Author Topic: Kancolle Kai 2 : The 11th Operation has begun! (Read 213150 times)

Raitaki · « **Reply #960 on:** April 30, 2015, 06:36:03 PM »

Yep, I think I can handle E-3 Medium. Thank god for the mid-level Mogami and Tone from my BB-less days <3 Haven't run into Evil Naka yet, dunno how that'd turn out. Still looks like sort of a long ride in terms of time though, the flagship enemies are still annoyingly accurate, so after every sortie I need to repair everyone ;_; Gonna put Akashi to overtime, instead of spending 6 buckets a trip. I still want to beat E-4 and E-5 :V

highzealot · « **Reply #961 on:** April 30, 2015, 08:06:34 PM »

STREAM OVER

I'm finally starting the event. Stream here: ~~http://www.hitbox.tv/highzealot~~

Alright. So far completed E-1 and E-2 on hard. Both of the maps went really well for me. They were both finished in the minimum number of sorties possible. Did E-1 using 3 DD, 3 CL using south route though I did try north route once which went fine though I would agree just based on enemy composition north is more threatening.

For E-2 I went with a carrier fleet with 4 CV, 2 FBB. I had a total AS of 306 with Kaga being the only CV with 2 slots taken up for fighters. Escort fleets was pretty basic. Specifics were Akizuki with AACI, Kitakami and Ooi though I think only 1 CLT would have also gone fine and Bismarck. Not once did I have to night battle the boss. I would have to saying the biggest effects came from equipping my FBBs in the main fleet with the most accurate guns and radars I had and also having AS against the boss while having bombers on each CV. CLTs and Bismarck also helped sink or cripple major threats too.

I'll be streaming E-3 and maybe more tomorrow.

Zengar Zombolt · « **Reply #962 on:** April 30, 2015, 09:16:27 PM »

Well, it turns out that I can take E-2 via the north node. Now killing the boss is a whole another ball game.

Kasu · « **Reply #963 on:** April 30, 2015, 10:23:51 PM »

I'd beaten E-2 earlier today and out of four Hard runs of E-3, I've passed half. Most of the problem wasn't Evil Naka, but the fact that Chiyoda seemed to attract crits. I'd managed to beat the first run I did, but the second and third sucked hard. Once I switched Chiyoda out for Ryuujou though we got a second kill on the boss.

I hate the Evil Naka node mainly because of the torpedoes, not Evil Naka (I've only encountered her twice and I've passed the node once with her in it).

Gpop · « **Reply #964 on:** May 01, 2015, 12:43:53 AM »

E-3 hard mode beaten. That was also easy, only slightly harder than E-2 with the simple fact that it's harder to kill the boss because of that BB.

Only got sent back once, not by the CL Demon, but actually by the elite CVL in the other formation rofl. Got to boss node 9 times, only didn't sink it twice, once in regular mode, and once in final kill.

3 down, 3 to go, and I only got a net loss of 45 buckets and 5k fuel in all runs between the three maps altogether! This may be the very first map I beat in Hard mode, and on my first try on Hard mode in general. Yay.

Oh, and I got this girl in pre-boss node \o/

Calamity · « **Reply #965 on:** May 01, 2015, 02:29:56 AM »

E-4 Hard is a breeze too, no retreats, only last kill needed night battle. Just give your CAs Sanshikis and they'll do stupid amounts of damage to the boss. I put WG42 on Poi too but she missed every time she shot at Wanko 2.0 :V

E-5 seems to be the map that starts bringing out the salt tho.

MewMewHeart · « **Reply #966 on:** May 01, 2015, 03:05:08 AM »

Quote from: Calamity on May 01, 2015, 02:29:56 AM

E-4 Hard is a breeze too, no retreats, only last kill needed night battle. Just give your CAs Sanshikis and they'll do stupid amounts of damage to the boss. I put WG42 on Poi too but she missed every time she shot at Wanko 2.0 :V

E-5 seems to be the map that starts bringing out the salt tho.

My Haguro did the same thing she wrecked the boss's face in on the second kill and she's level 33 it's so FUNNY what sanshikis can do even for the low levels! XD

Sixten · « **Reply #967 on:** May 01, 2015, 03:22:40 AM »

Took out the second half of the E-3 "hard" boss lifebar with 2FBB, 1CA, 1CAV, 2CVL. Unlike the first half when I foolishly used too many light ships, the second half was effortless and nobody went home early except the Abyssals.

One of the CVLs was Level 34 Shoho, and the CA was Level 36 Maya with AACI setup.

A barnacle-encrusted rock could probably clear E-3 on hard at this rate.

E-3 is cake and the boss node drops Uzuki. I know what I'm doing after I give up on E-6.

MewMewHeart · « **Reply #968 on:** May 01, 2015, 03:25:10 AM »

I'm laughing so hard E-4 is a cake walk on Easy and on top of that only 4 buckets were used this time.

Raitaki · « **Reply #969 on:** May 01, 2015, 05:13:26 AM »

Sooo ran into Evil Naka-chan six times in a row. The crit roulette isn't doing my progress any favors :I

MewMewHeart · « **Reply #970 on:** May 01, 2015, 05:25:32 AM »

Quote from: Raitaki on May 01, 2015, 05:13:26 AM

Sooo ran into Evil Naka-chan six times in a row. The crit roulette isn't doing my progress any favors :I

I steam rolled her quite a few times with DA from my FBBs, also I think Kongou is close to Kai Ni... don't feel bad Nagano can be a pain however if she doesn't show up a few mooks do.

Raitaki · « **Reply #971 on:** May 01, 2015, 05:35:30 AM »

Oh, she's not that bad, but....she appears to have a rather high crit chance, and her crits guarantee a retreat for anyone but Haruna. With her 270 hp, it's kind of hard to prevent her from taking that first shot. Not to mention Haruna seems obsessed with blasting destroyers for some reason >_>

Totaku · « **Reply #972 on:** May 01, 2015, 05:38:13 AM »

I haven't had time to report, because it's a busy day. But I'm going to continue the stream and see how I fair out as I beat a giant mutant that calls itself a "Seaport Water Demon" so here's the stream link.

http://original.livestream.com/totaku

RuneDevros · « **Reply #973 on:** May 01, 2015, 01:12:41 PM »

E2 Normal cleared. 6 out of 6 tries were successful boss kills.

Team was:

Main Fleet	Escort Fleet
Kongou Kai 2	Noshiro Kai
Nagato Kai	Kitakami Kai 2
Akagi Kai	Ooi Kai
Junyou Kai 2	Kirishima Kai
Souryuu Kai 2	Yukikaze Kai
Kaga Kai	Hibiki Kai

Didn't encounter any trouble on the way there. Last 2-3 runs were so good that I didn't have anybody even go down to orange damage. This was the first time I'm fielding Souryuu Kai 2 on a real mission. I got her right before the event started, so I'm pretty happy with how she's performed so far.

MewMewHeart · « **Reply #974 on:** May 01, 2015, 02:55:42 PM »

I'm on my final kill of E-4's boss, both me and Totaku got our 4th kills though together when he livestreamed, also did we both mention her screeches when she attacks ARE EAR RAPE.

Sixten · « **Reply #975 on:** May 01, 2015, 03:11:56 PM »

Attacked E-4 Hard with a mostly bench carrier fleet - 2BB, 3CV, 1CVL with levels in the 40s, combined with my E-2 escort fleet. Each BB and CAV had a Type 3 Shell, and Sendai and Yudachi had WG42s. I got sent home seven times (that's what happens when your ships are underleveled) but I still cleared it in the end.

The suggested fleet for E-5 is 2BB, 1CV, 1 SS, and one of the following pairings: (Mogami + Mikuma), (Suzuya + Kumano), or (Chokai + Ryujo). Using one of those pairings allows you to avoid a dangerous double airstrike node. I don't have Suzuya or Mikuma, so that kind of narrows it down.

Ryujo is my #1 ship girl forever, so she's ready. But my Chokai is a bit underleveled. I'm going to spend a few days training Chokai up to 65, while recovering resources and buckets. I'll also chicken out and dial the difficulty down to Normal for E-5.

It's hard to find a more mismatched pair than Chokai + Ryujo. The number of doujins of this pairing might be zero. Although I must admit, they did serve together historically, and their skills are complementary.

Raitaki · « **Reply #976 on:** May 01, 2015, 04:33:14 PM »

so I accidentally ~~left 3 turbines on~~ removed all equips from Tone after sparkling her and we went all the way to E-3 boss node and punched the heck out of the boss fleet

MewMewHeart · « **Reply #977 on:** May 01, 2015, 04:42:55 PM »

Quote from: Sixten on May 01, 2015, 03:11:56 PM

Attacked E-4 Hard with a mostly bench carrier fleet - 2BB, 3CV, 1CVL with levels in the 40s, combined with my E-2 escort fleet. Each BB and CAV had a Type 3 Shell, and Sendai and Yudachi had WG42s. I got sent home seven times (that's what happens when your ships are underleveled) but I still cleared it in the end.

The suggested fleet for E-5 is 2BB, 1CV, 1 SS, and one of the following pairings: (Mogami + Mikuma), (Suzuya + Kumano), or (Chokai + Ryujo). Using one of those pairings allows you to avoid a dangerous double airstrike node. I don't have Suzuya or Mikuma, so that kind of narrows it down.

Ryujo is my #1 ship girl forever, so she's ready. But my Chokai is a bit underleveled. I'm going to spend a few days training Chokai up to 65, while recovering resources and buckets. I'll also chicken out and dial the difficulty down to Normal for E-5.

It's hard to find a more mismatched pair than Chokai + Ryujo. The number of doujins of this pairing might be zero. Although I must admit, they did serve together historically, and their skills are complementary.

Funny my Choukai is close to Kai so, I might do the low run fleet dance again and have Ryuujou in the mix or better yet I'll have Suzuya and Kumano again for weird noise combination.

qMyon · « **Reply #978 on:** May 01, 2015, 05:21:32 PM »

E-1 and E-2 cleared on medium, E-3 cleared on hard, with a Takanami drop on the last kill. Life's good so far.

Red Frost · « **Reply #979 on:** May 01, 2015, 06:04:44 PM »

I made my inquiry on the forums, but I was wondering if you can purchase DMM Points on the English site now. It looks like you can from your account menu page, but I'm not seeing a confirmation of this in any guides.

Sixten · « **Reply #980 on:** May 01, 2015, 06:56:54 PM »

Quote from: Red Frost on May 01, 2015, 06:04:44 PM

I made my inquiry on the forums, but I was wondering if you can purchase DMM Points on the English site now. It looks like you can from your account menu page, but I'm not seeing a confirmation of this in any guides.

I bought some points on the English site today. (All my previous point purchases occurred on the Japanese site.) The site asked me to re-enter my credit card information. They did display the type and last four digits of the card number that I had used previously, from their records. After that it allowed me to buy points just like the Japanese site. Buying 2000 points gave me a bonus of 20 points, so with the 200 points I had before the purchase, my point total afterward was 2220.

highzealot · « **Reply #981 on:** May 01, 2015, 07:03:08 PM »

Stream over

Will be starting E-3 soon: ~~www.hitbox.tv/highzealot~~

Well E-3 and E-4 were super easy. First sortie on E-3 I tried the suggested composition of the wiki. Wasn't too fond of it and decided to try out a fleet of 1FBB, 1CLT, 3CA and 1 CAV. Made it to and killed the boss every time except once when the submarine node got a lucky hit.

E-4 was done in the minimum sorties possible. Went with a carrier fleet with 4CV and 2FBB and escort fleet of 1CL, 2DD, 2CLT and 1CAV. Escort fleet often cleaned up most of the grunts at the boss node so the main fleet could focus on the boss. Used Sanshiki and WG42's. Carriers were equipped with enough fighters to achieve AS against the boss and then the rest of the top 3 slots were torpedo bombers which allows them to bomb the boss. Don't ask me how that makes any sense, that's just how the devs did installation types.

Kasu · « **Reply #982 on:** May 01, 2015, 07:12:48 PM »

Finally killed the boss for the last time on E-3 Hard.

Time to tackle E-4.

Raitaki · « **Reply #983 on:** May 02, 2015, 01:10:15 AM »

E-3 Medium finally done...Lv33 Tone confirmed for mysterious boss-busting properties. As soon as her first turn came in the shelling phase, she promptly one-shot the boss :V I was getting worried since unlucky crits brought Mogami to red and Haruna to orange but looks like an additional attempt wasn't necessary \o/

Bucket stock down to 20...erp. Scrambling to get more right now, but expedition 9 doesn't really have a good yield, and expedition 2 cuts into my still tiny fuel supply ; v; Two more combined fleet maps to go...I think I'm either not going to make it through all 6 maps or cutting it really close ; v; No notable drops so far, except for a Hiei for that eventual 4th fleet mission.
...Wait, what? Installation-type enemies can't be dive bombed, but can be torpedo bombed? That's kinda weird :Uc

Edit: Finally cashing in all that luck, after getting a perfect clear on both pre-boss nodes and blowing seaport water oni out of water, this happened: http://puu.sh/hyi47/d2ec052665.jpg \o/ She'll be joining Katsuragi on the lv <10 strike squad for E-4 and possibly beyond, a Reppu Kai in that 45-plane slot should secure my air superiority quite nicely.

MewMewHeart · « **Reply #984 on:** May 02, 2015, 04:18:47 AM »

Quote from: Raitaki on May 02, 2015, 01:10:15 AM

E-3 Medium finally done...Lv33 Tone confirmed for mysterious boss-busting properties. As soon as her first turn came in the shelling phase, she promptly one-shot the boss :V I was getting worried since unlucky crits brought Mogami to red and Haruna to orange but looks like an additional attempt wasn't necessary \o/

Bucket stock down to 20...erp. Scrambling to get more right now, but expedition 9 doesn't really have a good yield, and expedition 2 cuts into my still tiny fuel supply ; v; Two more combined fleet maps to go...I think I'm either not going to make it through all 6 maps or cutting it really close ; v; No notable drops so far, except for a Hiei for that eventual 4th fleet mission.
...Wait, what? Installation-type enemies can't be dive bombed, but can be torpedo bombed? That's kinda weird :Uc

Edit: Finally cashing in all that luck, after getting a perfect clear on both pre-boss nodes and blowing seaport water oni out of water, this happened: http://puu.sh/hyi47/d2ec052665.jpg \o/ She'll be joining Katsuragi on the lv <10 strike squad for E-4 and possibly beyond, a Suisei 12A in that 45-plane slot should secure my air superiority quite nicely.

Umm... E-4 boss is piss poor easy with sanshiki setups and DA BBs, and plus AS and AACIs completely bolts out some of the escorts she comes with, although she CAN GET A LUCKY HIT on your escorts and main fleet if it happens. Go with Carrier Fleet again trust me and OH bring some CAVs or CAs with sanshiki + DA setup and watch how piss poor easy the boss is, while BBs have DA, also DON'T USE DIVE BOMBERS OR ELSE THEY WON'T ATTACK THE BOSS, just use reppu and your best torpedo planes you have on your CVs and CVLs oh and remeber Sauins are your best friend.

Raitaki · « **Reply #985 on:** May 02, 2015, 04:39:38 AM »

Gotcha. Put sanshiki on Haruna and Mogami, and Haruna DA'd her to death in one turn. Noice. I would bring more torp bombers, but with 4 standard carriers I'm running out of tenzan, so I'm giving two of them dive bombers just for the other tanky ships on the way.

Seems like I won't be retreating very much for this map, which is really nice, but it's still a combined fleet map, which means underleveled ships and the occasional waste of buckets because of them ; v;

Edit: Sooo I just found out from the wiki that ships can only be sunk if they start a battle while at red hp. All this time I thought it was orange and below. I want to kill myself.

Totaku · « **Reply #986 on:** May 02, 2015, 05:48:10 AM »

I've been having a busy week so I can't give a review yet, but tonight's a megastream of 5-6 hours of madness as I go through E-5 and maybe E-6. I'll write up a report eventually..

http://original.livestream.com/totaku

qMyon · « **Reply #987 on:** May 02, 2015, 07:02:30 AM »

After 1.5 years of playing......Zuikaku is finally mine from an E-4 boss drop. Kanmusu directory section 3 finally complete.

Calamity · « **Reply #988 on:** May 02, 2015, 09:54:28 AM »

tfw E-5 Hard is actually hard

It cost me more than the past 4 maps combined to clear this. Choukai loves getting hit even when in flagship position. I'm gonna save my sanity and do the last map on medium. What the hell is the Type 2 Large-sized Flying Boat going to be used for...

Rumors are around Unryuu still pops up Medium difficulty at that J node, hooray~

Sixten · « **Reply #989 on:** May 02, 2015, 01:10:20 PM »

Quote from: Totaku on May 02, 2015, 05:48:10 AM

I've been having a busy week so I can't give a review yet, but tonight's a megastream of 5-6 hours of madness as I go through E-5 and maybe E-6. I'll write up a report eventually...

What happened to your archives? The most recent video I can see is E-3.