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Kancolle Kai 4: The Day the Pasta became superior.
« on: May 18, 2016, 02:51:08 PM »
Greeting new recruits,

Welcome to Kantai Collection. For those who don't know know what this game is about, Kantai Collection is a Japanese browser game that has sweeped over Japan and has become a massive hit in over the last year and has in turn gained a large fan base in that time frame.

As of today nearly 3 millions plus users have joined the game and the game has spawned a large doujin commuinty that consists of manga, music figurines and so forth.

There are also several official manga, light novels, an anime, an upcoming arcade, along with plenty of merchandise to boot!


What is the game about?


You play as an admiral and your are assigned to take care of ship girls known as ?kanmusus?. Theses kanmusus are under your command and you are left with the task of taking these girls out to the battle field and train them. They are tasked with taking about a mysterious unknown enemy known as the Abyssal Fleet and mysterious demonic alien like race of ships that have appeared out of no where.

It should be note that the ship girls are also based after ships from the WWII era.

So how do I get into this game?

The first thing you are going to do, is get access to the game which while the requirements might seems surprising, it turns out the whole doesn't take much time at all to do!

First you'll need to get a VPN or set up a region cookie because in order to access the game you'll need a Japanese IP address. Following that you'll need to get an account on DMM, and then go partake in a lottery. It's highly recommended you follow the link on the Wiki for advice on how to prepare for the lottery and what you need to do to access the game.

Kancolle Wiki guide to how to register to play Kancolle and basic how to play
Kancolle Wiki guide to how to get a Japanese VPN to access the game and how to guide on managing your VPN.
Kancolle Staff Twitter (use this to read info regarding lottery and updates)

Most of the game has you managing your ship girls, their equipment, building them, crafting their equipment, modernizing them, and repairing them.

And once you're all set you can send them out to battle against the abyss, against other players fleets, and go on expeditions to collect resources.

Most of the important tutorial regarding how to play the game can also be found on this Wiki. It's not that difficult to do and can be easy to remember what to do since the game resolved around simple mechanics.

Basic how to play Tuorial
FAQ section (important to read)

The Kancolle Wiki and everything you need to know about it.


What's currently going on?

Spring 2016 Event: Land Based Air Squadrons! Take Flight!

As of May 3rd, the Spring 2016 Event has commenced and if the largest , longest, and hardest event to date. Expect to be mastering the useage of your ship girls as well as mastering how to use your planes for your land bases. As everything will be important for the upcoming battle ahead! Best to all the admirals out there while the event continue till May 31st!


What's coming up next?
Unknown...


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Yuu-chan acquired
I guess they had to make her easy to get due to the importance of her rockets this event, but I'm quite pleased that I didn't have to farm on some godforsaken node on a ridiculously expensive map cough Harukaze cough

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A few (read: many) questions as a newbie.

How do I access the event?

How can I farm resources effectively (w/o wasting them all on repair and resupply?)

What good do exercises do (outside of morale and quests)? I've literally been getting single digits of EXP from exercises.

How do I lessen the appearance of Error Cat?

What resource combinations result in which ships and equipment?

How do I increase my HQ level?

EDIT: Corrected "Reapply" to "Resupply"
« Last Edit: May 18, 2016, 06:27:38 PM by AzyWng »

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A few (read: many) answers

On the selection screen for missions against abyssals, the bottom has icons where you can change between world maps 1-6; there will be a red island icon on the far right which brings you to the event maps.

Expeditions will be your main source of income of resources and consumables, very few missions allow efficient resource farming and those require specific ships that you probably don't have. Focus on getting 3rd fleet ASAP and 4th if you're lucky with drop/craft

Exercises give XP based on not only whether you win or not but also on what your opponent's flagship and second ship levels are. Take every opportunity to face against fleets with high-level flagships.

Have a stable connection, don't use bots or similar tech, and don't constantly refresh the page.

There are a lot of different recipes for equipment but none of them are guaranteed, read the wiki

Level increases naturally as you play the game. Some missions and quests rewards more HQ than others.

highzealot

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It's pretty fun watching big numbers from your boss support on E6

https://youtu.be/4s6Dx3IKj5w

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It's finally over. I've got Iowa, so all that's left are some leisurely E-5 attempts for Roma.

Apparently, Thomas the Tank Engine isn't one to take crap from anyone.

AzyWng

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One last question:

A few of the pictures an admiral/player posted on here showed captions for some of the ship's lines. How can I get that, and is it safe (i.e. will I risk being banned for using a third-party program?)

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One last question:

A few of the pictures an admiral/player posted on here showed captions for some of the ship's lines. How can I get that, and is it safe (i.e. will I risk being banned for using a third-party program?)
I may be wrong since I don't use it myself, but I think it might be a built-in function for KanColle Viewer. Like I said though, I don't use it, so it'll have to be confirmed by those that do. I was actually wondering that myself as it seems like it's a newer function.

Apparently, Thomas the Tank Engine isn't one to take crap from anyone.

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I may be wrong since I don't use it myself, but I think it might be a built-in function for KanColle Viewer. Like I said though, I don't use it, so it'll have to be confirmed by those that do. I was actually wondering that myself as it seems like it's a newer function.

It's not the Yuubari branch of KCV. I think it's the KanColle Command Center plugin for Google Chrome.

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E6 is the epitome of crazy setups and hoping for RNG to hit the mark even while loaded.

I still have no idea how this works.

https://youtu.be/TeAeevfWsl8


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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2016, 03:16:30 AM »
It's not the Yuubari branch of KCV. I think it's the KanColle Command Center plugin for Google Chrome.
Ah, alrighty. Thanks for clearing that up.

Apparently, Thomas the Tank Engine isn't one to take crap from anyone.

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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2016, 11:38:15 PM »


This would have be scary to watch if it weren't for battle info. For context, boss got knocked to 15 hp in the opening air strikes and then 13 hp by night battle. Choukai finished the boss off with 35 damage total (2+33 double attack).

AzyWng

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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2016, 12:58:18 PM »
I lost my first ship today - Shirayuki.

I was running a sortie on zone 1-4 while none of my fleet members were above level ten -- it's a small miracle I didn't lose Nagatsuki as well, to be honest, as she had lost her sinking protection as well.

I suppose there's nothing to do but replace the missing spot and try to level up and modernize my ships some more to avoid a repeat of that little fiasco... I've got a long way to go before I can reach the level of you folks, I suppose.

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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2016, 01:12:16 PM »
I lost my first ship today - Shirayuki.

I was running a sortie on zone 1-4 while none of my fleet members were above level ten -- it's a small miracle I didn't lose Nagatsuki as well, to be honest, as she had lost her sinking protection as well.

I suppose there's nothing to do but replace the missing spot and try to level up and modernize my ships some more to avoid a repeat of that little fiasco... I've got a long way to go before I can reach the level of you folks, I suppose.

Umm...not sinking is done by making sure you retreat if any of your ships has red damage. Orange and yellow are fine, but retreat on red. Most of us never take the risk except in truly unusual cases.

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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2016, 01:50:58 PM »
I am done with this. Good riddance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtuIBzm2dbw



Total resources used...too lazy to tally, but I started with 300k on everything and 2400 buckets. E2 was way too expensive.


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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2016, 02:29:09 PM »
E-7 Easy boss node cleared on my second try, smooth as butter. Used a CV combined fleet, only Shigure was orange by the time I hit the boss node. Combined with all 3 airbases, aerial boss support, and shelling from the fleet, all that was left for yasen was 3 red enemies, which were then easily mopped up by my second fleet.

And that's it! Event cleared on Easy for the admiral-on-a-budget.

From 80 buckets down to 41 buckets, and 25K all resources to 5K/15K/21K/11K. I'm really thankful the event was so long, or I don't think I could have managed.

With the leftover resources, I'll just do a little duck hunting for Teruzuki. Still, I'm happy to just get Iowa.

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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2016, 03:54:31 PM »
Umm...not sinking is done by making sure you retreat if any of your ships has red damage. Orange and yellow are fine, but retreat on red. Most of us never take the risk except in truly unusual cases.

Ugh, I must not have noticed or I might have clicked the wrong button... I actually can't remember if I was able to do so and didn't.

Anyway, I've noticed that when one tries to visit the KanColle site using a foreign IP/connection, there's now a link to a DMM site with localized games just below the "This is not available in your region" notification. The website's called Nutaku.com or something like that.

They don't have KanColle on the site yet, but here's hoping...

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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2016, 05:31:00 PM »
Ugh, I must not have noticed or I might have clicked the wrong button... I actually can't remember if I was able to do so and didn't.

Anyway, I've noticed that when one tries to visit the KanColle site using a foreign IP/connection, there's now a link to a DMM site with localized games just below the "This is not available in your region" notification. The website's called Nutaku.com or something like that.

They don't have KanColle on the site yet, but here's hoping...
Just an FYI about that, Nutaku seems to cater mainly to the NSFW side of DMM's games. If I remember correctly, they've only got two SFW games at the moment.

Apparently, Thomas the Tank Engine isn't one to take crap from anyone.

Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2016, 09:57:41 PM »
I love that you can name your land squadrons.

I'm working with Fatboy and Merlin. Furby will be my third one. All are cats I've had.
I would have gone with the traditional Tender Tortoise, Rampant Beaver, and Violated Snorlax but alas, character restrictions.

I'm down to 1700 ammo and I'm partway through E-5. From what I've heard, the last few events are much easier thanks to the land-based air squadrons so I'm pinning my hopes there.
As for what I'll do afterwards, I'm torn. I want to save up for LSC and get Taihou, but I also need to finish 4-4, potentially level Iowa and a few destroyers, do the submarine expedition for Z1 then construct Z3 & Bismarck, construct Hiryuu & Mutsu, and probably other things that now slip my mind.
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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #19 on: May 22, 2016, 08:35:16 PM »
Got lucky with E-7 Easy mode last dance and did it in one shot with a S rank although the drop was a Kumano:

#UnfortunateE-7Kill



And the funny thing is my Fusou Kai Ni is one of my AP carriers and had her JUST gotten her Kai Ni 3 days ago which would be on Friday.... thankfully my Air Base and Support and torp attackers managed to kill most of the mooks and left CVHime and BBHime alive too bad they got Yasen'd by my escorts because my Fusou felled their leader.
« Last Edit: May 22, 2016, 08:40:18 PM by MewMewHeart »
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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #20 on: May 23, 2016, 06:26:52 PM »


Event cleared.

E-1-4 on Hard, E-5-7 on Normal.

Used STF with Akitsushima and Hayasui for E-7.

There were relatively few repairs this event. So although the overall fuel, ammo, and bauxite costs were high, the steel and bucket costs were low.

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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #21 on: May 23, 2016, 07:10:55 PM »
I've defeated hard.









This event in total cost me over 100k fuel, 69k ammo, 74k steel, 50k bauxite and 434 buckets. I also used all of Maritime Resupply on E-7. My last run with Hayasui was actually the run right before the winning run.

Also ended up using most of my rations and about 6 or 7 reinforcement expansions.

As a final note, for the final kill, I went back to an old tactic. Playing this on the boss. Worked like a charm.

I feel so good right now.

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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #22 on: May 24, 2016, 03:37:27 AM »
I love that you can name your land squadrons.

I'm working with Fatboy and Merlin. Furby will be my third one. All are cats I've had.
I would have gone with the traditional Tender Tortoise, Rampant Beaver, and Violated Snorlax but alas, character restrictions.

I went with Razgriz (E7 Type96/1 Bombers+2 Reppus), Galm (E7 Type96/1 Bombers+2 Reppus), and Garuda (E7 - Intercepter + 3 fighters) for my land based squadrons.

Anything really worth farming for in this event if I don't care about trophy DDs? I might consider going for Unryuu but I have enough CVs already.

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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #23 on: May 28, 2016, 11:40:20 AM »
Amazing that now its come to this I've managed to scavenge 3000 resources in fuel & ammo and about half that value in bauxite per day.

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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #24 on: May 28, 2016, 11:54:27 PM »
2 Yuus and 2 Shiois
I'm satisfied

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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #25 on: May 29, 2016, 01:33:45 AM »
So I hear Kancolle Android is coming out on June 10?


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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #26 on: May 30, 2016, 05:35:57 AM »
To commemorate my (failed) farming of E-3.


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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Spring Event- Land Base Air Squadrons still ongoing
« Reply #27 on: May 31, 2016, 04:36:55 AM »
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Many attempts at farming E-4 later...

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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Rainy Season for the Navy Base
« Reply #28 on: June 01, 2016, 04:00:26 PM »
I've been caught up with the event all the way to the very end. It was a rather intense journey overall and I will talk about E-6 and E-7 in a bit but for now I'm going to cover what this update was about:

The Rainy Season is here, so get ready for some fun in the rain! As our kanmusus do thier best during the Monsoon season! Here's the note courtesy of http://en.kancollewiki.net
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http://en.kancollewiki.net/wiki/Game_Updates/2016/June_1

June 1st, 2016 "End of the Spring 2016 Event / Rainy Season 2016 Update"

1. End of the Spring 2016 Event
The Spring 2016 Event is has come to an end.

2. Rainy Season Voice Lines Implemented
Over 100+ kanmusus lines now contain Rainy Season lines which will include those from last year along with new ones.

3. New Missions
There will be 3 new missions added in with this update that will include the following:

Reorganize and reform the new "torpedo Squadron"!
New Reformed "Torpedo Squadron", to the Nansei Islands defense line!
Strengthen the safety of naval district inshore routes!

4. Bar Counterpart feature additions

Bar countertop will now include special content when using Pola,Iowa,Harukaze, and Kamiakaze as your secretary.

5. Rainy Season Furniture
Rainy Season Furniture has been implemented in the furniture shop which include:

            Satsuki's Wallpaper
            Satsuki's Desk
            Satsuki's Window
            Ayu season wallpaper
            The rainy season of the floor
            Window with hydrangea and Teruteru
            Fresh green flooring
            Battleship tile floor
            Naval Base Air Force desk
            Rainy season green curtain window
            Rainy season wisteria wallpaper
            Westeria and Water Surface Floor - dynamic discount

6. Apology Gift Items

Due to what happen over the event players who managed to get up to E-5 - E-7 will be getting a Type 22 Land Attack A as a gift for the Land Base Air Squadron Bug before the fix.

Some furniture will be available for free during this time for players who played the event

7. End of "Uzuki" period
Uzuki will no longer drop outside of her usual drop locations, however Akashi will still be available for some time

8. Bugfixes

Kamikaze Kai's resupply banner has been fixed, and status page of home bases BGM music has been fixed

9. Rainy Season CG art
Yuudachi Kai Ni, Hayashimo, Kiyoshimo, Akebono and Mizuho have gotten new Rainy Season Mode CG art.

10. Accuracy Improvement to Kongou-Class

Kongou Class Battleships will now have additional accuracy bonuses when armed 35.6cm Double Gun Mounts and 35.6 Triple Gun Mounts

11. Land Based Aircraft Locking
Land Based Aircrafts are now lockable.

12. UI improvements
The right corner of the equipment list there will be a new button, which shows the equipment currently equipped by other ships. clicking again will return to the equipment list. Just use the equipment currently loaded on other kanmusu to load the kanmusu in question clicking on stock equipment button will just return to the usual equipment list.

And that's all they wrote for now! As for now have some new Rainy Season art:

Rainy Season Yuudachi

Rainy Season Akebono

Rainy Season Kiyoshimo and Hayashimo

Rainy Season Mizuho
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Re: Kancolle Kai 4: Rainy Season for the Navy Base
« Reply #29 on: June 02, 2016, 10:53:27 AM »
Hopefully I'll get my Yuudachi Kai Ni in time to get the CG.

How much time do you guys usually spend a day on KanColle?

Ah, also, I regret to say I failed E-7 last dance. I did 18 runs in total before I ran flat out of bauxite an hour before the event ended.