/jp/ - Otaku Culture

New player here! I've read pretty much all the guides I could get my hands on, but there were a few things I wasn't sure on so wanted to ask:

1) Am I doing the right thing? Currently, I'm just doing the same Sortie (1-3) until I can comfortably S it, and then moving onto the next one. Also doing quests when I can, and spamming Expedition 3 for Quests + resources, because it seems like a good one.

2) Fleet composition. At this early stage, I'm 1 Battleship, 1 Heavy Cruiser, 1 Light Cruiser, 3 Destroyers (pic related). I also have a Battleship (Fusou) and Heavy Cruiser (Haguro) in reserve, because repair times can be really long, so I bring them out from reserve when needed. Saving Buckets because I read that those are best used in Events.

3) I'm playing in KCTViewer, because I like at least some things to be English. I do sometimes run into periods of repeated disconnections though, and I read that if you refresh too much (like I have to do when that happens), you run the risk of being banned. How likely am I? D: I've set my System Clock to the Japanese Time Zone (rip me telling the time on my PC now), but am not running a proxy or anything.

I'm all out. If anyone has any tips or tricks for a complete scrub that I may not know about, hit me up. I think I'll be aiming to build a Carrier next, but I hear that they're a huge drain on resources, so that will suck.