maybe on higher luck ships? I equip that on Italia though... well after CONTACT, it provide bonuses to all ally ships in fleet who can participate yasen

I got Aki and Hatsu, but not yet teru T_T....

First run in E3-Med, seems super easy, compare to E2-Easy:



To reduce buckets and resources, I recycled all my previous event DDs and assigned 2 high level CA(Choukai 117) to blast off the BOSS easily.

Main fleet DDs: 2 Drum + 1 Sonar
Escort Fleet DDs: 2 Greens + 1 Sonar

Total 7 Sonars just in case to evade any torps attacks from Sub/CLTs

Main fleet 2 CAVs: total 7 Zuiuns(634 + Zuiun 12) + Auto-Gyro
4DDs X 2 drum => 8 drums

Until BOSS node, everything taken care by Zuiuns + Normal Air Support~

Equipping Sonars just to prevent the Taiha from Sub node and CLT's/PT imps closing torp attacks, it really works to avoid torpedoes~ Historically Sonar was used to listen and locate incoming torpedoes~ No depth charges needed definitely.

This post has been edited by air: May 12 2016, 11:42 PM

Just finished E3, preparing towards E4 now... Any tips on E4-Hard? CTF?

You mean E4? or later? now planning to put ABKM into E4-hard...

50% hp left on E4-HARD BOSS, current ammo 6k+ left, as usual, always giri-giri calculation and make it through

This time I instantly deploy 2 of my strongest FBB totally destroyed CA hime and CV hime, without suffer much repair cost per cycle, ABKM not even needed. Both of my CLTs are back-up KTKM/Ooi (Main pairs is lvl 130++), other ships just recycled from E-1-EASY~

Route: ABDFK direct 1 straight line to BOSS without going thru Sub node.



This post has been edited by air: May 15 2016, 04:50 PM

Congrats, I intend to skip E5 and clear E6 and E7 first.

So compare to E5, E6 and E7, which one harder and which difficulty you recommend for each stage?

my top priority is current new ships, Unryuu and Roma

Not yet, 2 kills left on E4-HARD, should I reset to EASY for unryuu farming?

Thanks for the advice, but decided to clear E4 hard for better drop chance...

6th run for E4 hard:





What is nuclear test? the Land based full bomber strikes??

This post has been edited by air: May 15 2016, 08:33 PM

Hien and Raiden => Interceptor => Air base defense oriented? since their accuracy are off-chart high~

E4-Hard Cleared at 9th run: (Total baux cost: less than 4k, 25k baux remaining)

Now spamming fuel+ammo expd

Ammo dried => 777 remaining, buckets 200



Rare ships accidentally dropped when clearing:



This post has been edited by air: May 15 2016, 10:39 PM

MAIN

ESCORT


Condition for 1 straight line to BOSS using CTF: (ABDFK)

1. No Slow BB on Main and Escort Fleet, otherwise will detour to E node(Golden Sub and waste fuel/ammo)
2. No FBB on Escort fleet, otherwise will detour to E node also

Thus, CTF consist of

1. 2 high level FBB + Any CV/CVL you can recycle from E1(level better don too low), Strong FBB needed for destroy CV hime and knock BOSS HP to less than 50%.
2. All CVL can equip 2 green + 1 red + blue in order to touch BOSS, but my Ryujou equipped FCF for any rare Taiha case.
3. Escort fleet you can use ABKM kai 2 if you have, it will helps a lot, but as you can see, I relying on Opening torp from 2 CLTs, for instant sunk 2 of the enemy DDs.

BOSS and normal support fire MUST.

Land based Air support => All Reppus => target 2 nodes before BOSS(D & F), thus achieving AS+ easily on these 2 nodes.

Akizuki/MayaK2 AACI is a must have to wipe CV hime bombers

Normal support fire fleet sparkling more important than main fleet sparkling.


This post has been edited by air: May 16 2016, 12:20 AM

Try post out your fleet setup, support fire and Land base setup? my side E4 hard is easy cause I can even farm E4 at HARD after I clear E6 etc.

I thought by default, should clear E6 & 7 before doing E5? since E5 is optional extra operation?

E5 is more like extra stage that torturing TTK's nerve...

I now stock piling ammo and fuel...

Whoa how on earth Node A and D can taiha your DD? my case is like mostly 2 out of 9 runs only single taiha at D/F node

I put poi before my Hatsuzuki AACI, cause Poi tend to attract a lot of enemy fire even during day.

Torp cut-in is not needed for BOSS yasen, Ooi/KTKM double attack setup can easily blast thru CA hime armor... Night recon plane is a must on Flagship escort, mine trigger Night Contact 9 of 9 runs and Ooi instantly rekt the 50% hp BOSS easily.

After cleared E-4-H, another land base air squad unlocked, thus making farming of E4 rare ships way easier by exploiting carpet bombing and AS+...

E-5 wise, all I can see from the rewards is, all land base type of interceptors and bombers (see raiden's and hien's flight range, totally designed for Air base defense =_=||| ), thus decided to farm Roma + clear e6 and E7 first before trying something funny on E5... Very optional for me to go even Medium...

How you rate among E5H E6H and E7H?

I will expect to go E6H as usual, E7H I need some insight and comparison on how hard to clear...

E5 100% I will go EASY, not interested in specialize Interceptor, better stick with ROMA farming... need FBB badly...

Yahari... expected E7H need 3 airport + Hayasui re-fueling... too brutal...

At least E6H is achievable, E5 and E7 EASY/RESET HP bar confirmed, until I farmed all other rare ships, then I will start thinking E7H...

E6H VS E5E, which one easier? hahahaha

Whats your BOSS support setup and equips so far?

Trophy only/Mahjong wife only~

Currently clearing E5easy... its really easy... using 2CAV 4DD setup with full support expd and LBA support

Guess I stop and farming at this E5 for Roma first then before move to E6...