Any suggestions are welcome
#Gear help
halcyon hedge
Why is Penny shown in the first screenshot and then we have random Ari there 👀
halcyon hedge
Indeed
swift mesa
@stray pike
halcyon hedge
Well, for starters, I'll just note... this early into the game, just expect your equipment to be crap... there's no shame in it
halcyon hedge
I'll start by linking this, which is worth a read-over (albeit slowly bc it is a LOT of info): https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/equipment
Mostly, it's so you can get an idea of what equipment to keep an eye out for with regards to crafting/getting from boxes to improve your ships in future
Because right now we're probably going to have to just make do as best we can with what you do have, but listing all the future improvements would take too long
Now, with what you do have...
stray pike
Kk thanks
hasty otter
i also refer to ectl although you'd really want to read though and not blindly equip lol
https://slaimuda.github.io/ectl/#/main/dd
halcyon hedge
Laffey: Her main gun will suffice for now/switch her torpedo for the purple 533mm Quadruple torpedo/probably use the blue Quad Bofors for now (but at this stage, AA isn't gonna be that important)/blue toolkit/blue boiler
Helena: Her main gun is great, basically the standard poverty option/her secondary gun will suffice/switch her AA to the blue Quad Bofors as well/naval camo/steering gear
Portland: That CA main gun isn't great, but I doubt it's worse than the blue options, so keep it/secondary gun is fine/just keep the Oct Poms, it isn't great but there's basically nothing left/blue toolkit/steering gear
hasty otter
start to upgrade from blue* to purples as and when you can get them
(though there are some shit purples as well)
and also gold or even rainbow does not necessarily mean good / best
halcyon hedge
Shinano-chan: Purple Hellcat is fine/switch the DB to the purple SB2C Helldiver - paradoxically, despite being purple, it's better than the gold Destroyer/eh, blue Swordfish I guess, this is desperation now (or maybe the blue Type 97 torpedo bomber)/purple catapult is fine/the echoes at least gives AVI, so heck it, take it
Unicorn: Corsair is good (the standard poverty option)/blue Barracuda is fine for now/hell it's not like there are any AA guns left so I guess take the single 102mm Laffey is currently holding/no auxes left so I guess just keep what you have... maybe you can give the catapult to Unicorn instead, so that there's at least some AVI between both your carriers
Pennsylvania: Her gun is excellent (still basically the second or third best 20s-cycle BB gun we have in the entire game)/give her the purple Twin 128mm DD gun (one Ari is carrying)/might as well keep the Pom-Poms in lieu of anything better/purple SG Radar/purple Autoloader
Damn, building this early game truly is brutal lol
halcyon hedge
Oh bloody hell, I'm completely blind
Hold a sec, I'll make one amendment
I missed that Penny is carrying a boiler
Other than that... that is probably the best with what is currently available
Follow what Nomis said, open every tech box (crafted up to purple first) you can and check your crafting station every so often to see if you can build at least some of the good "poverty" gears (following the linked guides)... because you definitely don't want to be stuck with just what you have for too much longer
stray pike
Okay I'll keep that in mind
hasty otter
when in doubt whether gear is worth upgrading just do it until +6 first (then ask again or check the guides)