Qwinn gear advice

[native bison]

@white tendon here

Give me 10 mins I will be back

[white tendon]

Aww, thank you

[native bison]

hey sry about that

Ok first and foremost how many of these BB guns do you have?
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Triple_406mm_(MK-1)#Type_3-0
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Triple_406mm_(Mle_1938_Prototype)#Type_0-0

[white tendon]

“Hugs”

[native bison]

does that mean 0

[white tendon]

Yeah… don’t see it my inventory

[native bison]

can you also check your depot>craft menu
u might have enough BP to craft the second one

[white tendon]

And it’s not equipped either

[native bison]

[white tendon]

These are from research?

[scarlet garden]

the bottom one is

the top is from Soyuz's event

[white tendon]

Yeah… I have only few equipments from shops… always forgot to buy them

Just bought the free shipgirl

(Even collab character I forgot to buy twice)

Sorry :/

[native bison]

make sure u get this in the event shophttps://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Admiralty_Fire_Control_Table

[native bison]

no worries so u didnt have any BP for the champy gun? (the second BB gun I posted) when u go to depot>craft?

[white tendon]

Yeah… everyone will run two and me just one :/ sadge

[native bison]

i am the same since I started late
dw we can cope it will get added to some shop later

this is where I mean by the craft menu btw

u can filter for BB gun at the top

[scarlet garden]

you can craft 2, good

craft 2 of them plus one Triple 410mm for Musashi

[native bison]

he has 5.7k protocore

[white tendon]

This?

[native bison]

can easily get the third one
buy 16 of these in the same shop u bought the rainbow bulins
make sure u buy the series 3 ones (they have III on the icon)

[scarlet garden]

nah

that won't be necessary

they can craft Flandre guns

[native bison]

oh true i missed that

k nvm listen to cheeky

[scarlet garden]

okay so first things first

use 3k of the prototype cores to buy the Tenrai in the prototype shop

[native bison]

best to check how many he actually needs

his research has been all over the place i think

[scarlet garden]

good point yeah

[native bison]

can you show all your UR gear
and then sort the depot>craft by rarity (ascending) like this

[white tendon]

Sure

[native bison]

make sure equipped is on for the gear

[scarlet garden]

okay yeah this is a bit cursed

make that just 34 tenrai Blueprints for now though

[native bison]

so that we know what to prioritize

show this page as well

sort rarity and equipped on

[native bison]

ok nice
someone is an oxytorp fan

buy the 16 tenrai prints like cheeky said and craft it when gold isnt an issue

[white tendon]

I thought they are must have

But even then I didn’t bought them that many for how long I am playing

[white tendon]

Which was that tenrai prints?

[native bison]

not that high of a priority tbh
and 13 is definitely overkill

this plane

it is in the same shop u bought the rainbow bulins

do you recommend he stays PR4 for the second tenrai cheeky?
iirc his shipyard is not in an ideal state

[scarlet garden]

I have no idea to be honest

it really depends on what the state of their shipyard is

[native bison]

can you SS these 2 pages qwinn?

hell do 6 as well

sry we are asking for too many screenshots

[scarlet garden]

also can you just screen shot your research academy as well

[white tendon]

Brb

Um

Yeah

[scarlet garden]

something the matter?

[native bison]

u can just come back whenever and ping me i dont mind if u have sth urgent to take care of
dw about it

[white tendon]

I can’t rn, it will little longer, so please wait for me little longer

[scarlet garden]

sure, just ping me when you do

[native bison]

no worries

[white tendon]

I am with family on beer… and mom don’t like it when I am on phone

[white tendon]

Thanks

[native bison]

fair enough have a good time

[native bison]

@white tendon can you see it now?

[white tendon]

Yes

Thank you 🙂

Now I have time

[native bison]

ok start from here
#1264590118396756121 message

[white tendon]

Yes

Thank you for accepting me

I am in a vacation in Hungary

So yeah

But now I am fully focused

[native bison]

no worries

[white tendon]

Alright

Um, so equipment

[native bison]

that was the last advice we gave for equipment #1264590118396756121 message

then we asked about shipyard and academy

[white tendon]

Yeah

Okay, let me show the research

[scarlet garden]

yeah about what I suspected

what your research focus set to currently?

[white tendon]

On current one newest one I mean

[scarlet garden]

just to clarify, what do you think I mean when I say "research focus"

[white tendon]

Um, this? :

[native bison]

show this page

bottom right corner is focus

[scarlet garden]

yes, set it to PR5 if you haven't already

[scarlet garden]

and finish Plymouth and Brest

[white tendon]

Is 5 that good?

[scarlet garden]

then go back to PR4 research focus asap

[white tendon]

Um, I have some blueprints to choose from in inventory

[scarlet garden]

moreso because you're so close to finishing Brest and Plymouth

[scarlet garden]

also, don't jump around from season to season like this

[white tendon]

Each year I was doing the newest one

Cause…. Other players always finished all ships somehow :/ within a year

[scarlet garden]

when you max one ship, their face researches temporarily get knocked from the pool until you max everyone from that season

it should take at maximum 6 months to finish an entire season without catchup or coining with 100% research uptime and taking good researches

[native bison]

u can finish them all (in one season I mean) within 4-6 months on average if u pick good research
u want to focus D, G and Q research most of the time

[white tendon]

Ah :/

Alright

So I did another mistakes like these

[native bison]

make sure u always queue the academy so u never have downtime

[scarlet garden]

among other things give that a read
https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/research

use the DR5 blueprints you have to finish Brest and make a start on finishing Plymouth

actually

what catchups have you got left

[native bison]

u can see em here

so click them and show us

[white tendon]

Okay, she is done, just used 5 bps for her

[scarlet garden]

right, how many bleuprints do you have left from Plymouth's catchup?

and how many do you need to finish Plymouth?

[white tendon]

Idk how many it is left

[scarlet garden]

can you tap BP exchange at the top

and that'll tell you basically

[scarlet garden]

117 then

use all your remaining DR5 blueprints for Plymouth

[white tendon]

Oh :/ are these last 3 levels that importantly?

[scarlet garden]

hopefully you have enough grom catchup to cover the reamining ones

yes

0 limit break ships are garbage and non max limit broken ships are questionable

[white tendon]

It’s just about the stats or jumping from 5 to 6 stars also some boost?

[scarlet garden]

and dev levels are the equivilent of max limit break for PR ships

[native bison]

for plymouth specifically she gets another mount at dev30
basically she goes from pew pew to pew pew pew each gun rotation

which is sth like 30% dmg boost

[scarlet garden]

here's what it does for Plymouth

[scarlet garden]

yeah basically

more than that actually because improved AoA and stat boost

[native bison]

yeah 30% is like the minimum it is prob much better

[white tendon]

Didn’t know that I thought that only this is the boost

Like +7 FP

[native bison]

it is not a very obious thing yeah
it is the same for limit breaking ships with bulins

[scarlet garden]

tap enhance in future to see what exactly you get

[white tendon]

So use all of these for Playmouth?

[scarlet garden]

yes

[native bison]

and dont forget to select her here

to finish the rest

[scarlet garden]

also, can you check how many blueprints you have left from Plymouth's catchup?

[scarlet garden]

excellent

okay go back to PR4 research focus right now then

catchup will easily finish her

after you get Plymouth to Dev 30, switch catchup to Hakuryu

[white tendon]

Um, shouldn’t I wait all 150 for her and use these PR5’s to use on previous seasons?

[scarlet garden]

no

because those can only be used for Plymouth

wait no

sorry logic

[native bison]

think he means there is no need to open the DR5 ones

[white tendon]

Yeah

[native bison]

catchup is enough

[scarlet garden]

I mean maybe

I kinda just want to get Plymouth finished asap though

[native bison]

u could do that yes
ply might get FS5 at some point but it is unlikely to be anytime soon

[scarlet garden]

and Tenrai blueprints will probably be the hold back on PR4 anyway

[white tendon]

Okay, but what will happen with these bps in catchups I will no longer will have no use for

[scarlet garden]

you can either convert them to prototype cores

or save them for her fate simulation

whenever that comes

I would just use them on Plymouth TBH

83 extra blueprints on Agir or Haku would be nice

but I don't think it'll matter too much tbh

and you get to knock Plymouth's faces from the pool which will help

but you could go either way

[white tendon]

So the remaining catch up bps currently 0/150 when I hit lvl 30 on Playmouth will still be used for Hakuryuu for example?

[native bison]

no

catchup will just give u 150 plymouth BP

excess will just stay in inventory

[white tendon]

So wouldn’t it be better to use as much as possible from catchup and use those BP5 series for like series 4?

[scarlet garden]

no

DR catchups give prints for that ship and they can't be used for anyone else

[native bison]

he means the selectors cheeky

yeah u could do that

[white tendon]

Oh so when I hit max development for Playmouth catchup will end as well?

[scarlet garden]

no

you'll get 150 Plymouth Blueprints no matter what

[native bison]

but like cheeky said getting more for agir/haku from the general DR5 probably wont matter
since even if u finish them u will want to stay in pr4 until u get the 2nd tenrai

[scarlet garden]

yeah

[white tendon]

Oh okay

[scarlet garden]

well it might actually now that I think about it with Haku's fate sim

but this is really splitting hairs

[white tendon]

So I am doing this

[native bison]

btw in the meantime buy 10 BP from here for anchorage each day

[scarlet garden]

yep

you might also want to work towards unlocking Marco Polo and eventually Hakuryu

[native bison]

get her to FS5 then next do this for AvP and finally marco
this will make pr4 overall faster since u will knock their face research out slowly

[scarlet garden]

yep, read sam's research guide on what research missions to take

and I think that covers PR for the time being

[native bison]

yeah we should mention gold plates probably
most of his gear was +10 so that is a relief and hopefully he didnt waste plates

[scarlet garden]

I was thinking Operation Siren and campaign lol

[native bison]

did u have a question here?

[white tendon]

Just that, AvP is finished, or do I have to totally max her?

[scarlet garden]

you do want to FS5 her

[white tendon]

Oh so that’s what FS5 means

[scarlet garden]

if for no other reason than to knock her face researches from the pool

[native bison]

yeah. but do anchorage first
u have implacable so no need for AvP

[scarlet garden]

yep

[white tendon]

lol, I mean I like her a lot, but forgot I maxed that much

[scarlet garden]

how much is that off

because I think I'd finish AvP first at that point

since you have a Dev 30 Brest and a soon to be MLB Guam

[white tendon]

I don’t quite don’t understand, it’s just +5 luck boost stat?

[scarlet garden]

no, her skill proc rate goes from 75% to 100%

[native bison]

well for gold plates the advice is simple

1- dont upgrade anything to +13 unless u are sure
2- if u are not sure dont do it
3- dont spread the plates. take one gear to +13 rather than multiple to +11 or +12
4- buy gold plates from the guild shop twice a week (plane or gun plates)
5- check /plus13 command if u want an overall chart on what gear has priority for plates

u can ignore them for now

cheeky is right better talk about campaign/opsi

[scarlet garden]

so where are you exactly in the main campaign right now?

and how much have you touched operation siren?

[white tendon]

It is

[scarlet garden]

I wouldn't reccomend finishing that all today

just buy 10-15 a day max and you'll be done in a few days

[white tendon]

Fought only few lvl 13 bosses? Idk smt like that

[scarlet garden]

so do you have any desire to push beyond W13 then?

[native bison]

like I said keep it to 10/day. 15 max if u have no other gold priorities
this game and especially research and shipyard is a marathon not a race

[white tendon]

Or this?

[scarlet garden]

honestley

[white tendon]

Alright, just with coins

[scarlet garden]

I would just burn them for Prototype Cores

[white tendon]

Um,… eventually I would like to

Cause there are 3 farmable ships

[scarlet garden]

4 actually now

Bunkerhill, Dewey, New Orleans and houston 2

okay then

so could you post the rest of your SRs

[white tendon]

SRs ships?

[scarlet garden]

yes

[native bison]

he has enough rainbows to clear 15
probably gear is the biggest issue

[scarlet garden]

yep

also did you commit any UR Bullins beyond max limit breaking Shinano and Implacable yet?

also were you not that active or something because it seems you don't have Laffey 2 or Mogador

[white tendon]

I only bought bullins for those two ships

[native bison]

I did not want to mention this to him before

[white tendon]

Forgot to buy them in the shop… every event after it ends actualy still has shop on to buy stuff, but just can’t farm currency… for these two I had currency but forgot to buy them and shop disappeared with the event too

Sorry :/

[scarlet garden]

rip

no need to apologize

[white tendon]

I just found out how good Laffey is in the tier list

[scarlet garden]

right, how do we go about things then

[native bison]

i personally think it might be better to focus opsi first but if he wants to push 13 fair enough

[scarlet garden]

well the first issue is how tf to use the remaining 14 UR Bullins

[white tendon]

Do I really need to use them?

[scarlet garden]

no but I kinda feel bad not using them as well

[white tendon]

I didn’t even buy them yet

[scarlet garden]

you're kinda spoiled for choice in a good and bad way

[white tendon]

Yeah :/

[scarlet garden]

so I guess let's start with who's definitely not getting them

Shimakaze, UvH, and Krosnhtadt

[native bison]

i think guam soyuz and alsace are the obvious choices
only issue is he already has BZ and sushi
so not like he needs em

[scarlet garden]

yeah

[white tendon]

Alsace is also max limit breaker actualy

I forgot I also maxed her too

[scarlet garden]

it's between Soyuz, Vanguard, Guam, Yortkown 2, and Unzen

I'm tempted to say Yorktown 2 and Guam and just save the rest for now

yeah I think I'll stick with that recc

[white tendon]

Just check who I could make a fleet with

Fleet building is something beyond me either :/

[scarlet garden]

okay I guess let's do OpSi first

[native bison]

i agree more or less tbh

save a bit for Sep anni
who knows if they do more double UR events but better be prepared

[scarlet garden]

yeah

[white tendon]

I don’t have much to share about OpSi :/

I played little bit when it released and that is kinda it

[scarlet garden]

BB Boss: Musashi, Bismarck Zwei, Alsace, Brest, Helena, Plymouth
CV Boss: Yorktown 2, Enterprise, Implacable, Guam, Kazagumo, Sirius
Mob: NJ, Unicorn, Independence, Yat Sen, San Diego, An Shan
4th fleet: whatever for now

[native bison]

so I will let cheeky build u the fleets

but a few things u want to do

1- finish the story before the month ends (chapter 4 at least - but better go all the way to fight the arbiter as well)

2- u have 4 blue ports. check them every 3 days. buy whatever they sell. u want to get the rainbow designs and some other good gear but buying everything at this point makes the good stuff more likely to spawn

after finishing the story u want to fight the abyssals (and maybe strongholds and hidden zones). we can get into more detail for that later when u finish the story.

[scarlet garden]

yep

[white tendon]

Um… alright

[scarlet garden]

okay so you're probably not ready for W14 yet, let alone W15 because I suspect you're a bit deficient in gear

but W13 should be a breeze for you right now

[white tendon]

Gear is basically nonexistential for me

[scarlet garden]

Mob: Aquila, Unicorn, Independence, Brest, Scylla, San Fransisco
Boss: Musashi, Enterprise, Bismarck Zwei, Guam, Plymouth, San Diego

this is complete overkill

but a lot of these ships you'll want to level anyway so....

[native bison]

do you know how to gear your ships btw?
I can give some general advice if u are not sure how
or direct u to sam's guide/ECTL reccs

[scarlet garden]

as for gear yeah, that's not something you can take for granted especially later campaign stages

[native bison]

btw u might want to screenshot the recommendations incase u forget or cant find the thread again

[scarlet garden]

yep

I'll give you a reccomendation now for W14 as well to give you soemthing to aim for

[white tendon]

Gear ships? Um… I don’t even know difference between HE and AP gun

Yeah… I basically need a beginners levels of help :/

[scarlet garden]

okay so for gear

I take it you basically have no gear from events?

[native bison]

when u have the time u can check this https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/equipment

he had a bunch of UR event gear tbh

[scarlet garden]

no Mk7, 2nd Table, Soyuz gun, Alaska gun, etc?

could you just ss what UR gera you do have?

[native bison]

this was it #1264590118396756121 message

[scarlet garden]

oh

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/De_Havilland_Sea_Hornet
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Bréguet_Br.810
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/General_Motors_TBM_Avenger_(VT-51_Squadron)

could you tell me how many you have of these?

[white tendon]

Just some exceptions, like one NJ’s gun

I could have had 2, but forgot to her that gun on her first event, got this gun on her rerun

:/

[white tendon]

Will check it

[white tendon]

Sorry :/

[scarlet garden]

that's fine

[white tendon]

I feel really disappointed from myself… I had all of these at my hands… but never bought them

Just one click :/ and could have had each of them

[scarlet garden]

well now you know at least

[scarlet garden]

so you don't have any of these then?

[white tendon]

At least if I could buy it somehow with money, but Azur Lane doesn’t work that way

Let me see

I… I don’t have any of these :/

[scarlet garden]

no worries

so most of this you should actually have already

the fire control table you can get from the current event, plase don't miss it a 2nd time

and the 2 aux guns on the BBs are from the gear lab

these are pretty crucial

so you can't really skimp on them

and obviously some ships need to be leveled and finished like Anchorage

[native bison]

u can get these in the core shop

[scarlet garden]

the ASW plane on Unicorn is also very cheap to craft in the lab

[native bison]

and this but it might look different since this one was from LNY event. the one in core shop is similar tho

[scarlet garden]

lol

wait do you have no gear from the core data shop?

[white tendon]

Just some of these Super shells black and white and few UR sub axesories

[scarlet garden]

well you have more than enough to get what you don't have

might also wanna give that a read to make up for some lost time
https://samheart564.github.io/ECGC/shop_priority

also back to PR for one thing real quick, how many PR5 and 6 PR prints do you have?

and how many blueprints is Shimanto from Dev 30

[white tendon]

I started focusing shimanto cause this video

[scarlet garden]

yeah....

please don't follow AL youtubers for advice

especially not Kimocheese

[white tendon]

Oh

[scarlet garden]

and I'm sorry to say

you got baited into pouring a lot of resources into NC for no reason

[white tendon]

Ok

That’s kinda sad

[native bison]

this was shimanto
can u check the BP exchange again so we have the exact number

[white tendon]

Let me see

Yeah she is also dev 20

I would need 199

So 17 left

[native bison]

medal shop sells 15 each month
how many medals do u have?

[native bison]

check the shop priority that cheeky linked and buy what it recommends

but u can get 15 BP as well
and next month get the rest for shimanto

[scarlet garden]

yeah among other things get the PR6 blueprints and use them all on Shimanto

[white tendon]

Alright

Wait, I could buy these two from event

Ahh that would be 1k currency :/

[native bison]

just wait 10 days medal shop will restock

[white tendon]

Okay

What now?

[native bison]

i think cheeky might have wanted to replace someone in the fleets he recommended not sure

[scarlet garden]

kinda

I guess take her over An Shan now for W14

mainly wanted to see how close she was to finishing for some W15 prep

[native bison]

yeah tbh this is a lot of info in one thread/day

start working on opsi and raise the ships cheeky recommended
and dont ignore research
read Sam's guides whenever u can

and come back to ask more when u dont understand sth or forget (like I usually do )

[white tendon]

Um, sure

Thank you guys

❤️

[native bison]