/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Which current boat deserves Kai2 the most?

Roughly what level should my ships be before I try 3-5?

>>13210215
150

>>13210215
If you have asperger's syndrome or a similar cognitive impairment you should be good to go at 100-120.

>>13209988
Choukaini

Is Maya good? I am leveling her atm.

You're going to run out of proxies with all this samefagging.

>>13209988
>boat

>>13210215
Levels don't matter.

>>13211135
>Levels don't matter.
Seriously just what is it with this meme being mindlessly shitposted unironically over and over?

Higher level = higher evasion = less damage taken = better clearing success.

>>13211386
>muh evasion
>muh accuracy
It's a meme for a good reason. People have cleared 3-2 with lowbie ships and people have gotten rekt with high level ones. Maybe it matters for shelling phase, but with torp phase, where things really matter, things like evasion and accuracy do virtually nothing. And that's just day battle; at night, levels matter just as little, if not even less.

>>13211406
>muh RNG game
The shelling phase is what's important so that there isn't much of a torpedo phase in the first place.
And you only Night Battle at the boss node, but getting there with your fleet intact is what's important - which depends on their ability to hit and kill things first or to avoid damage.

Seriously, a few levelups more have made clearing maps consistently and noticeably easier for me throughout the whole game.

>>13211547
It only really started being a meme during a certain hellish event full of night battle-only nodes.

And it's probably true that it makes a difference in the shelling phase, but personally RNG has decided that it isn't so for me.

>>13210695
Maya has an extraordinary good Anti-Air stat (the second best in game when I'm not wrong after her second remodel), the already mentioned second remodel, an early first remodel (level 18 compared to most other CA's level 25) and otherwise pretty decent stats.
Maya-sama's awesome.

A friend of mine just got into the game and cleared world 1. I play for a while now, but he asked me a question I can't quite answer.
What's better, grinding in World 2 or running 1-5? After all, 1-5 gives 540 EXP for Flag and MVP which is a hell of a lot for such an easy map. However, I know that it raises HQ level very fast.
World 2 is slower (safe for 2-4-1 which he hasn't yet unlocked) but doesn't push the HQ level as insane and has better drops.
What do you guys think?

>>13211855
> it raises HQ level very fast.
25 or 50 it doesn't matter at that stage. 3-2 takes less than a week to unlock anyways.

>>13211855
If you only do the first node of 1-5 it barely affects your HQ level.

>>13211878
>>13211893
K, I'll tell him, thanks guys.

>>13211878
Well, it took me a week to beat 2-4 back then (shortly after the ASW buff to the enemies) so who knows how long it might take him to unlock 3-2.

I don't know if I should be shot.
>grind 3-3 for Mutsu
>3 days
>Kongou turns Kai Ni
>still no snail
>got a Kaga
>not happy

I know I should be, but I'm not.

What fleet combination is best for expedition?

>>13212533
I grind 2-2 for Kirishima and still no luck.Got Yamashiro for fourth time.

>>13212591
Depends on the expedition, you can't answer this in general.

Check the wiki for the requirements.
Ideally however, if you need DDs pick Mutuski class, for CLs pick Yuubari for low fuel-consumption and Tenryuu or Tatsuta for low ammo consumption (or the other way around, dunno tbh), Shouhou and Houshou for expeditions that require a CV and if possible substitute as many ships in the expedition with submarines. However, the subs are not available for all expeditions.

>>13212604
Okay thank you very much.

>>13212614
Sure thing.
Here's the link to the wiki
http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Expedition

I'd also recommend you check out
http://www.himeuta.net/f6-kancolle-guides/guide-expeditions-70.html
for more information

What expedition do you run alongside Tokyo Express 1&2?
2 for ammo/buckets
5 for more fuel/ammo
6 for bauxite/coins

Also, please bring Prinz back

>>13212709
I actually currently don't run tokyo express tbh, I'm spamming 1,2,4 - I need ammo and buckets, I'm 7k short of the natural regen for ammo and only have 44 buckets - which is a bit, well, little.

>>13212709
2

You always need buckets.

>>13212775
Where do you get the bauxite?

>>13212804
I swap one of the TE for 6 once I have more steel than I know what to do with.

>>13212709
Currently 2,6,38

>>13210892
This thread gives me reason to shipposting.

>>13209988
Unless you're incredibly stupid, it's KTKM Kai2.

>>13212908
Sorry, it's 2,6,37.

>>13211855
Raising HQ levels quickly is no longer a bad thing. By all means do 1-5.

>>13213476
I wonder what the players' reaction would be if Tanaka decides that the difficulty selection is going to be a one-time thing.

Okay, so I watched the anime and got hype about arrow-planes, wanted to play the game. You need to win the privilege of playing. How do you guys justify this to yourselves?

>>13214187
>getting introduced to this game from the shitty anime

>>13214190
I was introduced by porn, but the anime got me wanting to try it out.

>>13214187
>Clicking a button at a certain time of day
>privilege

How do you live through such oppression?
Can I subscribe to your blog?

>>13214239
The point is, they're making you play a lottery... to be selected to play Kantai collection. What the fuck man.

>>13214254
>lottery
>enters in one refresh
>hard

>>13214254
Have you read the wiki?
It doesn't work like a lottery though, they just open X amount of spaces and first in first served.
It's almost impossible not to get in, unless you screw up something.

>>13214254
If you are that retarded that can't get in then you don't deserve to play game at all.It is impossible not to get in.

>>13214254
back in my day the lottery used to mean something

>>13214282
so its more like a waiting list?

Did you remodel Hibiki to her Kai 2?

>>13212709
I can't recall the last time I did TE1. 2 is a mainstay, as is either 5 or 21. If I'm not doing both of them, the third expedition is either 38 for fuel/steel, 6 for bauxite, or 4 for quicker buckets.

>>13214187
>>13214254
Just get someone for you to do the lottery. There's a bunch of them waiting to help people at >himeuta.

>that path full of random chance
>that fucking sub in the middle of the boss fleet
Souryuu, you're a good girl and I like you very much but seriously fuck you for making me go back to 4-3 with that quest of yours.

>>13214600
It's not her fault.

>>13214402
She was my third DD k2 behind Poi and Shigure.

What's the best way to grind for Development Materials?

I'm level 31 and I've got 3-2 and 4-1 open, and I've made it to Expedition 15.

>>13215524
Doing 2-4 for world 2 daily with 5-6 subs.

How do you do the daily sink subs quest after HQ 80?
4-3 grinding?

>>13215665
Yes

>>13211406

clear 3-5 monthly with level 20 ships, then I'll believe it

>>13215665
I just 1-5 since I have to do the weekly and monthly quests related to it.

>>13215665
Just use 1-5.
It's not like the single sub in 1-5A poses any real threat.

>>13216263
Equip her with a bulge.

>>13212709
What is Tokyo Express?

>>13216291
37 and 38

>>13216274

anyone else find the irony in not being able to equip shimakaze with a bulge?

>>13216412
Not really, no

sick meme though

>>13215665
1-5 with asw flag + throwaways

Any quicker/easier way to sparkle than the good old 1-1?

>>13216817
Quicker? No.
Want to grind at the same time? 4-3.
Lucky with the Trollsub? 1-5.

today I learned the valuable lesson that rather than listen to the wiki autists, you should just use your strongest fleet composition.

I refuse to believe 3-4 is pure RNG, there must be a right formation because I've been trying everyday since the event ended and I can't reach the boss.

>>13216918

That's more proof that it is RNG than that it isn't.

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm25851957

Attack the enemy target!

Same question as always. American ships when?

>>13217021
Only as enemies. But as playable characters?
On an IJN wank game? Never.

Favorite battleship? Mine is definitely Mutsu.

>>13217067
It seems all the LSC fails made you insane.

>>13217067
Mikasa.

>>13217067
Yamashiro.

>>13217078
She has a hot body, a nice voice, she's a solid battleship. What's not to love?
She was my first, so I'm partial to her.

Why would anyone do this? It's not like she gives birth every twenty levels.

>>13217067
Mutsu/Kongou/Haruna form my trinity, Nagamon and Yamato come next.

>>13217127
He's just telling you to train your destroyers.

>>13217067
Ha ru na

>>13217127
Maybe he just want to collect the kantai and level all the girls to 99.

>>13217127
>Why would anyone do this?

Yeah, why is she only level 99?

>>13217067
If it's a battleship, it has to be made from the finest Krupp steel!

>>13217067
Leveling mine to be 5 star.

>>13217095
>Mutsu will never be your oneesan

Kiyoshimo's definitely getting a ring when she hits 99.

>>13216887
You need to question your own critical thinking if you accepted their advice at face value.

>>13217164
Maruyu is a poor man's Yuu-chan.

>>13217381
I tried for Musashi again today, got Ise. This enhanced build rate is going to expire before I ever get her.

ＳＨＩＴ！ Ｉ ｍａｄｅ ａ ｍｉｓｔａｋｅ ｂｙ ｓｏｒｔｉｅｉｎｇ ｅｘｐ３７ ｆｌｅｅｔ ｔｏ ｅｘｐｅｄｉｔｉｏｎ ３８.

>>13210695
Maya is wonderful given you don't have Akizuki, and possibly Fubuki Kai Ni. But, don't let that stop you from having whatever girl you want, anon.

I personally adore Maya!

>>13217428
Unlimited expedition works for ammo/steel. Ideally the only limiting factor should be baux/dev mats.

4/7/7/2 20. Go for it anon, Paul Allen bless you.

>>13217448
Just have the fleet be 1CL 5DD and you will never fail either.

I haven't played in quite some time, any efficient way to farm dev mats outside of daily quests?

>>13217067
Fukou.

>>13217483
I should have used 8 drum for the fleet.

>>13217549
Why don't you have full drums for maximum placebo?

Is this one any good? Just got it from my first 2-5 run.

>>13217552
If you like useless rare ships, yes. I still don't have her.

>>13217552
I got her then I used her as Modernisation Material

>>13217551
They are the only expedition fleet with 4 drums. Other fleets in rotation do have 8 drums.

>>13217552

She's cute and can intimidate abyssals with her pose.

I heard a rumor that the abyssal ships are blatantly American ships if you look at the types of guns they field and the configurations they use. Is this true? Could someone source this?

I'm saddened by the lack of Ooyodo weekly quest post.

ded game
ded thread
ded abyssal

>>13217600
If you'd take a look at the weapon configurations of US ships and compare them with Abyssals' you'll see a connection.

>>13217601
Everybody is fucking their favorite secretary.

>>13217600
Who cares about America

>>13217552
She gets above average ASW on kai, which is a characteristic is shared with Yura, Abukuma, and Isuzu. This used to matter more in the early days before the ASW updates.

Grinding 2-5 for Akashi is going to kill me.

>>13217600
You can never source this because the development team will never come out and admit that this is Japan banzai fantasy fulfillment game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxjPX6OgXNE

>>13217600
Japan didn't have CLTs
It isn't that the Abyssal are just Americans, they are just sunken ships in general.

>>13217600
You fight DD Hime and CL Hime in places where their IJN look-alikes sunk (Harusame and Naka/Agano respectively). Ne-class CA also resembles Suzuya/Kumano. These are recent additions but CLTs have been here since forever and they're a ship type unique to IJN.

>>13217771
More like they're the nightmares of the ships personified.

>>13217781
>These are recent additions but CLTs have been here since forever and they're a ship type unique to IJN.
You said it like it wasn't possible for the Abyssal to improvise.

>Musashi

>>13217838
Did she take all the torpedoes to the pooper?

>>13217845
Only 2 or 3.

>>13217476
In my attempts of using the Musashi recipe I got Yamato instead. Not that I'm complaining or anything.

>>13217476
I have been tricked. All I got was another 4 hour timer.

RIP steel.

>>13217874
I just did the 6/7/7/2 20 and got Yamato and Musashi back to back. First having Nagato as my flagship then switching to Yamato for luck.

>>13217866
Same here. 7 tries of Musashi recipe and I'm done with Yamato too. Out of LSC's big 4, only Bismarck is left.

>>13217874
Stay positive. Even if you exhaust your resources during the drop rate buff, you have until golden week (which is probably around when the next event will be) to stockpile resources which is more than sufficient.

>>13217922
>Stay positive

Not him but it must be very easy to say that when you you're almost done with LSC with <15 attempts.

It took me 47 before even getting Taihou. Going on 30 with no Yamato or Musashi.

>>13217931
I guess you're right. I thought I used up my luck when I 1 shot Taihou but apparently its not extinguished yet.
Hopefully it holds till Bismarck falls into my arms.

How do you "beat" this game?

>>13218062

>>13218062
The only way to win is not playing at all.

>>13217874
16 Bisko tries so far. 2 Akitsumaru, 1 Yamato.

I'm a new TTK and have been playing for a week now. Lots of fun, lots of time invested and lots of cute girls leveled.

What is the typical player progression after this point?

Reading the threads sounds like you need to do a ton of leveling, and that the later events / special missions are super hard.
Do I need to run expeditions and sorties for months or years to be able to do LSC and events? Do I have to level a lot of duplicates just for their Kai / Kai Ni equipment? What if I don't always have much time?

>>13218138
>playing for a week
>What is the typical player progression after this point?
The player base is so varied with how much time people put into the game, I don't think there's anything that's "typical" in terms of player progression.

If you want to know how you compare to other players, just post your HQ level, which map you've cleared up to, average level of your ships, etc. and we'll tell you how much you suck.

>Do I need to run expeditions and sorties for months or years to be able to do LSC and events?
I don't think you read those threads very well. Relatively new TTK are running LSC and events all the time. The game is just approaching its two year anniversary, so how would so many people have so many LSC crafted ships or cleared events if it took years before you had enough resources?

>Do I have to level a lot of duplicates just for their Kai / Kai Ni equipment?
Eventually you should, but not until way down the line.

>What if I don't always have much time?
Just play at your own pace. You may not be able to clear every event or get every ship right away, but every ship becomes available eventually and no ship has remained event-exclusive forever (so far). The only time you need to worry about how your progress compares to others is when you start worrying about ranking, which is going to be way down the line for you.

>>13218138
I got to LSC within about a week. Just do your quests and you'll progress naturally.

>What is the typical player progression after this point?

Try to clear as much as you can, a lot of people clear World 2, unlocking World 3 and 4, then spend a lot of time on 3-2 and 4-3. This was fine before the EO maps, so try to clear World 3 and do 1-5, 2-5 and 3-5. You want those medals, and you have a month to do them.

>Reading the threads sounds like you need to do a ton of leveling, and that the later events / special missions are super hard.

It really depends, before the Winter event, difficulty would escalate according to your HQ level, in this winter event they introduced a difficulty system where you could pick the difficulty. So if you feel like you're underleveled, go for easy/medium, you might miss some rewards though. Also EOs do escalate with your HQ level, s be careful to not inflate it while having an underleveled fleet.

>Do I need to run expeditions and sorties for months or years to be able to do LSC and events?

It really depends on what you're aiming for, for example, if you want the LSC ships, then you want to make use of your natural regen, so you won't be stockpiling a lot. My advice is to do as many expeditions as you can, specially expedition 2, you never stop doing hat one. Devs usually announce an event a month prior to it, so you can stockpile till then if you want.


>Do I have to level a lot of duplicates just for their Kai / Kai Ni equipment? What if I don't always have much time?

I guess this depends on each one, I don't really like grinding a ship for their equipment but I'm reaching the point I have nothing else to do. I'd advice to have a lot of somewhat leveled ships, these events you might need ships from different classes instead of just BBs and CVs, so don't worry about leveling duplicates and just play.

>>13218174
Fuck, this was for this guy >>13218138

I guess it's time to sleep.

>>13218138
Don't be intimidated by LSC, or events especially. That was my problem.
Low level TTKs can complete (easy difficulty) events just fine if you've done your research. The standard advice is getting two or three decently leveled ships of every kind to handle a required comp an event could throw at you. After that it's just modernizing and using the right loadouts.

If you're a little casual, I wouldn't waste time min/maxing by leveling duplicates. You can get by just fine leveling the right ships for the right equips.

>>13218138
Also list your equipment and its quantity.
Level and experience mean shit if you're under-equipped.
If you don't believe me, ask IJN.

>Do I have to level a lot of duplicates just for their Kai / Kai Ni equipment?
Not really necessary except for min-maxing TTK or when you have nothing else to do.

How do I set the morale threshold for KCV? I can't find the option.

>>13218194
Settings->Sortie
Under Sortie condition

How long will the Paul Allen buff last? I'm kinda short on resources and I'm running expeditions non-stop to try for Musashi again.

>>13218201
Till the next update.

>>13218201
Heard it's the next update, on the 27th.
Thank Allen, praise be unto him.
Looking to go for Musashi after that damn 80hr expedition comes back and can finally start the express.

>>13218200
Ah thanks. I must have been blind.

>>13218138
I joined right after Fall 2014 (around early December) so I'll give you my 2cents as a relatively new TTK.

Your first order of business is to get all 4 fleets. Better supply lines means more gameplay and less waiting. Don't bother crafting the Kongous unless you have resources to spare, farm for them in the maps you have access to.

Run expeditions as much as possible. Ideally, the only expeditions you'll run are 2, 5, 6, 21, 37, 38, sparkling those that are 1hr30min and above. Efficiency wise in total resources gained it goes 5>21>37>38>>>>>2>6. You will need 2 for buckets and 6 for bauxite. If you are more casual running 37 and 38 once you have enough drums over 5 and 21 saves you a lot of sparkle time. Macro/scripting is bannable but accelerates your income greatly; whether or not you want to take that risk is up to you. This is a moot point if you can't get your hands on one/don't know how to do so.

Level good ships. I assume by now you know what the easily available meta ships are (KTKM, Poi, etc.) and don't dabble in LSC until you have a respectable fleet of at least 2 good ships per class type. Strong ships (who also give rare equipment) are important for you to clear maps with ease, inside and outside of events. There will be drivel about the power of love and clearing events with maruyu but being pragmatic never hurts. Many of the stronger ships lie in LSC but you can ignore those for now. There is no meaning in obtaining heavyweights if your resources cannot sustain deploying them.

3-2, 4-3 will be a huge part of your time once you unlock them (and you should, fast). It gets repetitive and really dreary but it is a necessary evil to prep your fleet for events. Keep in mind 3-2 requires a full DD fleet so don't neglect your lolis. Do complete extra operation maps (1-5, 2-5, 3-5) whenever you can because you'll need those medals for blueprints. Some of the best ships (Tone/Chikuma k2) are gated behind this mechanic.

Any advice on farming steel in 3-2? I'm worried about my subs, even when sortieing six of them.

>>13218286
>farming steel in 3-2
Why not just run both Tokyo expresses or is that still not enough steel for you?

>>13218306
Not enough.
I want to do LSC as long as boost has effect but am sitting at 12/11/8/10.

Fuck Ho flag.

>>13218286
4-2

>>13218273
5 and 21 are more efficient than tokyo express? I always thought since you had to run them more frequently that you would end up with a lower net gain in resources.

>>13218313
If you're talking about the resource consumption to resupply your expedition fleets, the hourly net earnings are still higher for 5 and 21. This is of course assuming that you're using ships that have low resupply costs.

>>13218273
Wait, how do I script/macro?
Anyone have a link?

>>13218325
Search the archives.
Stop asking to be spoonfed.

>>13218310
I'll try that in two hours when Shioi and Iku repair.

>>13218313
See for yourself:
http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Expedition?oldid=243380#Theoretical_Hourly_Net_Earnings
Sparkled ex5 with 6 ships gives wonderful income (~500 fuel, 600 ammo, 60 steel & baux in three hours) but it doesn't last that long and seriously, sparkling isn't nice.

>>13218333
Can I at least get a hint at what I should be searching for? I'm grasping at straws here
Is there a name for it?

>>13218349
I just told you to stop asking to be spoonfed and what do you do immediately afterwards?

>Can I at least get a hint at what I should be searching for?
No. You have enough information to find out what you want to find out about.

>>13218361
>expecting kanshill to be smart enough to google by themselves

>>13218339
>http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Expedition?oldid=243380#Theoretical_Hourly_Net_Earnings
Also this: http://www.kancolle-calc.net/expedition.html
You can tweak the options to suit your fleet's situation better.

>>13218313
2 5184
5 9568
6 1872
21 7525
37 6976
38 6317

This is from total net gain of resources in 24hours. For example 6 gives 2880 baux but costs -468 fuel and -540 ammo so its earnings drop to 1872.
No subs used and at least 5 boats sparkled. If I employed subs where appropriate the gap between 5 and the rest would be even greater. TE's value comes from its compensated chance of having great success and infrequency of sparkling required. They are also the number one choice for steel if you need it for LSC. 6 is horribly inefficient but the only good source of baux.

I have a excel spreadsheet documenting the various setups but the most efficient one is 5/21/37 which nets you 7346 fuel, 12245 ammo, 4006 steel, 472 baux and 1900 furniture coins. From observed trends, ease of acquirement goes ammo (2, 5, 21, 37) > fuel (5, 21, 38) > steel (37, 38) > bauxite (6).

Any point keeping more than one Akashi once i have 4 repair facilities?

>>13218381
there is none

This comes from a guy who farmed oyodos for command facility

>>13218378
I thought I was in the World of Warships thread and I thought you were posting some cryptic beta key

>>13218384
>farmed oyodos for command facility
Why bother? Hoping for a combined combined fleet mechanic?

>>13218391
I was retarded back then. No excuses here.

>>13218391

>combined combined fleet mechanic

Not only will be repairs and resource cost be expensive, but each battle per node would be absurdly long.

>>13218339
>sparkle ex5 with 6 ships
>6 ships

Why?

>>13218407
To have 100% great success.

>>13218381
Kai and pre-kai for viewing pleasure

Similar to farming 3 whales

>>13218361
Cool. So what's the program called

Last thread expired. Please make a new one OP because we really need duplicate threads and you are our only hope.

>>13218401
I can't wait.
Hour long sorties where you watch 24 ships bully a handful of 6.

>>13218414
KanColleTool
Good shit

Do you take into account the cost of sparkling ships into your hourly net earnings? Running 3 ships for 2 nodes over and over again tends to add up. For short expeditions like 5 this becomes even more frequent.

Question, how many devmats could you theoretically earn per day (yeah, assuming all development are failure) ?

>>13218417

Someone's going to be in a world of mad when they get hit with error cat. I can almost imagine it.

>>13218430
Imagine the time lost sparkling.
The threads will be aflame with anger.

>>13218415
Done.

NEW THREAD
>>13218437
>>13218437
>>13218437

>>13218439
epic

>>13218429
Question, why don't you just figure it out yourself since you have the exact same access as anyone else to the necessary information (assuming you're not terrible at math or a dumbass in general) ?

>>13218443
i know rite

On another note, 3-2 might be better for steel than 4-2 if he doesn't do quests.

>>13218361
Funny since it's the first entry if he bother to use google and two simple keyword.

>>13218417
Bonus point if both sides missed most of the time. The first shelling phase alone should take 1-2 minutes.

>>13218439
haha i like it xDDD

>>13218424
Ebin :^)

So do most of you script? Aren't you afraid of the banhammer?

>>13218439

I want to see the posts of the inexperienced admirals, like equipment.

Fusou 4th fleet
-15.5cm
-14cm
-14cm
-21 air radar

>>13218460
Everyone scripts, TTK.

>>13218361
Speaking of scripts, I was looking through one of them from 2014, and was wondering how they track scripts and give out bans.
Is it because they are too repetitive, so an admin can theoretically track if an account is using too many expeditions exactly the same way every time?
If so, would adding a delay of 0.1*random.randint(0,9) to the sleep time in between each action suffice, or is it too negligible to count as variability?
Spoilered cause not completely kc discussion related.

Anyone successful in playing on an android tablet past 4.3 or is downgrading the only option?

>>13218460
Its a risk worth taking if the alternative is the complete inability to do anything.

>>13218473
>Anyone successful in playing on an android tablet past 4.3 or is downgrading the only option?
yo what? is this a thing?

>>13218460
This is the 4chin bro. We fear no bans. :^)


>>13218439
thx bruv its nice to have a backup thread

>>13218473
The questions you're asking can't be definitively answered by anyone except for DMM or the devs.

When you script you run the risk of being banned, period. You can take measures to reduce your risk like randomizing delays, etc. but how much that changes your risk is unknowable by any of us.

>>13218482
>http://www.himeuta.net/f6-kancolle-guides/guide-play-kantai-collection-android-based-devices-131.html
Yeah, pre-4.3 there was an exploit to install Flash onto android and programs for it. Later people used web browsers, but would have to download the files every time you played the game, so was data intensive and hard on DMM's servers, making it potentially bannable.

>>13218426
Anyone?

>>13218488
Seen players with resources in the mid to high 100ks easily with scripting and haven't been banned after almost a year of doing so. I'm also on one of the summer 2013 servers, so shouldn't attract too much attention.
Also was under the impression ttks either get bored of the game or start scripting to show off some e-peen.

>>13218507
The cost of sparkling one DD to 85 morale is 18f/24a. With Mutsuki it's 18/18. GS on ex5 gives you additional ~85 fuel (accounting for two more ships), 100 ammo, 10 steel and 10 ammo. Sparkle lasts for 12 expeditions.

Can't wait for the event

>>13218524
10 bauxite, not ammo*

>>13218524
That's assuming you run with only one DD per sparkle run. With the Mutsukis being as useless they are its entirely possible to get your ass kicked while sparkling.

>>13218541
When sparkling, you should use 1 or 2 trash dds you get from previous sparkling runs and not refuel them. That way they serve as protection from the boss node and extra fire power.

>>13218541
How else am I supposed to do that? You can't sparkle two ships at once on 1-1. The single fodder gets scrapped once it reaches 0 fuel and ammo.

Nope, it's impossible to get your ass kicked. I sparkled all my Mutsukis and had no problems. Modernize them. 39 firepower + Akizuki eq is already 45 firepower which can be further boosted with Akashi.
CL at boss needs crit to deal any damage with closing torpedo.

>>13218550
I can't believe that in all of my time playing I've never realized that I don't have to resupply the trash DDs. The amount of resources I've wasted would have probably allowed me to do a couple of LSCs.

>>13218561
To be super kuso, just sink them too..

>>13218564
For that you need them to get taiha'd at first node which happens rarely but yeah, continuing the run is more important.

>>13218564
It's normal to run them into the ground so sinking one or two is no big deal.

>>13218574
>keeping isuzus
>not grinding to 12 then euthanizing through modernization

Why is Furutaka viewed as an inferior CA?

>>13218564
>>13218571
>>13218574
Don't you have a heart?

>>13218584
That's exactly what he's doing though.

How many ships do you use for sparkling? The only time I use more than one escort DD is when sparkling BB/CV - I also assign them a Maruyu.

>>13218584

>>13218587
Because Takao Kai has superior stats to Furutaka Kai Ni.

>>13218587
http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/EliteCA
Because she is.

>>13218587
Is she? Her eyeballs are valuable for extraction.

>>13218593
Always a single one.

>>13218588
They're weapons, not people.

>>13218508
I don't think anyone has ever gotten banned for scripting purely expeditions through the use of click sims. People who I've seen gotten banned are people who script 5-4 for ranking (top rankers disappears all the time) or people who use api call scripts.

>>13218607
You don't marry weapons.

>>13218588
My heart is big but some things have to be done.

>>13218587
Sissies can't handle her awesomeness.

>>13218574
>that Maya
Seeing her being so submissive and scared makes my dick hard.

>>13218599
>>13218601

That's a shame, no chance for the devs to introduce retrospective buffs?

>>13218642
They already did.

>>13218611
You'd need an external program like warden

If you're goddamn playing it in your chrome/KCV(practically IE), worrying about getting b& for that shit pretty much means you're some dumb 3rd-world teenager with no idea how computers work beyond fucking facebook

>>13218648
How so when she's still weaker?

>>13218657
She used to be even weaker, now she's not that bad.

>>13218657
Because the real ships were worse than the Takao class?
That's like asking why Nagato class is weaker than Yamato class.

>>13218657
Look at her Kai stats where she's basically Jintsuu with 39 less in torpedo. Kai Ni helped quite a lot.

Guys I havent been keeping up with the news.
Which destroyer is getting kai2 this week? Do we have confirmation yet that it is Ikazuchi?

>>13218683
It's next month and we only know it's tokugata.

>>13218683
Choukai is a heavy cruiser, anon.

特型駆逐艦 will get her Kai Ni on April 10th.

>>13218683
Yes

>>13218686
What are the chances of Shirayuki getting it?

>>13218694
The only one who did as much as her was Inazuma so I would say the chances are pretty high. It might be worth checking if 10th April is notable date for anyone.

Will devs ever run out of ships to personify?

>>13218657
She's stronk enough to be used on final event maps. Such minor stat differences, especially with her K2 form, barely matter.
>>13218698
http://www.combinedfleet.com/shiray_t.htm
http://www.combinedfleet.com/inazum_t.htm
http://pacific.valka.cz/forces/ijn/
Inazuma was refitted 10th April.

At the rate of new ships/annum based on 2014 I estimate that there's a good 3-years left

Obviously most of them aren't big, shiny glorious warships. We've gotten pretty much all of the popular ships from WW2

So I'm running a 2DD2BB2CA fleet for 5-3, and I've gotten 3 kills so far. Since my last kill however, Haruna Kai Ni and Kongou Kai Ni, both maxed, have been constantly taiha'd at either the first or second nodes by enemy cut-in. Is there a specific formation I should be using pre-boss?

>>13218717
Okay, next time I drop Inazuma she won't be used as modernization fodder. Thanks.

>>13218717
>>13218698
Nice. My Inazuma is ready. At least it is not another fubushit class.

>>13218727
Haha, got Inazuma just now.

>>13218735
>fubushit
Why so much hate?

>>13218754
Blame the anime.
I went from neutral to irrational hate to tokugata class and fucking whobucky.

>>13218766
Huh? You hate 6thDesDiv?

>>13218754
Not him, bur Shibafu Fubukis are fucking ugly and lazy copypaste work.

>>13218780
They're lazy copypaste work

>>13218780
They're lazy copypaste work but they're not ugly. Still much better than Yadokari.

>>13218783
Ayaki>drew>Yadokari>Shibafu.

>>13218772
6th DesDiv a shit.
Their belly are the only good thing about them.

>>13218766
You let that piece of shit anime affects your own opinion?
The Bucky in the anime isn't even the same Fubuki in game.

>>13218801
Say that to my face and not online, motherfucker. They're really cute lolis.

I'm pretty sure this quest is asking me to complete 1-1, and I've cleared it I guess since I now can deploy to 1-2. Still, I can't complete it. What am I missing?

Is my jap so shit I completely misunderstood what it's asking me to do?

>>13218786
The only good thing drew did was xmas Sazanami, the improvement was so good I didnt even think it was the same dude, so:
Ayaki>Yadokari>>drew>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>shitbafu

>>13218832
Did you have it checked before sortieing?

>>13218835

What the shit, so that's how it works.

>>13218834
>was xmas Sazanami,
Akebono was even better, the hell you're talking about.

>>13218814
Totally the type you'd want to pump and dump.

>>13218839
God, I want that Akebono back

How many points are required to safely get into top 500?

>>13218844
1200.

>>13218837
Yeah, that's why the limit of 5 quests can be irritating when you want to do multiple dailies/weeklies.
Expedition quests are based on arrival of the fleet - so make sure the quest is checked before they return. It doesn't have to be checked when you send out expeditions.
Construction quests have to be checked beforehand but you don't have to wait until construction is finished, action gets counted immediately. It also applies to repairs.

Is chinese kancolle okay to discuss?

>>13218841
I always asked myself why they never ever did something like seasonal costumes dlc, so you can use them whenever you want, its like they dont want money.

>>13218849
>Expedition quests are based on arrival of the fleet - so make sure the quest is checked before they return.
Always makes me day when someone forgot to activate the quest for 48-hours expedition.
That alone would costs him a single LSC-worth of resources.

>>13218450
I do the quests. However it is the first time I attempt World 4 weekly.
It looks much better than 3-2, in three sorties two boss kills, 145 steel gained and just two chuuha. On 3-2 Ho flag would taiha my subs half the time.

>>13218851
Go make your own thread.

Will Akatsuki ever get Kai Ni?

I want to marry the Lady

>>13218916
She's so irresistibly adorable.

>>13218909
One of those is not like others. Where is Hatsukaze?

>>13218925

Also, a true Lady!

Don't forget the important part!

>>13218935
Yes!

>>13218929
Not drawn by Yoshinori.

>>13218935
>>13218942
But she isn't a lady.

>>13218945
But muh desdiv 16

>>13218950
It's fine, Hatsukaze doesn't want to be in the same room as Yukikaze anyway.

>>13218954
Nobody would want to.

>>13218929
Hatsukaze needs more love

>>13218991
das it mane

>>13218991
Maya-sama a cute

>>13218991
da ass

>>13218979
She needs to let me poke her first.

I never knew I could be attracted to Mogami.

>>13219019
Did you use to be gay? Mogami is the qtest

What the fuck am I looking at.

>>13219019
ｍｏｇａｍｉ ｉｓ ａ ｂｏｙ！

>>13219020
Shibafu art certainly doesn't help.

>>13218979
But I do

>>13218946
Shut up faget
A peasant like you would never understand her charm

Is WoWS actually good? Or are you guys in it just for the poi?

>>13219085
It's time to stop posting, Akatsuki.

>>13219028

>>13219028
so is z1

>>13219087
>WoWS
Ask vg.

>poi
Ask wikia/facebook/himeuta.

>>13218950
Desdiv 17 > all

>>13219149
I want to impregnate Hamakaze

>>13219026
Pain.

>>13219019

The Vita game delay until August, RIP
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201503/23074636.html

What's the most common successful Musashi recipe?

>>13219219
With 20 devmats

>>13219219
http://unlockacgweb.galstars.net/Kancollewiki/viewCreateShipLogList

>>13219219
7000/7000/7000/7000/100

>>13219219
4/6/6/2/20 with paul allen scroll

>>13218913
But there is no chinese board.

>>13219219
1.5/1.5/2/1/100

Why's she so hard to GET?

Anyone using KCB?

>>13218062
when you get all the ships
this is kantai COLLECTION after all xDDD

>>13219338
>xDDD

If I'm in dire need of buckets, how good is 2/4/9? 9's sparkled of course.

What's the evasion of a level 150 CLT?

>>13219402
105/105/115

>>13219402
https://myfleet.moe/user/10021095/ship#modal=true&id=2

>>13219402
It's on wikiwiki.

>>13219410
Isn't it 103/103/104?

>>13219275
Try /vg/.

>>13219402
Take what you have at level 99 and multiply it by 1.5

>>13219427
>>13219444
Thanks.

>>13219444
Actually, nope.

KCV is doing this weird thing where it periodically readjusts the volume of either the program itself or any other application I might be running. How do I fix this?

>>13219491
>>13219491

>>13219487
>How do I fix this?
Stop using it? Seriously.

>>13219495
I don't like OP picture. Can you make another thread then.

>>13219495
'300 posts, 2nd page. Lets make a new thread!'

Go kill yourself.

>>13219505
Just make a thread yourself when the new one hits bump limit.

>>13219219
4/7/7/2 20

>>13219495
I already made a thread for your kind in the morning.

>>13219495
Such a beautiful picture wasted on too early OP.

>>13219495
Time to move! Let's go!

>>13219563
Good taste

>>13219563
Respectable homosexual.

Does anyone love TTK as much as Kongou? Don't say Kisaragi.

>>13219613
Kisaragi

>>13219613
Wot about cutest abyssal?

>>13219613

>>13219626
Iku's so cute, I wish she would drop for me

>>13219506
Maybe we should just abandon the thread. Maybe the mods will do something if we end up with 7 threads because we moved constantly as we reached page 2.

>>13219693
They delete the old ones themselves. I'm staying here for the time being

>>13219613
Yes.

>>13218852
>its like they dont want money.
Well...
>Removing the shop button on the LSC menu
>Removing the 88 resources pack once an even ends
>Asking people not to overdo LSC
>Introduce white day cookies, but outright stats it isn't cost efficient.
Devs really don't want admirals money, and IIRC, jp TTK were discussing how to give more money back in june 2013 where the game boom occured hard in moonland.

>>13219613
You did save her from Wake, didn't you?

Screenshots of the Vita game and limited edition details will come on the 26th.

Unless someone gets the magazine early, I guess.

>>13219728
I expect nothing yet I feel I'll be disappointed.

>>13219742
Not a fan of how they made the Live2D look. Are there any good videos of Kancolle Arcade in action?

WoWS closed beta is open for applications if anyone is intrested
Hope you liked my suprise box

>>13219742
This sounds like the experience people got from the anime.

>>13219787
Burgerclaps only? I tried the EU website and it says they're closed.

>>13219795
Yes EU, unless it was open for like hour.

>>13219799
rip

>>13219803
I'm so sorry anon I could not post here earlier.

I'm gonne send you some bauxite when they release the trading mechanism.

>>13219807
It's okay friend. At least you tried.

>>13219693
I don't think it happens much if ever. Most of the discussion stays in the old thread until it dies, and only then do we hop to the new thread. The most posts I remember seeing in the new thread at that point is like 100+.

>>13219807
Were they open for people to actually get in? I already put in a application thing but it only said to wait for a code.

>>13220122
Check your mail? I got one today with code.

>>13220129
Nothing yet, but this isn't a new experience with all the closed betas I've applied to over the years, nor would it be the first time I didn't get into one at all. I'm not in any rush.

Where's the best place to level subs?

>>13220220
You don't level subs.

>>13220220
Your bed

>>13219787
Doesn't matter. It'll just sit in pending and you have to fish Twitch for keys.

It's been a long week.

>>13220220
>You don't level subs. They accidentally gain levels while in Orel.
That's what other TTKs told me, and it has proven true so far.

All of these unobtainable ships are starting to piss me off.

>>13220275
Get all the others and level them up so you can start collecting the trophies. Two or three port expansions would help as well.

>>13220252
Dechi so moe.

>>13220275
They're rewards for a reason, that's like saying gold medals piss you off. Events happen four times a year anyway so you have plenty of chances to get them all.

>>13220283
I want to add ship capacity so much but 1k JPY for 10 slots is just stupid

>>13220275
Should've started before the anime, kid.

>>13220293
That's chump change, anon.

>>13220322
I know it's only like $8 with the exchange rate but it's not about total price, it's about value.

I want to show Akebono the true meaning of pain.

>>13220341
I want to shove my teitoku kuso down Akebono's throat.

>>13220299
>started before the anime
I started Winter 2013 you fucking cockpuppet

>>13220332

It's completely worth it if you've spent an obscene amount of time in this.

>>13220341
>>13220350

Yeah, I'd totally have sex with her too.

Fuck this quest in particular.

>>13220377
>tfw cleared it in one try

>>13220353
I dunno, it's almost $100 to max out your fleet, that's crazy. I'd spend around $50-$60 on it for sure, and that doesn't seem unreasonable to me, that's a full-priced game basically with still other stuff to spend money on in docks and construction slots. I'm probably going to end up buying at least 30 slots but I'm not going to be happy about it.

>>13220377
Kai, modernize, pray.

And take the north route with CAV's.

>>13220377
Gonna be tackling that soon, my Furutaka and Kinugasa are kai'd, but my Kako and Aoba are level fucking 1.

>>13220381
I grazed the completion once with the boss left with like 12 hp. Never made it back to the boss again, because my Kinugasa isn't even a crit magnet anymore. She ascended and became a star, a fucking crit magnetar. I don't remember a single sortie with her not being at least chuuha'd. And the fact that I'm in the second difficulty bracket now doesn't help in the slightest.
>>13220388
That's what I'm doing. Although I'm reluctant with modernization as I have more prized by me ships awaiting it.

>>13220394
The number of times you'll end up grinding 2-5 will probably make up for the number of modernization mats you'll use on them wwwww

>>13220399
If I am to grind 2-5 with going north route I'd rather stick with my precious Takao-class.

Why was our thread deleted?

>>13220415
Guess. You have one chance to prove yourself not a faggot.

>>13220377
That's piss easy and you only need to do it once.

>>13220415
It's still here, don't you see? You posted in it yourself

>>13220415
You knocked one of the 2hu imagedumps off of the board. Bad Anon.

>>13220420
QUALITY "moderation" as usual? I see...

>>13220422
Tell that to my CAs.

>Need S-rank in Boss node to farm desireable ship
>Boss node has an elite Sub

What sort of loadout do I need to reliably kill these fuckers in 5-1 and 4-4?

>>13220432
Congrats.

Kongou are cancer.

>>13220436
4 Slot CL filled to the brim with ASW equipment

>>13220445
I beg to differ.

>>13220427
That's not a valid reason. Fuck 2hu.


Since only abyss OPs seem to stick here it goes:
>>13220455

Is there another good map for leveling subs beside Orel?

>>13220468
5-5

>>13220468
5-3

>>13220468
4-2

>>13220382
You don't need 240 slots unless you're playing this multiple hours a day for more than year and want to have at least a single copy of every girl.

>>13220459
go craft some LSC then

>>13220490
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YnheOlgK5uo Here, let her cheer you up.

>>13220502
That thing is, ultimately, the key reason I got into Kancolle. Kongou is a small miracle of the Universe.

>>13220394
>the second difficulty bracket
Lol. I have yet to do that quest despite being HQ101.

It's this quest that I'm suffering through right now, they just cannot survive to the boss with 2CV, and even in the rare chance they actually do they can't put out enough damage to S-rank it.

>>13220581
Your Hatsuhara and Hatsushimo should be kai ni'd already, making S rank on that easy as shit.

>>13220581
Oh, this one was a bag of disappointment as well. Especially that I managed to S-rank it only to find out the quest wasn't marked active. However, all those disappointments made another S-rank taste all the better considering it was a last straw situation that ended with two consecutive cut-ins. Also, the 2 CV set-up wasn't working for me so I swapped Akagi for Kongou and it was infinitely better.