30 PM

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this set of guides

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wWMIzaUKISAXMbOEnmsuuLkO9PesabpdTUWdosvHygM/edit#gid=1056016454

Google Docs

Equipment and Misc Guide

Title Page

Updated Imgur Version (samheart564)) | Old Imgur Version (Nerezza)

bleak flint Apr 5, 2023, 7:31 PM

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Sweet

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Thank you

bleak flint Apr 6, 2023, 7:18 PM

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@rich tree

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Sorry for the ping

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I was wondering what the best level to farm would be?

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I'm at 8-1 but I'm not allowed to play it until I'm level 60 commander

rich tree Apr 6, 2023, 7:19 PM

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SP5 of Crescendo Polaris in the War Archives

bleak flint Apr 6, 2023, 7:19 PM

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Do you know what the best place to farm for like parts or certain ships?

rich tree Apr 6, 2023, 7:20 PM

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oh you mean like enhancement fodder

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usual farming spot

bleak flint Apr 6, 2023, 7:20 PM

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Either is good

bleak flint Apr 6, 2023, 7:20 PM

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rich tree SP5 of Crescendo Polaris in the War Archives

I don't seen this btw

rich tree Apr 6, 2023, 7:20 PM

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it's in the War Archives

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under SP

bleak flint Apr 6, 2023, 7:21 PM

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OHHHHH

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I didnt' even know there were two things XD

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Do you mean passionate polaris?

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Is this place good because of the gun drop?

rich tree Apr 6, 2023, 7:24 PM

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oh yes

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not because of the gun

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SP5 has an oil cap

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and because it drops a pretty good aux item after 60 runs

bleak flint Apr 6, 2023, 7:25 PM

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SP5 has an oil cap?

rich tree Apr 6, 2023, 7:25 PM

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yep

bleak flint Apr 6, 2023, 7:25 PM

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Meaning you can only use a certian amount of oil?

rich tree Apr 6, 2023, 7:25 PM

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yes

bleak flint Apr 6, 2023, 7:26 PM

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Is that locked behind the data keys?

rich tree Apr 6, 2023, 7:36 PM

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yes

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