Help with Fleet Building

[fervent drum]

Hello! Was directed to make a thread and post my dock so I could make better fleets. Here is what I’ve got.

[neon root]

[neon root]

remember the goal is to clear ch4 in opsi

before the end of the month

[unreal monolith]

right, where exactly are you in the main campiagn again?

[reef sorrel]

8-1?

[fervent drum]

I have 8 SR bulins also. And ok, why specifically chapter 4? And I’m at 8-1 50%, level 60z

Or SSR, don’t know what we call the level under UR

[neon root]

yeah no wonder u aren't expreriencing any issues
ch8 isn't hard especially at these levels

[echo spruce]

what do you need to enter D1?

[unreal monolith]

Strasbourg, Indiana, Unicorn, Portland, Z23, Helena

[fervent drum]

Are we talking D1 on event?

[unreal monolith]

that will be your main fleet for the time being

[fervent drum]

I just beat it for the first time, currently at 34%

[neon root]

can u gear this fleet well ?

[unreal monolith]

a bit early for a 2nd fleet yet but you can at least start looking at leveling ships for it
Saratoga and Ark Royal will be the 2 main ones for now

[echo spruce]

forget 8 then

[neon root]

i thought this was d2

[fervent drum]

Yeah I have plenty of gear, let me make sure they’re all setup. Am I just mashing face with them despite ammo?

[echo spruce]

8, 9, even 10 are all trash compared to D maps.

how many UR bulins including ones you haven''t bought yet

[unreal monolith]

also, don't spread your bullins out like this in future and max limit break any ship you're using

[unreal monolith]

is it all good gear though, big difference between bad and good gear

[fervent drum]

Is Roon µ not worth throwing in instead of Helena? And if I answer the questions of UR bulins, can we promise to only flame me a very small bit

[unreal monolith]

no

among other things Bullins

[fervent drum]

Bullins my b

[neon root]

i promise

[unreal monolith]

Indiana is gonna eat 3 right away and I can see some more advantageous uses of the remaining 5 and any more you might get in the near future

[fervent drum]

Ok so I used one UR bullin on New Jersey. I realize now this was a mistake. So there’s my ugly truth.

[unreal monolith]

eh

[echo spruce]

yes but how many left?

[unreal monolith]

not exactly unusual

it's a common mistake

[fervent drum]

I haven’t used anymore

I actually don’t have anymore which is probably a good thing considering

There’s gear, don’t know what constitutes good

[neon root]

nah nj isn't bad to invest into with ur dock

[fervent drum]

Man I though I was going to feel the flames of hell for a second

[neon root]

but better save because the next URs should have the highest priority

[fervent drum]

Gotcha, I’ll save what I can get then.

[echo spruce]

xp books?

[fervent drum]

84 Blue tier at the moment

[neon root]

gear wise

the IX for manual only

[unreal monolith]

empty slots mean use whatever there for now

try opening some more tech boxes for another shell and fire control radar for Indiana

[fervent drum]

Ngl you guys are awesome for helping so much, I really appreciate it!

[neon root]

the coin is a toolbox ?

[fervent drum]

This is the coin

[neon root]

yeah it has the same stats u can use it for z23 i think

the skill looks kinda meme a little bit

[fervent drum]

Ok awesome, I’ll throw it on

[neon root]

but i remember the pain to raise aux gear so i would stop at +6 for it

and prioritize more toolboxes for +10

[fervent drum]

Ok, will do

[neon root]

ch4 clearing screen waiting room now

[unreal monolith]

that's honestley the least of their concerns right now

[fervent drum]

So I should modernize Z23 Asap then right?

[unreal monolith]

she would be your next priority yes

to retrofit

[fervent drum]

Gotcha, I should be able to do it after some gold grinding.

[neon root]

how the priority will go then ?

[unreal monolith]

farm the event

when the event is done push the main campaign

once they have 2 competent fleets together then Operation Siren can be a considertion

[neon root]

is ch4 that demanding i kinda forgot about the difficulty

[unreal monolith]

in the grand scheme of things no

but I certainly wouldn't expect them to clear with one fleet that's still being developed

without a lot of hassle anyway

[neon root]

[fervent drum]

Ok, so the only problem now is Helena is in a commission, one that costs oil. Got about 7 hours left, guessing just leave her there and grind with what I’ve got? She would be the next retrofit target right?

[unreal monolith]

not exactly

next would be Saratoga

[echo spruce]

you need to use kasumi for now anyway

[fervent drum]

Ok, Saratoga and then you said Ark Royal?

[neon root]

i think independence will take over by that time

[unreal monolith]

I did yes

her and Helena are pretty low priority retros though

[neon root]

after retro 2 cv ships the golden items will be mainly from drops

[echo spruce]

fleet 1:
stras
uni
lusty (2)
port
kasumi
z23

fleet 2:
indy (3)
sara
nj/nelson/ark(basically someone that doesn't need gold bulins)
balt (2)
helena
smkz/cleve/leander/leipzig(basically someone that doesn't need gold bulins but still allows you to meet map requirements)

you'll only use fleet 1 until you get the highest D map you can stabilitized and safe. Then you are going to swap Helena, Indy, and Baltimore into Fleet 1. The idea is to try to push enough higher level ships into boss so that you can start using two fleets. And then you're set for life.

oh the number in parens is the number of gold bulins needed

you can feed helena, sara, nelson, ark, etc a few exp books if you need to but you still kind of want to hoard unless necessary.

[fervent drum]

Figured I’d just ask here, based off of my dock, who should I pick for the invitation?

[echo spruce]

see 📌 in #gameplay-help but it's all just tech points. jda and sirius are meta but you can get them for free eventually from elsewhere.

[fervent drum]

Thank! Should I just grab Enterprise from newbie mission?