Kancolle

[MatsuriSakuragi]

The hard part is leveling Chitose and Chiyoda up because they fucking suck at low levels :V

[pasu]

http://puu.sh/4TYmT.jpg
result of trying to clear 2-4 (didn't make it to boss node anyways, I landed on the red node below it)

wo-chans are scary aaah

so after I remodelled my ktkm at lv 50 I made a new facebook cover to commemorate this joyful event

The hard part is leveling Chitose and Chiyoda up because they fucking suck at low levels :V

just put them in the party/flagship and then carry them with bbs :V (i put a lv 10 chitose in my party and with one run of 2-4 with two nodes she was 12 and ripe for midget sub harvesting)

[Messiah]

Today I finished farming my first Isuzu. It's too late to go back now.

[Jana]

so after I remodelled my ktkm at lv 50 I made a new facebook cover to commemorate this joyful event

The sunglasses are a cute touch~

I think I'm going to stop trying for the rare BBs and craft with the sub/rare DD recipe instead to let my resources recover a bit. Supposedly the new event coming out soon will have a new sub dropped in the early stages so I want to be ready for that.

[qMyon]

Grinding away, and collecting plenty - up to 2-2 so far  - Kitakami, Ooi, Kaga, Yamashiro, Atago, and Choukai are the highlights, along with the full set of Myoukou CAs, and managed to get Mogami as my first remodel. It feels like Kitakami gets cut-in attacks every night

And the RNG for crafting seems to be trying to make me farm Isuzus - got 3 of them so far. But no luck getting any subs, or Naka (just need here to unlock that blasted 3rd fleet slot).

Quick question, does anyone have any idea what the luck stat does for gameplay? Because Yukikaze has a stupidly high one.......

Edit: And Naka finally drops in 2-1! Yes!! Doubled expeditions FTW!

[Red Frost]

 
I got Eyepatch Waifu...
I GOT EYEPATCH WAIFU!  :getdown:
I also got her sister a few hours ago.  Tatsuta's laugh scares the crap out of me... I kinda like her.
 
Other notable acquires are Shimakaze, Hibiki x 3 (Russian Waifu), Ise (my first battleship), and Hiryuu (my first carrier).  I'm going slow but I'm starting to pick up on this game.  I cleared 1-1 a few days ago but almost lost Mutsuki in the process.  I felt horrible for that, and seeing her damaged form kicked me right in the heartsticles.  Even if she isn't the most durable of destroyers, she is one of the most 'dorable, and I can't drop her.

[Messiah]

So, I am currently building a ship that takes 6 hours to be completed and according to the wiki it's either Zuikaku or Shoukaku, Shame that I wasted all of my instant constructions trying to get I-168.

Whelp, after some suffering at 2-1 to get an instant construction:

[♛ Apher-Forte]

K just started and not far up to clearing got combos by enemy and lost  use. Ahahaha. Social gaming pains

[Menorah Jams, Pham]

Kancolle is meh to me, but if they do a Cold War era version with Soviet naval vessels, I am in. 

[MatsuriSakuragi]

Is there seriously a point to raising a Chitose or Chiyoda because seriously Chitose's really goddamn awful even after two upgrades and I'm half-tempted to intentionally sink her. <_<

[Jana]

After they get upgraded into light aircraft carriers, they have really high max AA, HP, Armor, and carry a fairly high number of planes. Of course, it's all moot if you're willing to ignore light carriers and use regular ones, since their main benefit is being cheaper/faster to repair.

Edit: Of course, I'm talking about raising them beyond the 12 levels needed for the minisubs...

[qMyon]

The RNG seems to be giving me plenty of love today - picked up Ise and Hyuuga through crafting, and I-58 too! And then Fusou drops from the 2-1 boss, giving me the full set of aviation battleships.

[Arcorann]

OK, so I've been trying to secure a spot in the lottery, but I've only been getting network errors. Can anyone give me some advice?

[Sapz]

http://puu.sh/4VBaG.jpg GLORIOUS VICTORY. Goddamn finally.

My fleet by the clear of 2-4: http://puu.sh/4VBcl.jpg They got levelled up quite a bit over all that. Now to get some destroyers powered up a bit. :V

[pasu]

Is there seriously a point to raising a Chitose or Chiyoda because seriously Chitose's really goddamn awful even after two upgrades and I'm half-tempted to intentionally sink her. <_<

yes, because of this and this  :colbert: (warning: slightly nsfw for clothing damage)

[Jana]

yes, because of this and this  :colbert: (warning: slightly nsfw for clothing damage)

thighs  :*

I got a Yukikaze while crafting for an 1-58, yay! That leaves 2 more rares to get with the recipe... I'll probably get my sub if I try to craft for Shimakaze instead.

[Red Frost]

So I FINALLY get on the right route and make it to the boss on 1-3.  I've got half of my fleet sparkly and I'm feeling good about this.  Battle ensues and only the enemy flagship is left.  From my limited understanding, it doesn't look like the flagship is capable of using torpedoes, so I figure I shouldn't worry about night battle.  I click the option and...
 
Network Error.
 
The internet disconnected for a split second and then it was fine.
 
I reconnect and the damage sustained was all from the day battle, but 1-4 is still locked and it looks like I didn't get a new fleetgirl from battle.  Even if I hit retreat accidentally, I'm pretty sure the the damage dealt was in my favor (only one of my girls was badly damaged, everyon else was at full health or close to it).  It sounds like battles are still calculated through DCs, but what about rewards?

[qMyon]

I noticed that the game seems to throw up a screen every time your flagship takes critical damage. Any idea what it means?

Example (NSFW due to clothing damage):
[nsfw]http://imgur.com/hYh67i3[/nsfw]

[Sapz]

Basically it says it's too difficult to proceed in this situation and so you're forced to return to base.

Interesting how both area 3 and area 4 got unlocked simultaneously after 2-4. Haven't checked 4 out yet but 3-2 seems like a great place to train up.

[MatsuriSakuragi]

I noticed that the game seems to throw up a screen every time your flagship takes critical damage. Any idea what it means?

Example (NSFW due to clothing damage):
[nsfw]http://imgur.com/hYh67i3[/nsfw]

Your flagship can't be sunk. So you can let her take as much of a beating as you want-- but she'll say you can't go on after a battle if she's too damaged.

[Messiah]

Shoukaku is my true goddess of luck. Since getting her yesterday she hasn't gotten out of the flagship spot, hasn't taken any damage and hasn't gotten tired. And she is currently at level 20  BV

[Raitaki]

PvP is so random. Exp wildly varies between 0 (yes) and several times above a sortie battle, and I can't even tell if level has anything to do with it (my 0 exp practice battle was against a lv40-something MVP where I got a B while being like lv25). Enemy ships randomly survive with 1 HP (as in they can still shoot my ships, and my ships still try to shoot them even though everything misses them at that point), and just now I just "lost" a match and got C rank even though I defeated (dropped to 1 HP) 4 enemy ships and sent another down to red while only having one of mine dropping to red (above 1 HP), my flagship unharmed and having the damage dealt bar several times higher than the enemy fleet's. What the hell?

Also, anyone knows what determines damage during night warfare? I've had a lv30-something BB do that thing where 3 cannons appear on screen, then hit Inazuma...for 3 damage. Even though she was nowhere near red. The same applies to my attacks as well.

[Jana]

The exp you get depends on the level of the enemy flagship. If you fight someone with a high admiral level and 5 boats at a high level, but with a level 5 DD as flagship for their flagship exp bonus, you're not getting much exp even with an S.

It's also worth keeping in mind that you can automatically win with a B if you sink the enemy flagship, even if you don't touch the rest of the fleet and take a crapload of damage doing so. If the enemy is high level but has a DD as flagship, aim for the B. Conversely, unless you have really good ASW on your team, you might as well forget about winning  this way against a high-level submarine flagship. (If your kanmusu can take down enough of the other enemies while avoiding damage, you can still win. You just won't get it the easy way or an S.)

[Raitaki]

Yeah, I know the criteria for getting each of the ranks (except the loser ranks, nobody cares about those). That time I've sunk 4 ships including the flagship, but I still got C ;_;

And orz thanks for the exp tip :3c

[pasu]

Shigure really got her second remodel

[Messiah]

So I suppose the others Shiratsuyu class' ships will be getting dat hair not to far in the future.

[Sapz]

Got myself some delicious Engrish just now. The lines are absolutely hilarious. :V

And wow, 3-2-1 really is good training. Easy enemies and I believe 384 base exp per ship for an S grade. You can even take destroyers there (which is I suppose the point)!

[pasu]

Cleared 2-4!! yESSS

[Amraphenson]

Even indonesia's getting in on this.

[Raitaki]

Been attempting 2-4 the last week or so. I swear someone put up ship magnets in the west. I literally have no nodes visited on any path that would possibly result in me not ending up west D: