Favorite shipgirl (Kancolle,Azur lane, Arpeggio of blue steel,Haifuri)

[Panocek]

So, after unsettling amount of time and resin spent, I've finally got artifact that would be considered an upgrade over old one... or so I thought

 

Spoiler

new EoSF feather, with what would be considered "good" stats - added ER, 3x rolled into crit damage, 1x into crit rate

 

Should be better than old feather with 5.4% crit dmg and 22% atk?

old, %atk one on the left. Difference is superficial, so tl;dr, if you have artifacts with "that rolled only in %atk" hold onto them, as it would take godlike rolls to meaningfully improve over that

 

 

[LOZFFVII]

Just3c uploaded a guide on Auto-ing W14.

 

Take-aways include:

• Robo Waifu (Gascogne) is actually recommended for something! (as a replacement for FdG)
• Amami Haruka is likewise recommended as a replacement!
• I was right when I said that W14 doesn't have a clearing mode yet - thus it's probably not worth seriously grinding it until it has one.

 

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In other (completely unrelated) news:

Doing a wiki-walk of TV Tropes while I was bored at work yesterday, I discovered a free-to-play game on Steam all about disassembling real-world firearms and seeing how they work.

World of Guns: Gun Disassembly

Despite the f2p nature and the choice of name, as far as I can tell there is as much connection to WarGaming as World of Warships has to World of Warcraft/Activision Blizzard.

So you don't have to feel guilty if you buy a weapon pack to skip the grind to unlock your favourite gun.

[Marblehead_1]

18 hours ago, LOZFFVII said:

Just3c uploaded a guide on Auto-ing W14.

 

Take-aways include:

• Robo Waifu (Gascogne) is actually recommended for something! (as a replacement for FdG)
• Amami Haruka is likewise recommended as a replacement!
• I was right when I said that W14 doesn't have a clearing mode yet - thus it's probably not worth seriously grinding it until it has one.

 

I tried Ch14 and so far cleared 14-1

 

Mob: FdG, Ryuho, Essex + Cheshire, Shimakaze, Yudachi

Boss: New Jersey, Shinano, Ark Royal + Azuma, Helena, Seattle

full auto

 

no bigger problem with clear but  I sense that later maps will be specific, also I need to level up both destroyers

 

Worse thing it's that I didn't have too much to do in game. All PR's farmed, White Frame Task Force has been completed and updated  Beyond New Orleans I have almost all characters ( beyond few from early collabs and most of Muses )

 

 

 

[LOZFFVII]

4 hours ago, Marblehead_1 said:

Worse thing it's that I didn't have too much to do in game. All PR's farmed, White Frame Task Force has been completed and updated  Beyond New Orleans I have almost all characters ( beyond few from early collabs and most of Muses )

I find that if I'm running out of other things to do, I can always look towards grinding out the Fleet Technology bonuses.

My challenge-to-self of grinding all Fletchers to lvl120 is born partly out of the small incremental buffs to DDs they provide, as well as the Medallions you can apply to your commander details. (Not just the fact that Fletcher is my second favourite WW2-era DD class behind Shimakaze)

Of special note in Fleet Tech are the small buffs to BB/CV reload and accuracy stats. Considering both classes tend to have RLD in the 100s a +1 to RLD is actually around +1% to the stat, which is actually a fairly nice bonus and can stack up quite nicely. Of special note is that fleet tech buffs to RLD and ACC tend to be linked to low-tier ships such as Conte di Cavour or Hornet, making a full collection worth that little bit more to skks who have them.

 

Spoiler

In case anyone cared, my top-5 WW2-era DD classes are:

1) Shimakaze

2) Fletcher

3) J-class

4=) Tashkent

4=) Le Fantasque

 

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On an unrelated note, has anyone else noticed this:

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The skin option doesn't normally show up unless there are actual skins available for purchase.

Does this oversight mean that Anchorage, Aegir and Marco Polo already have skins ready, just waiting to be added to the client?

 

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Oh, and lastly:

Battlepass as been completed as of a couple days ago.

I did buy the premium pass, but that only amounted to a boost of 1500points (skip to lvl15, in other words).

For something that is ongoing for two months, for me to complete it in less than one I think it should be fairly easy to clear it even if you're f2p and fairly casual with the amount you play this game.

[Panocek]

Current Arknights event proved to be an utter travesty gacha wise, at least baguette rerun didn't disappoint

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new ships secured in 20 pulls total

 

[WWDragon]

I am weary of rolling at about 170 cubes, I would if not for that UR in about 2 months.

I am still tempted because I never run this event before and I have none of the ships and Richie is capable (JdA and Bearn are assured so) but the new DDs dont seem good and I am not sure what would happen if I did a couple of 10x rolls.

[Zemeritt]

3 hours ago, LOZFFVII said:

The skin option doesn't normally show up unless there are actual skins available for purchase.

Does this oversight mean that Anchorage, Aegir and Marco Polo already have skins ready, just waiting to be added to the client?

 

I've seen that on reddit before.

Many suggested that skins were avaible, but yet to be added due to how recent the ships were introduced.

 

3 hours ago, LOZFFVII said:

Battlepass as been completed as of a couple days ago.

I did buy the premium pass, but that only amounted to a boost of 1500points (skip to lvl15, in other words).

For something that is ongoing for two months, for me to complete it in less than one I think it should be fairly easy to clear it even if you're f2p and fairly casual with the amount you play this game.

 

Same here. Done with it.

 

3 hours ago, Panocek said:

Current Arknights event proved to be an utter travesty gacha wise, at least baguette rerun didn't disappoint

 

It's the opposite on my side: Skalter and Kal'tsit dropped early on (actually both during my first single pulls of those 1 headhunting permits) , even got Skalter to P2 and Kal'tsit to Pot 3 in 191 pulls.

In AL however, I got 3 Richis already and the elite DD in 60 pulls. Now I'll have to wait for Le Terrible.

[LastButterfly]

3 hours ago, LOZFFVII said:

In case anyone cared, my top-5 WW2-era DD classes are:

1) Shimakaze

2) Fletcher

3) J-class

4=) Tashkent

4=) Le Fantasque

 

Do you mean based on personal preferences ? It's quite a varied selection.

[Panocek]

19 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

 

It's the opposite on my side: Skalter and Kal'tsit dropped early on (actually both during my first single pulls of those 1 headhunting permits) , even got Skalter to P2 and Kal'tsit to Pot 3 in 191 pulls.

In AL however, I got 3 Richis already and the elite DD in 60 pulls. Now I'll have to wait for Le Terrible

Out of 109 pulls so far in AK, I've got only Skadi alter, 6x crabs, one ballistic dragon and one tentacle sniper so far. Its ridiculous to the point last 10 pulls were white bags with random Jessica at the end

[WWDragon]

50 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

In AL however, I got 3 Richis already and the elite DD in 60 pulls. Now I'll have to wait for Le Terrible.

Against better judgement I ended up doing 33 pulls ... No Richi but I did get Algerie (I wanted big heavy titties cruiser), Vauquelin(x2) and Le Terrible.

Nothing off banner of value, I ended up doing it in hope I get some VR off banner but not in the cards, stopping now.

[El2aZeR]

29 minutes ago, Panocek said:

Out of 109 pulls so far in AK, I've got only Skadi alter, 6x crabs, one ballistic dragon and one tentacle sniper so far. Its ridiculous to the point last 10 pulls were white bags with random Jessica at the end

 

Took me ~150 pulls to just get one Skalter.

Picked up 2x ex wife and 6x Akufuyu in the process.

 

[LOZFFVII]

37 minutes ago, LastButterfly said:

Do you mean based on personal preferences ? It's quite a varied selection.

Oh, it's quite comprehensive, really.

It's a formal tally weighted equally between Physical Appearance, Service History, Technical Specifications and...

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Whether or not I like them as characters in KC/AL (or whether I enjoy playing them in WoWS (defunct metric)).

 

Okay, but seriously, it's not anything formal it's just my gut feeling.

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Shimakaze comes top for multiple reasons: I like her design, I like(d) playing her in WoWS (before the REEEEEEEEEEwork), and it was specialist artwork of her KC self that got me into WW2 warships in the first place (the "newbie bait" phenomenon associated with KC Shimakaze). I actually really like her IRL design, it just feels so sleek and interesting to look at. The fact that her AL self was designed by one of my favourite artists (Kuroboshi Kohaku, who also drew Abigail Williams (FGO), Ninomae Ina'nis (Hololive), and is the official artist for the GGO light novel) is just the icing on the cake.

I will openly admit to being a bit of a Yankeeaboo when it comes to US WW2-era military capability (specifically their production output). Thus the Fletcher-class is a natural fit for the #2 slot. It helps that I actually think AL's Fletcher is kinda cute and I love her "worlds best big sis" personality. Absolutely love(d) playing Fletcher in WoWS (again, before you-know-what), so much so that I agree when people say that Gearing is a downgrade aside from her torpedoes. My flair on the AL reddit is "Fletcher retrofit LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG overdue", because I believe a ship as decorated and as ubiquitous as Fletcher deserves more than what she got in-game. I'm glad some of her sisters get time to shine, though (Stephen Potter, Nicholas, Morrison, Bache).

I am British, so it only makes sense to have at least one RN DD class in top three. While you might be forgiven for thinking I'd pick Tribal-class for this slot, the fact of the matter is, there just aren't any interesting Tribals in KC or AL (I don't really care about Eskimo). Meanwhile, I absolutely adore KC Jervis and Janus, and while I'm not all that fond of AL Javelin's very plain personality, I still like her a bit. Jervis was very fun in WoWS (again, again, you know), and is in an unusual position as a T7 DD that doesn't totally suck when put up against T8 DDs. The history of IRL Jervis and Javelin is also interesting due to their nature as survivors, which leaves me very hopeful about an AL Jervis in future.

Tashkent and Le Fantasque classes being joint #4 is mostly because of how similar they were in design philosophy (big DD+big DD guns+big fast). Tashkent is notable as being basically the only active warship the soviets had during the time period, and Le Fantasque notable as being the fastest DDs during the time period. I'm not all that interested in KC Tashkent, but I love the cuteness of AL Tashkent and the Fantasques we have up until now.

 

1 hour ago, Zemeritt said:

I've seen that on reddit before.

Many suggested that skins were avaible, but yet to be added due to how recent the ships were introduced.

I suspect as much myself, although I will note that "newness" didn't stop Cheshire and Drake from getting swimsuits almost as soon as PR3 was added to the game.

[Zemeritt]

2 minutes ago, LOZFFVII said:

I suspect as much myself, although I will note that "newness" didn't stop Cheshire and Drake from getting swimsuits almost as soon as PR3 was added to the game.

 

And maybe the sales were below the expected numbers, making them more cautious.

[LOZFFVII]

4 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

And maybe the sales were below the expected numbers, making them more cautious.

Have you seen their swimsuits?

(To be honest with you, my bet is that Anchorage/Aegir/Marco Polo's skins are seasonal - i.e. Christmas- or New Year-themed - which is why they're not available yet)

[Zemeritt]

44 minutes ago, LOZFFVII said:

Have you seen their swimsuits?

 

Still many people will not buy skins for ships they haven't unlocked yet.

No question, the skins are amazing, but why buy if you not even have the ship?

 

46 minutes ago, LOZFFVII said:

(To be honest with you, my bet is that Anchorage/Aegir/Marco Polo's skins are seasonal - i.e. Christmas- or New Year-themed - which is why they're not available yet)

 

Could be. Or they wait until a certain amount of ships have been unlocked.

[LOZFFVII]

13 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

Still many people will not buy skins for ships they haven't unlocked yet.

[...] why buy if you not even have the ship?

Because PR ships are permanent, their skins aren't.

Go ahead and look at the skin shop right now: neither Cheshire's nor Drake's swimsuits are available to purchase. In fact, I'm not even certain they've been rerun since initial release.

Which is a problem, as I'd actually like to get at least Cheshire's swimsuit.

[Zemeritt]

1 minute ago, LOZFFVII said:

Because PR ships are permanent, their skins aren't.

Go ahead and look at the skin shop right now: neither Cheshire's nor Drake's swimsuits are available to purchase. In fact, I'm not even certain they've been rerun since initial release.

Which is a problem, as I'd actually like to get at least Cheshire's swimsuit.

 

No skin (Except collabs or exclusive (like anime ones)) is really limited, both were added during a Rerun event (Scherzo), so they cannot be rerun on that.

Yes, the skins are over a year without a rerun, but I doubt they'll never come back. Maybe next year with the new swim suit event.

[LOZFFVII]

2 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

Yes, the skins are over a year without a rerun, but I doubt they'll never come back. Maybe next year with the new swim suit event.

They've already missed one swimsuit event chance, why should we have to wait another year for them?

(Although I'm anticipating this year's Black Friday skin rerun event to have them, so here's hoping!)

[Zemeritt]

Just now, LOZFFVII said:

They've already missed one swimsuit event chance, why should we have to wait another year for them?

(Although I'm anticipating this year's Black Friday skin rerun event to have them, so here's hoping!)

 

Scherzo Rerun was in August. This years swim suits were in April with the Sardenga event.

Maybe the time frame between these too event were to short for them.

[Panocek]

30 minutes ago, LOZFFVII said:

They've already missed one swimsuit event chance, why should we have to wait another year for them?

Thats how FOMO works

[LOZFFVII]

I haven't been keeping a precise count.

Something like 70-80 builds.

At least one SR in all but two of the 10-builds (I've had something like 8 SRs).

All of them are event SRs.

All but two of them are Richelieu.

The other two? Algerie and ing 0.5% Jeanne.

I've had three Maille Breze, but not a single Le Terrible.

I wish I had the luck to consistently roll 0.5%s in literally any other game, rather than this one where I can get the 0.5%s without rolling on the gacha (not to mention the fact that I already had Jeanne at max lmb from the last time this event was run).

sigh

I guess this is my penance for getting Shimakaze in less than 40 rolls.

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Oh, and while I was running 13-4 a couple times for coins I got another Bunker Hill.

I still have about 700cubes, and around 10k oil, so I'm tempted to just run 13-4 a bunch over the weekend to maximise my coins and just blast out a bunch of rolls until I get her.

Hell, I could even cash in that 6k oil/50k coins mail that was sent out a little while back.

Actually, I'm just realising that I have enough event tokens left over after grabbing the 10 UR blueprints to be able to afford the 5k oil in the exchange - I could use that to grind out coins.

 

 

EDIT:

You guys know what is particularly galling?

I don't know if anyone else remembers, but I remember the last time this event ran, I spent a very long time trying to get Algerie to drop until like 2 days before the event ended when she finally dropped for me.

This time? Algerie dropped in 30 builds.

 

[Khaba_Gandalf]

Vor 9 Stunden, LOZFFVII sagte:

I guess this is my penance for getting Shimakaze in less than 40 rolls.

  Versteckte Inhalte sichtbar machen

Oh, and while I was running 13-4 a couple times for coins I got another Bunker Hill.

 

Must be it, mate....

 

...I went all the way to the pity drop with Shima and got both of the new ships within less than 40 pulls. Hard life of a gatcha gamer...

[WWDragon]

 

Well this is what I got, missed two ... Bearn was a map drop and I havent claimed the Gas Station yet (because port slots).

Thanks to that Twitter campaign I climbed back to 150 cubes, lets see what happens since 250 short.

 

Edit: Bearn is wierd, never thought I would see a ship that have all the stats ... even torpedo.

[Zemeritt]

17 hours ago, LOZFFVII said:

EDIT:

You guys know what is particularly galling?

I don't know if anyone else remembers, but I remember the last time this event ran, I spent a very long time trying to get Algerie to drop until like 2 days before the event ended when she finally dropped for me.

This time? Algerie dropped in 30 builds.

 

Algerie murdered my cubes during the first run of this event.

And it's continuing with Le Terrible:

5 Richies and an Algerie

 

This is beyond annoying, even for a gacha

[Marblehead_1]

On 10/28/2021 at 3:50 PM, LOZFFVII said:

I find that if I'm running out of other things to do, I can always look towards grinding out the Fleet Technology bonuses.

My challenge-to-self of grinding all Fletchers to lvl120 is born partly out of the small incremental buffs to DDs they provide, as well as the Medallions you can apply to your commander details. (Not just the fact that Fletcher is my second favourite WW2-era DD class behind Shimakaze)

Of special note in Fleet Tech are the small buffs to BB/CV reload and accuracy stats. Considering both classes tend to have RLD in the 100s a +1 to RLD is actually around +1% to the stat, which is actually a fairly nice bonus and can stack up quite nicely. Of special note is that fleet tech buffs to RLD and ACC tend to be linked to low-tier ships such as Conte di Cavour or Hornet, making a full collection worth that little bit more to skks who have them.

 

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In case anyone cared, my top-5 WW2-era DD classes are:

1) Shimakaze

2) Fletcher

3) J-class

4=) Tashkent

4=) Le Fantasque

 

 

Personally I try to MLB all bigger ships ( CL's and above ) and all SSR DD's. I always had weak spot for submarines so I will hit for lvl 120 for all of them ( I miss only Das Boot and U-556 )

 

I divide characters beyond few categories:

1.Future or actual member of White Frame Task Force,

2. Very strong or OP which however can't have chance to move into paragraph 1,

3. Characters which wasn't able to capture my attention due to poor CG and poor character design which also are weak

 

My personal Top 5 of DD's will be:

1. Hallands,

2. Groms,

3. Tashkent,

4. Project 7U/30 hybrid Storozhevoi

5. Type 1934Mob Narviks / Le Fantasques

 

Honorable lower places:

6. Clemsons,

7. Project 45 Opytni

8. Project 30 bis

9. A-I class

10. Porters/Somerses

 

Paragraph 1 and 2 due to look, design and also due to fact that I saw both surviving members of such classes ( Smaland and Błyskawica )

Tashkent is beautiful, Storozhevoi was most memical reconstruction of ship - also most of Soviet DD's were just pretty looking

Narviks and Fantasques - look and design.

 

Due to kancolle and their mental masturbation to the IJN and their DD forces I managed to actually despise with passion and nausea most of IJN DD classes, both in games and scale modelling.