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Can Kongou kill servants?

>>12970499
what about maruyu?

>>12970506
Can maruyu kill kongous?

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>>12970329
>New February event
Do we have the exact date? I'm still holding onto the regen cap.

>>12970499
A continued barrage would be quite devastating, assuming she can actually hit the servant and assuming that the shells pack the same punch as the warship's.

>>12970534
Let's not forget about this.

>>12970525
There is no set date, but the dev mentioned in the Twitter that the event will be on the first half of February, so somewhere between the 6th - 13th of Feb is the rough estimate (since the last few maintenance was on Friday)

>>12970539
I wonder just how much "punch" these kanmusu-version of the ships pack. Is that actually as powerful as a 16" shell, etc.

>>12970525
Assume it's going start at 6th just to be safe.
I'll probably start hoarding resources on Feb 1st.

>>12970557
Aren't the Abyssals usually using more modern or sci-fi tech compare to the more conventional grounded semi-realistic weapons the kanmusu have?

>>12970525
The nip are expecting around 20k to 50k resources and 300-400 buckets needed to clear the event.
Depending on the situation, you might not even need to stockpile properly.

I just wish the devs will put Eugen into LSC pool in the next maintenance.

Where should I farm Akashi? I know she drops is 2-5, 3-5 and 6-2. I do have the resources and buckets for it. So that's not an issue.

>>12970594
Not really. They look all alien, but most of the equipment are WW2 tech, like the 16" triple, Hellcats, etc.

>>12970709
Does she even drops off 2-5 or 3-5?
I have been doing 2-5/3-5 monthly since it was implemented. Literally gotten everything off it except for Akashi.
I will never get my 4th crane.

Is it worth it to keep duplicate Shimakaze/Yukikaze for lock events?

>>12970718
She does still drop at 2-5 but only if you haven't got her yet. So you can't use 2-5 to get your 4th crane. But 3-5 and 6-2 is still possible.

>>12970725
Not worth the grind, IMO. DDs need to be high level for them to really dodge much. Just use K2 DDs.

>>12970725
If you're done with every other DD and have space to spare, maybe.

>>12970594
They're not using lasers or missiles so no.

>>12970725
DD stats hardly matter. Yukikaze is the queen of DD due to her luck for cut-in setup. That is what separate her elite status from the normal DD. I guess FP+Torpedo stats is next most important stats and of course Akizuki for the AA cut-in.
They can be good as Yukikaze if you can feed them enough maruyu.

Has anyone else had a problem with Kancolle playing BGM but not ship voices? I swear, the voice toggle is on and the volume adjustment bar is nonzero.

What's the best time to try for Musashi?

Timing-based RNG and all.

>>12970795
After the event. First clear, then farm, then splurge like a retard in LSC whatever is left

>>12970795
6:34 JST.

Don't forget we aleady have a thread up
>>12970486

>>12970818
This thread came first.

>>12970825
Meaning it was an early thread made too soon.

>>12970828
The thread was made after the old one got archived. Fuck off.

>>12970828
Last replies to the last thread were 5 hours ago. This thread was made 4 hours ago.

>>12970828
Just use the other thread to post about the manga, porn, music, anime and britbong. Use this for the game.

>>12970842
>>12970843
Crossies much?
Old thread wasn't properly purged.

>>12970848
>Waah, my thread is being ignored.
No, you fuck off.

>>12970861
>projecting
Keep using a shitposter's thread then, crossie.

>>12970867
Both the abyss thread spam and 'harunyan' posts are made by shitposters.

>>12970329
>3 of them showup in the latest epi
>nameship doesn't appear
Being myoukou is suffering.

Holy shit, Hiryuu is never going to drop in 4-1, is she? Got about five Kagas and more than ten sour dragons, with the first dropped almost at K2, but no Hiryuu.
At least the boss node has a glorious track.

>>12970895
Keep the animeposting out of /jp/

>>12970907
what

>>12970709
Event is in a week.

>>12970725
No. What a kuso.

>>12970677
She's too OP.

>>12970774
Check if your cable is plugged properly. I'm recently experiencing it with headphones.

3-1 doesn't have branching requirements, does it? I've gone north 7 times in a row.

>>12970948

Cleared 2-4 by the thinnest of margins. My poor resource pile is taking a good beating for it(Ran 3 BB/2CV/CVL and 4 ships went red) but at least that opens world 3.

>>12970895
Wait for event maps, got my Hiryuu from E3 Summer 2014.
And please refrain from posting unnecessary images or keep it related to kancolle.

>>12970944
Or make it droppable for the ones who didn't got her or something.
I'll grind the map like it's Yahagi.

>>12971025
Open 3-2, grind your love until you satisfied then stockpile for the incoming event.

>>12971035
How ready is ready? Should I try to have as many units over lvl20 or build up 1-2 elite fleets?

>>12971044
Having at least two fully Modded and adequately leveled Kais of every relevant type is a start. Also, 4-1AB > 3-2A, especially if you go DD+BB+2CA+CV+CVL, allowing you to raise several types at once.

>>12971044
What's your hq lvl?

>>12971058
Currently HQ 31.

>>12971060
oh for you maybe kai'ing them is enough since there's lvl scaling. Then max modernize them
But if you aren't satisfied, about lvl 35+ to your fav ships can do it.
Don't worry, you can clear E-1 with only regen resource.

Currently HQ 63. Should I move to grinding 4-1AB now instead of 3-2A forever?

>>12971110
3-2-A is the best if you're saving rsc.
4-3 for DD's, CL's because subs.
Whole 5-4 if you hate yourself.

>>12971114
I haven't unlocked 4-3 yet. What's a fast, cheesy way to clear 4-1 and 4-2 for it?

>>12971120
6 x girls that you love

>>12971110
If you ask me, yes. 4-1AB is twice as efficient for grinding, yet no more likely to drain your resources than 3-2A. 4-3 is slightly more dangerous in comparison.

>>12970329
>New Unryuu-class
Amagi or Misato?

>>12971114
4-3 is irritating because you have to refresh all the time.

>>12971189
Git gud scrub

>>12971189
>refreshing
enjoy your ban

>>12971189
>refresh
Please, J is easy to deal with.

>>12971183
Amagi probably

>>12970895
> sour
That doesn't even sound the same.

>>12971646
You're most likely talking to American who is incapable of repeating what character says and only looks at letters.

Is it advisable to grind to Kai my CVs for 2-4 even if I can already guarantee AS?

>>12971744
There's never a reason not to have your ships properly leveled, especially since ship locking will probably be a thing next event.

>>12971744
Do it. Even if you have AS, they have lower stats, so they will deal less damage and will take more damage.
There is no reason not to kai your sortie ships.

>>12971744
If they have fully modernized armor, don't Kai them and see if they can beat 2-4. Best case scenario you will succeed, they will absorb the hits and you will save up on repairs by simply remodelling them.
If they don't have maxed armor or have problems with 2-4 - remodel them. In general, you should always remodel your ships.

Someone posted a pretty good tool for helping you pick expeditions, it's bookmarked on my old PC but not on my laptop, does anyone have it?

>>12971868
I guess you mean this one http://www.kancolle-calc.net/expedition.html ?

To whoever suggested 4-1AB, the RNG spoils good chances of ASW runs. The comps needed to reach it don't guarantee the ASW ships getting MVP unless their name is Hyuuga.

>>12971025
>3 BB/2CV/CVL

how do you farm a lot of BBs? i'm stuck at 2-4 because i only have 1 BB/CV and i keep getting rekt.

should the fleet be past level 20 or should i keep repeating 2-4's node A until i get more BBs?

even the ship construction hates me. i can't seem to get a BB at all...

>>12971917
spam 400/100/600/30, If you're lucky you can get the whole kongou class and unlock the fourth fleet.

>>12971901
What are you talking about? My flagship (DD/CL) can only lose its MVP to carrier in second node of 4-1 and it happens maybe 20% of the time.

>>12971917
The easiest spot to get BBs early on is unfortunately 3-2. If you can get a submarine 2-4 is painless, but otherwise just try to remodel and modernize everybody. It'll be easier if you can get air superiority and set your BB and CAs up for daytime double attacks too. The first node of 2-4 is a decent place to grind, with the best drop rates you're going to get right now.

>>12971948
Nope. World 4 is overflowing with BBs. You get access to 4-1 before 3-2 and the chance of dropping a Kongou is several times higher.

>>12971878
thanks anon

>>12971931
>>12971948
>>12971969
thanks anons. how hard is it to get a sub?

in the meantime i'll stockpile resources to burn on a BB

>>12971986
About 4%, I think?

>>12971986
It's hard if you're looking for it.

>>12971917
Got Fusou and Kirishima as drops and Kongou from Construction. Just got Hiei as a drop too so 1Kongou sister let.

Another Event.
And I still don't have a Bismarck.
This time I'll go Biikame's way.

>>12971986
1-5 drops subs and it's fairly easy

>>12971986
3rd fight in 1-5 can drop subs. I got 1 there definitely, I thought the red text drops in wiki were for high HQS , guess they mean rare drop rate.

>>12972009
Yeah, it's retarded that wikia nowhere states what red actually means. It mens Rank S is needed.

>>12970948
Don't worry. I had to sortie 45 times to complete that quest. Reached the boss twice.

>>12971646
>>12971654
Sore dragon.

See this, what do?

>>12972615
S rank it.

>>12972615
subs

>>12972615
Man the fuck up and fight them with your own battleships

>>12972615
BB it up because fuck tactics.

>>12972615
Play a real game of battleships.

>>12972615
I always send my leveling fleet. Some exp for cheap is always a win, even if the battle is not.

>>12972661
Battlestation Pacific or WoW?

>>12972673

>>12972617
>>12972638
>>12972654
>>12972655
>>12972661
>>12972670
Yeah, i don't want waste exp

>>12972615
happy-maruyu.png

>>12972661
>>12972682

>>12972684
You can S rank easily with that setup.

>>12972688
Might as well, since she'll be going out of business soon.

Why is Kinugasa such a crit magnet. Every fucking time.

>>12972703
Because you don't love her enough

>>12972703
Because she's one of the worst CA.

>>12972710
It's hard to split when Kongou absorbs all of it.

>>12972714
>Liking monkey
Yeah, i found your problem

>>12972733
If only all my problems could be like her.

>>12972615

>Sent my 5-4 grinding fleet to 1-1
HOLY SHIT I WANT TO FUCKING KILL MYSELF

>>12972782
Fast fingers, eh?

>>12972782
>Not during an event
>Not when you have both support fleets out
>Not during a lock-out event
That's not so bad.

I hate those quest limits making me forget to switch to the ones I'm about to do, then ace it on first try and see it wasn't active. Fuck.

>>12972791
There's always a warning in lock-out maps, so that's a relief.

Enough?

>>12972821
>warning
And yet, there were those people who still managed to do so.

>>12972825

Probably. HQ, buckets??

>>12972828
95/ approx 400.

>>12972839
Last event I had 700 buckets and 65k/60k/140k/65k, ended up with 450 buckets 28k/23k/106k/54k (I didn't have good DDs for E2 so that ate up all my buckets and I did two Bismarck recipes mid-event, so take that into account)

>>12972825
soft cap regen is safe. trust me.

Anyone know if the BGM is uploaded somewhere?

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm25223784

Checked nyaa and hikari and nothing.

Is there where I can even ask this?

>>12972949

A soundtrack CD came out sometime last year, but hasn't been uploaded yet I think. Not sure if it even had some of the later event tracks on it, which is all I would be interested in.

Am I ready to build Musashi?

>>12973017
You're always ready

>>12972949
>>12972954
Vocal tracks 1 and 2 (instrumental versions are used in-game), and 1st OST (contains tracks up to Spring Event 2014) are definitely on nyaa. Note: some of the torrents are listed as AMV for some reason.

Also see this for album info:
http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Merchandise/Audio

>>12972954
Soundtrack is out, but it's 128CBR used with some fuckrandom encoder. So if you don't care about audio fidelity then >>12973078
The vocal discs are both available in lossless though.

>>12973078
>>12973101
Think I found it, It's listed under AMV 46mb.

Looks like no seeders though, oh well. Thanks anons.

>>12973114
There are some seeders, it just might take a while to connect. I didn't find any straight away, took a few minutes.

>>12973101
>>12973114
Found this while googling for the OST FLAC for those interested:
http://nga.178.com/read.php?tid=7286736&rand=760

FLAC/MP3 links to a cloud storage. Click 下载>普通下载 (other option is some accelerated DL nonsense).

Can't say what the exact bitrates are since I'm still downloading.

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#艦これ

>>12973194
New ship type?

>>12973200
Yes. Isn't she pretty?

>>12973194
>>12973208
Clearly supposed to be a tie-in with World of Warships.

I have 2x Fast BB/BBV/2xCV/CVL
Will the set up be good enough to clear 2-4? Should I keep leveling them for their Kai's?

>>12973208
a piece of junk

>>12973244
Probably.

Is there some weird undocumented branching for 2-4? In the past 20 tries I've gotten the north route once, the south route nineteen times, and the middle guaranteed boss route never.

>>12973283
How many days have you been playing?

>>12973289
Enough to know that the compass fairies are assholes, but I still wanted to check.

>nothing but dupes and garbage lately
>tell myself only one BB attempt today so I can save for the event, clearing 2-4 will have to come later
>related
>got beaver yesterday too

I'm so happy.

like, subscribe etc.


On a serious note, with the event coming up, how worried should I be about bauxite? I know planes will use it, but is it really that easy to go through a few thousand in a matter of days?

>>12973283
>20 tries
Damn.

>>12973298
Don't bring a light carrier, you'll get redirected most of the time.

When I was first stuck on 2-4 I got wrecked several times at north route, got sent once to south, gave up, leveled 3 BBs and 2 CV to Kai and maxed them then cleared the map on first try, only repairing flagship to clear 3-1 right after that in two attempts. In the hindsight, I regret waiting so long.

>>12973312
Can confirm, kinda. I beat 2-4 with 3BBs, Akagi, Takao, and KTKM. No Kai's or BBV because I wasn't high level enough to do so.

I've begun leveling Hatsushimo because devs are dicks, I'd commit sudoku f the next DD Kai Ni isn't in my fleet.

>>12973305
Every plane you lose costs 5 bauxite. Depending on the map and how badly you need air superiority, you can lose hundreds per sortie. But the event will go on long enough that you'll have time to gather more if you need it. I don't think they've given any hints as to what kind of ships will be needed in this one, so just keep things balanced.

>>12973312
No light carriers, running 3xBB, 1xBBA, 2xCV.

>>12973305
Look at it this way. Kaga + Akagi Kai together have 180 planes. If you fight two battles vs carriers where you only get parity (let's say do to lack of good fighters), you are likely to lose third of them, that is 60, that is 300 bauxite. Something always gets critted at second carrier node due to Flagship Wo/Ru. You'll probably need 10-15 tries to beat the map. 3-5k bauxite gone. Now imagine farming for rare drops.
However it's often possible to avoid strong carrier nodes so the losses in bauxite aren't that devastating.

>>12973338
>BBA
What?

>>12973347
BBV. My bad.

>>12973344
>. Something always gets critted at second carrier node due to Flagship Wo/Ru.
I guess I don't follow what you mean in regards to critting and aircraft? Do you mean that AA cut-in defense thing?

>>12973354
He's saying Flag Wo or Ru always hits one of his ships to red.

>>12973354
Sorry. I meant that something gets critted and you have to return to base. And fight those carriers again. And again. And spend more resources including buckets. It's fun.

>>12973366
>>12973362
Ah, thanks.

>>12973190
Holy shit its the real deal, much better than that 112kbps nyaa rip, thanks for the find.

>>12973305
Holy shit, without even any real grinding, she mopped up.

It's over.

Now the real grind begins.

>>12973448
There's nothing stronger than fresh lv1 BBs. They're blessed by crit goddesses.

Today isn't maintenance day right?

>>12971999
>This time I'll go Biikame's way.
Just make sure you use 20 devmats.

>>12973482
Is it the 6th? No? Then no.

>>12973305
Even during Midway bauxite wasn't that much in comparison to other resources
You should be fine assuming your bauxite isn't in the 4 digits or lower range

>>12973482
Maybe we should update Iona? There are already two of them anyway, third one won't hurt.

>>12973305
Depends on several factors.
If you are shit like me, pic related.

>>12973503
>>12973482
>devmats
Since when does that matter?

Should I prioritize buckets at this point or just continue building resources? Lvl 68 here.

>>12973552
Post your highest leveled ships.

>>12973552
Buckets > resources
Passive regen and constant expedition would be more than enough for an easy event.

>>12973550
It's impossible to get Bisko with 1 devmat. For Musashi it's supposedely possible but extremely unlikely. For other ships, they simply increase chances.

>>12973552
Only try to break soft cap after gathering enough buckets.

>>12973550
I'm starting to believe the notion that Musashi and Bismarck requires at least 20 devmats.
Yamato&Taihou are fine w/ using only 1.

>>12973552
Buckets, nips are recommending 200-300 for a simple clear. 400 if they want to farm ships.

Who

>>12973571
Bookee.

>>12973557
The next highest are some BBVs and a handful of DDs at 30ish.

And Mutsuki-class at 35 from expeditions.

>>12973566
Guess I'll aim for that, thanks.

>>12973571
A snowman.

>>12973577
With that fleet, don't ever think you'd get pass E-3..

>>12973577
I'm pretty sure this composition would have x10 lead over second most popular fleet and rest of top10 would be various mixes of subs.

Anyway, you're in pretty much the same spot (HQ and main fleet) I was when last event started, but with twice as much buckets. I managed to get Prinz Eugen then.
I hope you have some decent CL. If not, Kuma and Nagara are the strongest right after Jintsuu and they kick ass since lv20, not some fucking late 60.
I hope you have CAs. They were more useful to me during Fall than Kongous. Combined fleet mechanic is a missfest meaning the main purpose of BBs is tanking hits, occasionally sinking a ship or two.
Get Kitakami Kai Ni.

Pic related grabbed final kill.

>>12973577
>battleshit
None of them would even put a dent into BB hime.
Where is your cutin night battle monster?

>>12973629
However pic related did most of the job.
While I'm at that - use AP shells on BBs.

>>12973634
Kirishima consistently hit her for ~200 with cut-in.

>>12973571
BUKI?

>>12973571
Aren't you glad Bucky? Now you have one more feature people can remember you with.

>>12973640
>~200
We are talking about 1shot 1kill here.

>>12973634
>put a dent
>1shot 1kill here
We must be speaking different language.
You have 12 ships. There's no need to obsess over ohko.

>>12973629
Uh...I'll work on it.

>>12973212
Does that mean WoWS and Kancolle are actually becoming a thing or is this just a test of the waters?

WG did say they wanted to partner up with Arpeggio and Kancolle sometime in the future.

>>12973669
>There's no need to obsess over ohko.
Let me guess, you arent around for Ironbottom sound or summer E6?

Completed 2-4 today getting kongou and Shimakaze. Also got Naka so I can finally get my 3rd fleet from the same 2-4 run

To the anon who said Light carriers can redirect you it is false. I ended up going on the guaranteed boss fight route with Zuihou.

Also on another note this is going to by my first event since I started playing a few days ago. Are events just a new map to explore with rare ships?

>>12973689

Light Carriers affecting branching in 2-4 is a myth that is still being spread today apparently which is ridiculous

>grinding DDs on 1-5A
Do I really need to resupply each time? It just makes this take even longer.

>>12973689
2-4 is pure random
Every branch is 50/50

>>12973683
Yeah, I started playing on Oct 29th. I doubt coming event will be harder than previous one, it's for animefags.

>Are events just a new map to explore with rare ships?
New maps with good chances of dropping rare ships. Also good (new) eq and guaranteed (good) new ships for completing maps.

Who'd win in a fight, your entire fleet or one Seawolf-class nuclear submarine?

>>12973629
>第１艦隊
>第２艦隊
Anon, please.

>>12973701
That's the shittiest divebomb run I've ever seen but that looks hella fun.

>>12973689
A seventh area will open up for a limited time. Each map will have clear rewards, along with a high chance of rare drops and maybe some new event exclusive drops. The bosses will also be like nothing you'll see outside the event. Every event is different in a lot of ways, so as a newcomer you should wait for older players to map it out and find the best strategies. Who knows how far you'll get, but the rewards are always available later. Along with ships there's sometimes new equipment or special items.

>>12973715
I'm ashamed. Couldn't think of anything nice and always put off the decision.

>>12973710
The game is to sell the anime, not the other way around.

It's not like they can even let in a lot of new players due to the lottery system.

>>12973710
>I doubt coming event will be harder than previous one, it's for animefags.
Remember that Ironbottom happened while the Arpeggio anime tie in was going on.

>>12973710
>I doubt coming event will be harder than previous one, it's for animefags.
It's always been for animefags after Fall 2013 event.

>>12973659
But people have been calling her ぶっき for the longest time.

>>12973710
Level scaling exists for a reason.

>>12973721
You're the shittiest divebomb

>>12973733
Surely Ironbottom was so hard only because TTKs back in the day were less skilled than they're now, right? Right?

You're making me worried guys. I want my cute U-Boot but am below soft cap.

>>12973758
>implying there's skill involved in this game to begin with

>>12973758
No.
Unless you have the two torpedo sluts or yukikaze back then, it was really a hard map to clear consistently. I am talking about E5, E4 is hard for another reason.

The event maps are always tilted toward SUPER KTKM-SAMA except for spring because they banned her.

>>12973758
Sacrificial DDs haven't been used since then, what do you think?

>>12973699
I mean, I know there is a remaining ammo modifier, but can I at least wait a few runs without it having a major impact?

>>12973577
LV doesn't matter though. Just max modernize and listen Wo and you will be fine.

>SS
>Unryuu-class, Amagi
>A training CL

Can the event rewards get any worse? Where's Prinz-tier?

>>12973792
Info is on Combat page. Decide for yourself.

>>12973796
You forgot Matsu DD with its retarded LM 12.7.

>>12973796
>U BOAT
>worse
U-96 stats would easily put I401 to shame.
She is going to have yukikaze tier luck and evasion with the torpedo power to show for it.

>>12973758
Having more knowledge should results in more efficient and faster way to clear the event, but not necessarily easier.

>>12973808
Not like Shioi actually had the time to do anything to recieve good stats.

>>12973802
Garbage ships, ahoy! If the devs decided to make a non AL/MI-tier event, they should at least introduce something decent.

>>12973808
No matter what SS it is, her job is to cruise Orel and nothing more.

>>12973758
No thing hard about RNG game but the HP regen was annoying as fuck though. That shit forced you sit on front monitor all day.

>Ranked 666 in my server
Why.

>>12973810
"Easy" and "hard" measure degrees to which you can or can't do it, so reducing the amount of resources, time, and blood required is the definition of making it easier. However, his question was about an event with gauge regen and night battle everywhere, so today's admirals would still be driven to sudoku.

What are those locked 6th maps in each world?

>>12973845
Extra Operations.

>>12973847
There's no way yet to unlock those 1-6, 2-6 whatever right?

>>12973855
Soon™

How do I get more dock slots? DMM bucks?

>>12973916
Get a job.

>>12973921
What job pays in dock slots?

>>12973924
Sucking dicks.

>>12973924
>500 Japanese Yen equals 4.2390 US Dollar
Go flip burger for an hour. You can get 10more ship slots.

>>12973924
JMSDF mechanic

>>12973932
>>12973933
>>12973934
>no humour allowed
stay edgy /jp/

>>12973937
Who are thou quoting though, chap?

>>12973944
this >>12973924 was clearly a joke

>>12973950
I don't know what you are talking about, you should quote properly things people said next time.

>>12973937
>sucking dicks
>flipping burger
>JMSDF mechanic
>no humour allowed
Fix your sarcasm detector

>>12973933
how much does an hour of flipping burger pay?

>>12973958
What?

>>12973959
This is a two-way Street, I won't be rused that easily.

>>12973960
11.00 beavers, where I live. Not that anon, though.

>>12973971
In plain terms, take greentexting out of here. Not this anon either.

>>12973960
Depends on who you are. 5 bucks an hour to 100 a burger.

>>12973979
Yeah, that makes more sense. thanks anon.

>>12973843
>so today's admirals would still be driven to sudoku.
I don't think that would be the case.
Assuming they are ready to face the event, Fall 2013 shouldn't be as hard as it was back then.
Probably on par with Summer 2014 event.

Gauge regen shouldn't be a big issue as long as they had plentiful resources and devoted themselves to kantai kessen.

What can I do if my lead ship cant get mvp, even when all the others have no equips?

>>12974046
Scrap her.

>>12973190
Oh man that bass guitar on BB Hime's theme, I never realized how great it was.

Newbie question:

Is it possible for your ship to sink at one battle phase? Like get high damage during opening air attack and shot down by either barrage or torpedo before entering Night battle.

>>12974046
If it's a destroyer: blowing something away in the night is usually enough, although uzuki is known to be able to do nothing at night with double attack setup (attack cap 34 represent)

If it's Akashi or Maruyu: load up your carriers with fighters, machine guns and turbines and do it like they did at cape engano

>>12974111
Read the fucking wiki.

>>12974111
https://www.google.com/?#q=how+to+play+kancolle

Apply yourself.

>>12973190
Sweet, I can finally use a better lossy codec. Also any high quality version of the cover out yet? Back when I was looking for one the best I could find was something 300x200something and looked really grainy.

>>12974111
no, as long as you don't enter the node with your ship in red you'll be fine

dear nips
pls dont get too many points during the next resets
thx
gaijin

Did they fiddle with the percentages for aircraft lately? I've been getting 3 star planes about 33% of the time.

>>12974296
it's your luck, my friends has managed to get reppus after reppus once, then Musashi and Yamato too. RNG is strange sometimes.

>>12974296
do you live in japan?

>>12974296
do you live in japan or use vpn? I heard japs get better RNG than western players

>>12974327
>japs get better RNG than western players
This is bullshit right? Please tell me this bullshit.

>>12974350
He's bullshitting you, it's pretty obvious.

Why is Bob so based?

>>12974350
its not, why else are japs so much better at this game

>>12974356
Because they're more autistic than us.

>>12974355
whoa. Not getting anything from IQDB/SN/Googs. Is that from his twitter or something?

>>12974363
http://hobby-maniax.com/archives/25797

>>12974363
http://e.takaratomy-arts.co.jp/shop/item_detail?category_id=0&item_id=1600034

>8640 yen
I'll just wait for scans.

>>12974379
No, you won't. You'll take it up the ass and cough up the money.

>>12974366
>>12974371
Much appreciated. I'm real tempted.

>>12974381
When you can only buy it from proxy service? No, thanks.

>>12974394
E-mail bob and tell him to send you one.

>>12974400
I want to e-mail bob and send him death threats for holding up Shouhou Kai2.

Who is your MVP in:
Spring 2014:
Summer 2014:
Fall 2014:

>>12974508
KTKM-sama all event, every event, unless the compass rules fucked me over for using her.

>>12974508
Nagato
KTKM
Yukikze

>>12974508
>Spring 2014:
Nagato
>Summer 2014:
Musashi
>Fall 2014:
Tone

>>12974296
One day doing dailies I got a Reppu from the first craft quest, Sōryū from the build quest, and a Ryuusei and 2 Ryuusei Kai from the second craft quest. Had to push my luck and try LSC, ended up with Maruyu.
Been getting Ryuusei Kai and Shinden Kai 2 fairly consistently, at least one a day. My carriers went from garbage to halfway decent, need to work on leveling though.

Did the japs ever confirm the effectiveness of echelon formation for subs?

>>12974508
2013 Fall: Yukikaze
2013 Arpeggio: Iona
2014 Spring: Taihou
SUPER KTKM-SAMA for the rest

>>12974327
VPN but I had some rotten luck especially with crafting. Every other attempt was a 15.2 secondary gun. Honestly seems like soon as I got Shimakaze my luck improved, got two of the better sonars in two days after getting her.

>>12974577
>2014 Spring: Taihou

We're playing different games here..

>>12974600
There are two kinds of admiral in the world, admirals whose Kaga get crit to red every other sortie and admirals whose Taihou get get crit to red every other sortie.

>>12974600
Taihou pulls her weight.
Fifth slot and I never even got sent back even once with her.

>>12974600
Taihou for her perfection, along with Kaga as Reppuu carriers.
Both are the strongest pair in the event.

>>12974508
Mutsu (honorable mention to Haruna)
Kitakami (honorable mention to Hibiki)
Kiso and I don't remember anyone else because this shit was too easy.

What's the best way to clear 50 transport kills for cheap?

Registration numbers are back to 5 figures

Anime brought in tons of new players huh

>>12974508
Spring 2014: Mutsu
Summer 2014: Atago (Along with Zuikaku)
Fall 2014: Yamato

Someday ktkm will deliver.

>>12974508
Spring: Don't remember, probably SuzuKuma
Summer: Taihou
Fall: Yukikaze

>>12974686
Sure, sure

>>12974695
Someday.

>>12974698
>>12974686
Must be sad to be you.
Grabbing screenshot after screenshot of SUPER KTKM-SAMA one shotting the boss became a pleasure of mine.

>>12974703
It's ok, I never liked her anyways and using different comps is more fun.

>>12974703
>>12974686
My KTKM-sama is stronk.

>>12974712
>E-3
>Not being able to cut-in
That's lame.

>>12974718
Nice quote.

>>12974718
>Not being able to cut-in
What do you mean? Do you doubt SUPER KTKM-SAMA?

>>12974718
I believe in KTKM-sama power.
Feel free to complain, you heretic.

>>12974734
KTKM smells bad.

Has anyone been feeding Maruyu to KitaOoi? I wish Ooi's max luck wasn't so low.

>>12974742
KTKM at 39. Just enough for her to perform.

Someone make a new thread.

>>12974771
If it's just going to be a general thread for game discussion, we should just ride it until it falls off the board. There are pages other than one.

>>12974771
>not using catalog
>caring about page

>>12974789
>>12974781
2hufags pls, you are being obvious

>>12974771
Make a new doujinshi thread
I have been wanting to talk about some cute story, porno and music but the big comiket thread is too 2hu focused.

>>12974771
Convince me, why?

>>12974803
Do it yourself.
A word of advice
manga belongs to /a/
porn belongs to /h/
music belongs to /mu/

I'll enjoy seeing your thread being deleted.

>>12974771
Sure. I'll make one.

>>12974824
godspeed bro

>>12974826

New thread
>>12974834
>>12974834

>>12974835
we thank you bro

>>12973758
Only? Nope. But lack of experience and of what nowadays is considered common preparation was a factor.

>>12974327
VPN user here, RNG is still crappy.

>>12974508
Spring 2014: the last map isn't memorable.
Summer 2014: Ooi got the E6 boss kill. Managed to get S-rank despite Ooi and Haruna failed to cut-in.
Fall 2014: didn't participate.

>>12974327
None vpn user but I basically play on nip time.
Maybe RNG is better during JST peak hours?
Need more AP bullet though.

>>12974508
Fall '13: Kongou, Kitakami
Spring '14: Musashi
Summer '14: Kitakami
Fall '14: Tone, Hatsuyuki

>>12974946
>Haruna tanking hits from BB hime

Did you give her some love after that?

>>12974975
Nothing special, just a weeklong vacation for her and the fleets.
And a long bath for ~30 ships who was on the repair bath queue at the end of event.

>>12974946
Fuck you.
Sincerely, an anon who got trolled by himes countless times.
Btw, besides using chrome, there's no way to play kancolle under linux, right? The proyectors are dead since they abandoned them in ver11.

>>12975251
I used to play it simply copypasting my API link into a new Firefox window.

Worked like a damn charm.

>>12975251
If you mean standalone application, KanColleTool is the only known alternative.

But what's wrong with using browser?

Is there any way to take screenshot of your office without the secretary ship?

>>12975427
Go to where you choose your furniture and click on the bottom right button.

>>12975430
thanks, man

What is a good composition for World 4-1?

>>12975547
Read the wiki composition

>>12975554
>2 or more DD: E -> F. Otherwise random.

Yeah, no. Will need a better example.

>>12975558
Air superiority = much better
So more carriers.

>>12975547
http://kankoreshuukai.blog.jp/archives/1006423543.html

>>12974684
5DD1CAV 2-2.

is this a good idea?

>>12975689
Why wouldn't it be?

>>12975689
yes

unless 100 steel and ammo is a lot for you

>>12975691
she keeps getting rekt whenever i put her in my fleet

>>12975704
i assume this is the same for all DDs?

>>12975689
Is that KCT?

>>12975689
Isonami Kai 2 fucking when?

>>12975719
yep

i'm sorry for being a filthy casual

>>12975724
Enjoy your ban.

>>12975724
I'm just wondering whether it's still maintained or not.

>>12975724
Even if you can't into moon you can just remember the faces or names man.

>>12975730
last update was 2014, seems to work

>>12975736
i'm still crutched at the "quests" part. i was planning to memorize but then i saw this.

there's always the incentive to go full vanilla, but my browser is horrible with handling flash

>>12975765
Then use KCV.

Hello, this is only my second day playing (HQ8).

Should I be doing expeditions so early in the game with my second fleet or using it for Sortie? I read things about people talking about HQ level bloat, and just want to avoid any mistakes. I've been kinda trolled by the compass on 1-3, but I've gotten some okay CL pulls I think.

Also, I understand there is an event starting on the 6th? I dunno if I should be feeling like I'm in crunch time or not, but I'm thinking maybe it's worth me running two Sortie fleets then sending people into Expedition 5 to prepare for it?

>>12975770
>I read things about people talking about HQ level bloat
That's why I'm always telling those retards to stop.
Just don't do daily quest for bosses of World 2 and end 1-5 sorties before boss node and you'll be perfectly fine.

>or using it for Sortie
How exactly are you planning to do this? You can only take part in one sortie at one time.

>>12975770
It's wasteful to use the 2nd fleet (and so on) to sortie.
Send them to do expedition.

>>12975770
Never use your second (and third/fourth) fleet for sorties. It doesn't make any sense, especially at your level where resources management is key.

Events always have a very easy part for newcomers. Just keep taking it easy and do whatever you can. Hoarding now as a newcomer is pretty bad since you will have very crappy ships to tackle the event.

>>12975770
Expeditions. The only fleet you should sortie with is fleet 1, resource gain from expeditions is too significant to let it go to waste. You can just swap the ships in fleet 1 around when they get low on morale if you want to sortie a different group of ships.

HQ level bloat is just talk from new people who are too scared of level scaling in events and think they won't be able to clear an event with harder enemies. Just level your ships well and don't worry about it.

>>12975770
the only moment exp bloat is a threat is when you are close to the maximum difficulty tier (lvl80 or 100 depending of the events), which means you are very far from this kind of predicament.

Just don't do the idiots and keep running expeditions while doing sorties for map progression and exps.

>>12975778
>>12975780
>>12975781
>>12975782

Alright! Thanks a lot!! I didn't know much about how shifting ships and morale worked, so I'll just keep sending second fleet into Ex5 to keep the fuel flowing.

>>12975770
>HQ level bloat
No such thing. The people that is scared of HQ level bloat will never finish the kantai collection.
If you are hardcore enough to finish all your dailies, you can actually LSC everyday once.
I farmed all the farmable ships and only went after Yamato and Bismarck. When I beat the game, I was at LV105.

Any good way to get steel besides expeditions?
most of the things I've found either require subs or they're in later worlds (I'm up to 2-4)

>>12975907
It's impossible to lack steel once you unlock TE. Craft less BBs.

>>12975907
Quest rewards, don't let BBs and CVs take dame( it's RNG anyway), don't used steel for craft.

where can i farm sendai-class?

i still can't get the third fleet unlocked because bad luck RNG

>>12975944
Everywhere. Keep trying. They aren't rare or anything but when you have a pool of 50 possible drops getting the one you specifically want isn't so easy.

>>12975963
oh... i guess i'll just find a nice area to level my fleet to a 20

wish me luck

>>12975944
For future reference: https://myfleet.moe/entire/sta/from_ship#query=川内&ship=54

>>12975778
>Just don't do daily quest for bosses of World 2 and end 1-5 sorties before boss node
Can you elaborate?

Ending it before the boss node would decrease the exp, which is good yes?

>>12976064
Defeating boss node gives you a significant amount of admiral exp.

>>12971878
Thanks for the link anon.

The website also has other stuff that are useful. Might want to include the link in the next OP.

http://www.kancolle-calc.net/index.html

>>12976096
Yes, which is why ending the sortie early should be favorable?

>>12976064
There's a shitty daily quest called Bd7. You get more than 1k HQ exp for each such sortie and exp for ships isn't great. Boss nodes will usually damage your ships to some extent. Also, RNG is a bitch and you will often need like 15 attempts to clear that quest, wasting a lot of time and resources you could have spent much more efficiently at 3-2/4-1/4-3.

>>12976104
I finally reach world 5 after 1 month as an admiral and this happens while the reward screen is loading after the boss. Is this some new way of increasing difficulty by weakening your connection to the server?

>>12976114
>4-1
Stop forcing that shit map. The only reason to go there is to clear weekly without subs.

>>12976119
You probably has a shitty connection.
I haven't encountered a server-induced error cat since mid-2014.

>>12976122
It's available earlier, much safer and you can use more than 1DD in your fleet.

>>12976166
And it's a shitty place to grind stuff. That's why the only reason to go there is to do weekly without subs.

>>12975213
>the bucket is actually for peeing

6 days, 14 hours.
Everyone, keep ready that F5 for Crazynip's stream.
Let's cheer that bastard into clearing the event in less than 3 hrs.

>>12976402
Waiting for the hype and disappointment about the new event ships and DMM server fuck up during the event time

>>12976436
That's Shiropro, anon. Kon!

>>12976402
who's this crazynip guy

>>12976402
Instead of cheering you should clear it yourself. It took me ~6 hours to clear it myself. I loved the return of sane gauges in fall, while MI was piss easy to the point where I killed E-5 boss half the time during day battle, having to kill boss 8-10 times wasn't fun at all.

>>12976470
I'd rather wait for others to gather info, I don't have enough resources/high leveled ships to test everything myself.

>>12976486
Why would you need resources? This fall event barely took 10k to clear.

>>12976501
Because even if they stated "medium", it doesn't say if it will be as easy as Fall 2014.
For all we know, it might be a little easier than summer.

Devs' description for difficulty is too vague, and it never hurts to have more resources. At least you can go binge LSC after the event if it is easy peasy.

>>12976521
I spent roughly 50/40/50/30k on the whole summer even clear, I stopped believing in stockpiling after that too. Ignoring natural regen is simply a waste.

>>12976557
Everyone can't be as lucky as you were.
I spend 120k in summer because E6 was a utter bitch.

>>12976557
How did you spend so much baux?

>>12976561
It's not about luck, it's about not using hotels when chipping. 15-20k is the reasonable amount of resources spent there, not 80+k.
>>12976574
Sortieing 4 carriers choke full of reppus does things to your bauxite stockpile.

>>12976581
That was using Kongou. I don't have hotels. The CV Hime sent me home so many times I stopped counting.

So, I just started a week or two ago, sitting at HQ 26, and trying to prepare for my first event.

From what I have been reading, diversity is key, but how much should I focus on diversity vs levels?

Currently I am trying to get my two CVs kai'd, most of my BB/BBV's are Kai'd, and I have 6 DDs that are kai'd as well.

Next up I was planning on doing the same for my CA's, but is there anything else I should focus on?

>>12976614
It really depends if there is a ship lockout similar to summer and fall or not.
Try to have at least 3 ships of each type to a remotely good level (in your case, lvl 30 should be nice but kai is fine).

Grind CA, CL and CV. At least 2 good CL (at your level, don't rush kai ni. Tama and Nagara are pretty good already), Akagi and Kaga.

>>12976614
It's better to have one decent fleet than two shit fleets. But you should easily manage two decent fleets with all the time left. You need Kai'd and max'd ships (modernization except for AA).
Remember that event is two weeks long. You don't have to beat it on first day. In your case it might be better to start at the end of first week, spending all the time before on getting your ships ready.
If you have Kitakami, grind her to Kai Ni, it takes one day. She's the only one who needs Kai Ni, other ships should be fine with just Kai.

>>12976631
I think you wanted to say Kuma and Nagara. Kuma is the best.

>>12976644
I brain froze. yeah, I meant Kuma.

>>12976614
At the bare minimum you will need, assuming Fall-like event:
12 DD
3 CL
4 CA
4 BB
2 CAV
2 CVL
2 CV
All remodeled and maxed, obviously.

>>12976644
>it takes one day
Really? I assume 1-5-A as flagship and go till I can't go no more?

My highest level is yamashiro at 32, so it seems like hitting 50 would be crazy in just 1 day.

I also have Kiso that matters in grinding in one day.

Level 8 here, I just started playing two days ago. I don't have any hope for participating in the event do I?

>>12976657
Fall only required 7 DDs. 5 for E1/E2 and 2 for E3.

>>12976659
Yes. Give her three lv1 DDs so you can use Line Abreast. Use them for modernization after they run out of ammo/fuel. That's precisely what I was doing after E3 kicked my ass. With Kitakami who had three slots map became possible to beat.
Oh, you already have Yukikaze, she should help.
Obviously Kai CVs. If you have a lot of bauxite, it might be a good idea to craft some planes for dailies.
Maya/Choukai would be nice as they have highest firepower from all CA. However Tone/Chikuma/Atago/Takao are just behind and have the highest yasen damage thanks to torpedoes. It's good to have CA because they have better accuracy than BBs and combined fleet which devs love is a huge missfest.

>>12976677
You can add 5 missing to CA/CLT/CAV group.

Is it me or there's a lot of new players?

>>12976731
It's just a dream, anime doesn't exist.

>>12976677
I'll give it a go then.
Should I give her min-subs or ASW gear?

Also, i assuming trying to level up any new ships would risk losing mvp, hence ruining the grind? (would be nice to level more than one ship at once I think)

>>12976684
Missing?

>>12976731
They came from Himeuta or Wikia.

>>12976750
During grind, just asw. Yeah, you can give her 3 normal DDs if you want, she'll attack first anyway thanks to having higher range.

>>12976731
It's just you. There are always a lot of new players.

>>12976764
Awesome, thanks for clearing all that up Anon(s). I was hoping for my favorite slav to be my first kai ni, but I can't say no to high performance ships.

Time to grind.

>>12976581
The final kill on E-6 take alone 100k from me. Yeah, it not about luck, it's skill. Funny story for you

Is hq scaling linear or teir based, I don't want to grind too much before the upcoming event if it will hurt me more than help.

>>12977087
40/80/99/105

>>12977090
HQ75 master race

This event is going to be a breeze.

>>12977096
97 here, I hope to avoid Wo Kais.

>>12977096
>>12977101
It's not fun like this.

>>12977112
This. I can't brag about my Isokaze because I had only 1 BB hime. I seriously considered grinding 3 remaining levels to get the second one to show up, still regret I haven't done that.

>>12977128
The event bosses are still extremely hard even if you don't have HQ100+, your ships will be underleveled/not fully remodelled unless you grind the fuck out of PVP.

>>12977314
The events are actually harder the lower level you are.

Fuck trying to deal with preboss CV Hime with a level 40 Akagi and Souryuu and no Reppuu.

>>12977416
The fact that you even thought of beating the event with a fleet like that is hilarious. Oh boy, can't I wait for all these new TTKs to moan about not getting Amagi.

>>12977416
Yeah, Tsu + final form of DD Hime were hard to beat for my not-a-single-elite-ship-or-TypeB-gun-or-CLT-torpedo DD fleet. And I had to use two CLs because of LoS, meaning one more battle resulting in more crits on the way.
BB Hime in E3 was also very hard when I didn't have a single Kai Ni.