So called "Collateral Damage/Casualties"

By the way,

Despite a lot of imba big guns released throughout the events, I still find 35.6cm +6 so far the best performing for all kind of events.

For newcomer TTK, these are the weapons you can aim for improvement if you got Akashi waifu~:

Weapon (2nd flagship for weapon improvement)

BB-related:
1. 35.6cm +6 (Fusou) ==> try to aim to improve for at least 10 guns; 4 guns for support fire, another 2 guns for combined escort fleet, finally 4 red guns for 4BBs at main fleet
2. 15.2cm yellow cannon +6 (Yamashiro) ==> surprisingly useful for red/yellow/AP/seaplane setup, another huge boost for accuracy. Extra accuracy boost for any CLT-class too.
3. AP shells +6 (as many sets as you can, BB without AP shells are pretty useless in PVP, Radar is only for those fuel/ammo draining nodes on maps)

CA/CL/DD related:
1. 90mm green high angle cannon +10 (considered as secondary cannon)
2. 15.2cm twin red gun + 6
3. 14cm twin red gun + 6 (not 14cm single, this is refer to the Agano-class ship guns)

All these only cost 1 screws per weapon upgrade until +6 grade, which is achievable by spamming a daily quest.

akashi-improved weapon & best fit gun don't affect support shelling based on wikiwiki tests

41cm +8 *5
proto 46cm+8 *4

still got 43 41cm left

nagato and mutsu too easy to breed
lvl till 30 give 3*41cm

according to wikiwiki.jp
it stacks together for example

root of 8*1.5 +
root of 7*1.5
= (2.8284*1.5)+ (2.6457*1.5)
=4.2426+3.9686
= 8.21 firepower
then round down to 8
wikia maingun lvl9*2+ap lvl9
root of 9*1.5+
root of 9*1.5+
root of 9
= 4.5+4.5+3
=12 firepower
計算式は「改修強化値＝装備別補正値×√(★改修値)」が有力。小数点以下も計算される。
★がついた装備を複数装備すると下記の例の通り小数点以下の値が整数部分へ繰り上がるが、基本攻撃力と改修強化値を加えた後にキャップ前補正が乗算されるので、同航・単縦・未損傷・昼戦・夜戦通常攻撃のケースだけで計算しても、他のケースで必ずしも狙ったとおり繰り上がるわけではない。
例1:12.7cm連装砲★+6(2.449)と★+7(2.645)の2つを装備すると火力+5.095の砲撃ダメージ上昇となる。
例2:35.6cm連装砲★+6(3.674)と★+5(3.354)の2つを装備すると火力+7.028の砲撃ダメージ上昇となる。
例3:61cm四連装(酸素)魚雷★+6(2.939)と★+3(2.078)の2つを装備すると雷装+5.017の雷撃ダメージ上昇となる。
http://wikiwiki.jp/kancolle/?%B2%FE%BD%A4%B9%A9%BE%B3

no worries, LSC is so easy to get nagato/mutsu.

Get all the basic equipments +6 first (those 1 screws per upgrade), +6 equips I guess can add +3 accuracy per gun/AP shells? not yet venture into that area much yet...

For me, getting everything basic ready for smooth sail event clearance is more important than rushing beyond capacity to upgrade those big guns.

Big gun/high level equip upgrades is for those old TTKs, who already did countless LSC and simply grinding event for screws only...

During events/bonus medal maps, what combined fleet/critical nodes clearing needs is accuracy and stability on DPS, having a 2 reds +6 and AP shell +6, is much much practical/better than having 2 super big guns without much weapon improvement.

Basic weapon improvement, All only use 1 screws per upgrade till +6:

35.6cm red => Friday - Sun(Fusou), always put this as top priority when it comes to Fri-Sun
15.2cm yellow => Mon - Wed(Yamashiro)
90mm green HA cannon => Mon - Thurs(Littorio), beyond +6 you might need to use 100% upgrade but quite worth for 2 screws per upgrade.
AP shells => Mon(Kirshima), Wed and Thurs(Hiei)

Optional weapon upgrade: 14cm twin red(Yuubari KAI), 15.2 twin is highly recommended ONLY IF you have Agano-class CLs ready as Flagship, these cannons are very good substitute for 15.2 yellow cannon.

if you have 38cm kai then you should concentrate on it first
double 38cmkai+8 on kongo type and bismark will have whopping +20% accuracy.
max 35.6*2 on kongo type only has +1X% accuracy
since luck also affect accuracy, double 38cmkai on haruna is the best.

for kongo type
non modified 35.6 only provide 2% extra accurry
non modified 38 kai provide 7% extra accuracy
if you really need accuracy for combined fleet and dont have 38 kai then use proto 35.6 because the difference between max 35.6*2  and proto35.6*2 is just 3 firepower 2% accuracy

金剛型未改.35.6cm連装砲      0.022977  0.007731  2.972 0.002967 **
`金剛型未改.35.6cm連装砲☆1`  0.043141  0.008076  5.342 9.45e-08 ***
金剛型未改.38cm連装砲改      0.070000  0.015839  4.420 1.00e-05 ***
`金剛型未改.38cm連装砲改☆8`  0.206406  0.082053  2.516 0.011906 * 
金剛型未改.41cm連装砲        -0.013475  0.017471  -0.771 0.440573   
`金剛型未改.41cm連装砲☆8`    0.053906  0.025606  2.105 0.035305 * 
http://wikiwiki.jp/kncl/?%CC%BF%C3%E6%2F1-...%B5%C8%E8%CF%AB
edit : seems like above chart applies for double main gun

without modification


from left to right kongo class  bismark  pasta-class  ise-class    fusou-class  nagato-class

kongo class                      best fit is 35.6 and 38kai 
bismark and pasta class    best fit is  38kai and 381    (381  -1% from accuracy, because the loss of firepower is too huge, i dont list 35.6 as best fit for bismark and pasta class)
ise-class                          best fit is  41cm  (both ise class and nagato class is same group,  gains from 41cm,  same reason for 35.6 as above.)
fuso-class                        best fit is 38kai, 381 and 41 cm  (same reason for 35.6 as above.)
nagato-class                    best fit is  381 and 41cm      (same reason for 38kai  35.6 as above. 38kai damage is too low for nagato class. )

so the main gun worth of modification is just 38kai 381cm and 41cm.

From the info you posted, I only appreciate that:

-You pointed out the which type of red guns best fit on which class of BB

Other the rest is just for those super old/rich TTKs, not really practical for events preparation for most TTKs.

Even without these info on papers, we all know that:

1. Common logic: we all know that, all big red guns beat 35.6cm gracefully(in term of firepower and maybe accuracy)
2. What matters: Cost of screws per upgrade, and achievable in a short time
3. What we need: Mass production of basic main red guns with reliable accuracy for main/escort fleet (+6 upgrade for all BB guns)
4. Firepower loss can be compensated effectively by having AP shells, accuracy bonus/penalty is much bigger issue than firepower loss

38cm Kai => Bismarck DREI, for god sake she need 2 blue prints for a pair of 38cm Kai? and please don't mention about the cost per upgrade~
381mm Kai => Better than 38cm Kai but, 1 blueprint only can get 1 X 381mm Kai from italia/Roma? the cost same as 38cm Kai per upgrade~
41cm => Should be the last option if no other 35.6cm upgrades pending, why? Nobody will use ise-class for events(BBV firepower without Kai2 is really subpar, unless emergency shiplocked)

Nagato-class imho, so far best with 41cm + 14cm/15.2cm twin gun for greater accuracy boost, but since 41cm require 2 screws per upgrade until +6, so 35.6cm+6 remain viable choice for accuracy boost than vanilla 41cm.

Nothing wrong from your point of view, spend more screws for greater firepower & accuracy + best fit, nothing wrong at all.

But does everyone afford to have a pair of 38cm Kai(maybe even at least 1 main gun per BB) for all their BBs? We are talking about only Fusou-class + Nagato-class + Kongou-class only => 8BBs in total only, excluding Italian-class ships & Yamato-class.

My point of view: 
all 35.6cm +6 guns, fitted on all BBs, along with AP shells +6. All these achievable using daily screw quest, no need to spend even a single screws extra for them.

38cm Kai is worthless to upgrade after italia-farming been introduced to 4-5(If multiple littorio farming is allowed), since 381mm kai much superior choice cause VERY LONG RANGE, VS per blueprints usage.

In term of practicality & cost, whats the overall cost of having 7 pairs 38cm Kai/381mm Kai +6 for firepower? Hmm maybe 7 blueprints(7 months cycles? 4 medals per month) + 252 screws? (100% chance success upgrade)
Maybe IF  you got "252++ screws" + 7 blueprints, maybe 1 pair of 38cm Kai, the rest 381mm Kai? for all FBBs (Bismarck, Italia/Roma, Kongou 4 sisters)

252 screws => 7 pair of guns need 4 screws per 100% upgrade, up to +6 stars, thus 14 X 24 => 336 minus the daily screws 84(14 X 6) => 252

The only downside of all 35.6cm +6 upgrade is, the no. of upgrades can be done PER WEEK.

TL DR version:


1. 35.6cm +6 upgrade is the best cost-effective solution of gaining extra accuracy, but takes time cause limited upgrade per week.(might need 6 months due to the upgrading for 16 main guns for 8BBs)
2. 38cm Kai is worthless to upgrade when compare to 381mm Kai due to similar stats but VERY LONG RANGE matters.
3. The cost of upgrading 38cm Kai is almost same as 381mm Kai.
4. 14cm/15.2 twin gun much better in most yellow guns in term of accuracy boosting.
5. 6 months(35.6cm) VS 7 months(381mm Kai) of waiting.

you know, those 38cm Kai/381mm Kai upgrades , is not really 100% success if using 3 screws (4 screws 100% success), thus I dare not to bet my screws on RNG sama when upgrading.

35.6cm is actually 100% success and it cost 1 screw only, up to +6, going further +6 is not really recommended as there are better weapon that need screws to upgrade.

For Italia, 2 blueprint for 2 good main gun, 2 good yellow gun, and 2 fabulous(green/AAFD/secondary) is actually well-spent, at least much much better than Bismarck Drei (2 blueprints for 2 good main guns, and 1 decent seaplane, and 1 normal Flak gun only), summore VERY LONG RANGE main red gun from Italia/Roma~

I hope people here stop become serious over a mere browser game,

damn the game was made for casual fans thus the anime moe thingy, but dunno why I see the mathematics formula/equation here

can we have something like Kancolle should be? Fav kanmusu, doujins discussion and something like that

Its pointless to talk about game all of time because it is RNG based so it depend on luck rather than your effort

Anyway, happy new year
Hope we will see something different this year

No more delay for Kancolle Kai and KC Android
and give us Shinano this Summer!

My past priority records using blueprints:

Choukai K2 > CVB > Fusou > Abukuma > Any equipment-based Ships remodel

1. Choukai k2 upgrade must be done asap, almost all her equips is another level on many aspects:
- Lets forget about the main gun, it is the imba Radar we looking for, 1 tier lower than FUMO25 radar(almost impossible to get from events due to Prinz Eugen), but much easier to attain
- Skilled Lookout is 1 of the most essential part in Yasen, cut-in rate increased significantly, besides that the additional +3 evasion and +2 accuracy are so valuable~
- I received my very first searchlight for her which its role is very important in Yasen.

2. CVB ranked 2nd cause my CV always taiha by Golden BB at pre-BOSS node, I did post some screenshot showing how both of my chuuha-CVBs proceed and clear the stage with immense firepower~ CVs is trash if chuuha'ed
except REPPU MULE

3. Fusou/Yamshiro because, you will need at least 1 BBV with good firepower with Zuiun model 12 in order to get past sub node easily. Ise-class or any Kai only BBV just wont cut it.

actually i rate fusou kai 2 priority higher than choukai because quite a lot of monthly and 1 time quest requires zuiun 12+7 and 23 slot to gain AS.

Relax bro, am just sharing my experience here so that other TTKs can understand and not to take a long way reaching the same result, as I did.

Yea gotta admit, those maths/equations are making my head hurts too, thus I just do some simple estimation based on logic & feels and enjoy the game that's it.

from my side, instead of blaming RNG-sama/Tanaka, I get my fleet everything basic ready, and less reliant on RNG-sama's mercy. The only thing I can't do much is just the drops~

I view those statistics & maths as general overall reference only(1-1-1 no fatigue spam, is nowhere near the event/BOSS node estimation, thus not accurate for me)

Eh how come you got only 1 Flight Deck? From event? Both flight deck now available after clearing Zuikaku/Shoukaku tedious chain quests.

Wife with ring on finger => Art design definitely~ (Grabbing Choukai and Maya with my left & right)
The rest of the harem => based on specs & equipments...

Shinano implied to be a reward for big scale event like Summer or Fall, but likely to be LSC exclusive too..
inbefore need to clear chain quests to unlock Shinano

also expect another German ships will out next event, (Bismarck class BB Tirpitz?)
or maybe debut for Royal Navy kanmusu(HMS Hood?HMS Ark Royal?)

buy from Amazon.jp
friends bought from there and they shipped here just fine

this summer or winter most likely mariana turkey shoot.
if fuyuzuki not E7 prize then shinano will be the most likely prize already.

should be able to switch between BB and CV like  shokaku class CVB and CV

I see, its actually not that hard to grind the quest-required shipgirls level until Kai-lvl...

Any DDs/CLs who need to grind until Kai-lvl => Map 5-1-sub node

Fleet setup: any 5DD/CLs of your choice + 1 BBV(I pick ise-class)

Equip setup:
Flagship DD/CL => Type 3 Sonar + Type 3 Depth Charges(Strongest setup so that always get MVP + Flag EXP)
rest of the DDs/CLs => Weaker Sonar & Depth charges + normal Radar(if 3 slot available)
BBV => DA setup with Radar

This method can boost the flagship DD/CL to their Kai-lvl and get the equipments/clearing composition/sortie in certain ships quests in a very short time. Flag + MVP => 1192 exp

if "new books" as in the vol 7 of that product line, than no. It used to be a quarterly release sometime after a special event but vol6 was released on May 2015. Instead, special report mook have been released but even those are now long overdue now.

Ayanami or eugen or myouko

married haruna can carry 41cm even though its kongo type unfit gun.
married+6% accuracy and luck will gives +X% accuracy.

3X luck nagato and single digit luck mutsu have 3-4% difference in accuracy.
each ship will have additional 6% accuracy upon married, reason unknown.

difference between lvl99 and lvl 100 ,
there is a 6.17% increase　in accuracy.
luck also affect accuracy.

japanese site test
http://wikiwiki.jp/kncl/?%CC%BF%C3%E6%2F1-...%D6%C8%E8%CF%AB

so Kasumi Kai 2 need higher level requirement to unlock and have ability to convert like Zuikaku & Shoukaku

gonna leveling her to around lvl 80-85 then
1st DD that hit higher level than 70

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Winter Event early february

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Small size tanaka mode event.

No hard mode this event
Omly got lunatic node

16inch mk7 Iowa gun. Iowa joining kancolle this spring

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※戦艦主砲「16inch三連装砲 Mk.7」は先行実装です。今年
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Radar射撃. New system incoming

I'm more interested on U-511 & mizuho(maybe prinz too?), hope can get them at upcoming event.

Once they start dropping they drip frequently so no worries

I wonder if anyone is aware of this.

My Kasumi finally reached lvl 75... 13 more levels to go... T_T...