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Spring 2017 E-5 recap

E-5 Cleared on Normal

Loot:

Of cource majority of returning ships I didn’t have were concentrated on E5. But with some questionable luck and determination I got everything. Both Kagerous - Arashi and Hagikaze, and both Italian BBs - Littorio and Roma. Due to my resources fell very low after that, I decided that It’s too risky to try beating the map on hard, because I might just run out of baux or fuel and be forced to easy it, in the end. So, given that difference in N and H rewards was not so significant for me, I went with Normal and got 8 more screws out of that, 2 medals (which i really need right now) and... uh... guess what, another interce... ah wait no, that’s the same from E3 I think. R.I.P. the 5 star interceptor from E5H, I chose Roma over you. 

How it went: oh hO HO HO, I think it’s devs thing now to make farming final maps harder and harder by making them 2 part and/or unviable to farm after clear just as now. ... even though I always farm pre-clear. But 2 part thing is still in place. I put down 4 names (from above) on the list and prepared for a time lapse. Here’s the table I made to keep track of drops to decrease hopelessness (each circle next to a name is a drop. Numbers after green names next to the table are what successful T node run the girl dropped on for the first time, and the nubmer in brackets is what reset was that . Also it’s littered with sketches under the table’s end), and thus we started an EZ MODO journey, all LBs at defence and no support anywhere. 

At some point I thought that I’m cursed with Ise-class because in each 3 runs (a reset) I got 2 Ise-class and something else. But eventually Ise rain stopped. To make things worse, Hyuuga is just 1 row above Roma and has almost same rate of drop, so it was devastating to see her drop every time when it could be a potential Roma (On top I really don’t like neither Ise nor Hyuuga). Fun fact: All 4 new drops were the final kills before the map reset would happen. 

I spent around 80k fuel, 25k baux and 300+ buckets total on this farm, but in the end it was worth it. 

So what do I have now? All drops, Max level Nagato and ... 30k fuel with 25k baux. Sound like... it’s maybe not a good idea to try clearing hard (my first A-class medal can wait). So I decided to just go Normal and not do more damage to my sanity in last 4 days. 

And after I switched to normal I ... couldn’t really tell the difference. It was just as easy. Still didn’t need any supports, all LBAS protecting res from Airfield Himes, BB hime just as squishy, almost no retreats (maybe like 1 or 2 total). That feeling when you  S the boss node at day battle 

But I have to give credit to my girls there, really. Nodes we passed were pretty scary though, with 3 FS Rus in Double line (CTF) (who thought it’s a good idea?) But at least we avoided the A-hime hell. On Hard it wouldn’t be possible (tbh that is one of the deciding factors of Normal over Hard because she could wreck us even on easy)

And an Acid mix of Wo-Kai, Nu-Elite Kai and Ta FS all that in double line as well (fact that it’s STF doesn’t even help you evade or die). Also yeah, in a screenshot below  I went for a debuff run (that node that is on CTF’s route to T) and didn’t retreat after it just for science, and you guess what, they reached the boss anyway like... we went through worse, nothing is scary. 

And it wasn’t the last time it happened. I wanted an easy S on air raid so I drum-filled escort fleet with duckies and also didn’t retreat after the target node. Northern Water Hime also went down with no problems whatsoever

 At this point I regreat a little bit that I didn’t do hard because it was totally possible for me, but uh... still worried about resources. 

 On last dance I decided to actually send in some support (wow!).. which in the end probably was even a little bit unneccessary because the only difference was that there was DD Ancient bullet sponge in the escort nobody could take down anyway, and... uh.. one BB less in the main fleet? Cool I guess. Only DD and Northern Himes survived till nighttime, Nachi Taiha-d her, not even allowing to set off her final attack, and ABKM finished her off, concluding this even for us. 

And before I claimed my rewards and achieved peace this season, I had to face the final demon....

What a wonderful event, after all~