Kantai Collection: Moe IJN Battleship Combat

That sucks, man. As long as you didn't get hacked, or do something really stupid like botting excessively/packet modification you shouldn't have banned. Is there anyway to appeal it?

In another news, I've been making Moby Dick jokes at Ryuuhou for a while now. Even Captain Ahab will be proud of my vain attempts at 2-5.

Related whale-hunting BGM:

EDIT: Page topper, didn't see that coming.

edited 8th Jun '14 3:53:53 PM by FlowingCotton

I did appeal. The response I got from Kadokawa itself (and NOT DMM) was something along the lines of "Yes, well you read the contract, you knew what you were getting into, you KNOW that we can revoke your right to play the game anytime, regardless of how much time or money you've sunk into it. It's unfair, but suck it up."

And yes, I've been pestering Kadokawa about how every other game doesn't give a final ban on the first offense, but increasing penalties instead.

In any case, I'm at level 49 on my new account, but going is hard. 2-2 is shredding my fleets, and I've come to appreciate once more how ANNOYING Ru-class B Bs are against level 20 and below ships.

As for the whys I was banned, I figure it's due to how I kept the same API through most of March and April (normally you'd expect people to relog/refresh their API during major updates, which an event usually counts as).

edited 8th Jun '14 4:34:29 PM by MyssaRei

Ouch.

I'm using a cookie-based workaround so you get to play Kancolle without VPN as described here. It basically makes the site think you're legitimately playing from Japan and fetches new API links accordingly. If you're using KCV it's simplified into a single click.

The pattern that matched up for the bans during May for English-speaking players were that they were almost all exclusively KCV users. And I was one of them.

Also, cripes, we're getting ANOTHER Event so soon?

edited 8th Jun '14 6:14:50 PM by MyssaRei

Somehow completed the 1st Carrier Division due to hitting 2-2 yesterday (FINALLY got Kaga and Sohryuu), which means I'm good for C Vs for the rest of the game, more or less. Might have to stop and play the resource regen —> panic build/LSC —> expedition game for a while though, as I'm in no hurry this time to fill out my album.

I concluded that Searchlight does nothing but direct enemy crits into one of your ship. At this rate I'm not unlocking World 5 until Midway comes. Also, whaling never felt so hard with night battle nodes constantly sending me back.

Whaling. snerk

Yeah, the usefulness of Searchlights really varies. During the Anniversary event, I've had runs where the enemy fleet would target other ships regardless, while others where they focused-fired on the equipped ship.

I don't think I'm going to have the patience to do 2-4 the "normal" way, so I'm building up Goya and Imuya again for a run through it. Again.

Oh, and minimum LSC this week was ridiculous. I've had 4 Maruyu's in a row yesterday.

edited 11th Jun '14 7:00:18 PM by MyssaRei

You shouldn't be doing minimum LSC since it rarely produces anything useful (Normal Battleship recipe is more useful).

If you want to go, go big. It's generally agreed that the best recipe for LSC in terms of drop chance/resource efficiency is the Iona recipe (4k/4.5k/5.5k/2k/20 for Yamato and 4k/2k/5k/5.2k for Taihou).

You're assuming that I do minimum LSC for the battleships. I don't. I'm doing it for the Aganos and the Mogamis, as I have no access to world 5 yet.

edited 12th Jun '14 9:58:36 PM by MyssaRei

Finally got the time to take a shot at this, but if they are gonna start banning people...bleh.

Technically as long as you're not a Japanese player, there's ALWAYS a chance of a ban. That said, don't let it get to you.

As for my own misadventures... As of Friday I unlocked world 3-2, which means I'm staying there for a LONG time as I bring the rest of my fleet up to speed (with occasional sidetrips to 1-5 to see if I can get Iku). Might not even bother with the July-August event when it comes, unless it gives another new ship in an easier-to-complete map segment, or easy-to-farm maps.

Oh, and some ironies — I'm actually further from where I was when I started out in the equivalent amount of time, and whats more, I actually completed the 1st Carrier Division before I got to World 3, whereas before I was stuck with Akagi and Sohryuu until I got to world 5, and only completed the Fleet carriers after the Arpeggio event.

edited 14th Jun '14 4:46:53 PM by MyssaRei

Honestly, the game has gotten a lot easier compared to, say, November. Subs being available at world 1-5 (also a great spot to grind C Ls), Artillery Spotting, Searchlights, many Kai2s and whatnot. RNG still plays a huge factor, though.

My whaling activities got stalled because I began saving on buckets. I sincerely hope Taigei is a drop in Midway.

edited 14th Jun '14 11:28:02 PM by FlowingCotton

Cleared 4-4 today all at once. Kirishima Kai2 is awesomely capable of oneshotting anything to death, while Haguro Kai2 is surprisingly tanky. LSC is as always, which means it keeps giving me Shoukaku when I don't have Zuikaku OR Taihou.

My subs are four levels away from being being able to accomplish Expedition 30 properly, but 2-3 has not been kind with the small exp it gives.

Finally gotten Iku. All that's missing is Hachi, and I can hit 2-3 normally again. ^^;

Oh, and apparently they opened Palau's server last night via lottery. I'm kind of bummed out by that, as it's likely that one of those freed slots came from my first account's ban.

edited 17th Jun '14 4:24:38 PM by MyssaRei

Went on a building binge last night, as I wanted to get Hachi to fill out my sub line-up. Something like 75 Devmats later... No Hachi, but Kinugasa, Abukuma, and both Shimakaze AND Yukikaze. Oi.

Oh, and three Reppus. In a row.

What recipe and flagship did you use. I NEED Reppus really badly, because at this rate every node in midway will have air superiority against me.

I finally cleared 5-1 and learned that yellow enemy battleships is never a good thing. Hibiki is 4 levels away from becoming Verniy and Haguro is also 4 levels away from her second remodel. My occasional attempts at 2-5 is... less than fruitful.

The next update has a high chance of not being midway, because it's an event that warrants announcement and we have yet to get one. Based on the tweets, it's a toss up between Ayanami and either Sendai or Nagara getting their second remodels. Also, the next update will extend the equipment album to 150 slots, as well as giving you the ability to lock equipment (as to not accidentally scrap them). By extension, ships with locked equipment cannot be scrapped.

I used the 20/60/10/100, because I was actually looking for Ryuuseis and Ryuusei Kais. Funny how things worked out. Flagship was Akagi.

edited 18th Jun '14 5:59:16 PM by MyssaRei

I get one star planes... Oh well, it's just RNG being RNG.

More leaked info:

• New Equipment type: Flare
• New Equipment: Type 98 Recon Plane/Night Recon (3-star holo)
• Both affects night battle.

I'm hyped.

So I started reading one of the official mangas - Itsuka Shizuka na Umi de - and it's actually really good.

It's also very episodic, with very little tying each "episode" apart from the fact that it's set in the same naval base.

Oh, and speaking of official manga, the Shimakaze manga finally introduces Yuudachi Kai 2 to the cast... and boy does she NOT take Shimakaze's BS lightly.

Welp, reset my API yesterday since I had to do the 1-5 boss clear for the medal of the month. Unfortunately this just made my Admiral level jump to 77. REALLY leery of doing any sorties now as a result, as I don't want to hit 80 with the event looming.

On the bright side, it looks like I have a group to use for a future try at 3-2: Yukikaze, Shimakaze, Yuudachi, Shigure, Hibiki, Ayanami.

Slightly different from what I used before when I was in Palau, because I got Yukikaze early on this time, and Ayanami now has a Kai2 (before I used Samidare and Fubuki).

今夏実施の「艦これ」夏イベント期間限定海域は、【AL作戦 / MI作戦】を予定しています。複数の航空母艦を基幹とした艦隊の充実や、同随伴艦戦力の整備などが攻略のポ イントとなる予定です。また、同作戦の開始前 に、ある正規空母と高速戦艦のさらなる改装の実装を予定しています。

Straight from Kancolle staff, there you go. Start that countdown to this Summer's Midway event.

I hit Admiral level 80 this morning, which annoyed me, because I specifically STOPPED sortieing three-odd weeks ago to avoid this... but due to PVP I hit it anyway. Since I figured that I was screwed by level scaling for the event anyway, went on a construction binge, then Kai-2'd Isuzu and Naka-chan.

The result of the binge? 4 more reppus, 2 more Saiuns, 4 Shinden Kai-2s, 3 Ryuuseis, and most importantly, HACHI. Went from 250 devmats to 143 though, but the heck with it.

Now to level Hachi, and continue stockpiling.

And we have a date for Midway: August 8.

Drat, I'm still lagging behind on ammo. Hopefully I'll be able to get to my target minimum before that update hits.