Ships i have

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Pics will be here

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also don't need to include commons are rares

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yeah...

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Its a bit of a mess but im clueless

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okay what server are you on and how many gold bullins can you get right now

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Littel Enterprise

i cant get any of the gold Limit breaks atm

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and where are you in the main campaign?

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uhh 6-3

I been slacking on main

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yeah push the main campaign asap

for now just use Nelson, Formidable, Unicorn, Tallinn, Z23, Portland

also in future don't spread your bullins around like this

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OKay Gotcha

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also give that a read https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/newbie_tips

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I have Monarch being researched atm

Should i countine that or swap it

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put PR on the back burner for now

it should not be a priority

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gOTCHA

also anything i should spend my 1200 gems on

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3rd dorm slot and the 2nd floor of the dorm

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okay i got the 3rd slot already just need the up stairs

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after that it's all dock space

when you do get more SR Bullins, work on limit breaking, Enterprise first

also and get Hood from the medal shop as well

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I own hood i gusee it got missed

and U roon as well

Hoods level is low

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huh, don't see her

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I missed her in the screenshots

Its my bad

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but don't put gold bullins into Roon Muse

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i havent they are level capped at 70

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but yeah, take that one fleet to W9

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by then you should have more bullins and be able to get a 2nd fleet going

that needs work

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Current gear im running

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also retrofit Unicorn ASAP

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i am But dont have matts

need T3 matts

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farm the highest X-4 hared node you can

can you post your gear, include stuff that's equipped on yoru ships, tap the equipped butto on the left in the depot

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Hood is level 17

Level them up i assume

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yes

but that's not your main priority for now

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ok sending now

thats most of my gear i got some more blues

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do you have any Tech boxes you can open?

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YEs

3 gold and 25 is puruple

Boxes

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could you open them and show me what you get

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Purple Showrdfish

from 1

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if your depot get's cluttered there's a safe to scrap guide in #bot-spam /equip

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opened them all sending SC now

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gera should look something like that

empty slots mean just throw whatever there for now

for more info on gear i reccomend reading sam's guide nin #bot-spam /equip

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what shouolld i do with my Ultra Rare Ships for the time

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bench them

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they're garbage without limit breaks

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they are only Limit broke once each

UNderstood

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save your bullins until you have enough to max limit break one and then deicde where to commit them

esepcially with 2 new URs in a few days

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im ASSUMing to bench both metas as well

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yes

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do i retrofti Portland or no

retrofit*

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yes

but Unicorn and Nelson take first priority

and in that order

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i just sepent all my coins on Retrofit and Gear upgrade im at 40

coins

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time to grind then

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im do main

What should i do with Opertaion Siren

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not really

just focus on pushing the main campaign to W9 for now

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it should be pretty quick to chapter 9 since my ships are over leveld for the areas im in

should i dismantel all of my Blue gear or no

should i 3 star on the way to W9 or Rush there

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everything but the stuff mentioned in the safe to scrap guide you can scrap

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up to you, I'd rush for now personally

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okay ill rush for now

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dOES More Vanguard power always mean better

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no

fleet power is a horrible metric for determining fleet strength

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Dang This game sure is Counfusing to new people

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you get used to it lol

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haha

Im not sure if i can Bench my UR's To progress they are some of my highest level ships i might need them to Clear W(

W9*

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trust me, in the states they're currently in they're just dead weight

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im assuming levels dont do a whole lot

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they do

the ships are just that weak at 1 LB

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ahh

even with max enhance?

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yes

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Are all the "u" ships even any good or should i scrap them

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some are good

but I wouldn't scrap unique ships

never know when they might come in handy

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Gotcha

i notice in theg Gear thing for aguments it doesnt have the Gold augment for Z23 u sent me should i take it off

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if you have it keep

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its +10

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just be selective on which unqiue augments you craft in future

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ahhh

It looked good so i crafted it

Its the only ship i have with a gold augment that can be used so i did it

Should i remove the UR from the Dorms and put HOOD and Portland in there

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yes

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i forgot to ask what should my second fleet be made of?

I been using just what ever so far

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eventually Hood, Enterprise, Intrepid, and maybe Baltimore would be used

but focus on getting the first fleet up to scratch for now

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Okay i need 2 fleets to grind Chapters out ill just use what tim using till then

Focus upgrades on first

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no

use just the first fleet to get to Chapter 9

and then work on the second fleet

you can fight without ammo

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Oh okay ill do that after this 7-1 run

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like, sure use the seccond fleet to take out a mob fleet or 2 if it can

but don't invest resources into leveling it for now is what I mean

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yea what im doingn i s using it to take fleets out that it

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Im starting to get Air striked in chapter 7 is this prevntable

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it is

but for now you'll just have to live with it

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is there a way to farm oil i ran out

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not really, gotta wait

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got to chapter 8 crazy to think i bruned thru 5K+ oil in just 64-7

i got some coming from commsions here in 1 hour i might get 8-2 done

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Should i be using the Requstion for pull with my medals

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absolutely not

it's a scam

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what do u do with the medals then'

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spend them in the medal shop

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Where is the medal shop at

i cant find it

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tap supply

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Thank you

what should i buy i got 133

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I reccomend giving that a look https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/shop_priority

only thing that's missing is Prototype Cores

which for you I'd say go right below Gold Bullins for priority

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should i get retorfits so i can max Unicorn

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no

they're extremely overpriced in the medal shop

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I bought the Gold Bullins already for the month

i can buy the UR Bullin from the Proto shop do i do that

almost buy 2

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don't buy them until you need them

they're just taking up dock space before then

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i can us them right away since i have 2 level 90+ UR

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1 seccond

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sure

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Understood

How do you know when you have a good UR is my next question

sorry for all the question im trying to learn as i go

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pretty much all URs are good

it's just a matter of priority

and with 2 new ones dropping in 2 days

your priority can easily change for limit breaking

so that's why I reccomend holding onto them for now

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Ahh

i ALSO just used me exhange like last week to get the Shono UR

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that kinda terrifies me

you weren't pulling on the heavy or special pool were you?

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i was pullin only special

to try and get them

I didnt

I got my first UR when i was at 350/400

I wanted the Fox it was Rates as S tier

so i was going for it

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that was a mistake....

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im at 94/400

atm

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should have saved those cubes for events and gotten Shinano via pity

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I used a bunch during the RPG eventy

To get Devonshire

and liverpool

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that's fine

just in future don't pull on heavy or special

because event pools are pretty much just the heavy or special pool with the event ships added

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Gotcha

I can by Enterprize from Medal shops and the golden Bullin from tommrows weekly

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let me just leave you with a bit more detailed of an explanation

Section 2.0: Pulling When There Is No Event

The strategy for pulling when there is not an event going on is pretty straightforward. One light builds a day, nothing more. There are several reasons for this, one is a mission to build one ship a day which gives among other things a single cube. As a light construction only costs one cube it’s effectively free whereas doing a build on heavy or special will be a net loss of a cube. The trade-off for the cube to be able to be heavy or special is not worth it in the slightest either as event pools are usually either the heavy or special pools(excluding any URs in either pool) with the event ships added in so there is quite literally no benefit to using those cubes on the heavy or special pool over on events.  

Also, DO NOT get baited into pulling on heavy or special for UR ships. I will let Riceist explain why this is a bad idea. 

“Do not pull only for the permanent URs as you will be able to get them indirectly from events. By pulling on the permanent pools. you will wastefully deplete your cubes and you won't have enough cubes to pull the new few events. The permanent UR pity allows you to select a UR after 200 pulls and these pulls include non-UR EVENT banners. Ideally, you would want to only pull during events and you will get the permanent URs for free. Even if you do get a UR ship (either from events or permanent banners), she is not useful until she is max limit broken. This is because non-MLB ships are worse than almost every other ship in the game.”

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OKay im start saving my cubes

i pull when i can

xD

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yeah I know the feeling, just don't get too trigger happy, it pays off in the end

you will eventually reach a point where you can pull for everything and not worry about cubes

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im at chapter 9 what did i need to do now

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once you get 9-1 down to safe start working on leveling 2 fleets

for now your goal will be this
Mob: Hood, Unicorn, Volga/Intrepid, Portland Z23, [filler]
Boss: Nelson retrofit, Formidable, Enterprise, Tallinn, Helena, [filler]

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I ALSO got enterprise maxed limit broke today

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nice

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z23 SEEMS pretty bad

her HP gets so low during boss fights everytime

boss is 85 and she is 102

I cant even do chapter 9 yet

I went to go do it I need commadner level 65

lol

im a quarter of the bar there though

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she's not

the fleet's just a bit week

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I USED the reming EXP packs i had got hood to 53

is the Retrofit on San Diego worth it at all

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absolutely not right now

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i dont even have the matts for it atm

was just wondering

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Well i got a UR Bullin i can buy 2 and get one UR to max limit break or i can hold and not buy them atm

I might wait to see what the NEW UR ares timmrow morning

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Yeah

That's the safe option

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okay is there a fasst way to level ships

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early game not really

XP packs would be fast but they're limited in number early game

you're gonna have to rely on the dorm and grinding

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Chapter 9 is hard and fleet 2 falls apart

is there an easy way to get more oil only getting like 3K a day makes Griding the event Very hard when you use like 600+ oil a run

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nope

you can only wait

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where are you in chapter 9 right now?

because the best thing right now would be to stop and in w9

get the map down to safe and start doing some grinding

you also want to start farming the event

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i stopped at chapter 1 full clear to do event

9-1

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and where are you in the event right now?

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B-3

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okay just low cost clear those stages daily for now

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how do you low cost clear

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start removing ships from the fleet to reduce cost

experiment a bit to see how low you can get it

but for now the main goal is to prep to get you to clear D1 at least

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when Does C-1 drop?

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its been unlocked since the start of the event

tap on hard node

now, has your gold bullin situation improved?

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Oh i have D-1 i need to clear

i got C all cleared

lmao

no Still havent gto any since i LB maxed Enterprize

I got 2 copies of Brennus

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nice

can you actually clear D1?

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no till tommrow im at 78 oil

Unless i buy oil froim Exchange shop

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for now don't

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Unicorn is close to max Retro but nelson is a bit away the Retorfits are hard to come by

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yeah that's to be expected for now

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i had to change fleet 2 to all the high levels to clear chapter 9

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yeah that's fine

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Fleet 1 is comiong along nicly

I have 2 UR bullin right now

but no coins so i cant use them yet

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right

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should i farm B3 for meta drop

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no, outside the daily clear for the first clear bonus

tomorrow try D1 and see if you can clear it

if you can farm there

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i got 200 oil from my thing im trying it now

Fleet 1 does great Fleet 2 Suffers heavy dmg from 1 fight

on the vangurad

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that's to be expected in some ways

only needs to last one or 2 fights though

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1 of the ships is level 75 i dont have a higher replacment

when should i buy the oil to farm

i hav 8K crystals

atm

60 vouchers

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you think you'll be able to actively farm throughout the course of the event?

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Yea

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sure then

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i play it daily

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go ahead

just make sure you can clear D1 first

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ill buy it once to see if i can clear d 1

not all at once

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I cant progress past d 1 not enough torpedo power I'm off by 100

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so you can clear D1 but not D2

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Yea

Well I vant even play d2

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and you're only off by 100 Torpedo stat?

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Yea

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https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Type_93_Pure_Oxygen_Torpedo#Type_2-0

see if you have any of those lying around and stick them on ships in the 2nd fleet that are just acting as a stat stick

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okay ill see if that works

Wait nvm AVG level is also behind

Im missing avg level 95 and TR

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okay yeah

that was to be expected

unfortunately you're just gonna be stuck in D1 for a bit then

I would say start working on ships for a proper fleet 2

but unfortuately you're kinda lacking in bullins for that right now

I guess for now try and just raise your average ship level to the best of your ability in D1 to clear D2 for now

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yEA

I have 1 golden atm

and lots of purple

like 12 purple ones

How good is liverpool and Devonshire

they are high 70's

they are maxed LB

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they're not particularly good

but you don't really have many other good alternatives for right now

so stick with them for now since they're already leveled and invested in

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hmm

try and get a few more levels on some of the ships in your main fleet

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mainly Nelson and Unicorn

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Only replacements for liver

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Helena

would be preferable

but right now the more important goal is clearing up to D3

so put off leveling her for the time being

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Any of these worth keeping

Or retire them all

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if you already have one copy of each no retire them for medals

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I have 2 golden bullins

What gold ship to lb next

Baltimore intrepid

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intrepid

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Any good ?

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nope

just worse than regular Baltimore

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Dang I have 12 purple bullins laying around so it would be an easy lb

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I have 14 450 event stones should I buy the meta ship in the shop or wait ?

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what have you bought so far from the event shop

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Just oil twice

Nothing else

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okay

so I would hold off on any spending until the end of the event

first priorities would be enough vouchers to get the first copy of Moagdor is you don't get 200 from other sources

seccond would be the UR DD Gun, it's basically the best DD gun in the game currently

3rd I would say ideally try and go for the 2nd copy of Mogador for limit breaking but if that's not possible then the first copy of Bearn META if you don't get her and the torps would be next

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got it im at 105 vouchers currently

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Im clearing D2 atm

One of my UR hit over level 100

so thats cool

im 3 Golden carriers for Maxed Unicron Retro

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Nice

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D2 is cleared but i ran out of oil

i can buy more from supply but im check if i can even do D3

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Honestly since you can reliably clear d2

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i cant I need 110 more EVA and avg level of 100

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You're at a point where that oil is just a net positive for event points

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so just buy oil and spam farm d2

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Yes

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should i use High Effiacny plans

or no

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They're just a time saver

So up to you

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d2 cost 200 more oil then d1

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Oil caps don't unlock until you 100% clear the map

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oh

i cant full clear d2

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100% doesn't mean 3 star

The 2 aren't linked at all

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oh gotcha

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What it's looking like atm I just need to max lb baltimore

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Might as well

Next priority after her would be Volga

Also uh start working on getting Helena raised on the side

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Vol is level 70 already at least but I can do her next

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I got 2 things left till a free ship

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nice

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Will I just pick the ship I don't have illustration

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do you have Hood?

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I do

Hood is level 50ish atm

0 lb

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might be worth getting a Hood dupe instead then to use for limit breaking

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Got Nelson done

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nice

you'll still need Hood for fleet 2 most likely though

also did you so Unicorn's retro

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Unicorn is going to take forever

I'm not getting the gold drops

I had to buy 1 purple from medal shop for Nelson

I keep getting blued

I need 5 golden for unicorn

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have you been 3 staring x-4 hard node stages

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No 2 staring

3-4

Is what I farm

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the best way to consistently get T3 retrofit Blueprints early on is to 3 star hard node stages

also farm higher stages

you're screwing yourself over staying in 3-4 for Core Data

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I'll will unlock 8-4 then and farm that when event is over

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don't just farm the one stage

early on it's worth burning the oil to 3 star hard node stages for retrofit blue prints

you are also aware right that if you don't touch the boss you don't lose a daily attempts when running a hard node stage in campaign yes?

so all you really need to 3 star a hard node stage is one attempt

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I was not

Thats new info

Getting almost to 125

On z23

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yeah don't uncap her past 120

she's not really worth the arrays

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I how do I know what ships are

How*

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basically anyone who will be used long term in content where it matters

which for now is just Enterprise, Shinano when you MLB her, and Unicorn

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I can spend 8k of my 9k special to get 2 ur bullins and max lb her once I farm gold.

But I don't have the best planes for her I believe

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I would hold off until the end of the event

if you do manage to get Alsace she would have priority for UR bullins

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not great but you at least you have options

and you'll need to develop a proper 2nd fleet anyway

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I also used last event to max my ur ships ablutys

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skills you mean

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Yes

Helna is level 70

Lv5 lecture has been giving me lots of exp books

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nice

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I can max retro her once she gets more levels

I have the matts

Should I worry about my.submarine fleets at all?

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if you don't need the coins for anything else sure I guess

and no don't worry about subs for now

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Gotcha

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Anything I need to vhnage

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yes

but you probably doesn't have the means

at least for now

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ill send a SS i have some gold boxes to open i htink

Yea not a whole lot.

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throw your 2 Twin 150s on Helena and Liverpool

also give Nelson one of those Triple 155s for her aux gun

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I got Helna max Retrofit except the Skill

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Because I drew duplicates I can max lb berus or Baltimore

Brennus*

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Baltimore just because she's already leveled

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I do have 201 exp packs as well if she's better

Will do

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they're kind of in the same boat

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Ahh I pulled colorado

Yesterday are they worth leveling

For my second fleet

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probably not

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Gotcha.

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Pulled her from the event

Will she be good in my second fleet

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Hit 200 vouchers

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not particularly

since you won't have the mats to enhance her

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i have like 258 for fp AND 150 for Reload

i got these matts a while ago during a meta event

It looks like they are a pain to grind now

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if you can fully enhance her then sure

and if you get all the crystald to MLB her

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Should i buy the rainbow gun from Event shop now

that i have Mog

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yes

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bet what about that Torpedo GOlden

Is that good to pick up

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not as good but still a priority

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I have 24K crystals left after buying both

Im see if i pull Bearun again if not ill buy the 4 crystals

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also try and work towards the second Mogador

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if i clear SP and get 10K more Crystals i can buy the rest of the vouchers needed for the second copy

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that should be pretty doable in the time left

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then after i might have enoghht to get all the crystals

i still havent got Alsc

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yeah

gonna have to get some more levels in D3

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I have 93 exp books

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or drop some of the lower level stuff

yeah don't spend them for this

just grind

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Got my ur bullins up

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still hold out to see if Alsace drops

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I have pulled ~ 60 times still no alscae

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still got more than a week left

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Got the rainbow gun upped with torpedo

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I believe thats all the retros I need for now

Nelson uni Portland are all retorfitex

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Nice

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Whats the easiest way to farm medals ?

Im trying to buy the golden bullins

What the fleets are looking like atm

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How do I beat challenge mode

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farming

and retiring any rare or higher rarity dupes

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honestley, don't bother

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Gotcha

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I doubt you can and you only get a few cosmetics for doing so

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Bosses are 110

With lots of hp

I'm out of oil atm so I can't farm

Is it better to get second ur voucher or all the meta crystals for that ship.

Im not sure I can do both I still can't do sp

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I would go for the Moagdor dupe personally

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Are thies meta crystals available to get later ?

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yes

through the META shop

they're not cheap

and I would prefer to get them via the event shop

but Bearn META while solid is more replaceable than Mogador

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okay

Hopefully i can farm enoguht i want to be bale to DO SP for thhoes Vouchers

what ships should i be Researhcing

Does that matter at this point for me

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not really

just pick whoever you can for now and work on them on the side

it's not something that should be a main focus for now

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okay

i have monarch almost done just need Retrofits

neptune is half way done but any ships in particlar that are better

then others?

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not particularly

especially since they won't be dev 30 for about a month or so

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okay Yea i got thoes Extra Brest Blueprints

from that event

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I have ROON U they are listed high on a tier list what makes them good to be placed high?

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decent stats, decent skills

not worth the core data or bullins though

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got it

Should i start working on San Diego now?

Or hood

Can I scrape all my blue gear I'm out of space

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Most of it probably

There's a safe to scrap guide on #bot-spam /equip

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Thank you

and should i focus on San diego or hood next ?

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You'll want Hood for your 2nd fleet so her

[torpid vector]

okay

[torpid vector]

Just finished monarch

Hood will also be MLB once level 70

I'd there a ship I should speficly research next ?