Fleet help, what to do to improve it

[dusky meteor]

It’s not letting me send pics hold up

[queen knoll]

Don't do imgur

[dusky meteor]

Iss sending

[queen knoll]

You have to create then post

[dusky meteor]

Imgur? Wdym?

[trail knot]

imgur is an image sharing site

[dusky meteor]

Ohh noo I’m just screenshotting and sending

This is my first fleet

[sturdy furnace]

I hate u man

[dusky meteor]

It sent finally lol that’s my first fleet I use mainly for the hard fights. Lvling up enterprise and hood atm and working on Portland retrofit atm

[sturdy furnace]

For having hind skin

[dusky meteor]

What I do🥺

[dusky meteor]

I couldn’t resist buying it

[sturdy furnace]

Too lazy to finish w10 and 9 properly to able to afford it

[dusky meteor]

It’s so beautiful😭 I love AL skins so much

[trail knot]

could you post your dock

[sturdy furnace]

Ikr and people are like u are dumb

[regal cedar]

dark phoenix please try to stay on topic and not chat about skins in here

[queen knoll]

Not surprised you can't do 9 with +6 gear

[dusky meteor]

Yes very dumb Lmaoo

[dusky meteor]

Ye one sec

[sturdy furnace]

Same

How tf he is stuck w8.4

I remember finishing it with very bad fleet

[dusky meteor]

It’s been a week since I tried and lvled up heavily but still good to get advice on what I could do better

[regal cedar]

i mean they way you play is so fundamentally detrimental to long-term progress that you can't expect others to encourage it, although I will admit that people could be nicer about it

especially in #gameplay-help specifically for helping in-game progress.

[queen knoll]

You can't level capped ships. Fleet 2 is basically dead in the water

[sturdy furnace]

I never used unicorn till now and he uses unicorn also so my question how is he stuck

[regal cedar]

I am going off topic though so my apologies

[trail knot]

I'm gonna say this upfront, I have no issues with people playing the game their own way but to ask for help, and then seemingly make no effort to understand what we are saying or the resources we provide is downright infuriating

[molten crypt]

^

[sturdy furnace]

And shouldn't he use Laffey instead of hind

[sturdy furnace]

Mb bro I will go

[dusky meteor]

I know, but I’m saving bulins for enterprise and hood mlb atm

Fleet two atm, working on Portland retrofit

[trail knot]

how far off are you from finishing Unicorn's retro

also don't continue investing in Bellorussiya

[dusky meteor]

Would laffey still be good w/o retrofit?

[dusky meteor]

I need to three star like 2 more hard stages and she’s done(for guaranteed mats)

[trail knot]

hmm

[dusky meteor]

Is she not good? Should I bench her for Nelson once she’s retrofitted?

[lapis urchin]

I suggest you only take advice from either Cheeky or UniqueName for now

[dusky meteor]

Fair enough

[trail knot]

yes

Nelson retro is better and doesn't need gold Bullins

plus Hood and Rossiya are both conflicting for the flag position in that fleet

[dusky meteor]

Oh okay, I’m missing alotta mats for her but I’ll grind for her retro next then

[trail knot]

not that much rush anyway

you're not quite in a position for two fleet yet

[dusky meteor]

I was told hood with her augment was good until I get a mainstay, should I just not cap her and wait to get better then?

[trail knot]

no

[dusky meteor]

No my fleet two is always the weak point, usually the Mob clearing fleet so my fleet 1 is healthy for the boss

[trail knot]

Hood and Nelson retro are your two best BBs basically until you get stuff like FDG

also of the SRs you have

[dusky meteor]

Ohh okay so still good to invest until I can get FDG and the like

[trail knot]

only Hood and Enterprise are worth the gold bullins really

[dusky meteor]

That’s who I was saving them for, just one more bulin to finish mlb and training both skills atm

[trail knot]

do you have Saratoga?

[dusky meteor]

Would a back line of hood, enterprise and unicorn be ideal for fleet one given my dock?

[trail knot]

currently yes

with the vangaurd consisting of Portland, Laffey, helena

[dusky meteor]

I don’t, is she buyable in medal shop

[trail knot]

no but she's a map drop from a few places

[dusky meteor]

And finish their retrofits out too then, okay I’ll start gearing towards that

[trail knot]

if you do get her shes a good investment, same with Ark Royal

oh wait you have Mainz maxed

[queen knoll]

Enterprise won't be mlb until 3 more bulins

[dusky meteor]

Okay I’ll find those two and grind the maps for them

Ark royal cv right?

[trail knot]

yes

[dusky meteor]

It says two she’s 5 star

Okay I’ll look her map drop stuff and saratoga

[queen knoll]

Uhh 3rd limit break is 2 bulins. So you actually need 4 then

[dusky meteor]

Once Helena meta is up to lvl/mlb do I replace laffey/Portland with her then?

[dusky meteor]

I’m getting a bit confused is this not mlb?

[trail knot]

no

[queen knoll]

That's 20 days from now. Check back then but it's unlikely helena meta will ever be particularly useful

[trail knot]

max limit break is when all stars/limit breaks are done

[queen knoll]

You also have a glut of torpless ships making it hard to do events

[dusky meteor]

Ohhh, well I still have a few -4 stages to 3 star I think so I can get them

[queen knoll]

See how it wants 2?

[dusky meteor]

Ohh hence why laffey is suggested for now

[dusky meteor]

Yes, I thought it went tier 1/2=2 and tier 3=2 for a total of 4, unless I’m missing it

[trail knot]

that but also you need to retro Portland and your starter for teh rookie missions

[trail knot]

UN is reffering to the fact you need 4 Bullins total to max Hood and Enterprise

[dusky meteor]

Rookie missions are done I just wasn’t able to finish the retrofits yet, that’s where I got enterprise

[dusky meteor]

OHHHH

[trail knot]

huh

[dusky meteor]

Forgive me

Lmaoooo I get it now

It was only 7 stages to complete their retrofit missions, not full retro

[trail knot]

yeah

at that point though may as well finish them

[dusky meteor]

Ye I’m trying

I finished Helena first but I’m realizing maybe Portland would’ve been better then Helena

[trail knot]

it is what it is

[dusky meteor]

Is hard mode the only place to grind for retro mats w/o shop? I need 4 more for Portland and alotta t3 for laffey yet

[queen knoll]

What shop?

[dusky meteor]

Medal shop

[queen knoll]

Guild shop is the only shop you should buy retrofit blueprints from

[lapis urchin]

Medal shop Retro BP's are really expensive

[trail knot]

Retro prints in the medal shop are obscenely over priced

[dusky meteor]

Wait they drop in guild shop?? I haven’t seen them ever lol I’m guessing cause rng

[dusky meteor]

Yeah I’ve been avoiding doing that for that reason

60 for a t2 is absurd

[lapis urchin]

30 for T1, holy

[queen knoll]

you can refresh guild shop for basically free also. So 4 chances a week

[dusky meteor]

Ah nice so I’ll just refresh after I bought what I needed then and hope for retro

That makes it slightly easier

[queen knoll]

Commissions drop basic prints too

[dusky meteor]

I’ve done those every time I could, they don’t always drop unfortunately though

So in order of grinding hard mode for retro mats it should be unicorn>Portland>laffey>Nelson right? And then farm for Saratoga and ark royal

[trail knot]

yes

but don't go out of your way to farm Saratoga or AR

it's more so use them if you get them

[dusky meteor]

Oh just let them come to me naturally okay. I’m hoping to pull shima on Thursday which will push laffey to fleet 2 but good to know okay. Thank you

Thank you everyone for all the advice and information!!