/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Murakumo is love.

Murakumo is life.

>>12206778
Great job shitposting.

>>12206781
Good job being a baby about it.

>>12202433
>>12206580

Is it friday yet?

Just got done watching Tora Tora Tora.

>>12206792
Good movie.

>>12206792
Is that the one where Akagi kills the muricans?

>>12206799
Americans being killed? Where?! I need to see this.

>>12206805
Calm your tits, terrorist. It's just a Pearl Harbor film.

>>12206799
no wai, akagi only hurtz bad ppl

>>12206799
Absolutely rapes, and makes them cry.

>>12206792
Is it weird to like a kanmusu who may also be directly responsible for the death of a family member?

>>12206817
No. Ships don't kill people. People kill people.

why is shimikaze the only ship I see posted outside of these threads?

>>12206827
>shimikaze
Get the name right first

>>12206827
dunno, I have a friend who has nendoroid figure of her and he doesn't even play this game.

>>12206827
If it's not Shimakaze it's Kongou

>>12206827
People love a thong.

>>12206838
Engrish is universally appealing.

omg im runing out of resoruces bcos of that freaking 2-5 Taigie hunting!...

>>1220686
Save them for Midway, Taigei won't be going anywhere.

>>12206868
good luck with midway

I'll just leave this here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/nfdbd5npa70ix9w/TF2_KantaiCollection.rar

You could have stopped this.
http://may.2chan.net/b/res/268335057.htm
http://may.2chan.net/b/res/268334765.htm

>>12207013

Translate it weeab

>>12207013
Stop what ? His LN partner being a retard and dragged him into an unwanted shitty drama?

>>12207013
harushit k2 gonna look like that?

Genderswapped Hatsukaze

>>12207031
If thats his art then im really looking forward to Haruna kai2 and other new Konishi ships.

>>12207031
>Hatsukaze
now I can't unsee

>>12207025
You wish.
On top of having to deal with Konishi recent art and coloring style, she also had a camo pattern at the end of her service time.
She will be a mess, unless Konishi suddenly got stroke of genius.
>>12207034
>new Konishi ships
I doubt the man wants to draw more Kancolle stuff after this.

>>12207038
We already went over this months ago with that chart thing that had him as dead and he did more ships for the spring event + Haruna kai2.

>>12207031
>ripping off his own kancolle ship
Konishit is finished
Man has run out of creavity

>>12207038
>>12207045
If we're going to bully artists for no reason then lets pick on shibafu too for being too plain and boring.

>>12207047
Yes, Shitbafu a shit.

>>12207047
>lets pick on shibafu
He is known as shitbafu around here bro.

>>12207048
It is thanks to him that speedslut claimed the throne as the poster child of kancolle. He single handedly ruined Fubuki's position as the lead of Kancolle.

(actually serious about it)

>>12207044
>>12207047
>bully artists for no reason
Except for the fact that he abandoned his twitter account since March, deleted all Kancolle related stuff on his blog, and suddenly change his name for his newest LN stuff ?
There is no solid proof out there, but quite a few evidence here and there that he wants to get away from the Kancolle fame.
And the recent drama his LN partner just just stirred up yesterday only add more smoke to the fire.

>>12207053
Well if you put someone like Yoshinori next to shibafu then thats normal.

Pretty sure all of his ships end up popular while shibafu goes from good to meh.

Good example would be Hiryuu for good and the whole plain DD series as meh.

>>12207017
Cute Ayanami incoming?

Also, I like how everyone here is more concerned about unconfirmed gossip surrounding an artist rather than actual KanColle news.

>>12207059
Her ponytail seems to be alot longer.

>>12207059
>Cute
You wish. She'll have her smile ruined.

>>12207061
Indeed. Looks like she's posed facing forward as well.

I hope we have another Poi tier Kai2.

>>12207062
I'm staying hopeful.

>>12207047
The difference between konishit and other artists is heart.
Just look at kujou ichiso. He was shit on for tracing and plagiarizing.
Months later, he made Taigei.

I want /v/ to go.

>>12207013
Link is dead. What was supposed to be there?

>>12207122
Drama surrounding Konishi. Read the last thread if you want to know more.

>>12207087
Which looks the fucking same as his other ships

>>12207159
this

>>12207159
It's almost as if all artists who draw waifus follow their own templates for how faces look!
>yadokari

>>12207017
Now that's one ugly palette.

>>12207193
Too gloomy.

Is there a high speed leveling way for DDs?

>>12207258
4-3 for one DD

>>12207258
http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:BasakaNZ/Thoughts_and_musings_on_effective_ship_levelling

Read the section on 4-3.

>>12207263
>>12207266
Thanks guys.

>>12207193
>>12207228
So grey. It's almost as though ships are made out of iron and steel or something. Oh wait.

>>12207286
If all girls looked as boring as their real life counterparts this game wouldn't survive a year. They're called "personifications" for a reason.

>>12207286
So you'd love them all wear grey and brown huh.

how2get Taigei?

I heard 2-5 is hard, and I'm currently low on resources.

>>12207286
Yeah, this is why Fubuki-class is so popular amirite.

>>12207292
Don't. She isn't worth it.

>>12207286

>>12207292
You sortie a fleet, hit the boss node and win it. Not that hard at all.

>>12207062
>>12207072
Smile status: copy paste from I-401

>>12207292
First you sacrifice your first born child to the fairies.

>>12207299
Pffft. How's Sendai looking?

>>12207299
Smile status: Protected

>>12207292
Forget about her for now, Midway stockpiling and ship leveling should be your priority. You can get Taigei any day, but event ships will be out of your reach for months at best.

>>12207267
Welcome, Anon.

>>12207296
Don't bully Ushio, kuso teitoku.

>>12207295
>>12207298
>>12207303
yeah I forgot 2-5 stays permanently, what's the best composition for 2-5 anyway? Am I good enough?

>>12207308
DDs and CLs are useless when faced against non-sub nodes. If you want to go north, get CA(V)s.

>>12207308
There's so much shit in that screenshot I don't know where to begin. I'll suggest giving up on farming 2-5.

>>12207308
max all stats your shipgirl first

>>12207310
>>12207313
welp, I guess time to give up for now. Can I use Mogami-class? Or Tone-class is way better than Mogamis?

Fuck you devs. Why do you release night battle equips when you are preparing Midway event? We need planes much more now.

>>12207308
I'd go with 6 remodeled CA(V)s equipped with seaplanes and radar. There's a small chance of heading South but it's negligible.

Battleships are a bad idea unless you enjoy getting cockblocked by RNG. And like >>12207310 said, DDs and CLs are useless.

>>12207301
Perfect, I usually don't like bob, but now this is one of the best sprites I've seen in the game yet.

>>12207324
Time to get hype.

What to expect on Midway event?

>>12207322
What are you even talking about? Possible searchlight on Ayanami?

>>12207329
m's notes from last thread

>>12207299
Can you see their remodel levels?

>>12207331
No, only pictures.

>>12207330
Oh, missed that one.
But wait, there even is a new plane according to it.

>>12207324
Does the swf already in the server files?

>>12207320
Depends. If your CAV fleet is underleveled like you imply, then Mogami is your only choice. Tone-class only becomes CAV with Kai2 so it's way out of reach. Kumano and Suzuya are good choices too if you have them.

>>12207320
>Can I use Mogami-class?
You can. But first question: which route are you willing to go? North or south?

>>12207337
You don't really need CAV over CA in 2-5 though

>>12207328
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway

This should give you an idea.

>>12207324
Thanks, I tried not to get hyped, but now I'm hyped as fuck.

>>12207333
That Type 98? From my google-fu, it'll be non-CV/L plane. 1st and 2nd CarDiv can't use it.

>>12207347
What do you expect from equipment that comes with a DD-Kai-2 and a CL-Kai-2?

>>12207324
Thanks you fucking ahole now it's only 50 more 4-3 sorties for me through the night now

>>12207347
It should be Sendai Kai2 default equipment, at least according a nip comment.

>>12207341
Well, he was asking about CAVs. Extra planes for LOS isn't that bad either.

>>12207355
CA can carry recons, too. And plane count doesn't matter for them anyway.

>>12207324
How come you know how she looks like? I want to see her too!

>>12207357
CAV seaplane bomber has all the qualities of a recon plane + they do opening bombing strike.

Unless you absolutely refuse to spend any bauxite, I think this is a pretty good advantage.

>>12207367
Those airstirkes aren't a requirement to clear 2-5 though. Besides that they don't help that much anyway.

you need at least one CAV if you go north route in 2-5 to trigger aereal phase and artillery spotting.

>>12207374
Oh, right. But it's still perfectly doable without Tone-class Kai-2 or the rare Mogamis.

14 hours to maintenance, how ready is you Ayanami and Sendai?

>>12207400
Sendai 58, Ayanami 32, I'm hoping for a level 65 remodel.

>>12207400
They're waiting at 65, will add a few more levels if needed.

>>12207400
Sendai 67, target 70
Ayanmi 44, target 65

>>12207322
Yamamoto tried to engage the USN into a night battle at Midway. Besides, night battle is one of the IJN's wet dreams and they'll get it here at this game that glorifies them.

>>12207416
Sendai, right? With all those searchlights and her yasen craze

>>12207416
ｷﾀ━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━!!

>>12207422
The skirt design is too obvious.

>>12207416
Gonna nightbattle her so hard

>>12207400
Sendai 0, Ayanami 0.
Not interested and i don't really have them anyway.

>>12207416
Looking forward to what is likely to be one of the best sprites in the game.

>>12207422
Night battle recon plane + searchlight could be her equipment. Unless the recon plane is for CVs to equip, in which case it'll have to be a craftable.

Flare is a harder case to call unless I know its function.

>>12207416
Shit, now I'm hype.

>>12207430
Seeing that will be 1 star, I can see it will have function similiar to drum, but a bit more useful. Probably increase accuracy or other shit.

>>12207430
The new recon plane is unequippable by CV/L. It is the Type 98 , made for spotting shellfire at night.

>>12207433
>>12207434
Interesting.

>The new recon plane is unequippable by CV/L.
I see, so it's just a seaplane and not a yellow plane.

>spotting shellfire at night
How's it work? How's it different from night battle attacks?

>>12207436
Probably the same way artillery spotting works in the day? Game mechanic wise we wouldn't know until tomorrow.

>>12207324
>>12207416
Awesome. Thanks as always.

In light of upcoming midway, will there be a difficulty increase from 100+? Has there been such a thing historically?

>>12207436
I still am puzzled why they'd give a recon plane made historically for spotting shellfire at night considering we already had double attacks and cut-ins. It might be a requirement for a new battle mechanic or I'm missing something here.

>>12207400
Sendai - 63. Not touching Ayanami until I'm done levelling RJ, so 3 for now.

>>12207443
2-5 boss node level scaling is at 70 and 100.

>>12207441
I still fail to see how that kind of mechanic would make that much of a difference at night.

>>12207444
Why not a craftable yellow plane for CV(L)s that allows the CV(L) equipping it to attack at night?

>>12207430
As for flare, it was used to illuminate ships and were often used in tandem with aircraft doing a bomb run. Pilots say though you'll lose your night vision once you've dropped the flare, making returning home harder. So who knows, it might be for night aerial shelling.

>>12207449
There were only very few planes capable of doing that and most were designed to attack heavy bombers. An example would be the modified Saiun with obliquely firing cannons mounted at the back but these were hampered by lack of radar.

>>12207455
>>12207459
Huh.

Oh well, unless m tells us more about the mechanics, we'll have to wait till after the patch to know.

>>12207449
What if the ships wouldn't be able to do double-attack/cut-in anymore without night recon plane?

>>12207464
Nah, that'd gimp the DDs hard.

>>12207464
Then night maps whose enemies have double-attack setups are nullified. It will be easy again to clear them so I doubt it. Besides, night battle is IJN's forte so I don't think they'll take that away just for a single equipment. If that's the case then the next thing can happen is for radars to be more useful.

>>12207465
Then exclude DDs form it.
Bam!
DDs have now became usefull

>>12207468
>If that's the case then the next thing can happen is for radars to be more useful.
Which reminds me of IJN technological disadvantage in FCS.
Thinking about it just makes me depressed.

>>12207492
Conditional leader that get rekt by preemptive

>>12207400
Sendai is 38, Ayanami is 32.

>>12207539
That's a huge stretch.

>>12207539
THE MYSTERY DEEPENS

>>12207539
>call of Taigei: advanced whaling

>>12207539

Now this is getting ridiculous.

>>12207539
Fuck, I didn't even notice the whale.

>>12207539
It was funny the first time, but that looks more like a goldfish now.

>>12207416
>>12207324

I just woke up and now I'm hype.

>>12207178
>yadokari
Yadokari has like a same palette syndrome.

Satsuki Yellow, Inazuma Brown, Nagatsuki Green, Hibiki light blue, etc.

But I like yadokari even if he has that disease.

>>12207324
Can you see the remodel level?

>>12207573
His black vest Mutsukies are beautiful though. So much that the guy who did Mutsuki&Kisaragi drew Uzuki&Yayoi in black vests too.

>>12207574
>see
Hold on, he's looking now deeply into his sphere of prophecy trying to evoke Sendai sailors to ask them about it.

>>12207580
Are you smoking something? And I think you mean "crystal ball" and "summon", no?

>>12207574
Funny thing is that this question was already asked.

>>12207579

>>12207613
Is she scared?

>>12207613
Also found this.

Any idea who the last two girls are? Is that Hibiki?

>>12207622
Left should be Akatsuki while right is Hibiki. Wouldn't really make sense otherwise.

>>12207627
Isn't it obvious?

>>12207627
Yeah figured that out but Akatsuki didn't look like Akatsuki to me at first. Well, whatevs, I might be blind

>>12207633
>>12207632
Nah, they're pretty hard to tell apart without their expressions and hair colour. Art style isn't very detailed too.

>>12207643
Yeah, but it's still obvious.
2 girls wearing hats being near Inazuma and a Ikazuchi-like thing.

What's the best fleet comp for 5-2? I tried 2CV 1CVL 3BB but that 6sub note and flag BB is trolling me.

>>12207757
You can sort of deal with the sub node with the CVL and by using BBVs

>>12207757
I'm using 1 DD 1 BB 1 CA 1 CVL 2 CVs and it's working fine for me.

>>12207757
2CV, 1CVL, 1BB, 2CLT

Only issue for me with this setup is that SE node with that annoying flagship ta class

>>12207757
1BB 2CA(V) 1CVL 2CV.

>>12207757
How could the sub note troll you? They never use line ahead, the torpedoes miss almost everytime

>>12207781
He probably didn't try enough.

>>12207781
They has a surpring tendency to concentrate their torpedos on my CVL.

Made the first boss kill, Kirishima is olev.

>>12207757
I went with 3 carriers 2 CLT(usual 2 yellow 1 midget sub) 1BB, worked like a charm for me.

I only have two Kongous leveled up, will I ever need anything more than that?

Also don't have searchlight, but >>12207416 kinda confirms that Sendai's kai ni will have one, so getting Kirishima doesn't seem as important anymore.

>>12207906
When you say leveled up, I'm assuming you mean at k2?

In which case, I'd say it's useful to have at least 4 BBs at k2 or whatever highest remodel you can. It's even better if they're all fast.

>>12207919
Well, I have Kongou kai ni and Haruna ready to kai ni. Felt easier to just say "leveled up". Got Mutsu and Yamato as my 3rd and 4th BBs, so the only question is whether I'll ever need more than 2 fast BBs.

>>12207956
Devs seem to like to require fast BBs for some branching rules, so I think having at least 4 fast BBs is useful. Not absolutely necessary, but it wouldn't hurt to have them.

It's been a while since the last one, everything as usual.

Reminder that maintenance will be in eight hours from now.

>>12208051
And?

>>12208059
That's all.

>>12208027
Rates seem to have gone up for all recipes, through the magic of low sample sizes.

>>12208027
I really wish the nips tried other recipes for Bismarck

>>12208063
Wasn't there some guy working on a version of KCV that included automatic uploading of crafting data?

The idea being if a lot of people used it, it would get better, unbiased data on crafting rates.

>>12208076
there was something like that indeed, no clue if it's still a thing

>>12208076
http://kancolle-db.net/

>>12208076
It logs your IP. That wasn't a surprise when I was dissecting it, but still.

Oh, and it's piss easy to feed bad, wrong data like getting Moosashi with all 30 if you're feeling adventurous.

>>12208082
The one I heard about was being developed in english.

>>12208099
That's the one. But I think the guy said the IP logging was for making sure bad data submissions could be eliminated via IP, in case somebody at a specific IP was doing what you're talking about.

>>12207193
Looking that the seachlight is on. Looks like she is in full night battle mode.

>>12208107
Call me paranoid, but I want my privacy without sitting behind 7 proxies.

>>12208107
If I'd take the effort to ruin the data, I'd also take the effort to switch IPs for it.

>>12208112
Enjoy your privacy. I'm willing to lose the anonymity of my IP address in exchange for more reliable crafting data.

>>12208112
>privacy
What can they do with only your IP.

>>12208119
Depends on your firewall and what ports you have open.

But really, it's not that much unless they're dedicated.

>>12208115
Who's really going to go to that sort of effort to ruin crafting data?

The wikia is subject to the same sort of vandalism, but we don't see anyone making an effort to continuously vandalize it. Actually, it's probably more vulnerable given how easy it is to edit things.

>>12208119
They will know my general location, for example.

>>12208129
And? They won't come to get you.

>>12208124
My point was that logging IPs to prevent vandalism is pointless, since those who actually do the effort to do it will probably be autistic enough to go the extra-mile, too.
There is no real reason to log IPs.

>>12208131
Just because I'm paranoid don't mean they're not after me.

>>12208132
I'll give you that. I don't remember who the guy is that's working on it, but that would be a fair point to bring up with them.

>>12208082
How big is this? It looks like it started not that long ago.

>>12208082
While it theoretically shouldn't have any major biases, the sample sizes are a lot worse. For instance, the most used Taihou recipe only has 265 recorded tries. You'd need to convince a lot more people to use it to make it accurate, considering most people will only bother constructing each LSC ship once, and that there's dozens of different recipes they have to experiment if we want to compare rates of different recipes.

>>12208143
They list the number of samples, popular recipes obviously have more entries.

It feels like if multiple ships miss an enemy BB during the first wave of shelling then she's guaranteed to crit someone to red on the second wave.

>>12208194
It's like you didn't know that the results were fixed the moment you clicked formations.
After that it's just a matter of how to reach it.

>You can also use the steel trick where you advance to the steel node then refresh the browser/flash player for easy resources.
I can't get this to work. Is it bullshit, or do you need a specific timing for it?

>>12208288
Yeah, it's a timing thing. Keep trying you'll figure it out

>>12208289
hah

>>12208288
You need to do it on even minutes

>>12208289
>>12208294
>>12208299
You're bullying me, aren't you?

pls stop

>>12208303
You were asking for it.

>>12208303
It was fixed ages ago. Expeditions 37 and 38 made steel as common as dirt anyway.

>>12208288
slowestpoke.webm

>>12208311
Thanks, that explains why I never heard about it, must have gotten fixed before I even started playing.

>>12208324
I'm not sure where you pick up your game "tips", but you might want to try double-checking how old they are first.

Who need steel node abuse anymore you have barrel expedition. I'm up to my eyeballs in steel over here.

>>12208311
Why would you waste one expedition for steel exp if you can do 3-2 with single sub all day every day?

>>12208349
Times change.

>>12208349
Some can't take that hit on their win ratio.

>>12208349

Some people are too lazy to do it (like me), and because doing ex 37 and 38 yields to a lot of steel in the long run.

>>12208417
whatever happened at noon on may 28 was fucking amazing

teach me your secrets

>>12208425

Sure, I upgraded logbook.

>>12208425
It was a time compression script. It's a very high level technique, I'm afraid you would die if you tried it.

>>12208417
I'm finally in the 100k+ club (except fucking bauxite). It's been a boring past two weeks.

At least I'll be ready when they announce the date for Midway. I hope it's soon so I feel like my efforts were worth it.

Does any of you use both kcv for playing and sanaechan for logging?

>>12208625
2 bloatwares are too much.

>>12208288
I was told that doing this type of thing can lead to a ban, which is why I never bothered doing it.

>>12208665
What if someone told you that was a lie?

Is it just me, or did Kantai get really laggy today? My game is running at 1/3 speed.. anybody else having this issue?

>>12208697
Worked fine for me.

>>12208742
Cutie incoming.

>>12208742
I now regret scrapping her repeatedly and never bothering to level her.

>>12208742

long sidetail is long.

>>12208742
Is her hair also a weapon or something?

>>12208768

inb4 Ayanami tentacle raping you using her sidetail

>>12208772
We need doujins of that.

>>12208742
I hate that the lines aren't as defined as they used to be, it makes the sprites look blurry.

>>12208773
doujin plus shi

It'd be a pity that withh Sendai and Ayanami getting searchlights the devs don't implement new rules for night battle

>>12208844
We're getting new night battle equipments.

>>12208844
>>12208856
Shit, I just realized, what if this means that the next event is going to be night battle heavy. I don't think I have enough buckets to survive this

>>12208864
The new equipment might help you avoid getting raped, don't panic yet.

>>12208870

Maybe Ayanami's new cuteness will dampen damage while Sendai's YASEN will overpower them.

>>12208903

Welp, that would be surprinsingly fitting. I've been stuck on the first 2 nodes of 5-3 for a long time. The I put Sendai as flagship and bam, 2 times only with scratch damage to the boss. My ships didn't manage to sink the transprt ship though

Dear 4-3 Ta-oneechan

Please stop

Love, TTK

>>12208911
Story of my life for the past six hours.

It's a long road to 65.

>>12208921
what about ayanami?

>>12208926
Haven't even bothered. I've gotten like 5838939 copies of her in the past week though so maybe it's a sign.

My Sendai is level 63 and I think she's been level 63 since December.

>>12208932
mine was at 69, purely from expedition.

30 minutes until maintenance. Are you prepared for the wait?

>>12208932
I got her on 84 and she's my higher lvl CL

>>12208921
It should be 60 like jintsuu

>>12208942

Yes.

>>12208942
Just need to wait for expedition 2 to get back so I can send them out on 21 and then throw a few ships in the bath and I'll be good to go. If fatigue allows me to squeeze in a couple more 4-3 runs I might almost have Ayanami to kai.

Don't forget to remove equipment from all your ships. I doubt they'd let us lock it from the modernization menu.

>>12208949
Does multiplay still work on that? I've got the disk lying around somewhere...

>>12208942
Yes, it's time to sleep.

>>12208949
I was thinking of getting this now that it's on a steam sale. How fun is it? Can I play with my favorite Kantais?

>>12208955

I have no idea, just got it from steam for like 2 bucks.

I remember something about having to log into gamespy for some stuff, maybe it was for the multiplayer.

>>12208957

I'm really linking it so far, I even bought the pacific once

>>12208955
The sequel Battlestations: Pacific was much more fun I think.

The only thing that was missing were the single ship challenge missions from Midway, like the one where Yamato had to survive an intense onslaught in inclement weather.

>>12208959
Yeah, back in the day it was through (extremely shitty) Gamespy. Doubt I can activate my physical copy key on Steam, though, and can't be bothered to buy an ancient game.

>>12208979
The stage where you single-handedly destroy practically half the US Pacific Fleet with Fuso was one of the hypest stages of any game I've ever played.

手が震えてきた

>>12208957
Not really. You get Fubuki, non-CAV Mogami with an awesome camo, Kongou, Fusou (as Fusou) and Yamato.

>>12208985
Yeah, Fusou is more useful than Kongou in this game.

>>12208949
I just got that too when I saw it on sale.

Never been into games like this at all, but I got curious after playing KanColle, so it's pretty fun to recognize various girls throughout it.

There's this mission at the start where you're told to bomb a battleship, and the target you're given is Tone. Found this really weird at the time, because I know very well that Tone isn't a battleship. Then later I hear over the radio "we got the wrong ship, that was a fucking cruiser". Found that detail pretty funny.

>>12208957
You play as the Abyss in campaign mode, but there are challenge modes and stuff where you get to play as the good guys.

>>12209002
Is Abyss really the allied fleet? It's implied, but never explicitly confirmed. What a bummer.

>>12208959
Multiplayer used Gamespy. There's a way to bypass that, but there aren't a lot of players, eh. Single player is pretty gud tho, i'd recommend at least trying it, especially if it's dirt cheap.
Best thing with this game were immersion and the ability to control pretty much any unit. Pretty arcade though, since if you plan well, you can evade torpedoes with a carrier.

>>12208979
Pacific feels like they put training wheels on the game. When you had to at least adjust for lead before, now it's even targeting the component (engine, ammo, etc) for you. Just select and click.
It's a shame, there were good additions.

>>12209011
It's just speculah. Maybe they're just using ancient allied ships against nips, or something.

>>12209013
I thought the aerial component was spotty at best, especially in multiplayer with the shitty netcode. Cannonade and torpedoes was a shit ton of fun though.

>>12209015
I'm really hoping we get Allied ships at some point. And, assuming we get American girls, I hope they constantly talk about bullying the other girls. Especially Albacore.

Can you guys post some screenshots? It sounds interesting, but I'd like to see what you admirals are talking about first.

>>12209027
That was one of the long term plans by the devs, the only problem is that they'll be Bismarck-tier hard to get if anything.

>>12209028
Tons of gameplat videos floating around, it'll give you a better idea.

>>12209011

I simply want to think the Shinkaisen Kantai is just the negative energy forged throughout the war that materialized. That at least gives an explanation of why most of the maps are references to WWII batttlefields. Also, since the seas are controlled by the Shinkaisen ships, both sides of the pacific and the atlantic are isolateed from each other and that's the reason we haven't seen any american ship yet.

But most of the japanese fandom thinks otherwise

>>12209028

>>12208985
Could have sworn it was Yamato, but then I wasn't as well versed in my IJN back when I first played it.

>>12209013
Guess I'd better go revisit Midway then, in anticipation for KC Midway. Pacific did have quite the graphical overhaul though.

>>12209028
I would think this is a bit more relevant than a Wildcat

>>12209045
That looks pretty cool. Are you controlling the plane directly or issuing commands?

As long as you are not expecting War Thunder you'll be fine.

On a random note, does anyone ever care about Yura? After that one event where she was used all the time besides Isuzu she fell off the radar.

>>12209052
Not true. Wildcats were indispensable to the USN, but the Yamato's just a floating hotel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7U_TT1vsH0

>>12209054
>does anyone ever care about Yura
No. Why should I.

>>12209057
Oh my god. That voice over.

>>12209054
Her combat lines are cute, I guess.

>>12209053
Either. Same applies to ships too. You can take direct control of them and their guns, or stay in an overview map and tell them where to go basically.

>>12209053
Both. You issue command to squadron, but you can also control one plane in any squadron. Ships can also be controlled directly and indirectly, the system is pretty complex.

>>12209067
>>12209068
Cool. I'm watching this >>12209057 right now.
The gameplay looks interesting.
The Japanese accents are awful though.

>>12209054
I had a weird attraction to her when I first got her. I never used her, but I always remembered she was there. Then I saw this pic and that strange attraction grew stronger.

>>12209069
Honestly with the Steam sale on and Kancolle maintenance, you might as well just get it. If you're into Kancolle for more than just the cute girls.

>>12209070
You have to put a leash on this bitch in heat.

if you just wanna get eye candy you could play that game. If you really wanna pplay WWII, play Hearts of Iron.

>>12209089
It's really cheap now. I snagged a copy as well... 2 bucks of mindless time wasting inbetween stockpiling is a good idea.

>>12209096
I just play War Thunder in-between sorties. Took me ages to get to the Bf 109 K-4, now working on unlocking the Shidens because Reppu in that fucking game never.

>>12209102
I don't know what I should do when it comes to WW2 MMOs. I have both WT and WoT, and I've invested time in both of'em... tried WoWP but didn't like it cause it felt like flying health bars crashing into each other.

Reason why I wonder about this is cause WoWS is finally coming, and WT will get naval component. Sigh. Sorry for blog.

>>12209118
>WoWS is finally coming, and WT will get naval component

I'm pretty hype. Can't wait to die to the suspiciously-better-than-historical Russian navy in both of them.

>>12209011
It will kills off many of the potential future content, i doubt Kadokawa would want to do that.

>>12209054
>On a random note, does anyone ever care about Yura? After that one event where she was used all the time besides Isuzu she fell off the radar.

It's approaching one year since that event, thinking about it just makes me feel old.
In my fleet, Yura has been deprecated by DD and other CL so she has stuck at level 3x.

>>12209135
Ahhhhhhhhh shit!
It's night time!

>>12209118
WT, realistic (historic) battle. Arcade for real stupud fun though, HB is ruined by climbing matches.

Avoid jets.

>>12209127
Actually in WT's case, the Germans will be hilariously annoying.

>>12209133
I have her at level 50. Pity she is going to be the biggest ship her VA voiced (besides the four Shiratsuyus).

>>12209135

Well shit, it seems I'll have to either go to sleep early or don't sleep till maintenance is over.

>>12209135
Ohhhh maaan.

>>12209135

I have been waiting for this day.

>>12209135
I MUST GO TO NIGHT BATTLE

>>12209135
motherfucking YES BOB

>>12209054
Was it August E1, the map where the boss node had a submarine flagship?

I thought Isuzu got her Kai 2 only after that event ended though.

>>12209135
I'm not even finished with Hiryuu and now we have this... no sleep for me tonight.

>>12209141
It's just 4 and a half more hours at this point. Might as well stay up so you can night battle first.

>>12209135
God I hope the remodel level is 60, I want her right away.

>>12209151
Don't worry, anon. The night is long.

>>12209013
Matter of opinion I suppose one mans streamlining is another mans dumbing down. I generally preferred Pacific in most aspects. There is some leading though if you want to accurately hit a specific area although in general it was toned down.

Overall though if nothing else it's just allot prettier to look at which given that neither is super deep that counts for something. Midway was like right at that cusp before 'current' graphics and honestly looks kind of ugly. The UI is also clunky as hell and was clearly better refined in Pacific. Last I checked it's MP also still worked too. It was dead, but if you had friends or whatever you wouldn't need to screw around with any third party shit.

I'd just get both though they're cheap as hell and totally worth the money to waste a few hours in.

>>12209069
They are horribly offensive to be sure. That might be why I love them so much.

>>12209150
Yes, that event.

>>12209135
Time to get ready for night battles.

I wonder how a collab between Kadokawa/DMM and Wargaming would work? Would it just be a case of official voice pack for the IJN like how it was with WoT?

Did 5 S-rank in 2-5 before the maintenance, no whale spotted.
>>12209135
That smug mofo, guess I would try to grind her for the art and yasen items.

http://aug.2chan.net/may/b/src/1403219880494.png

>>12209198
>guess I would
Get your grammar right before using corny and outdated insults, tripfag.

>>12209135
Super Yasen time

>>12209215
Being high and mighty on an imageboard is quite laughable, but I don't really care.
More importantly, you got 300k all resources yet?

>>12209215
I've never insulted her, bro. Besides my brain cannot function well as I caught a cold, have mercy. I have to take some rest soon.

>>12209226
Well, someone's got to do something. Sitting by and smirking won't work every time. And no, I'm still at a dismal 20k average thanks to Taihou LSC and a resource regen cap doctrine.

>>12209229
Sorry, I'm just tired of seeing pretentious fags lately. Type less and get well soon there, Anon.

>>12209226
>300k resources
It upsets me that people do this instead of hovering around 280k or less.

>>12209241
>Taihou LSC
I surely hope you've already got Yamato.

>>12209259
I think I will stop at the point of 250k all personally.

>>12209259
What's the point of "hovering" around 280k?
Does it just mean you're still earning stuff from your exps as opposed to just hitting the cap?

>>12209272
It means that you productively spend the resources in-between. Sitting on the hard cap is extremely wasteful.

>>12209265
I've already got all BBs besides her and Musashi, with only Nagato needing any serious grinding. I'd prefer another CV in my underlevelled CV group that can attack with moderate damage.

>>12209277
Gotcha. I was just wondering if the 280k amount specifically had any meaning, like it gives you better LSC odds or something.

inb4 LSC voodoo

>>12209281
If you're only sitting on 20k resources, you might be better served by stockpiling a bit.

Odds are Midway is at least a month away, but if it does come sooner, you don't want to be completely screwed over.

>>12209048
There's a mission where you have to plough your way through a flotilla of destroyers and cruisers with Fusou, to link up with Yamashiro and destroy a couple of BBs as a parting gift, and then there's the mission with Yamato, where you have to pursue and sink carriers fleeing from you.

>>12209290
Someone actually made a video of that mission and go FUSOU-NEE NOOOOO.

>>12209077
I had (awesome) japanese dubs on Midway, and Pacific at least has german dubs, it's probably an option.

How long is this patch... I'm beginning to face withdrawal symptoms

>>12209292
It just immediately comes to mind, right? I now have an even greater time sinking the ships I recognize.

>>12209297
Grab War Thunder and torpedo bomb Fubuki class destroyers in simulator mode to fill the gap.

>>12209297
4 and a half hours to go.

>>12209297
you could go find some doujin in sadpanda too, find kancolle material that suit your joystick.

>>12209135
Oh yes, finally.

how long until maintenance complete anyway?

>>12209286
Thanks for the reminder. I'd still have to level her up for her to be useful anyway. Guess she'll have to wait.

>>12209290
I don't know what's wrong with me, but I read flotilla as lotilla and I just thought "Is that some new word for a group of ships?"

This game sounds fun, though.

>>12209292
Smexy as fuck, unlike the sprites.

>>12209316
No prob. I'm holding off on my Taihou attempts as well.

I also have a Yamato I just got that's about 10 levels away from being remodeled, but I'm holding off on that till my resources are Midway ready.

>>12209324
kai nis when, i need them to not be useless

>>12209135
is that kirito

>>12209324
I find a lot of the fan art is superior to some of the more poorly illustrated girls.

They all have decent character designs, but there are some whose original illustrations just don't look that great.

>>12209333
I actually fielded my Yamato when she was only Lvl1 in Ironbottom E5. She does great even like that (I did fully modernize her though)

>>12209341
That would be the general conclusion most would come to.

>>12209135
A ninja ship, huh... Guess the game was missing ninjas.

>>12209341
Well, most fans have all the time in the world to perfect their art while professional artists have deadlines and wallets to line.

The Fusous really got the shaft though. Boring palettes, awkward poses and proportions made these poor BBs into second-rate ships at best.

>>12209368
The Fusous are flawed to begin with. I don't think that the artist did a poor job in conveying the glaring issues in this class of dreadnaughts...

>>12209333
Huh. Best of luck to you then.

>>12209347
Interesting. I'd still have to get her through RNG before anything else though.

>>12209372
It doesn't mean the sprites have to be in piss-poor quality.

>>12209382
>>12209372
But these ships have extremely awkward proportions, unbalanced placement of armaments, haphazard superstructure! Piss-poor quality is exactly what the Fusos turned out to be.

Steam sales monitoring dulls the pain of waiting for yasen

>>12209135
Oh yes. Oh yes. Let the dream begin.

LET YOUR DARKER SIDE GIVE IN
TO THE POWER OF THE MUSIC THAT I WRITE
THE POWER OF THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT

メンテナンス状況：本日実施のアップデート情報をお知らせします。
01▼軽巡洋艦「川内」のさらなる【改装】の実装 軽巡「川内」が高い練度において【改装(改造)】可能となります。「夜戦」に少し役立つ新たな【特殊装備】も登場します。

>>12209135
ttps://twitter.com/KanColle_STAFF/status/479854156958531584
Sendai kai2 will be available. *not sure about its level
She has new equipment that is alittle useful in the night battle.

02▼軽巡洋艦「川内」に【追加ボイス】を実装 改装された軽巡「川内」に追加ボイスが実装されます。
「補給」「放置」及び「ケッコンカッコカリ専用母港」ボイスが「川内改」「川内改二」に追加実装されます。
「川内改二」では「母港」「改装」ボイスの一部が新収録ボイスに更新されます。

>>12209402
I hope "a little" means more useful that this placebo piece of shit.

ttps://twitter.com/KanColle_STAFF/status/479855432320569344
[02] Additional voices for Sendai-kai & Sendai-kai2.
Supply, neglect and kekkon-kakkokari voices for both.
At the homeport and change equipment voices for kai2

>>12209408
Exactly.

>>12209408
Please do not insult the fairies.

When will they update Sakawa's gear?

>>12209416
Fairies only use the equipment. He's insulting the equipment they use, not them.

ttps://twitter.com/KanColle_STAFF/status/479858667299147777
[03] Ayanami-kai2 will be available. *seems higher level than Sendai
New voices for her, too. *same as Sendai
Ayanami-kai2 has time signal voices.

Why no hourlies for Sendai? Unlike all the ships that scold you when you stay up late, she could gradually get more ecstatic the further you get into the night. She'd be the perfect secretary for nocturnal admirals.

>>12209057
Could you adjust the difficulty in Battlestations Pacific?
It looks so easy targeting and hitting the intended target.

I thought the targeting system would be more akin to Silent Hunter.

>>12209424
Never.

Ooh, star shells.

[04] Equipment picture book will be expanded from 100 to max 150.
[05] New equipment "illuminating shell" will be available.
It raise gunfire hit probability and special attack probability in the night battle, and also inhibit enemy's special attack probability.

>>12209460
So another fucking searchlight

>>12209460
oh my god yes fewer flag abyss cutins

star shells you are the best ever

>>12209461
Do they stack?

inb4 no

>>12209464
different item so it may be stack

>>12209469
They do stack.

06▼【照明弾】の補足 ・夜戦支援効果は艦隊全体に及びます。
・敵艦隊の夜間特殊攻撃を抑制しますが決定的ではありません。
・照明弾射撃は装備艦が多いほど成功確率は高まります。
・【探照灯】のように使用艦が狙われるデメリットはありません。 ・【探照灯】との併用も有効です。

As long as they're equipped on different ships?

>>12209464
>・夜戦支援効果は艦隊全体に及びます。
・敵艦隊の夜間特殊攻撃を抑制しますが決定的ではありません。
・照明弾射撃は装備艦が多いほど成功確率は高まります。
・【探照灯】のように使用艦が狙われるデメリットはありません。
・【探照灯】との併用も有効です。

Based on the third line, yes, they do stack. That's if my moonspeak isn't wrong though.

Rough translation:

>Night battle support effects extend to the whole fleet.
Enemy night attack cut-in debuffs are not 100% definite.
More flares will mean a higher success rate.
Unlike the searchlight, there are no demerits to using the flare.
Using flares with a searchlight will also be effective.

>>12209481
>>12209483
Supplemental information on the star shell:

-The effect is good for the whole fleet
-Although it can reduce the rate of nighttime special cut-in for the enemy fleet, it doesn't eliminate it altogether.
-Rate of success goes up if you have more star shells across the fleet.
-There is no penalty, like there is with searchlight.
-It stacks with searchlight.

>>12209484
>>12209485
Neat, thanks.

Now waiting for news about the new recon plane.

I hope the star shell could be crafted with sanshiki recipe.

07▼【新装備】の実装　2/2 各水雷戦隊旗艦への配備が計画されていた夜間偵察機【九八式水上偵察機】が実装されます。同機には熟練の夜間偵察員が乗りこみ、一定条件下で「夜間触接」を試みます。「夜間触接」が成功した場合、夜戦における攻撃及び同クリティカル発生を支援します。

Type 98, Aichi E11A, Confirmed.

>>12209492

Type 98 reconnaissance floatplane, that was planned to be used by the flagship of a destroyer squadron, has been added. This plane has an experienced nighttime reconnaissance crew, and will attempt to conduct nighttime reconnaissance under certain conditions. If nighttime reconnaissance is successful, then it would support nighttime attacks and help with critical strikes.

Game is up?

>>12209498
>certain conditions
What's this gonna be

08▼【九八式水上偵察機(夜偵)】の補足
・昼間の「偵察・触接」にも使用可能です。
・昼間戦闘において"完全に"制空権を失っている場合は運用できません。
・比較的旧式機なので性能自体はあまり高くはありません。
・しかし「夜間触接」は地味に艦隊の夜戦能力を底上げ可能です。

>Type 98 reconnaissance floatplane can be used for recon in day battle.
>Losing air superiority will leave you unable to perform recon.
>As a relatively old aircraft, it's performance isn't great.
>But it can raise the quality of your fleet's plain nighttime battle through nighttime recon.

More placebo items for an already heavy RNG-based game.

>>12209507
RNG for the clueless.

>>12209507
New items impress me a whole lot less once I realize that all of them are going to be unbuildable.

>>12209506
So ships can do cut-in/double atk in daytime with it. That's nice.

>>12209507
>>12209509
>>12209510
Nighttime recon only raises the night fighting ability of the fleet a little. That's how I am reading the tweet.

>>12209512
It's not going to do that. It won't let you do nighttime specials in daytime. It's a subpar recon plane for day recon.

09▼【UI】の改良
・【補給画面】の全選択チェックボックスを選択しにくい(チェックが入りにくい)症状の改良に努めました。
・【ケッコンカッコカリした艦娘の指輪】が表示されている時、「艦娘ロック機能」及び「同解除機能」が選択しにくい(押しにくい)症状の改良に努めました。

>>12209515
If so then it's going to be shit.

More importantly...
10▼潜水艦装備【潜水艦53cm艦首魚雷(8門)】の改良 現在潜水艦が装備できる雷撃装備で最も強力な潜水艦装備「潜水艦53cm艦首魚雷(8門)」。同装備運用による「特殊攻撃」が、他雷撃装備と同様に可能となりました。

53cm torps that you get on the Taigei quest will now cut-in just fine.

I just want to see the full remodels so I can fucking sleep already.

>>12209528
great!

>>12209528
Now I don't feel as bad about wasting 90 hours.

I still wish the second half of the quest gave something else.

>>12209535
might be a a prereq for allied ship quests later

>>12209540
>allied ship

Hopefully soon.

12▼独戦艦【Bismarck zwei】の一部修正 【Bismarck zwei】の以下のパラメータを上方微修正します。
「火力」最大値
「対空」最大値
「回避」初期値及び最大値
「索敵」初期値及び最大値
「運」最大値
※いずれも差分は微上昇です。

Bismarck got buffed.

Oh wow.

11▼バグの修正
下記バグを修正しました。
・「12.7㎝連装高角砲(後期型)」を装備した艦が潜水艦を砲撃するバグを修正
・「家具屋さん」において特定の操作によって挙動がおかしくなるバグを修正
・「模様替え」の特定条件下でページ送りに発生するバグを修正

12▼独戦艦【Bismarck zwei】の一部修正
【Bismarck zwei】の以下のパラメータを上方微修正します。
「火力」最大値
「対空」最大値
「回避」初期値及び最大値
「索敵」初期値及び最大値
「運」最大値
※いずれも差分は微上昇です。

>>12209555
SHE IS THE NIGHT

>>12209558
>>12209559
Bismarck mind

>>12209555
God bless Bob

>>12209555
New scarf? i came

Cutie.

>>12209555
Sure she looks cool, but what about the damaged version?

>>12209555
what the hell is that shit on her skirts?

>>12209555
Best in class as expected.

>>12209570
Looks like a man. Step it up shitbafu

>>12209570
Cute

>>12209572

>>12209570
>40 Luck.
Another DD made for night battle cut in.

>>12209570
Meh.

>>12209579
Why did Sendai become a ninja?

>>12209579
Torpedo kunai

Knowing Sendai it's more hilariously stupid than badass.

>>12209582
Because Yasen

>>12209579
Still a ninja with an explosive knife.

>>12209555
>>12209579
So sentai Sendai

>>12209570
I don't know what else to say but.. "meh". It's fucking nothing. Why didn't they give a better destroyer Kai2. They literally have a billion destroyers to choose from.
>>12209579
Would night battle with full vigor and force

>>12209582
Jintsuu Kai2 also looks like a ninja.
Only Naka's Idol dress looks out of place in her class