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errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:27 PM

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first week back to AL as an old player (lvl 80 rn), I'm not sure who/what I should be developing/working on? any tips?

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my dock is like almost 400 ships so i'm not sure if it's smart to post that here, although it's mostly unbuilt ships

should i be using other ships once i hit lvl 120/125 for a ship?

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:29 PM

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what world are you on

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:29 PM

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10-3

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:29 PM

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first priority should be to get to 12-4 and drop it to safe so you can farm infinite coins

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:29 PM

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i have a lot of random built ships but my gear is all over the place

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:30 PM

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post your 105+ ships

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:31 PM

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don't have many of those tbh lmao

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:31 PM

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idk when you quit but retrofitting unicorn is another top priority if you don't have her yet

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:31 PM

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tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:32 PM

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nice

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w12 should be easy for you

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:32 PM

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i think i stopped playing around kronshtadt event? since i have her but not her event gun (i don't have any CB guns either)

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:33 PM

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can you MLB new jersey

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:33 PM

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i think so, although am keeping one copy of each bulin because i think it's funny
also what should I be doing in terms of operation siren?

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:33 PM

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doing it

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 7:34 PM

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What was the threat of w12 again? Was it planes?

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:34 PM

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yeah

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barely a threat these days though

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 7:34 PM

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Not much like w13

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:35 PM

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yeah w13 amps up the pressure a lot

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and then w15 is just lmao

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once you got 12-4 to safe you can use lvl 100 ships

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:35 PM

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Would these fleets be ok for up to w12 or should I be swapping out some of them since they’re close to max

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:36 PM

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don't use vanguard yet

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:36 PM

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first fleet has yat sen solely because i'm researching harbin rn (should i be researching someone else?)

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:36 PM

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MLB new jersey

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harbin is fine

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 7:36 PM

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With the oil cost reduction, you can grind more
Just remember to put the mob fleet in dorm for morale

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:36 PM

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drop vanguard and add shinano

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actually

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put shinano on your mob fleet

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and sarat0ga in your boss fleet

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do you have sara's augment yet?

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:37 PM

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fwiw i haven't gotten augments for basically all of these lmao

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:37 PM

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get sara's augment

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:37 PM

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other than hood but yeah wasn't around for augments

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yeah rn struggling with coins a bit, so 12-4 sounds nice

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:38 PM

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yeah get that cleared and camp there for the next 6 months

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it's still the best farm map for exp/coins

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w13 is better for exp but it's significantly harder

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:38 PM

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makes sense

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any reason why saratoga would be better in boss fleet?

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:39 PM

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just cuz she's leveled

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and she does really well against campaign bosses

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 7:39 PM

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well this is a mess

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:39 PM

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burnt wigeon well this is a mess

...yeah

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i have some good ships that aren't really leveled atm too that aren't in those screenshots

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 7:40 PM

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Mob: Hood, Unicorn, Saratoga, Yat Sen, An Shan Chang Chun
Boss: NJ, Enterprise, Shinano, Portland, Helena, San Diego

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:40 PM

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no point in not using formi

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 7:41 PM

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there is when they have Enterprise and Shinano right there

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:41 PM

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low level

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you're off a perc if you think a lvl 100 enty is gonna outperform a lvl 118 formi

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 7:41 PM

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they can be leveled

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:42 PM

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we're trying to get them to the leveling spot

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asap

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 7:42 PM

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yes, that's what I'm trying to do as well

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 7:42 PM

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A mad dash to the end of the tunnel

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:43 PM

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anyway just use your highest level ships for now until you get to 12-4 safe, then start getting better ships leveled

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i suggested shinano on mob cuz she should be able to stay alive and you'll be getting her some valuable exp while you progress

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you are lacking a second tank besides yat sen raised

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which might be problematic

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but maybe fine

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 7:44 PM

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Portland it right there

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:44 PM

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i guess i should ask who i should be focusing on then? i'm not 100% sure which of my ships are notable enough to be raised

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:44 PM

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at lvl 100

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bro is blind blind

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 7:44 PM

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and Yat Sen is lvl 107

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:44 PM

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errant ledge i guess i should ask who i should be focusing on then? i'm not 100% sure which o...

shinano

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:44 PM

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er i mean then as in when i reach 12-4

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:44 PM

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enterprise

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vanguard if you can get her MLB'd

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tbh actually

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might be better off running Minne on your mob fleet, just noticed her

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:46 PM

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i have sanfran at level 73 but yeah i'll just rush to 12-4 now ig

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:46 PM

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and the china ships on boss

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 7:46 PM

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just use Portland

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do you really think 7 levels is gonna be that big a game changer

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:47 PM

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i lack ca guns fwiw

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:47 PM

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yes

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 7:47 PM

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errant ledge er i mean then as in when i reach 12-4

Ig anyone you fancy
But there is a list that could help you decide, its not absolute but its there

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

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:47 PM

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what other SR ships do you have?

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:47 PM

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yeah i was basing stuff off of that tbh

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:47 PM

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or UR

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:47 PM

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should i just list t2/t1/t0

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:48 PM

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nah

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just post some screenshots

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:48 PM

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388 ships 💀

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:48 PM

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just post the SRs

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 7:48 PM

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Sort it to rarity

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:48 PM

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^

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:49 PM

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burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 7:50 PM

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Volga and Aqiila are the only notable one for now

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:50 PM

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so just to clarify
Mob:
Hood Shinano Unicorn/Minne ChangChun X

Boss:
NJ Formi SaraT0ga/YatSen AnShan Sandy

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should steamroll w12

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Aquila and San Francisco are the ships that stick out to me the most

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 7:53 PM

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Aquila with uni retro will help you on further stages

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:53 PM

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kron as well, though getting NJ and Vanguard MLB'd are higher priority

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:54 PM

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my (lack of) good gear does make some of this difficult i think

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 7:54 PM

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Theres always crafting and tech boxes

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And the research

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 7:55 PM

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you don't need good gear to push to W12

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:55 PM

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the ectl guide provides a decent baseline for gear recommendations

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if you don't have the top pick for a slot, work your way down

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 7:55 PM

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good transitional gear you get from tech boxes will be more than enough

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:56 PM

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which season of PR are you focusing, and which catchups have you used?

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you said harbin right? which is PR5

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:56 PM

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honestly no clue tbh

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:56 PM

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click that

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 7:56 PM

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https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/research

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read this on how to optimize research

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:57 PM

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yeah i did read that i think

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:57 PM

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if you eat catchups you can get good gear quick

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:57 PM

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oh I haven’t fixed this oops

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 7:57 PM

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PR4 research focus is what you should be doing

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just switch the catchup to Anchorage

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:58 PM

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who should i be selecting for pr2/pr4

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oh it's only one of them nvm

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:58 PM

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have you developed any PR2 ships yet?

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 7:58 PM

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tacit coyote

Q projects only need equip parts which you will have plenty of in the long run

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 7:58 PM

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i have nep developed and monarch 28/30 but that's it

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 7:59 PM

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get to W12 and then start working on unlocking FDG then Anchorage

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 7:59 PM

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ok so you should develop a PR2 ship so you can start coining them and then eat their catchup

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 8:00 PM

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Is monarch still used these days?

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 8:00 PM

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no

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:00 PM

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no lol

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 8:00 PM

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Hood and Nelson retro are just better

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 8:00 PM

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no i had her developed a long time ago 💀

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:01 PM

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since you have fantastic ships already but mid gear, develop a PR2 first so you can eat their catchup

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by eat their catchup i mean, you coin them to dev 30

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and then convert the catchup blueprints to protocores

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if you eat a PR2 and Azuma, that's like 4500 protocores

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which is enough to buy a tenrai and some other stuff

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the FdG catchup you should keep to speed her up

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 8:02 PM

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Azuma? She also outlived her usefulness?

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:03 PM

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she's still good, but 3000 protocores is better

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 8:03 PM

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Ah

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:03 PM

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this process is rather lengthy so getting 12-4 on farm is still your first priority

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 8:03 PM

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is neptune very mid now

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 8:03 PM

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yes

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:03 PM

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always has been if we're being honest

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 8:04 PM

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eh, seeing what we had in 2018

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 8:04 PM

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also out of curiosity are 1:1 fleets still a thing (now that oil caps exist)

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:04 PM

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rarely

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 8:04 PM

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only for clearing event maps and farming below W9 for whatever reason

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:05 PM

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event point tryhard grinders still 1:1

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usually DDG:DDG

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 8:05 PM

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fwiw my yatsen doesn't have plum petal

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:05 PM

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it's fine

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 8:05 PM

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errant ledge also out of curiosity are 1:1 fleets still a thing (now that oil caps exist)

With the oil cap update, you can grind with less worries about oil
Only morale is a issue if you use the 2x item or forgor to put the mob fleet in dorm

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 8:05 PM

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unfortunate but not too big a deal

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:06 PM

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but yeah i'd recommend switching your ship development selection to kitakaze or seattle now just to start getting the missions unlocked

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since they unlock over a week

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neither is particularly fantastic tbh but kita is fun

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 8:07 PM

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tacit coyote so just to clarify Mob: Hood Shinano Unicorn/Minne ChangChun X Boss: NJ Formi S...

x means anyone there?

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:07 PM

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yeah

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 8:07 PM

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The X factor

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:07 PM

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just someone that won't die

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juneau retrofit is actually not a bad choice

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her AA is good

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and she is good at not dying

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 8:08 PM

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Is scuttlefish (seattle) worth raising or no?

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:08 PM

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she's super okay

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perhaps the okayest ship in the game

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 8:09 PM

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none of the older PRs besides FDG, Azuma and Cheshire are particularly worth raising

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 8:09 PM

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also I forgot how bad my plane levels are

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 8:09 PM

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that can be fixed

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:09 PM

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at least you have planes

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 8:10 PM

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Hellcats, Heccdabbers and Cudas is your basic loadout

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:11 PM

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are you lacking in purple plates?

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if so, check your depot for these

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 8:12 PM

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not really? just lacking in coins

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:12 PM

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oh ok

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 8:12 PM

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+6 to 8 should do you enough

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Also dont forget your dailies

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:15 PM

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welp i believe you know your immediate goals now

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 8:15 PM

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yeah

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:15 PM

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if you got any other questions feel free to reach out

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 8:16 PM

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just moving around gear atm

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oh another question - i should be saving gems for dorm 2nd floor / 6th slot right? atm only have 5 slots and 1 floor

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 8:20 PM

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just the 2nd floor

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6th slot isn't recced unless you're a whale

tacit coyote Oct 30, 2023, 8:20 PM

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6th slot not very f2p friendly but worth spending a few bucks on imo

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huge QoL

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 8:21 PM

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any good places to spend gems other than dorm and dock space?

burnt wigeon Oct 30, 2023, 8:21 PM

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as a F2P no

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 8:21 PM

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10 slots in dorm is enough for morale and leveling

azure locust Oct 30, 2023, 8:23 PM

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errant ledge any good places to spend gems other than dorm and dock space?

Any risque skins that tickle your fancy? Go ahead

errant ledge Oct 30, 2023, 8:23 PM

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lmao

errant ledge Jan 15, 2024, 7:33 PM

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Which ships should I be using in opsi? I don’t have rocket planes yet so is it worth using the 4th fleet for crossfleet effects?

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