Kancolle Kai 3: Land Based Plane Groups are here!

[MewMewHeart]

I ran out of buckets to finish E-7.... I'm not mad though I'm glad I don't have to deal with such a nightmare anymore. I happy with my drops and I'm happy I got far I even gotten two Kai Nis out of it:  Haguro and Maya Kai Ni welcome to my base Myoukou will be next in line.

[highzealot]

E-7 report is up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZu6xRFwJYs
Includes the most heart wrenching chokes I experienced somewhere in the middle.

[Calamity]

As the summer event ends, how did everyone like it? I'd rate it 3/5 overall.
+++Mizuho
+SHINING MOON butt(Teruzuki)
+smug Kawakaze
+except for E-7 the maps were very reasonable in difficulty
+dat summer CG

-some lame rewards for doing harder difficulties
-Hard difficulty? AHAHAHAHA good luck farming drops
-the new ships honestly don't seem that useful, Hayasui will probably get the Akashi treatment and become useful later though
-debuff mechanic sounds cool but in practice only punishes those without the time to sit down and clear all of E-7 at once and or those that don't happen to have Akitsumaru

It was my first Summer event so I think it taught some good lessons on how brutal the devs can be for Summer. I don't care for E-peen so my salt levels are low, I cleared and got everyone I wanted. I hear that this event even made some players jump ship?(I swear that pun was unintentional) Doing stuff like sinking married ships and quitting the game entirely. It's pretty surprising to hear. I'm disappointed there wasn't any Summer CG Ashigara but Tenryuu and Tatsuta made up for that. Cranes getting Kai Ni will make it the first time I'm ready for a Kai Ni before it actually drops, heh.
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[Totaku]

I'm going to give my final overview on this later but for the time being let me present to you the inforation on this update:

The Event is over and the Autumn Season is in full swing!! Here you go as we provide you an update thanks to http://en.kancollewiki.net

http://en.kancollewiki.net/wiki/Game_Updates/2015/September_7th

September 7th 2015 The Autumn Yukata Update

1. The Summer 2015 Event has come to a close. All event maps and ship locking mechanics have been removed.

 2. Summer CG art has been removed and all art that was collection can be found in the ship dictionary.

3. Fall themed yukata CG art has been given to Hamakaze, Jintsuu kai ni, Kawakaze, Mizuho, Nagara, Natori, Oboro, and Urakaze.

4. Fall voices will be given to 40+ Kanmusus which include among them some of the ones that were given Yukata CG art.

5. Two new songs have been implemented in to the game. These include among them "Autumn Festival at the Naval Base and an arrangemen version of Kaga Cape in honor of the launching of the new JSDF helicopter destoyer, Kaga.
 * You can select these songs from choosing them from the jukebox
 * Some furniture will also active the song when selected.
6. Fall Furniture has now replaced the summer Furniture and among the list are the following items that are avalaible:
  * Saury Pike Table
  * Paper Crane Wallpaper
  * Foliage Wallpaper
  * Autumn themed Window
  * Moon-Viewing Window
  * Pink Wallpaper
  * Fairy Tale Shelf
  * Simple Autumn themed Wallpaper
  * Pink Floor
  * Pure White Fluffy Carpet
  * Classroom Set (Desk)
  * Luxurious Moon Viewing Window

7.  New Fruniture has been added which includes:
  * Autumn Festival Naval Base Shooting Rink
  * Autumn Festival Naval Base Stalls
  * Kaga Model on Paulownia Chested Drawers
  * Rabaul Base Scroll
  * Buin Base Scroll

 8. Three new quests have been implemented which include the following:
   * Elite Fleet Naval Practice
   * Strength the Anti-Submarine Patrol along the naval base front!
    *Carrier Task Force, set sail to the Northern Seas!
You can get a furniture fairy if you complete one of these quests:

 9. Mizuho's Stats have been revised. She has been changed into a slow ship and has increased Line of Sight and Luck.

10. Teruzuki can now upgrade Anti-Air Fire Directors and associated gear much like Akizuki through Akashi's Improvement Arsenal.

11. Zuihou kai , Tanikaze kai , and hamakaze kai have been given new general voices and dialogue when they discover resources from resource nodes.

 12. Additional Bot and Security measures have been implemented across servers that have been experience heavy loading times.

Anyways, you all have fun with your new Yukata art and quests as Autumn rolls in!

Also have a look at the Autumn Yukatas...

Autumn Yukata Urakaze and Hamakaze



Autumn Yukata Kawakaze


Autumn Yukata Mizuhou


Autumn Yukata Natori and Nagara



Autumn Yukata Ooyodo


Autumn Yukata Oboro



Autumn Yukata Jintsuu Kai Ni

[Ruka]

They all look good in their yukata~

[RuneDevros]

Summer Event Mission Thoughts and Awards

For reference my difficulty was E1 Normal, E2 Normal, E3 Normal, E4 Easy, E5 Easy, E6 Normal, and E7 Easy.

In my experience, I had a lot more difficulty with the Spring 2015 event than this event, and I didn't even make it past the second map in the Winter 2015 event. The main reason was that I was a lot less well prepared for the last event, having only Kako and Haguro as CAs and neither of them were leveled up to second upgrade, no CAVs, only Ooyodo and Noshiro as decently leveled CLs. I spent the months leading up to the event riding the upgrade train and I think it really paid off. The biggest map that gave me a lot of difficulty was E-3 last dance with 500 HP of extra targets.

I think the main weaknesses the event exposed were that I didn't have enough DDs prepared and that 2 CVLs is not enough. Those were the main reasons that I had to drop to easy because of fleet locking. Will be spending some time in the coming months addressing those parts. I'd like to try and get a all normal difficulty clear at some point.

Shoutouts to people here in this thread for moral support and help optimizing my team.

Awards by Class:

Best DD Award - Shigure. Yukikaze was always at the end of my escort fleet list but a lot of the times she didn't need to go since Shigure's cut-in night battle attack would tear through bosses. 

Best CL award - Ooyodo. Ooyodo is ridiculously strong. I saw her rip apart a Ta-class singlehandedly battleship during day battle. I think she's the only CL I've seen do that much damage. They banned CLTs from some of the critical maps, so CLTs weren't as useful.

Best CA/CAV that isn't Maya Award - Tone. Whoever told me to level up my CAVs, thank you. Tone was part of a lot of escort fleets, faired really well during night battles as the night scout launcher, and ended up delivering the final kill on E6.

Best BB Award - Yamashiro. Her huge seaplane slot gave us an edge in terms of air superiority and she had a big role both doing damage to bosses and clearing out supporting units. Yamashiro was the first battleship I ever got in game, and for a while she was restricted to 2nd tier team. After getting her second upgrade, she's been so good that I generally favor her over Nagato these days.

Best CV/CVL Award - Taihou. Sure, she didn't have Kaga's 46 plane slot, but with the rest of the carriers if they take more than yellow damage they're effectively out of the battle. Taihou was instrumental in her ability to soak hits that would have crippled my other carriers and keep dishing out the damage. I am glad that I leveled her up immediately when I got her about a month before the event.

Surprisingly Effective Award - I sent a level 37 with no upgrades Katsuragi into E-2 alongside the rest of my fully upgraded team in their 70s and 80 and she came out fine. Knocked out quite a lot of enemies during that map.

Event MVP - Maya(kip) was MVP for not only being able to neutralize even the scariest of enemy carrier formations like the double Wo-kais in the final map, but I saw her take damage down to red for the others in the escort team so the night battle crew could take over.

[MewMewHeart]

Nagara is cute in her Kimono.~ This makes me happy I love the Autumn theme in the based lol thanks to my shooting range in my base.

[RuneDevros]

I could listen to the autumn theme all day. Which is what I did for this afternoon.

[MewMewHeart]

Training Myoukou and Kako along with Shokaku, Zuihou (whom I've gotten attached to her cute voice), Nagato and both the Ise sisters at 3-2A so boring , but it'll be worth it on the long run I might take a stab at either Ashigara or Nachi next then Tone sisters last due to I still need to get Abukuma Kai Ni.

[Totaku]

While I still have yet to talk about m overall experience with the event I do however feel like I DO need to bring this up... the new Comptiq magazine has come out and we have gotten some juicy info regarding what's to come for the remainder of the year!

1. Starting with the early part of the interview: Takana states that one of the kanmusus on the front cover of this magazine is expected to get a Kai Ni this winter by the Winter Event. Who it is? I'll leave that for you to decide, but my bets is it'll be tied to that event.

2. As for the Autumn Event: Takana states that the Autumn event will be mild in comparison to what we just had in terms of the Summer Event. So don't expect it to be hell on earth. But also I still recommend getting well prepared... becuase well... we still have those elite super destroyers.... and they're no joke....

3. Shoukaku is going to get her Kai Ni first it's expected to be released this month. Zuikaku will come later on....

4. The Prototype Flight Deck Catapult will be a reward that'll be given out at later quest / event. So if you're looking to get both cranes thier kai ni, or don't have one, there's still a chance to get them.

5. They plan to release a Destroyer Ship Girl that worked together with Mowaki, Maikaze, and Kawakaze that later sunk in a night battle they all participated in. (Hint: It's someone from the Kagerou class, but there's two to pick from that were tied to this group so you can narrow it down from there)

6. Kancolle Kai will give you the ability to manage up to.... 8 fleets!

7. A Foreign Capital ship is also expected to come at some point.


Also on some slightly unrelated stuff they also did some promoting for the New Kancolle Movie which the PV hasn't be released to the public internet yet, but do expect the old faces along with some new ones to come... also it's coming in 2016.

[RuneDevros]

So now that at least one more is confirmed, what are the chances that this flight deck will also be used for a potential Akagi, Kaga, or Taihou second upgrade?

[Kasu]

I hope they pull a fast one on us and that the Kai Ni will be for one of the Ise-class battleships. ;>;

As for the capital ship thing... as much as I want an Allied girl still, it's important to note that all three of Germany's Deutschland-class ships haven't shown up in the game yet (and if this turns out to be the case, my money's on the Deutschland or the Admiral Scheer showing up).

[Ruka]

As much as I would like to get Kancolle Kai, in before it's only updatable via Japanese PSN to keep up with the browser version.

Also any bets on the foreign ship? Since we effectively ran out of Axis affiliated ships, my bet is on France or Britain or maybe even Soviet because it'll be a long road before they let a USN ship (that is not spoils of wars Nagato) in.

Edit:

As for the capital ship thing... as much as I want an Allied girl still, it's important to note that all three of Germany's Deutschland-class ships haven't shown up in the game yet (and if this turns out to be the case, my money's on the Deutschland or the Admiral Scheer showing up).

I thought they weren't doing Germany anymore?

[Kasu]

Edit:I thought they weren't doing Germany anymore?

I... don't remember them mentioning that at all. I could be wrong though.

[Sixten]

I was taking a break from KanColle for the month of September, but last night's American Football opener was boring, so I turned off the TV and...

6-3 CLEARED!

6-3 is a vicious "Sparkle or Die" map, somewhat like 3-5 south, but the non-elite Tsu-Class is replaced by Evil Harusame and you have to waste a fleet slot on a seaplane tender. (Recommended fleet is 1AV / 1CL / 4DD for the friendliest A-C-E-G-H-J path.) You technically get better rewards by bringing Akitsushima and her flying boat, but Akitsushima is bad at fighting and you should probably take Chitose (non-carrier version) or Mizuho (if you have her) instead. I tried Abukuma as the CL because of her preemptive torpedo, but she was somehow less effective than daytime double-attack setup Jintsu.

You can also bring more CLs to take advantage of the air superiority, but more than one CL gives you a chance of Node F where Ne-Class Elite will take your lunch money.

In all, it took 6 sorties to clear the map, with two A-ranks and two S-ranks on the boss. (The two S-ranks were when I used Jintsu instead of Abukuma.)



Fubuki was MVP for drawing all the fire from the two Ta-Class Flagships in day battle and surviving with 9 HP to take out Evil Harusame in night battle. After this and her outstanding job filling in for Maya in E-3 and E-6 (and killing the CV Princess) I would have ringed Fubuki on the spot if I hadn't promised to not ring anyone whose boobs are bigger than RJ's.

It seems like only four kinds of people go back to 6-3 after clearing it: Harusame seekers, Katori seekers, Unryu seekers, and masochists.

Being none of the above, I'm never going back.

Edit: B32 and B49 cleared. My first two encounters with Hoppo ended with no Hoppo kills, but two boss S-ranks.

I've had Quest B32 available for a while, where you have to S-rank 3-5 with two battleships and one light carrier AND no aviation battleships or fleet carriers. But I was too cowardly to take a fleet with a single light carrier through Wo Kai and Hoppo.

Of course, now that planes can rank up, B32 doesn't look so scary. But I still brought the house, sparkling my entire fleet and using my pride-and-joy Ryujo with four max rank Reppus and an expansion slot with a repair goddess. Fortunately, the repair goddess was not needed, and it took only one try to get the win.



B49 (the newly added quest where you have to S-rank 3-5 with a fleet carrier as your flagship) was unlocked by clearing B32, and was a piece of cake by comparison. Hoppo's planes got wiped out, leaving her standing there going "Give Reppu... actually, any plane will do..."

The 3-5 Wo Kai has normal, non-takoyaki planes. Oh, what a relief it is.

[MewMewHeart]

FINALLY FREE FROM 5-3:

[Sixten]

FINALLY FREE FROM 5-3:

I see you decided to go with the 2FBB / 2CA / 2DD fleet after a number of failures with 1CL / 5DD. (I used 1CA / 2CL / 3DD myself.) The Bulges are something I wouldn't have considered using, but they make some amount of sense. You aren't getting air superiority on that boss because carriers are banned, and protection might be more important than, say, radars.

Nevertheless, congratulations, 5-3 is a bitch.

Now go hunt rabbit in 5-4 - unless you somehow managed to get rabbit already.

[MewMewHeart]

I see you decided to go with the 2FBB / 2CA / 2DD fleet after a number of failures with 1CL / 5DD. (I used 1CA / 2CL / 3DD myself.) The Bulges are something I wouldn't have considered using, but they make some amount of sense. You aren't getting air superiority on that boss because carriers are banned, and protection might be more important than, say, radars.

Nevertheless, congratulations, 5-3 is a bitch.

Now go hunt rabbit in 5-4 - unless you somehow managed to get rabbit already.

LOL... I'll do that when I have the buckets to do so, also Pokekchu suggested me the comp for 5-3 and equips it's weird at first, but as you said makes sense.

[Totaku]

Anyways I'm going to go out on a limb and note to everyone about a few things I've been wanting to note that I forgot to mention from Comptiq that was related to the event.

For starters... upon releasing E-7 the following day after the event's launch.... 7 Teitoku managed to beat E-7... without resorting to the armor reduction method within the first 6 hours! That to me is quite an astonishing feat to pull considering the Air Defense Hime's ridiculously high defense.

Also another inportant factor to note is that in that same magazine the real truth behind how you were suppose to defeat the Air Defense Hime....

It turns out Node X and Node Y were contributing factors... but one more factor played a role..... Killing Transports So yeah if you were misdirected to C node you were actually contribution to weakening the Air Defense Hime by killing the trasnports there!

When you consider the fact the devs said you had to destroy the enemy supply lines to weaken the boss.... this hold very true that transports were probably a key factor to this too.

Very few players figured that part out directly, they just resorted to S-ranking X and Y which were key factors in reducing the boss's armor.

Other than that... Expect Shoukaku to get her Kai Ni sometime this month... Zuikaku will come later this year according to the dev team.

In addition to that, the devs release some notes revealing thier next maintenance set for the 25th of September. We will be expecting more Yukata art and some new missions (and most likely Shoukaku Kai ni)

Also on an additional note: I will be at Touhoucon this year to do some things for the scroll project I was involved in 2 years ago that'll take center stage at the con and I will be hosting the panel Kantai Collection: The Guide to how you ship your ship girls while I'm there! So if you happen to be in the Anaheim California area and coming to Touhoucon, you can get a chance to visit me.

[Kasu]

5-3 is literally worse than the event. I can't handle all these night battles. ;>;

I'll probably get through it eventually, but my bucket supply scares me at the moment.

[MewMewHeart]

5-3 is literally worse than the event. I can't handle all these night battles. ;>;

I'll probably get through it eventually, but my bucket supply scares me at the moment.

Double line is your BEST FRIEND if you choose to do the comp I did until last dance when you get to the boss node JUST LINE AHEAD AND LET HELL BREAK LOOSE.

[Kasu]

Double line is your BEST FRIEND if you choose to do the comp I did until last dance when you get to the boss node JUST LINE AHEAD AND LET HELL BREAK LOOSE.

I've been using Echelon for the night battles, but I'll keep it in mind. I've always gone line ahead at boss nodes though. Gotta love wrecking everything.

[Ruka]

Double line is your BEST FRIEND if you choose to do the comp I did until last dance when you get to the boss node JUST LINE AHEAD AND LET HELL BREAK LOOSE.

I've been using Echelon for the night battles, but I'll keep it in mind. I've always gone line ahead at boss nodes though. Gotta love wrecking everything.

Is there any data that Double Line increases evasion? I vaguely remember seeing it, but I don't remember where.

On the other hand, I had more success going through night battle nodes in Line Ahead. ALL OUT ATTACK!

[MewMewHeart]

Is there any data that Double Line increases evasion? I vaguely remember seeing it, but I don't remember where.

On the other hand, I had more success going through night battle nodes in Line Ahead. ALL OUT ATTACK!

What fleet comp are you using?

[Kasu]

Actually, one other unrelated question... the wiki says that to get through expedition 37 you need one CL and 5 DDs with at least three drum canisters, a flagship level of at least 50, and the levels have to add up to over 200. I fulfilled all of these, but I still failed the expedition twice. Is there something else going on here?

[Gpop]

Actually, one other unrelated question... the wiki says that to get through expedition 37 you need one CL and 5 DDs with at least three drum canisters, a flagship level of at least 50, and the levels have to add up to over 200. I fulfilled all of these, but I still failed the expedition twice. Is there something else going on here?

Actually it's 4 "drum-carrying" ships that's the minimum to pass the expedition. So not only do you have to have 1 more drum canister, they need 4 different ships in the fleet. Having more drum canisters will improve your Great Success rate, which is why it's so good if you have plenty of drums.

[Ruka]

What fleet comp are you using?

Oh, I'm not doing 5-3 yet. That was a general question.

[Kasu]

Actually it's 4 "drum-carrying" ships that's the minimum to pass the expedition. So not only do you have to have 1 more drum canister, they need 4 different ships in the fleet. Having more drum canisters will improve your Great Success rate, which is why it's so good if you have plenty of drums.

Aw crap. After reading this, I went back to check and it says only three ships are required, but now I see you need four drum canisters. Guess I'll try to build one then.

[Red Frost]

I've been trying to do Quest B-44 for about 2~3 days without knowing that you only have a 20% chance of reaching the boss of 5-1 without 2 CA/Vs.
A boss that has a flagship sub in the fleet 1/3 of the time.
On a map where the required fleet can barely survive it.
 
 
I'm out.

[Sixten]

I've been trying to do Quest B-44 for about 2~3 days

B44 is hell on earth. I'm not touching that quest ever. I salute you for even trying.