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Is Midway this spring event that is planned for April? I thought Midway was coming next Friday.

>>11950982
What are you talking about? Midway was the true winter event, and it finished last month. Wasn't two weeks of extension enough for you?

Also, did you guys go CV or BB route for Shinano? She has more competition on the BB side, but I don't use CVs much.

>>11950982
Eh? you missed it?
Midway already over.

>>11951004
I keep her as a BB. Her CV remodel have shit luck.

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>>11951005
No way!

>>11951008
There was that quest to beat 5-3 four times to get the map open, thats why alot of people rushing to clear it.

>>11950982
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>>11951005
Midway? what is it? can i eat it?

>>11951008
Don't worry Midway is just the mid point, there is still Segway,Subway and some others I forgot.

>>11951025
You forgot the Highway.

>>11951104
Getting sunk even in red is rare. Go for it.

Should I risk the boss of 2-4 with one CA in red? Rest are in green

>>11951104
No. It's never worth losing a ship over a boss.

>>11951105
This guy sounds trustworthy

>>11951104
CA is common as fuck.
Go for it.

>>11951104
No. You'll regret it for the whole rest of your career.

There are times when risks must be taken. A 2-4 clear is not one of them.

>>11951104
which CA is it?

>>11951116
For map progression, I say go for it.
I sank a lvl20 akatsuki to pass 3-2 months ago.
She is now lvl50, I have no regret.

>>11951118
Only a level 26 Ashigara Kai

>>11951126
i guess it'd depend on if you had a replacement for the slot if you end up not being able to clear 2-4 here and you lose her. replacing a ashigara is pretty easy thanks to 3-2A grinding.

>>11951126
Just do it. Maya is the only CA worth mentioning because of her AA. Though CAs, in general, is terrible.

>>11951104
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>>11951133
クソ提督

>>11951129
>>11951133
Horrible admirals, the both of you.. What you should care about isn't getting the same CA again, it's clearing the map with gusto and flair. It'a no good if you have to sink ships to clear 2-4 or E4 or whatever.

My flagship was level 66 when I cleared 2-4, and I don't regret a moment of all that "pointless" grinding.

Did everyone forget update from few weeks ago? That you can hear sunken ship line randomly in HQ.

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>>11951136
>caring about shitty sentimental shitty CA when you should be clearing as many maps as you can to prepare to event next month

>>11951146
Kancolle: The Sorrow
or Kancolle: PTSD Edition

>>11951146
I've never turn the sound on so I don't know.

>>11951137
There's nothing wrong with taking a gamble knowing full well what you're going to lose. And seeing as he's just going to lose a 26 CA that he probably wouldn't use again except for compass requirements, it's a good trade for unlocking the big boy map.

It's only faggots that whine about losing their lv99 Ikus because they didn't look at the screen and notice she was red that are the real scum of the earth.

>>11951147
Who are you quoting?

>>11951137
Heh, the flagship I used was level 8 and gained 2 levels to 10 when I cleared it.

>>11951104
You can sink her if you want. Just be prepared when she returns as an abyss ship and returns the favor in 5-2.

>>11951157

Still, encouraging what is essentially sacrificial ships isn't something I'd like to see from most Admirals.

>>11951157
Ashigara is a good girl, and since he's struggling with 2-4, she probably saw him through some shit. It's not worth throwing her away to nab a map clear that he can probably get on the next run or so.

There's no difference between this shit and using sacrificial ships on E4. It's a slope you don't want to slip in.

>>11951185
Most admirals here have sacrificed their ships during Fall. Sacrificial DD fleet was common at that time.

Having no ship sunk can be said as elitist.

>>11951189
Speak for yourself.

>>11951189
>elitist

>>11950217
>Do you remember the times when you only had a handful of destroyers to rely on?
>Do you remember your first craft? Your first drop? Your first fleet?
>Those times when we didn't have to worry about stuff, and clearing the first world was an achievement...

Thanks to the ship ID number... Arare (no. 2) and Kasumi (no. 4) were a part of my fleet for a good amount of time. The real question is if anyone remembers using Yura for the August event. Isuzu didn't drop for me so I had to rely on her. It doesn't seem like anyone cares about her anymore. ;_;

>>11951234
Eh, Yura? Looks kinda fishy to me.

>>11951234
>The real question is if anyone remembers using Yura for the August event
I started playing near the end of August event, so I still remember that part. Now she's one of drum carrier for ex. 21.

>>11951234

I still have my Yura, I don't know why though, I never used her that much, yet I can't bring myself to scrap her.

>>11951234
>>11951243
i feel the same way, too.

Yura was a part of my early ASW fleet, along with Isuzu.
got deprecrated later on when it's more simple to just slap ktkm/ooi with depth charges.

Never had that extra line in the scouting phase before until now after I put a scout seaplane on one of the subs just because.

>>11951279
Some of your seaplanes didn't come back. AA must've gotten them.

So, Novgorod has another design on Pixiv.

The hull skirt doesn't really match her, though. She needs to ride on the disc like some sort of flying saucer in order to really convey the insanity of that monster.

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>>11951189
I can't believe how many kuso TTKs here are so willing to sink their ships just like that.

What next? Sacrificial level 1 CVLs at Midway event?

>>11951383
Your sentimentality is not needed during times of war. Someone have to take the role of grunt and meatshield.

>>11950925

Why are ships using bows and blunted arrows? Is this some shitty metaphor?

>>11951387
>If you have any ships in red or if a ship sank on the way, you get diverted away from the boss node with a 100% chance

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>>11951395
For once I agree with Wo.

>>11951394
any ships in red without a damecon*

>>11951391
It's more like a metaphor brought to life. "In-universe" they really have bows and arrows which they use to launch planes.

Magically it works. Don't think too hard about it.

Talking about shitty kuso teitoku
This dedication

>>11951405
The perfect wife

>>11951405
masochist husband teitoku

>>11951410
>>11951418
She rejects you. It's more of a fucked-up dependency relationship than a marriage.

Taihou boob envy needs to be in every thread

>>11951383
I can't wait to sacrifice a million Junyous.

>>11951478
I wish for a character that can't be made fun of her small chest.

>>11951489
No such thing can exist.
Not as long as I live.

>>11951478
I wish to forget about her

>>11951495
What about a flat-chested girl with a fear of big breasts? What's that fear called again? Mastophobia? Mastrophobia?

>>11951500
That would give me even more grounds to make fun of her and spiral her fear into a suppressed form of extreme envy

>>11951502
>Due to a childhood incident, she became extremely scared of big breasts, to the extent that she still constantly suffers nightmares about it.
I don't think that'd be envy.

>>11951505
I thought we were talking about ships
Backstory like that doesn't exist for ships
Not to mention, for regular characters in anime, I can easily twist those things

>>11951512
Just bring in the nightmares from out of nowhere then.

There will never be a ship that is flat that I cannot make fun of for being flat.

>>11951502
Maybe she just doesn't want to grow up, like Peter Pan syndrome. Having breasts is the first sign of adulthood.

>>11951512
I'm sure you can find one who was surrounded and sunk by busty American ships in her "youth"..

>>11951521
Marshmallow hell?

Could work.

>>11951489
That's just fanart. Taihou never mentions her size, unlike RJ

>>11951520
>>11951521
I make a living off writing fiction (and assassinating commie people)
There is nothing I cannot twist

>>11951525
I guess technically you can...

I'll just wait for the backlash.

assume the Shinkaisei-kan are all sunken shipdaughters
so if you defeat them in battle, does that mean you've sunk your shipdaughters twice?

>>11951588
Exorcise.

>>11951588
Where do you think drops come from?
Those are exorcised and rescued abyss ships

>>11951588
I want to think that they're American ship girls who sunk near Japanese waters and got converted to the Abyss before the USA government could get to them.

I don't count on it, but having American ship support for Midway event would be boss. Like say, the US navy is pissed that the Abyss got to their ships before they could turn them into girls, and they have info on Abyss main fleet whereabouts, so they want a joint operation to wreck some Abyss shit.

Are we getting the new ship and 5-5 next week?

Epic raid.

>>11951644
Looks normal to me.

"No matter how many new comrades join us, I won't be surpassed by anyone."

>>11951644
wot?

>>11951660
Looks like unko

>>11951682
I mean the actual website is back to normal.

>>11951615
Temporary USS Enterprise sounds good to me

Anyone notice that ashigara might be a little on the bonkers side

>>11951723
Yeah and I don't even see why. If anything Shigure is a better candidate for an insane character.

>>11951723
Third Fleet flagship, "hungry wolf," battle mad.

>>11951724
Mid-life crisis.

She's getting the ara-ara syndrome and she doesnt even want to. She's really scared to lose her teenage sex appeal

Is there a chart somewhere where we can see lvl150 stats for each ships?

>>11951748
but Ashigara is pure

>>11951730

I'd be the feast to that hungry wolf.

who is more of a battle maniac? Sendai or Ashigara?

>>11951764
Sendai is just enthusiastic

I only just realized drums are DD CL CAV AV only

So for 5-4 I actually have to use a boy in my fleet. Fuck me for not having melons or sluts

>>11951773
you need to get more kumanous

>>11951768
>boy
>slut
But there aren't any.

Mogami is neither. Mikuma is also neither. Suzuya... nope, neither. Kumano is also neither.

Yeah, there aren't any boys or sluts.

>>11951764
Sendai is a sex craving slut
>Admiral, what's up? You're all red… O~ho, you wanna have a night battle with me?

>>11951773
Or you can just use fine ladies like Kumarinko.

>>11951778
She doesn't actually understand.

Ooi is a slut

4 5-4 runs: Iku, Uzuki, (Hiei), Kumano
Sure it was nerfed, now I only need a Zuihou.

>>11951405
pyon a best

>>11951778
Wow her secretary lines after marriage from wiki

>Admiral, thanks for the hard work. You're always tired from the constant night battles, right? Yeah, you know!

>>11951828
If you encountered >>11951782 every night, you'd be tired too.

So how full is your gallery?

Anyone happen to know Kaga's marriage quote? I don't really know my way around the wiki.

>>11951842
Missing: Nagato-class, Torpedo Cruisers (except Kitakami Kai I), Chiyoda-class Light Carriers, Shoukaku, Yuubari, Hatsukaze, Mogami-class cruisers except Mogami, Hachi, Akigumo, Yamato-class, Yahagi, Verniy, every Kai II, Verniy, army transfers, and rare Mutsukis.

>>11951842
January babby here. Missing Nagato, Shoukaku, Maikaze, Hatsukaze, Mikuma, Naganami, Yamato, Agano, Noshiro, Musashi, Shioi, Uzuki and Taihou.

>>11951844
Wiki translations a shit. Use these instead.
http://pastebin.com/su1ZHmtX

>>11951852
There is.

>>11951850
Too bad there aren't secretary lines after marriage

>>11951842
Got everything up to Shoukaku, then missing Zuikaku, Zuihou, Ooi Kai2, Mikuma, Chitose Kai2, Hachi, Kumano and both CAV and a lot of the new aditions.

>>11951853
I meant translated in the pastebin.

>>11951842
Only one I'm missing from first 100 is Nagato (not that I care about her). Just got Hiryuu from LSC (3500/3500/6000/6000/1; 2nd attempt; first was another Akagi). For the rest, I'm missing:

Zuikaku, Zuikaku Kai, Zuihou Kai, KitaOoi Kai 2 (not going to kai ni my CLTs yet), Mikuma, Mikuma Kai, Hatsukaze, Chitose sisters Kai 2, Kumano, Kumano Kai, Yamato, Yuugumo, Naganami, Yamato Kai, Agano sisters, Kinugasa Kai 2, Musashi, Kiso Kai 2, Musashi Kai, Kongou/Hiei Kai 2, Jintsuu/Naka Kai 2, IJA ships.

>>11951852
If you want Kaga's, hers are:
>まぁ、私も認めてはいます
which the English wiki translates as
>Well... I'll approve of this too.

Go to the wikia's Ship Lists from the main page and then there'll be a list of ships sorted by class, from where you can check their lines.

>>11951615
They use inches, so they must have been made from American ships. It would make sense for the abyss to send corrupted American ships west and corrupted Japanese ships east. Both sides are blockaded, so you'd have to completely overrun their western defenses to reach the Japanese abyss ships and try to recover them. Drops would be ones that are in the process of being converted but haven't been sent east yet.

In that case, if naval scientists figured out how to reverse corruption, we could have lost American ships trying to help us break through the abyss blockade so they can get home.

>>11951842
Started in august, missing only Yamato Kai, she's level 31, I'm not sure if I can do it till friday.

>>11951842
I have all the ships in the game and all their upgraded forms.

>>11951842
I'm only missing Hatsukaze, Yamato (but I don't even want her), Akigumo, Yahagi, Musashi and Akitsumaru.

>>11951842
Yamato, Taihou, Hatsukaze.

Fuck those three though resources come first.

>>11951842
Missing Mikuma,Hatsukaze, Yamato, Yahagi and Musashi from the first 150
Missing Naka / Jintsuu Kai 2 and LSC ships (because fuck bootlegging ships)
Out of those I only actually care about Mikuma

I don't even care about gallery. Just give me Taihou already. ;_;

>>11951900
Not getting ready for Midway?

>>11951907
I'm stuck between two choices: Start preparing for Midway now or keep crafting for Taihou until near the end of this month, then start stockpiling.

>>11951912
You won't have enough time.

>>11951907
I'm in a similar position, I want Taihou, but then I don't want to be one of those unlucky teitokus who can't clear the event with 100k+ res

>>11951914
23 days is more than enough if you have the buckets already.

Unless Taihou is a requirement at Midway (and if that happens I can see her being a rare drop on the boss node of the new map we get this week) I see absolutely no reason to have her /that/ desperately

>>11951917
Wait, I thought the event will start beginning/mid-April.

>implying the Japanese could ever win Midway

>>11951925
Who are you quoting?

>>11951928
Isn't he quoting truth.

>>11951928
/a/ pls

>>11951929
what truth?

>>11951933
The truth of this world.

All these spares, what should I do with them?

>>11951938
Make them fight each other to the death.

>>11951938
If you are talking about Shoukaku and Zuihou, keep one if you like and use the rest for modernize.

>>11951842
At least you got Hatsukaze.
She is easier to get compare to Taihou imo.

>>11951945
No, Taihou is much harder to get.

>>11951945
>>11951949
Whichever you don't have is obviously harder to get. Due to RNG's nature, it differs from player to player.

"The fleet must be really lame if I'm able to take first place. Well, I don't dislike it."

やりました。

>>11951944
I'm sure he knows but just wanted to show off.

>>11951965
I really hate bringing lvl 99 ships with me to sorties, it feels a bit wasteful that they're not gaining anything out of it.

>>11951970
Marry them.

>>11951970
It can't be helped, there are no other ships worth using. Same applies for Midway if it happens though I want to use CA more.

>>11951975
Just start levelling a new batch.

>>11951972
I'm never going to hate money. My jewish blood would never allow it.

>>11951978
Justify it somehow then you'll be able to.

>>11951964
It just keeps happening.

I'm not even counting the sub nodes.

>>11951923
23rd of april

>>11951984
That's the anniversary, yes, but they never stated the exact date of the event.

>>11951964
I have the same problem with my subs

>>11951987
I was under the assumption that the event would start on that date, it's also on a Wednesday so there's a good chance.

>>11951988
It just keeps happening.

I'm not even including sub nodes.

>>11951842
Yamato, Zuiho, Ooi, Akitsumaru, every drop-only ship except for Maikaze.

>>11951860
Oh, I meant that there are a bunch of big name sunken US ships around Japanese waters, and the whole ship girl program probably started after the Abyss popped up, so they had plenty of time to convert these ships into the Abyss while both US and Japanese governments were trying to claim their own ships that were nearer to their home waters. Europe is probably facing a much more motley Abyss compared to Japan, because their ships were all sunk rather close to home, so the corrupted ships were probably whatever the Abyss could get their hands on.

Plus these things are said to made from the grudge of sunken ships, so it makes sense for American ships sunk in Japanese territory to have it out for Japan.

>>11951189
Fuck off, Kuugen.

>>11952089
That's not me, you disgusting piece of shit

>>11952089
Fuck off hetshit

>>11951988
>Maruyu getting MVP in 2-3
My sides.

How the fuck did that happen?

What was your fleet when you beat 3-4? I've got 4BB 2CV with Nagato, Kongou, Hiei, Haruna, Kaga and Akagi.

Should I bring the monkeys up to their Kai Ni? Or max their stats first and level their evasion stats? Because even in the first BB node they eat a crit.

By the way, for the BBs I just put two 41cm since I only have 1 46cm. The rest slots I fill with whatever radars I have, sanshiki and damecon. For CV it's 1 Reppu and 2 Shinden Kai Ni for air control, and I fill the rest of the slots with Suisei. Are my planes not good enough either and should I be crafting for Saiun and other holo planes?

>>11952131
4subs

>>11952131
5 subs including Iona.

So, are you done with your final crafting/5-4 spree?
It's time to start preparing for 5-5.

>>11952131
first cardiv, unlucky sisters, mic check and hyahha

>>11952138
I'm still farming 5-4 for exp.

>>11952138
>final crafting
Nope but I just got another Kaga for 5200 bauxite.

Yay.

>>11952138
>5-5
You mean Midway. Unless it becomes a map requirement, I'm not touching it until after the event.

>>11952138
I'm giving up on LSC until after Midway, feels bad that it drained me out of devkits and I need more holo planes to craft.

>>11951859
Shit, forgot Taihou and Taihou Kai.

is Kitakami good to have in the main fleet? because right now i have a BB, 2 BBVs and 2 CVs and i'd rather not have another resource eating ship in here lol

>>11952152
No, she's shit don't bother

>>11952152
>Kitakami
>resource eating ship
You what mate

>>11952155
Wo pls

>>11952152
>lol
Get out.

>>11952158
But Wo is telling the truth,torpedo cruisers are rendered useless by radar guided fire and naval aviation due to their short range.

Question still stands. Do we know if it's the 1st or the 23rd of April?

>>11952155
any suggestions on what type of ship to put in instead of her? or which ship?

>>11952158
late realization that i typed it wrong

>>11952161
Another Wo detected.

>>11952171
I know, but you can put that either way

>>11952162
>来月の卯月四月は「艦これ」一周年！ 応援して頂いている提督の皆さんのおかげで、来月4/23(水)を以て「艦これ」はその誕生から一周年を迎えることができそうです…本当にありがとうございました！来月は【春イベント】も展開も準備＆予定しています。こちらもぜひお楽しみに！

>>11952171
It just says that the event will be next month.

Why are you still trying? Midway is already announced.

Clearly they want to surprise us with the event starting on Fools day.

>>11952152
yuri torpedo sisters is shit ,and they even shitter with new update .
my torpedo sisters just remain in LV 6x forever and may be never be using again

>>11952177
Because it's announced to be more than a month away.

>>11952177
Because NEVER GIVING UP is how I got the Yamato sisters, and bloody hell that's how I'll get Taihou too.

>>11952177
imba Taiho will drop like candy at E-5

>>11952177
Because I still don't have Maruyu..

>>11952185

>>11952164
Just add her to your fleet. She's useful, but only if you go line ahead, which I trust you'll be doing most of the time.

And the rest of your fleet are fuel/ammo guzzlers, might want to swap them out for cheaper ships. Most people might recommend 3 CLTs, 1 BB, 2 CVs, if they could choose what to field.

Actually, it's more of what you're intending to do with that fleet and less of what ship's good, because different ships are good at different times.

>>11952187
You're getting too close.

>>11952177

69 crafts later taiho finally yesterday.

before then 4 Akitsu Maru, 11 maruyu
50ish were 4/2/5/5.2

>>11952190

What's wrong with IE? KCV apparently runs on IE and suddenly it can't play Kancolle anymore.
I still can play with Google Chrome but not with IE or KCV.
Already clearing the cache and updating Flash. It didn't help.

>>11952111
She did scratch damage while every other sub managed to miss two attacks.

>>11952188
yeah i always go line ahead.
i'm stuck at 2-4 for a while now so i was thinking of changing my main fleet setup because these guys are just massive guzzlers (also that repair time ._.). i've also got a I-168 but i read that she's shit so i never bothered to even try to level her.

>>11952194
gratz anon

>>11952203
>._.
>>>/wiki/

>>11952196
Akigumo's voice is sweet like honey.

I keep getting Zuihou, please make it go away.

>>11952203
>i've also got a I-168 but i read that she's shit so i never bothered to even try to level her.
You should scrap her while you're at it. Keep trying to bruteforce a map you can't clear like an idiot when you're suffering resource shortages while there's gamebreakingly cheap alternatives you refuse to try because of stupid shit you read on the internet.

Non DD breast size chart

>>11952198
>What's wrong with IE
It's shit.

>>11952203
You could just go nuts, you know?
Akagi with all green planes to get past the Wos, 5 BBs.

Diamond or double line on any air battle nodes, Line ahead on boss.
Just spam 35cm (or larger) guns on BBs, give each BB Type 91 shells if you have them.

>>11952199
My sides.

>>11952203
>I-168
Just use her anyway. Make sure to fully modernise her. Pic related.

If it's 2-4 the standard recommendation is 4 BB(V)s 2 CVs, all remodelled and fully modded. Seeing that 4 35.6cms on each BB and 4 basic blue planes on each CV seems to work for all level 1 fleets, I figure you can pull off the same using stronger ships and equipment. Or, you know, subs. Even 1 sub works. Equip her with a midget sub. It's as tedious as standard setup, but it's far cheaper.

As for repair time just use buckets.

>>11952214
Heh, I remember when I first cleared 2-4 without a BB or a sub.

>>11952194
God fucking damnit, I'm just over 70 crafts. Fuck Taihou and the hundreds of thousands of resources she's made me waste.

So what was the winning formula?

How can Wo fight in night battle when our carriers can't?

>>11952263
because Wo can do things not-Wo can't

>>11952263
How come Kitakami and Ooi can fire pre-emptive torpedoes when our CLTs can't?

>>11952251
Just imagine. You're throwing a D70 (more than 70 times already) hoping for a "10". It's hard, but it happens.

Jesus fuck, how can I get more Rkai? This is from using the non-saiun recipe daily since December.

>>11952289
by having more luck

>>11952289
21/60/20/131 and sacrifice of your first born to RNG god

>>11952281
I doubt Taihou's chance is 1/70 unless you use super cheap recipes.

>>11952300
It's not. It's probably close to 10% (a bit less than that, though). The fact is that previous attempts don't affect future ones.

>>11952305
It /should/ be ~10% for 4/2/5/5.2, yeah.

(But in that case the chance of not getting her after 70 tries is just 1 out of 1596... I wonder what recipe >>11952251 is using.)

you admirals that got Taihou after like 50+ tries, how much will you rage if Taihou drops with Turkey rate at (5-5/6-1 whatever it is we get next) boss node and it's not overly difficult to clear

>>11952326
I'll be happy because I still don't have taihou, fuck LSC.

>>11952326
Not one of them so I would be glad if that happened, but don't count on it.

>>11952334
read the wiki

Newbie here got questions about AA/Aircombat mechanic:

1) My ships don't have those green colored AA guns. Would they still shoot down planes with just ''normal'' red colored guns?

2) If not , what are those ship AA stats for?

3) Does the order of equipment installed on a ship matter?

4) What is this ''sliding'' motion I see some on other forums talking about?

5) How to win air battles? My light carrier doesnt seem like sending fighters and lose air supremacy every time

6) What ship do you use for AA? DDs or CLs?

>>11952312
Well, if it's 9% then 1 out of 736, with 7% already 1 out of 160 doesn't get her in 70 tries, it doesn't seem impossible with 8-9% chance.

>>11952326
Don't even bother thinking about it, making Taihou a common-ish drop would be suicide after the hell players went through to get her.

>>11952353
Turkey is common-ish? What? Are you on drugs?

>>11952355
Compared to LSC? Absolutely.

>>11952334
1) They still will shoot down planes, but red guns don't have sliding motion.
Lower tier red guns have less AA than green guns.

2) Your ships can shoot down planes without green guns, but sliding does a better job than plain AA stat.

3) First slot with a weapon (from the top down) is the one they shoot at night (if you don't use double attack or cut ins)

4) When planes launch at the beginning of a battle (and the enemy has planes), your flagship, and any ships with green guns will 'slide' to the right to intercept the enemy planes.
The animation happens when the enemy planes get near your side, the little face portraits move right a little.

5) More green planes (fighter planes, not seaplanes).
Green guns will reduce the effectiveness of enemy bombers, but they don't help with air superiority.
The most important thing about air superiority is outnumbering your enemy's fighter planes.
Your light carrier has shit plane capacity, upgrade to a CV or spam green planes.

6) CVs are the best AA ships imo, if you're willing to replace bombers with fighters and a green gun.
Mind you then the carrier actually has no attacks.

Is equipment crafting completing random?

>>11952363
Are you fucking kidding me?
>>http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Development

>>11952361

Thanks.

>>11952366

For the same materials , the results vary by a lot , at least for me. One try it's the shitty 12cm gun , then suddenly it's a 15.5cm triple gun on the next try

This fucking guy.

how to farm bauxite? 2-2 is inefficient and 4-3 is too risky.

>>11952379
Expeditions

>>11952375
You do bother to set the right type of flagship (aka your secretary) before crafting right?

The other thing is that the nice drops on the wiki actually don't drop very often.
You basically get a steaming pile of a hundred shits and two Reppus, or one 46cm gun with twelve shit cannons.
Blame the RNG if you're doing everything else right.

>>11952374
at least its not the guy with 2 lvl 1s and 4 99 BB+CLT+SS mix

>>11952379

>4-3 is too risky

More like it got riskier. Either my luck has been down the drains or the "random" aspect of it became more favored towards the boss node.

Also, Daihatsu. Lots of them.

>>11952392
same here. Also, gold BB in node A.

>>11952387
Yeah I've been trying it lately and mostly got sent to the preboss node

>>11952387
>>11952392
>>11952393
Must have been nerfed! Nerfed to hell! Nerfed so hard, the only explanation is that they nerfed the nerf even!

>>11952379
I want to know too. Just wasted 15k bauxite to craft only 7 holo planes.

>>11952400
Try with Taihou, I got 7 holos in the last week crafting for dailies. 3 of those were Saiun though

>>11952398
What's wrong? Can't handle all this evidence?
It's nerfed by the abyss cover agents at Kadokawa so that you won't have enough bauxite for Midway.

>>11952423
But I have 226k
that's 40,000+ planes that need to get shot down to make me run out

>>11952423
>abyss cover agents at Kadokawa
Why would they need cover agents? Kadokawa is literally run by the abyss.

They feed on the grudges of sunken ships and the tears of heartbroken admirals.

>>11952428
how the fuck?

>>11952445
what, how I have 226k bauxite? stockpiling.
one plane shot down equals 5 bauxite resupply
divide 200000 by 5 and you get 40000

>>11952448
just how long have you been playing? The most amount of bauxite I've ever had is 60k. Crafting Taihou and holo planes could easily reduce bauxite significantly. And I still don't have Taihou , Zuihou or the Shoukaku sisters.

>>11952452
First time seeing a scriptfag?
You won't need more than 20k for any map anyways so 60k will be just enough.

>>11952374
Is he sparkling Iku?

>>11952458
No, he's showing off his drops.

>>11952452
I'm not doing LSC
I don't believe in bootlegs
Been playing since November 7

>>11952464
>no Hatsukaze
I don't believe it.

>>11952326
Couldn't care less. The only thing that matters is what I have. If you have all ships, good for you.

>>11952471
5-4 drops, I mean.

Do you guys generally do your pvp battles when stockpiling before an event?

>>11952476
Well then, he should be having a level 19 Iku.

A level 13 Iku makes no sense.

>>11952478
I do, but that's because I still have important ships to level (Kinugasa, Shigure, Kiso). If you think your fleet is good enough for the event, you can ignore it.

>>11952480
Read his in-game comment.

>>11952500
50 weeks of 5-4? My moon sucks.

>>11952516
>50 weeks of 5-4
Watch out, >>11952374, you're up against a time traveler

>>11952468
But LSC Taihou is the original Taihou. If you're waiting for drop Taihou from an event map that would be the knockoff.

>>11952575
That's not how it works
The drop has the genuine holo background, the seal of proof of genuineness.
Craft shit is blue bootleg background

>>11952575
>it's only original if you suffered more for it
stop deluding yourself, anon.

>>11952579
look at all this autism

>>11952579
Thank you Kuugen, now go away, she is LSC-only and she will always be that.

At this HQ level, am i supposed to interpret this as incompetence or just being an asshole.

>>11952601
That's ~538 base exp, not that bad.

>>11952593
Heh, keep deluding yourself like that please

>>11952592
Look at your shitposting.

>>11952601
If he went heavy on the wolf pack runs, his level might have inflated, or else he has a set of level 99 ships already and is leveling a second batch.

What are aviation cruisers good for?

>>11952625
Drum carrying at 5-4.

>>11952610
>a set of level 99 ships
>at 90
Seriously?

>>11952579
inb4 an update gives crafted ships their respective rarity backgrounds

>>11952638
If that would happen it already would have happened

>>11952633
Spamming 3-2-A, maybe?

>>11952633
It's not unfeasible, if you focus exclusively on a few ships. I got my first ship to 99 at level 72, and the remaining five got there at around level 82.

>>11952625

Being very, very cute.

>>11952641
Maybe the devs never crafted any ship? They haven't fixed T-cross bonus either, would be a nice anniversary update fixing them already.

>>11952641
Say that when the first anniversary rolls by. It could well be an anniversary update for all we know.

All the more likely if we see Naka-chans drop with holo backgrounds on April Fool's Day.

>>11952631
>>11952648
Hm so outside of that, they're not good to replace the standard CA's and BB's in the main fleet? I got a Mogami just now.

>>11952655
There's not much difference between them and normal CAs stat-wise. Mogami does have her low remodel level going for her though, so she's incredibly useful at lower levels.

>>11952655
Mogami is good for scrapping, Kumano/Suzuya is good for sexual harassment, Kumarinko is good for love.

>>11952655

I just use any ships I like. They're not super terrible and the only things they can't kill well are the BBs and some CAs.

>>11952652
T cross is supposed to work that way otherwise they'd have fixed it. There is no way they aren't aware of how it works.
And really? You're grasping at some extreme straws here

>>11952653
I will be here, licking your tears when nothing like this happens.

>>11952672
>no holo background Naka-chan
Curses.

>>11952652
They simply never assumed people could go Kuugen-tier autistic over a background.

Newb Q.

Is there any point in leveling a ship if you've already maxed a remodelled ship's stat by modernisation?

>>11952679

The higher level they are, the more love you have given them.

Don't you want to show how much you love your ships?

>>11952682

There's only so much love I can give away at any one time

>>11952679
there are stats that can only be increased by levelling.

>>11952686

You'll never marry your shipfu with that attitude.

>>11952677
Kuugen started this and it's starting to catch on
Same with the script trolling and resource bragging
Kuugen always ruins everything

>>11952694
The Root Of All Autism©.

>>11952696
It's not even autism if she herself doesn't really belief in it
Kuugen does whatever is practical
If that means going back on her word, she'll just do it, I've seen it time and time again

>>11952691

Is it limited to 1?

>>11952672
>T cross is supposed to work that way otherwise they'd have fixed it.

Are you sure? Maybe they're just shitty devs. Failure to fix a long standing and well known problem would be perfectly in line with that.

People have this strange vision of kancolle devs being these malicious sadists who feed off the suffering the others and meticulously craft the game for maximum pain. I'm more inclined to believe they're just a bunch of dopes arbitrarily pounding out a shitty browser game with bad, frustrating mechanics.

>>11952708
>People have this strange vision of kancolle devs being these malicious sadists who feed off the suffering the others and meticulously craft the game for maximum pain

So the Kancolle devs are Kuugen or at least in liege with Kuugen. Gotcha.

>>11952714
he said sadists, not nazi-autistic yurifaggots

>>11952723
Are you trying to bait Kuugen or are you actually serious? I really hope it's not the latter. Then again, the former is pretty stupid as well.

>>11952708
>malicious sadists who feed off the suffering the others and meticulously craft the game for maximum pain
I always imagine Tanaka this way though I'm still not sure what exactly he does.

>>11952707
Its limited to the amount of love you have.

How can Uzuki's voice be this annoying? I love Nenohi but this is on a whole different level, is this really supposed to mimic a rabbit?

>>11952787

Yeah, nah, you're a cunt.

>>11952787
Gee, I wonder why she says pyon all the time

Is there any way I can get voice clip .mp3s without recording them myself?

>>11952809
Yes, it's in the OP.

So do we know how much drums affect resource nodes yet?

>>11952944
Yes

>>11952954
And how much is it?

Such RNG , I managed to win against 6 lvl20+ ships (with 3 BBs) with my 6 lvl 10+ fleet (only 1 BB , and a CVL that was taken out by the first shelling round).

Don't even know what happened.

>>11952995
level doesn't matter really

I sure want a Kumano.

>>11953029

Of course they don't.

>>11953038
Equipment counts too.

>>11953038
1 level 10 SS could win that pvp, what say you?

>>11953038

>>11953038
>>11953069
Don't forget, your opponent is also at a disadvantage.

>>11953038
>>11953069

>bringing CV into PVP

Any competent admiral would put sanshiki on their BB when they leave the game. I hope you enjoy wasting all that bauxite.

>>11953038
formation counts as well.
got similar results from using line aboob against a wrong fleet.

>>11953105
i would do that if the customization screen doesn't have lag.

>>11953105

How do I know how much bauxite is needed to resupply my CV

https://twitter.com/KanColle_STAFF/status/442492968641888256
近日進水予定の「艦これ」初の【海外艦】、その全グラフィックが今朝ロールアウト！とてもとてもキュートな新艦娘たちです。台詞台本やデータ/仕様も完成済み、あとはC.V.収録＆本番機実装を待つばかり…ぜひ、お楽しみに！
>艦娘たち
Cool. Didn't think we'd get more than one.

>近日進水予定の「艦これ」初の【海外艦】、その全グラフィックが今朝ロールアウト！とてもとてもキュートな新艦娘たちです。台詞台本やデータ/仕様も完成済み、あとはC.V.収録＆本番機実装を待つばかり…ぜひ、お楽しみに！

Foreign girl's almost done. With them calling her very very cute I'd normally assume it's a smaller ship, but who knows. Also in another tweet they're calling the White Day update a decisive battle. Better get your girls ready.

>>11952601
He's leveling his heavy cruisers and has them in 1 and 2 because those get shot at less. What's actually happening is that you're just a judgmental cunt.

I fucking hate you people,

>>11953221

Wait, are we getting more than one foreign shipgirl?

>>11953224
I'm pretty sure >>11952601 is one of those people who thinks that the level of the 1 and 2 hugely influence the PVP experience gained and anyone who doesn't log out with their highest level ships deserves to be banned.

Both of you should calm down though.

>>11953245
>level of the 1 and 2 hugely influence the PVP experience gained
But it does.

>>11953245
I wish they implement shuffle option for pvp incase such thing happen..
it's really annoying when having someone leave their fleet with a level 1 ship on top and second slot.

anything above 50 still okay because I can use it to level low ships

>>11953257
Yeah, its important but the threshold is only +-5 levels.

>>11953224
>because those get shot at less
by how much, exactly?

time to gather some statistic if the nips hasn't researched it already.

>>11953274
Oh, you mean TTK exp.

>>11953281
it also effect the exp gained for your ship

For fuck's sake.

>>11953291
Just something strange that happened to me once. A single level 1 DD gave 10 exp to my ships when I went for a sparkling fight.

FUUUUUUUUUUUCK GOTTA 80 HOUR NOW

So does the AP shell actually have any effect? Or is Nagato-class worthless?

>>11953472
Yes.

>>11953481
Prove it.

>>11953485
No.

I think I've over stockpiled. 300k is too much I guess.

>>11953512
At least you can wave your dick in compass-chans face when she thinks directing you away from the boss 15 times in a row will stop you

>>11953532
>you can wave your dick in compass-chans face

Will she submits to me when I do that?

I just got air supremacy in PvP while fielding five destroyers and a non-aviation submarine.

I don't understand one fucking bit, but I'll take it.

>>11953696

>>11953546

>>11953696
Can't wait to fight 6 of her during Midway.

>>11953068
A level 1 SS could win that too.

>>11953105
They just want to pull off a mirror match.

From my experience, you lose 100+ bauxite from each CV, at most.

>>11953710
No it couldn't, if no damage is done you get a D rank.

>>11953717
I could always stuff a midget sub on her. And go into night battle.

And I always max my subs' stats before I use them.

>>11953705
I want to "battle" her too

>>11952787
What a coincidence, I hate Nenohi's voice and lines but love Uzuki's.

>>11953696

I just had the craziest glitch happen. I sortied with my fleet 1 to 2-2, straight to the boss node. But when I got there, it showed my fleet as being my Fleet 2, which was out on an expedition. When my ships attacked, it used the sprites from my Fleet 2, but they attacked with the stats and weapons of my fleet 1 (Tenryuu was attacking with the power of a DD and Imuya attacked in the normal shelling round). At the end my Fleet 2 got all the experience too and when I went back to the main screen Hibiki came up like normal since she's the flagship of my first fleet.

Weird.

>>11953886
Cool story bro.

Just cleared 3-4 and 4-3 and 5-1 in one fell swoop (Powered by Buckets™).

Feels good, man.

>>11953886
You didn't mute the voices, right?

Did Tenryuu and Imuya attack with their battle lines? Or did you hear fleet 1's lines instead?

Can't wait for the new shipgirls and 5-5, it's gonna be such a boring time stockpiling until Midway.

>>11953908
I had the sound muted, sadly, so I can't tell you.

Just sortied again and everything is fixed though.

I double checked after and the experience really did go to my Fleet 2 because the Akatsuki that was in the fleet leveled up from it and it stayed when I checked after.

>>11953904
Have fun when hit 5-3.

>>11953904
I kinda wanna do that, but I also really wanna save my buckets/resources for the next event, whenever that is. Guess I'll be on 4-3 forever.

>>11953845

Dat new battle music...

Does anyone has an mp3 link?

Any quick and effective way to level up my daughters while I'm stuck in 2nd world zone?

>>11954015
2-4-A

Think there's something up with my setup for 5-2 quest clearing, been at it for 5 hours now.

Yamato Kai 96
-46cm
-46cm
-AP shell
-T14 radar

Zuikaku Kai 87
-24 Reppu
-24 Reppu
-24 RSK
-12 M12A

Kaga Kai 86
-20 RSK
-20 Reppu
-46 Reppu
-12 M12A

Hiyou Kai 33
-18 Reppu
-18 M12A
-18 RSK
-12 Saiun

Ooi Kai2 86
-10cm green
-T3 sonar
-Minisub

KTKM Kai2 88
-10cm green
-T3 sonar
-Minisub

How should I change it up?

>>11954031
Where the fuck are your titty sisters?

>>11954031
KTKM as flagship, Zuikaku, Kaga and Hiyou in the last 3 slots and add Kiso Kai2 if you have her.

>>11954032
What? Chitoda? I don't have Chitose because I find her sprite disgusting but I do have a Chitose at 68. What would you recommend I put on her?

>>11954036
But if I add Kiso Kai2 I won't have a BB.

What's the best way to S-rank 4-3?
If I take 2CV for supremacy, 2 CA for compass, a BB and a CLT, I'll only have one ship for ASW. Or should I lose a CV and go for superiority? Also, what formation? Ring?

>>11954041
meant to say I have a Chiyoda

>>11954041
>But if I add Kiso Kai2 I won't have a BB
That's the whole point, you don't need two shelling rounds and S ranks before the boss and the boss already makes the battle have 2 shelling rounds.

>>11954031
where exactly is your problem?

Hiyou getting shot to red before boss?
Or generally getting raped by the subs?

>>11954041
But Chiyoda is the disgusting one

nii-san, any advice about getting slot in lottery tomorrow?

starts early, refresh every 5min, pray to cat god and what else do I missed to do?

>>11954031
Looks ok beside Hiyou which is low leveled. Also you don't really need to put ASW on CLT, just put 2x15.5cm or 10cm+15.5. Also bring more Reppu.

>>11954046
Needing to S-rank to complete that quest.

Hiyou got hit quite a few times but so did KitaOoi. Subs ruined a few of my runs, as well as BBs on G node.

>>11954052
Ok I'll try that. But why more Reppu? I was actually thinking of bringing less since my air power is way overkill for air superiority.

>>11954054
go for air superiority instead of air supremacy and throw some bauxite at it

>>11954066
I was thinking of trying that next. More blues or reds?

>>11954061
If you only aim for air superiority then it's okay. I just don't like it when the bauxite you get from that quest not enough to cover the cost for completing it.

>>11954071
depends on what you prefer. I'd take RK just because I have more of them than 12A

...and so Taihou was locked in the dock and never got the chance to sortie ever again.

>>11954079
I'll take her.

>>11953743
You mean sex?

55th try. Perhaps the extra steel makes a difference?

>>11954130
I don't know how you people do it

It's immensely stressful even the first few failures

>>11954135
After around 15 tries it just turns into dull disappointment.

>>11954130
It didn't make a difference for me, no luck with that recipe.

>>11954135
after a few tries, you won't care anymore.
it just turn to a routine resource sink.

>>11954135
The first 10~ crafts I remember my hand was slightly shaking inputting all 7k worth of bauxite.

After more than 20 you just kinda get used to it.

>>11954079
Stick a few Maruyus up her butt. I did she's much more evasive and accurate now.

>>11954084
w-why not?

>>11954167
Since when does luck affect accuracy?

>>11954162
>>11954155
>>11954140
This feels like rape-victim counselling

>>11954177
it doesn't feel so bad after the xth time.

I have been playing off and on since august or so (I have no idea actually, I'm on the 8th server if I remember correctly), Pic related is my fleet. Am I doing anything wrong with my fleet?

>>11954240
>Am I doing anything wrong with my fleet?
You aren't training them enough. Also, what map are you doing to need 4 BBs and 2 CVs? 2-4?

>>11954240
I'm surprised you're even worried about loadouts considering how much time you spend with your shipgirls.

>>11954240
Super casual.

>>11954248
>>11954250
>>11954254
I was really busy in the past few months and I'm just now looking into playing more regularly. I just recently beat 2-4 (4 days ago). When I say I played off and on, I mean maybe at most once a week. I would log on, waste my resources on crafts and log off.

>>11954259
Once you beat 3-1 you can level at 3-2, but you should play every day if you want to get somewhere this year.

>>11954259
You should at least do your dailies for the dev mats.

Damn it I want that wo pic.

>>11954240
As a fellow Rabaulian, somehow I feel relieved.

>>11954261
>>11954262
Oh I've been constantly checking my my things for the past 48 hours and I also beat 3-1 earlier today. I just wanted to try to get back into this and maybe I can try to catch up somewhat.

>>11954240
Disgusting casual scrub. Fuck off.

Man it's always so fun getting a Hiyou-class for 7k bauxite

;_;

>>11954259
I would start worrying about loadouts later since you don't seem to have much in the way of equipment.

Anyway, ideal loadouts would be

Fast BB: 2 main guns, 2 T14 air radar
Sanshiki or surface radars are OK substitutes if you don't have T14s. 15.5cm yellows or more main guns are also OK if you aren't planning on night battles.
BB: 2 main guns, AP shell, T14 air radar
Same options as fast BBs, BBVs probably need main guns more than sub guns
CVs: depends on maps and specific CVs. Use the air superiority calculator to see how little fighters you can get away with.

The balance between blue and red bombers depends on your bauxite stores, blues tend to use up more bauxite but they can do more preemptive damage. Also red bombers primarily shine in shelling, which don't care about number of planes so put them in the lowest capacity slots. Greens and blues are affected much more by slot capacity since air combat and pre-shelling air raid both take number of planes into account.

You only need 1 Saiun on a fleet, stick it onto any lowest capacity slot.

Useless equipments: turbines, pure AA guns, scouting planes (not Zuiuns and Seirans, those can be used to train CAVs/BBVs in PvP)