Kantai Collection: Moe IJN Battleship Combat

Prinz Eugen duplicates confirmed to be farmable in E2 even if you already have one. This could be an indicator that a new radar better than the Fu MO might be released soon. Hoping it's an American radar

Surprising, only 25 runs needed to get Aquila...good, really, the various catbombs and taiha is quite annoying...

Now, time to clear E-3 hard...

Exactly 50 runs later.◊ Nimu has been found. Was just hanging around SS hime's aquarium

Max has a new summer CG in the game, based on the Fumikane's anniversary picture.

Abyssal tentacle sea mine confirmed

...turns out using LBAS on boss node in E-3 is much better than on preboss node...wish I did that earlier, especially since the first time I actually got to boss node at last dance (on hard) LBAS + shelling support and the fleet utterly wreck enemy fleet on day battle...only leaving the boss on taiha, easy picking. Not to mention that my fleet barely took any damage from that fight...I did lose shitload of planes tho, so there's that.

Also got another Takanami from preboss node...lock her immediately this time. At least I'll get her lookout...

edited 20th Aug '16 10:12:50 PM by onyhow

I actually spent most of this morning just farming E3 on Easy for Aquila. Finally got her after the 21st S-Rank, so I'm at least lucky in that regard compared to what I've heard from other players. Also, yeah, it's DEFINITELY worth it to complete the debuff requirements for E3, as even on Hard your LB As consistently do good damage against Singapore-hime and her cronies.

Gonna try to clear E 3 Hard for the plane today, and maybe try to debuff E4 a bit while I recoup resources.

Man, I wonder if I should continue with E-4 hard or should I just drop to medium...3 run hit the boss so far...only 535 damage done...

Also...hoo boy, I remember my fuel being around 235k max during early days of event...it's 148k now. Weirdly enough, bucket count drop from around 1180 max to only 983...

edited 21st Aug '16 8:08:23 AM by onyhow

Well, 100-150 runs on E2. No Pringles. Just gonna clear it now.

After more than a few times of teeth-gnashing because my fleet's ineffectiveness on hard mode...decide to change to normal.

...wow, it's much easier here.

E4◊ Hard◊ finally done◊. I spent 10 hours in last dance. In desperation, I asked a fellow admiral whom I did not know personally to finish it for me. I had no reason to trust him but it was a gamble and it thankfully paid off. Many thanks to that guy

I don't think I can recommend the fleet I initially used or the fleet he used since it seems to me to be just RNG. But do go for torp cut in ships on escort preferably high leveled and have one AACI ship whether Maya or one of the ducks

Before and after◊. Took a beating from E4 hard. Not even sure if I still want to farm for Takanami which is expensive because of combined fleet or dupe Prinz Eugens, Maruyus and Akitsumarus

edited 23rd Aug '16 11:05:10 AM by MarquisDev

So, I heard there's a boss on E3. I wonder what she's like? Never met her. Not for lack of trying.

I got Nimu on second try. That was my luck for the entire event. Can't get Pringles. Can't even get to the boss on E3 Hard. Can't even get to use the Fleet Command Facility, because you can only retreat one ship per node.

^^ Not that hard on the buckets, huh. Guess this event is more res-heavy.

Okay, enough playing other games, gotta finish the event myself.

edited 24th Aug '16 5:05:34 AM by onyhow

Bucket loss of at least a hundred is already a big loss for me. Of the 300 buckets I lost, 200 were to E4 Hard. Then again, a luckier admiral with torp cut-in setup on the escort fleet might be able to clear E4 with less losses so I think I was just unlucky

I assume STF with historical ships? Where have you been sending your LBAS btw? Dunno if it will work for you but for me, sending them all to node H is enough. Getting to the boss is more important. I've only gotten one failed kill which is what caused me to bring in Hayasui and Yamato. I guess if you're really desperate, you could try the same CTF I used. Fair warning, it is indeed very expensive and no point in FCF since the escort is always the first one to engage meaning one of them will likely go red. Better to retreat than lose two ships in escort fleet imo

Yeah, basically that STF fleet.

Been sending the planes to where I've had trouble. Which is mainly H, and sometimes to G. Most of the battles at G, I usually get in about 4-6 hits total (the main fleet usually manages to sink two ships, rarely three), excluding the torpedo salvo. Most of the time, I leave that node with 3-4 in yellow and 1-2 in orange, at best. At H, those battleships will shoot down 2-3 ships to red. If I'm lucky, two of the shots miss, but that's as far as that has gone. At least I get past the first two nodes 75% of the time...

Ironically, the closest I got was when I accidentally forgot to switch out Akashi, and had her as the flagship. That time, only one ship was in the red, but no available destroyers for retreat.

edited 24th Aug '16 7:08:35 AM by AnotherDuck

Man this event's drop is...quite lucky? For me when it comes to not Nimu...

Can't remember all but I do get ships like Ooyodo, Agano, 2(?) Asashimo, 2 Kiyoshimo, 2 Unryuu, Amagi, Akizuki, Umikaze, 2 Takanami....and I wasn't even trying to farm for any of those.

Also man, even on medium last dance is...quite annoying. Used to be able to pass through normal nodes easily, now getting big damage in multiple places...

Update: Super KTKM-sama got the kill! YAY! Going to see who need to be scrapped tomorrow, then...slot situation is bad.

edited 24th Aug '16 9:27:30 AM by onyhow

For me it's the other way around. Nimu, and an extra Akitsu Maru. That's all the notable drops I've had. Maybe a rare destroyer or two I don't care about.

So, 17 sorties to E3. 3 ended at B. 2 ended at C. 5 ended at G. 6 ended at H. One got to the boss. I managed to do a whole 56 damage to the boss, and sink a single destroyer. I've used what's been said to be the recommended fleet, with good equipment of several varitions, and an average ship level of 90, with none under 83. This is the most bullshit RNG I've ever seen in the game, and that's saying a lot.

edited 24th Aug '16 10:17:57 AM by AnotherDuck

Finally cleared E3. On medium, but still. Used CTF with four carriers. Only took about 45k fuel, 25k ammo and steel, 16k bauxite, and 115 buckets. That was actually a lot fewer buckets than I thought it was.

I didn't keep track of all sorties, but on hard I had at best an encounter rate of the boss node of one fifth of all sorties (sparkled and with support expeditions), and never any real damage done. On medium I got through with about half or a third of all sorties, without support expeditions. Most of the retreats were due to Wo.

The last run was near perfect. Didn't even take any damage until the boss node. Only a few subs and Wo survived it (true boss of the map). She lost all planes, though. Pre-boss node got cleared with planes only, and only the boss survived to nightfall. Support expedition never showed up before the boss, despite sparkles.

And it finally happened!

Well now, Kitakami pulled through with a clutch Torpedo Cut-in◊, just as I hit my 23rd sortie. Whew.

Game, set, match. Good job, girls.

Map clear screen◊, Hard Mode swag medal◊, and event clear confirm screen◊.

And the grand old lady herself◊.

With the change of schedule at work, this was the first event where I REALLY felt that I was pressed for time, and I only had the weekends to really do my clearing. It's a good thing it was only 4 maps this time, otherwise I'd shudder to think what I'd have to do to clear on hard.

Anyway, a final shot of my new secretary, as well as the remains of my resources◊. I'll post screens of my spreadsheet in a bit. Whew.

EDIT:

The promised spreadsheets:

E1◊, E2◊, E3◊, E4◊.

edited 28th Aug '16 2:00:44 AM by MyssaRei

My replay◊ by the way, for Kancolle Battle Viewer.

Event over, and new CGs and stuff.

I did manage to nab my myself one of the ships◊ I really wanted. Only took about 200 sorties (spread over the difficulties). Got a total of three rare DDs (two Hayashimo and one Asagumo) from E4 in about 150 sorties, none that I care about. Nothing else there you can't craft.

Total resource cost was 140k fuel, 62k ammo and bauxite, 27k steel, and 147 buckets. Keeping up with expedition 2 kept down the bucket count a bit. Probably would've tried more on Hard if I had more time.

Music was better this event. Boss music was neat.

As for the new CGs, I like Asashimo. Always liked her since I took notice of her, with that wide, confident pose, and the hair covering one of her her eyes. Sort of like a better and more self-secure version of Kiyoshimo. Would've liked to see all of them, but Akizuki is nice. Shiratsuyu's face isn't the 3/4 profile the artist almost always draws. Good art as usual, though. Sazanami's new art looks confused. Sort of like Kawakaze's kai ni, but not as chuuni.

Asashimo's matsuri CG emphasizes that she apparently has the chompers of a shark though. ^^; Bukki's matsuri dress though was a pleasant surprise.

Most of the fanart shows her with those teeth, and her normal CG kind of hints at it. Kinda hard to see, though, considering the resulution of the in-game pics.

Oh, and I've done the new quests, they're definitely only excuses to get you more (or better) Land-Based planes. Seeing as we won't be getting the actual land bases until next month at the earliest, they're still worth doing.

I wonder what are the devs going to implement for us to use those LABS for. Maybe 6-5 or World 7?

And I still don't know what to do with interceptors. Yes, their chevrons are supposed to work like a guaranteed AACI, but what's the point if Reppuus still defend the bases better?

I guess it comes down to what you want to have a specific airbase do. During the debuff runs on E-3 and E-4 last event, I've found that interceptors like the Raiden, when used as Air Defense almost guarantee that no bombers make it through to your airfields. This is something that high end fighters like the Reppu seem to be unable to do, as they instead focus on enemy fighters instead.