Gear Recommendation starter fleet | Azur Lane Official | Page 1

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 12:41 PM

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Looking for help with what to do with gearing on these ships based on what I have or could easily acquire please.

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slender shore Aug 1, 2025, 12:43 PM

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Following this. Don't mind me lol

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 12:43 PM

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gimme a sec

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aight first thing first, gold gear doesn't mean it's good

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 12:44 PM

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right

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I just don't know whats good besides a few like roomba

bright ledge Aug 1, 2025, 12:45 PM

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Just in case how many gear T3 boxes do you have? Or lower T1-2 to convert them to T3?

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 12:46 PM

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ive been opening them as I go lemme see

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1 t4 sakura, 2 t3 royal 4 t3 iron 11 t2 eagle, 9 t2 royal, 1 t2 sakura, 8 t2 iron blood and enough t1 to compose 1-2 boxes of each

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 12:48 PM

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tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 12:48 PM

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after composing

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 12:48 PM

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do this if you dont wanna enhance that gold aux. it's kinda temporary until you can buy white shell, which is better

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then again this fire control is also temporary, with worse stats

bright ledge Aug 1, 2025, 12:49 PM

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spring lion

maybe this can better for some slots

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 12:49 PM

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yeah on portland

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was missing something, you nailed it haha

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tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 12:50 PM

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ok, so I got unicorn armed, obviously not everything at 10

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gonna go through the rest one by one

bright ledge Aug 1, 2025, 12:50 PM

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np. I decide to check what event gears can do first so slow🤷‍♂️

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 12:51 PM

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are gold roombas better than purple?

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 12:51 PM

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ye

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all gold AA gun>purple AA gun

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to put it simple, these are basically most of the relevant AA guns

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 12:53 PM

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I don't have any hydraulics lol

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 12:53 PM

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just open all your purple and gold tech boxes

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you'll get some camo/steering

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or craft, probably have their prints somewhere

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 12:54 PM

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ahh yeah thats fair I forget about crafting

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I need some more of those 120 mains

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 12:54 PM

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open box before crafting tho, save some coin

bright ledge Aug 1, 2025, 12:55 PM

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and have chance to get Steam Catapult

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 12:57 PM

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didn't get any and no bps sucks to suck

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I'm sure I'll survive for now

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ill just keep a repair kit on portland for now

bright ledge Aug 1, 2025, 12:58 PM

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Elixir is equivalent of Catapult

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 12:58 PM

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put the crystal+toolkit on portland

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it will function the same

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 12:58 PM

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I did

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what about helena? I don't have a lot of secondary options so I put a blue repair and advanced boiler

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also you popped two versions of penn up there, do I use event item of the radar

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and this seems stupid but the triple 406 I have on penn looks similar but it has a black top

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is that a different gun?

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 1:02 PM

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it's this gun

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you'll be using this gun until you can upgrade to rainbow mk7 or mkII which is event limited

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 1:02 PM

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I don't have that one

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 1:03 PM

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impossible, everyone gets one for free

bright ledge Aug 1, 2025, 1:04 PM

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btw for eva. maybe for Helena

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 1:04 PM

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I may have made an oopsie

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 1:04 PM

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shimaDed

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use the twin410 then

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 1:05 PM

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im pretty close to that, at least a poverty version

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the other thing I don't have is the dive bombers

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I have ju87c

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 1:06 PM

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yeah sure use it until you can get more helldiver

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 1:06 PM

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tulip rivet im pretty close to that, at least a poverty version

also i dont understand this

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 1:07 PM

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sorry, I'm close to your recommendations, but using some stuff in there that should be upgraded soon like blues to purples if I can

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I typed that out as I had thoughts going through my head so it came out wrong

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I appreciate all the advice

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 1:09 PM

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i see, make sense now thumbsup

bright ledge Aug 1, 2025, 1:09 PM

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tulip rivet sorry, I'm close to your recommendations, but using some stuff in there that sho...

which one?

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 1:09 PM

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the first one mori posted

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exvept I did the radar instead of the event item on penn

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 1:10 PM

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not all blue is a direct temporary substitute btw. it can be worse than other purple gear

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like if you don't have enough toolkit to spread around

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 1:10 PM

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the only blues I have are the aviation pod thing on sara and two blue repair boxes

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 1:11 PM

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you can put 1 toolkit+1 fire extinguisher on z23

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 1:11 PM

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I guess I can craft an avi tank to replace the blue when I have coins

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 1:11 PM

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aviation tank=steam catapult

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 1:12 PM

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then I just have two toolkits

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 1:12 PM

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they are interchangeable

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 1:12 PM

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so I can just have two catapults?

bright ledge Aug 1, 2025, 1:13 PM

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some gears have chance drop from event maps. like Yumia event TH4 have drop catapults and TH3 toolkits. if you made all crafts and still need some event points you can focus for this maps. chance drop low but you gone farm them anyway

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 1:14 PM

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Here's what they look like now

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Going to have to enhance levels as I go

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That's about as close as I can get it with my current resources

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 1:16 PM

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change portland's main gun, remove radar from penny

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use this if you dont wanna enhance

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 1:17 PM

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youre right I had the wrong piece i wanted the fire control one right? they sorta looked alike

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 1:18 PM

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ye fire control radar

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looks blocky

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 1:18 PM

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yeh I got it, tyty

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should I swap to the gold 203 when I can enhance or just hold or a better gun

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 1:19 PM

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when you can afford to, later on

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might be more relevant in w11 for a bit

tulip rivet Aug 1, 2025, 2:51 PM

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@spring lion I did want to ask, why did you swap out the gold relic on your first recommendation to the fire control

spring lion Aug 1, 2025, 2:58 PM

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cheaper

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eventually they all will be replaced with these

tulip rivet Aug 4, 2025, 1:44 PM

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spring lion Aug 4, 2025, 1:45 PM

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use Kala instead

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can get more duplicate of her from milestone right?

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think can get like 4 of her

tulip rivet Aug 4, 2025, 1:45 PM

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Yeah

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Wouldn't need to use as many resources for mlb. (With bulins i mean) Kinda sucks I wanted to use Isla. I wish more Collab ships were good

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I got another yumia but I already have her mlb

spring lion Aug 4, 2025, 1:47 PM

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ye just stick to Kala Sandiego

tulip rivet Aug 4, 2025, 1:47 PM

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Appreciate all your help

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And javelin is fine as my middle ship like x23 in my main?

spring lion Aug 4, 2025, 1:48 PM

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3rd one you can maybe start looking at maybe IJN DD to help with torpedo requirement or Z1 for ironblood PR grind

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javelin isn't that useful in comparison

tulip rivet Aug 4, 2025, 1:48 PM

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Oh so you mean for the third ship not fleet

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Ok I'll keep an eye out

spring lion Aug 4, 2025, 1:49 PM

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yeah the 3rd ship with kala sandy

tulip rivet Aug 4, 2025, 1:49 PM

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I was just trying to go off the basic structure of the first fleet to build the second

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But there's a lot of nuance I don't get yet

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Any recommendations of IJN DDS to look out for?

spring lion Aug 4, 2025, 1:50 PM

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2nd fleet is quite free, just try to stick with 1bb 2cv, 1 tank+2 flex

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Shigure is okay

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a lot of events, or hard mode, will require high torpedo stat one way or another

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so having an IJN DD will be helpful, since beginner fleet has almost zero torp stat

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just purely as stat stick though

tulip rivet Aug 4, 2025, 1:51 PM

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I don't know how useful it is in reality, but the mine thrower thing felt like it helped me get rid of subs on the atelier ryza event maps, until my ships got enough to just blast through everything

spring lion Aug 4, 2025, 1:52 PM

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oh you'll start to see the torp requirement the more you play lol

tulip rivet Aug 4, 2025, 1:53 PM

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so what exactly is it that requires you to have better stats for torpedo, what changes or what enemies do you encounter?

spring lion Aug 4, 2025, 1:53 PM

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it's literally torp stats requirement lol

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you know how hard mode requires some stats to fulfil?

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torp is among the hardest one to fulfil

tulip rivet Aug 4, 2025, 1:54 PM

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oh yeah ok, so you can't even launch without it

spring lion Aug 4, 2025, 1:54 PM

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9-4 for example

tulip rivet Aug 4, 2025, 1:55 PM

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I ran into the fleet reqs on OPSI

spring lion Aug 4, 2025, 1:55 PM

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i dont think opsi has stats requirement, just 2 fleet

tulip rivet Aug 4, 2025, 1:55 PM

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it had a level requirement I thought?

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I could have sworn it required 400+ fleet level

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not a high bar

spring lion Aug 4, 2025, 1:56 PM

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ah, maybe, i dont remember kekw 2 fleet is already more than 400 i guess

tulip rivet Aug 4, 2025, 1:56 PM

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yeah I didn't have a problem meeting the requirements at all I just noticed them there

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and I'm safe retiring elite ships I already have MLBB like Uni right?

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and SRs?

spring lion Aug 4, 2025, 1:57 PM

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MutsukiHyperStare uh, best not

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and why would you retire unicorn

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or you mean their duplicate

tulip rivet Aug 4, 2025, 1:57 PM

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I have her fully mlb, and I have extra copies

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yeah sorry not the main holy crap no

spring lion Aug 4, 2025, 1:57 PM

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yeah can retire

tulip rivet Aug 4, 2025, 1:58 PM

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I meant copies of ones I have already maxed

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:07 PM

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@spring lion been trying to go off your recommendations, any thoughts on gearing my second out? most of what's in there is just placeholder or stuff that got thrown off the first fleet when I optimized it.

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:11 PM

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gimme a sec

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:12 PM

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no rush, whenever you have time, I appreciate it

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:16 PM

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tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:16 PM

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I only want quint mag golds, otherwise standard purple quints right?

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:17 PM

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if you're really broke kekw

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:26 PM

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I mean I'm not broke broke but I'm in a constant state of poverty due to upgrades

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:27 PM

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ah i forgot to include Hood's Augment

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make sure you have it

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:27 PM

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but this at least gives me a rough guide to build to now, thank you. I'm getting to the point where I really need to get the second fleet going

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I haven't done any augs yet

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:27 PM

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prioritize hood and sandiego's

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:27 PM

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what about my main team? any I should get there

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:27 PM

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kala one is free so save you some coin there

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just yumia's

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which is also free

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think they still require some upgrade tho right?

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some leveling needed

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yea i guess it's at least cheaper than normal ones

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11k vs 21k

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:28 PM

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oh that's right I do have yumias

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I just crafted everything to get as many rewards as possible so I have all the gear

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yeah the 21k for a full augment with EVERYTHING else I had to pay for was why I avoided crafting them

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:32 PM

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crucial for hood and sandiego though

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so gotta fork out some coin for them

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:35 PM

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ok, will do

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what about saratoga? less vital?

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:38 PM

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can be delayed until later on

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strong aug though, should get it if you can

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but you already have enterprise in the fleet, so it's ok to delay a bit

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:41 PM

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oh yeah, who do I flag?

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enterprise?

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:42 PM

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the BBs

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:42 PM

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oh

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ok

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:42 PM

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campaign you always flag your BB

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except some like UVH or Odin

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:42 PM

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I didn't know if it was dependent on what ships did

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:42 PM

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it's mainly because in some maps, there will be suicide and rammer boats

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so you wanna center your BB for most coverage

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if you put your BB at the bottom for example, then her aux gun can't reach the top, and suicide boat can kill your top ship easily

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:43 PM

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makes sense

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right now my van catches most of it and uni heals through everything so

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but I'm only in 10-1

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I was able to 2* it with one fleet but it was tight damage wise

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with the split bosses it took too long

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:45 PM

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w10 you will start to see a lot of those suicide boat

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w11 you will see them in a train

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w12 they become absent, but you'll start seeing a lot of more planes

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:45 PM

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yeah penn was on life support when I finished and I lost 2 van eating stuff to finish without losing flag

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:45 PM

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w13 ALOT of planes

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change your penny's aux gun if you can

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try this

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and you wanna start using +10 gear

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:47 PM

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yeah I'll see what I have after I finish this sortie

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I got all yumias stuff to +6

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just gonna do catchup with their gear today

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as much as I can

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I didn't want to invest too much in stuff I'm gonna dump

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:49 PM

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the twin410 or mk6 are safe to +10

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purple hellcat i can understand +6

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barracuda... kinda 50-50

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gold is good but purple yeah a bit questionable going beyond +6

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:50 PM

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I changed the hellcat to a corsair

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:50 PM

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purple corsair+10 100%

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:50 PM

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I do have a lack of proper dive and torpedo bombers

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:50 PM

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just continue opening purple techboxes

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eventually you'll get enough

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+10 your vanguard guns too

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portland one is fine to hold

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helena ones +10

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:51 PM

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was it a mistake to do the oath to Z23?

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:51 PM

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no

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it's whatever

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are you using single line formation btw

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:52 PM

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ok, I just kinda picked whatever because I was curious

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no

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:52 PM

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your fleet is fine and the gear seem okay too, but dying sounds something is amiss

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:52 PM

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double line

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 2:53 PM

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maybe just unlucky

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can go back and farm levels at 9-4, or manual a bit 10-1 to safe and grind there

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with two fleets it should be a lot better than 1fleeting and fighting boss without ammo

tulip rivet Aug 11, 2025, 2:54 PM

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yeah I'm grinding 9 for some levels with Sandy in my van rn

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when do I actually start caring about levelling my subs?

spring lion Aug 11, 2025, 3:05 PM

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for daily raid, or w14 onwards

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you can camp at lv65 raid for a long time with free sub i-58, so it's kinda whatever

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not anytime soon, that's for sure

bright ledge Aug 11, 2025, 9:47 PM

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You can put one of your sub in dorn for passive leveling. Cos they almost never get exp if you doing everything right. Better get one of top from the list. At lvl 95 sub daily you may want one of 120 lvl sub. But it all not be soon

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Yeah. Best way having 1-2 fleet at lvl 120 so that your priority

tulip rivet Aug 12, 2025, 8:57 PM

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If you see this and dont mind/care I did start a different account first I'm trying to recover, it was sort of half doing stuff during event, definitely didn't finish much so I don't have augs for any of the collabs, I have the first fleet pretty well sorted but if you don't mind notes on where to go from here on this one?