#1 day old beginner help.

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humble sail
worn fjord
topaz forge
humble sail
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Thanks for the advice. 👍 I know everyone was saying to focus on one fleet for now, but out of my list of ships, is there anything else worth throwing into a second fleet? https://imgur.com/a/IPpD7PY

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worn fjord
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for now not really

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Nelson is solid to build around there but

pure heron
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btw, did you do the tutorial roll/build?

cold nest
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what I see atm, you could have a decent grouping with Portland / Laffey / London in front (left - right)

worn fjord
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ports currently in the main fleet already

humble sail
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Yes, I did do the tutorial roll. Don't think I got anything amazing iirc.

cold nest
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LB2 Laffey for that torpedo pre-load

humble sail
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This is going to be my main fleet for now, Portland to take Laffey's place when she gets a few more levels.

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worn fjord
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@humble sail later on in the guild shop, grab cleveland and phoenix

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yea that's good

cold nest
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something you want to grind early is multiple repair kits if you don't get them from gear boxes

humble sail
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Repair kits? What are those and how do I grind them?

topaz forge
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You can get th repair kits from 3-4

cold nest
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they're aux gear that gives extra HP + level of HP regen

humble sail
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And I'll make a note to grab Cleveland and Phoenix on the next refresh.

topaz forge
cold nest
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even in high-level they're still essential gear for DDs

humble sail
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Now that I think about it, would Cleveland & Phoenix replace anyone in my main fleet? Or just give me actual options for the second fleet?

cold nest
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very good for low level ships trying to grind xp

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though personally would still say London for 1st fleet since Portland is a gunboat and Laffey is gun focused destroyer, makes good use of London's artillery boost

pure heron
worn fjord
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london will go in the 1st fleet later once we start working on the 2nd fleet

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cleve and phoenix helps with that

cold nest
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don't necessarily need amazing pulls to make good use. I had Tai Yuan in my fleet until she got to 100

worn fjord
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later on looking at something like
Penny YKTN Uni - Phoenix Laffey London
Nelson - Port Helena Cleve

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just needing to get 2 more good backliners

cold nest
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Lexington is a decent option to farm for

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artillery cover is actually rather helpful

topaz forge
pure heron
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btw, Saratoga pops up in chap 4 rite?

topaz forge
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Yes

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4-1

cold nest
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must admit I'm biased. Levelled Lex to 120 and still use in my mobbing group

pure heron
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so yea, Lexington grind is fine if you haven't finished up until chapter 3

humble sail
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I'm already on 4-1. XD

pure heron
cold nest
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I'll also recommend Souryuu and Hiryuu as a paired carrier group

pure heron
cold nest
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but then, oathed Souryuu, so again biased lol

humble sail
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So what is my next recommended course of action? Farm 4-1 for Sara, then 3-3 for the sisters, then 3-4 for some repair kits?

cold nest
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I would say go after the earlier stages to get needed gear and earn xp at the same time for front fleet

worn fjord
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uh it's 3-2 not 3-3 hmmThinkers

humble sail
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So 3-2 for the bunny sisters first then.

topaz forge
cold nest
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you can get the bunny sisters from 3-1, 2 or 3

worn fjord
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it's best to farm 3-2 for them

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3-1 and 3-3 are garbo hmmThinkers

cold nest
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yeah, 3-2 priority

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forgot you can get helldiver blueprints from it

pure heron
cold nest
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best dive bomber in the game pretty much

humble sail
pure heron
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yus

topaz forge
cold nest
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It's a good idea to get those quick, especially if you use Sara or Lex, as they both have 2x dive bomber slots

humble sail
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Is there anything I should know for equipment? Think I understand most of the stats, but don't really know much in terms of crafting/upgrading.

cold nest
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something else you'll get from 3-4 grind alongside repair kits is the F4U corsair, which is another high-quality aircraft you can get early. Very good fighter

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purple corsairs and helldivers are pretty much the best early-game carrier planes

humble sail
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I'll definitely keep an out for those. Just been using whatever I've been getting my hands on for now.

Though on a side note, should I be doing daily heavy crafts since we have the rate up? Or just stick to daily lights and save for the event at the end of the month?

topaz forge
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Light is enuf i guess cuz they only use 1 cube

cold nest
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technically, daily craft is just 1 ship per day for the mission, so the 1 cube for light is all you have to do

topaz forge
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Also,rmbr to do your daily raids

cold nest
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ship build mission for each day gives you back 1 cube and 800 coin, so literally what you put into a light build

humble sail
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Got it, so I'll ignore the rate up event for now then.
And don't believe I have access to them yet, but I'll keep an eye open for them.

cold nest
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rate up is just a thing for those specific KMS ships before they're added to the permanent heavy pool

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well, Bismarck is going into the heavy pool, the others probably to light and special depending on which one

humble sail
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Ah, I see.

Also, who in my main fleet should I lb? Already lb2'd Laffey & Helena, which back line ships should I lb? Or just hold off on them in case they get replaced in the future?

cold nest
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you'll always have a use for Unicorn. She's a good mobbing support carrier for long, grinding rounds where you have to go through multiple fleets

humble sail
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👍 I'll lb her as well then and save the rest of my bullens for later.

topaz forge
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Uni is in W5 right?

humble sail
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No clue, redeemed her from the guild shop. 😅

topaz forge
cold nest
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ponders if Graf Spee would be a worthwhile grab for early game from the guild shop

humble sail
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That's the advice I was given last night. Grabbed Helena, Uni, Shouhou, Penny. Then spent skill books on Helena to carry me through to stage 3.

cold nest
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makes sense. All three backliners have some form of heal skill

humble sail
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And double checked my dock. Think my tutorial craft was Gridley.

worn fjord
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nah graf spee wouldn't be a better option over the rest

pure heron
cold nest
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wouldn't know. I kinda just forced my way through with 2x Carrier one BB fleets most of the game. Hiryuu/Souryuu pretty much carried me along

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Repulse and Rodney have been my only really used BB/BCs even up until now

humble sail
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Oh, one other question. Which ship should I focus on skill training first? Laffey's been in class for obvious reasons, who's a good second candidate?

cold nest
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Unicorn, perhaps? Support carrier training?

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My early game pretty much consisted of Souryuu/Hiryuu training second carrier division

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apart from the skill training you need to do for the rewards from the training thing

worn fjord
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yea unicorn

humble sail
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Makes sense. So I guess my current goal in the game is to farm ships and gear for a bit, rather than continue pushing. Farm 3-2 for the sisters, then 3-4 for repair kits. What should I do when I get both sisters? Shove them into fleet two alongside Nelson?

worn fjord
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yes

humble sail
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👍

Oh, just unlocked the labs. Should I just ignore them for now?

worn fjord
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don't worry too much about farming toolkits either

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push campaign when you can

cold nest
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research lab? or the shipyard as well?

humble sail
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Research lab.

cold nest
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well, as long as you can fuel it, research assignments are like commissions, they just happen in the background and give you decent prizes depending on which one

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you need coins, cubes or other materials depending what it asks for, some just take time outright

humble sail
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So do the cheap ones for now I guess?

worn fjord
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in the bottom left you'll see like focus or something

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set your research season to pr3 and catchup to like seattle or who you like

humble sail
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Oh, and the shipyard/meta lab was unlocked as well.

worn fjord
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are you able to start a ship yet hmmThinkers

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in pr1

humble sail
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Don't have enough ships in my library yet.

worn fjord
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thought so

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oh well, start saintlouis or monarch when you are able to

humble sail
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And don't quite understand what focus does. My lab research gets a bonus towards it, but what is pr3, and why can't I see any ships in it? I also have tabs for pr1 & pr2, but then the info box says that the bps from pr2 are limited.

cold nest
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the lab bonus gives you extra blueprints toward the selected ship with each project you complete

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the number on it is how many BPs you can get in total for that series

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so for PR1 that total is across all 6 ships

humble sail
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How about pr2? Is that also across all 6 ships even though 2 are dr? Not that I have any clue what dr is.

cold nest
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depending on participation in war archives and the like, Roon might be a quick one for requirements (7 as opposed to 20 for vanguard)

worn fjord
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it's just 300 in total for PR1 across all ships

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same for pr2

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not 300 each

cold nest
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also no, that's across the 4 ships for PR2, then 150

worn fjord
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DR is seperate and you get 150 each

cold nest
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(300 for the PR) (150 for DR)

humble sail
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I'm just going to nod my head for now. Still have no clue what pr & dr stand for. 😅

worn fjord
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yea don't worry about it for now

cold nest
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the PR are basically gold rare ships