14-4 fleet advice

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let's go \o/

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make something like this your boss fleet for starters

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mob fleet can stay exactly the same

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alrighty

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boss fleet its mainly swapping noshi for jda

and changing NJ main gun to AP

and rudder over hsfcr for off-flag uvh

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okay

NJ main gun should be the PR3 one (MLE?) then I assume

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ye that works

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so if we're being perfectly realistic

do I have a decent shot with these fleets?

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yes

oh wait i almost forgot

swap shima and poi

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or should I wait and finish FDG's last 150 or so plates

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na

i was able to 100% 14-4 w/ richy :)

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wow

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granted i had percy > ryuuhou but

you have a drake with +13 drake gun which i didn't have so

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HMS disappointment with +13 disappointment gun you mean?

I guess my expectations for a DR with a rainbow gun are just too high lol

I cant wait till I get my hands on perseus

shima's hedgehog goes to poi in mob fleet right?

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ye

or actually

give sumner hedge and poi depth charge

cause poi is second tankiest there

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okay

no rudder for NJ?

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no you want rudder nj my bad

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okay

I just realised I awakened odin to 125 for nothing

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rip

be prepared to reset though due to rng

although mobs shouldn't be too bad if you avoid doing bb nodes without subs

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yeah I remember having to fish for good spawns back when I cleared 13-4 too

anyway

updated for 14-4

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hsfcr richy over white shell id say

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okay

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and hsfcr uvh over rudder

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alrighty

btw instead of pressure aux on subs, what should I put? I threw in a repair kit to increase their survivability and they did all survive all fights+ the boss fight, but im not sure if thats so much because of the repair kits

(updated, for archiving purposes)

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i ran snorkel oxytorp

with 1 bidder / 1 g7e cause poor

apparently g7e is better in w14 cause it reloads twice at full launches compared to once for bidder

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do you still use subs on boss battle even on safe sam?

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uh i haven't safed it yet

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Thats good to know, I'll switch back to g7e then. I dont have 6x bidder yet anyway

when fishing for favorable spawns, what am I looking for? 0 3-star bb fleets?

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yeah

i mean you can still deal with 3 star bb from the start

since 5/5 ammo + subs generally should be enough

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my first move should be to fight the fleet in front of the lighthouse right?

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yes

its always a dd node

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Ticonderoga mvp

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see i told you, massive damage to shielded prods

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good grief my mob fleet is taking a beating

I tried to manual twice and I'm not sure but I think they took MORE damage

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that happens on bad rolls honestly. often on lethal

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I cant complain about spawns though, I'm done with 3-stars now so there's hope 🙏

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dont forget to use flares

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yeah I remembered, im keeping the 2nd stash of flares for boss though

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1 mob fleet left to fight

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should be fine

maybe

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reset if richy is about to yeet

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ye

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cursor over the pause button, buttcheeks clenched

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boss time

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holy crap

full auto

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I'm so glad I waited for the last 2021 UR event before attempting this

Thanks for the help ❤️

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I wish I did the same

congrats

and if you get new orleans before me, I will spite you

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C H A L L E N G E A C C E P T E D

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WHELP

time to reset

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so apparently I got really lucky that first run

I've spawned in 4 times now and every time it's a sea of red 3-stars

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3 star dd nodes arent the problem. the bb ones are

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^^

3 star dd nodes are fine

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The gambler in me is nudging me to keep rerolling

"It's only 10 oil, why not make it easy on yourself until you hit safe danger level"

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idk if this is just an rng thing, but upon safe clear, I only get a few 3* bb nodes compared to my previous runs before safe. now idk if it's just me being blind or just sheer luck, but

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Yeah I often wonder how truly RNG things like that are in this game, or if it's RNG with a little nudge in a direction

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yep. and what makes 3* bb nodes so pesky is their wave combos

two rammers + 3 jihad boats then a backwall of bb prods ready to fire up on your backline once they get unstealthed