User:Tennousu

Bio

Just an Admiral from Iwagawa Airfield.

On one occasion I'm lucky, on another I'm extremely unlucky.

Very picky about the ship-daughters.

Zero exercise record. Not something to be proud of, though.

Girls Wanted List

• I-8
• Hiryuu
• Uzuki; Akigumo; Naganami
• Mikuma
• Agano; Noshiro; Yahagi

Operation AL/MI Progress

I started last Sunday. With only 190-ish buckets. And anemic fleet. Funnily, my 4 resources increases during the whole AL ordeal.

-OPERATION AL-

AL-1

25 or so sorties, 35 or so buckets. So many trolls happened, especially that troll sub and middle Yasen node.

Later I knew that middle Yasen actually has two different patterns, so I hoped to meet the one that contains only Ri-flagship as 'go home ticket'...although seeing 2 Chi-flagship and Ri-flagship didn't do their 40% chance cut-in was pretty amusing.

Using 4 DDs 2 BBVs (Ise & Hyuuga). Double attack/Cut-in set-up on Destroyers, with 3 Type 13 Air Radars + 1 Type 22 Surface Radar. Hyuuga uses full Zuiuns, while Ise uses double attack + 2 Type 0 Observation Seaplanes.

97 effective LoS, had a hard time killing the boss (3 unsuccessful kills) but at least I don't need to spend a lot of buckets (but I DO think 35 or so buckets are a lot, considering I only started with 190-ish).

AL-2

Currently 15 sorties with 18 buckets used. 4 kills already, but the map decided to enter 'Nonononono' mode Heck yeah! Finished with Loli Hime and AL-2! Used 25 buckets, with 18 sorties commenced.

The trolls are even worse here. As if Ru, Ta, and Nu weren't enough, this map has a pre-boss node that sometimes gave Yo-goldfish that doesn't even care about the fact that Echelon has LOW torpedo hit rate...that fucker Crits (yes, that 150% Critical) too often. And you got a problem with Shouhou, Ri-class? t (-__- )t

Using 2 DDs 2 CVLs CA CAV. Double attack for everyone. 1 Type 22 & 13 on the Detroyers. 1 Observation Seaplane & 1 Zuiun 634 plus Type 3 Shells on Cruisers. For the Carriers, Shouhou and Jun'you, 2x 18 Reppuu + 1x 12 Reppuu, with 2x 18 Ryuusei Kai and 3 Saiuns. This still gives Air Superiority against Loli Hime, but not for her Akutan Zero form, though.

101 effective LoS. The boss, at least for 2 more kills, is doable, but getting there is another story Turns out it took SIX total kills as opposed to 7, assuming it's clean kill for every boss encouter. Surprised when the loading took longer than usual, since I expected 7 kills to clear the map.

SHIPS LOCKED IN AL

Asashio, Kasumi, Arare, Kagerou, Shiranui, Mogamin, Chikuma, Ise, Hyuuga, Shouhou, Jun'you.

Thank you guys, you're great!

Sidenote: I finally remodeled Jun'you for AL-2; seeing Hiyou Kai's art change made me afraid that Jun'you will get one someday...but I need Jun'you's aircraft capacity and it looked like her art won't change, so yeah.

-OPERATION MI-

Akagi! Now we can participate in Operation MI!

MI-1

Finished. 15 sorties, 8 boss kills, 5 dead-ends, 1 retreat, 1 failed kill. Oh man, so much for trying to get 8 clean kills. About 37 buckets used.

Compared to the hell that is AL-2, MI-1 is pretty tame. Just two aerial combat and nothing else. The combined fleet mechanic is awesome...if only there are some thorough explanation about the formation because my escort fleet keep missing and that's not what I expected. The map ate 6k of my bauxite, the horror.

Using Chiyoda AV with 2 BBs and 3 CVs (Akagi, Kaga, Souryuu) that I had, escorted by CL, 2 DDs, 2 CAs, and CLT.

• Chiyoda equipped Zuiun 634, Zuiun 634, 10cm Twin High-angle (Carriage) Mount (from Ooyodo).
• Kongou and Hiei used 2x 41cm, Type 0 Observation Seaplane, Type 21 Air Radar. Switched the Radar for Type 0 Recon Seaplane, explanation below.
• Akagi, Kaga, & Souryuu equipped two Reppuus each, a Saiun each, and a Ryuusei Kai each. I  switched Ryuusei Kai with Type 62 Fighter/Bomber, but failed to kill the boss' final pattern, so I went back with Ryuusei Kai. Some explanations below.
• Nagara as the CL, used 2x 20.3cm + Type 0 Recon Seaplane.
• Kiso Kai Ni using 2x 15.5cm secondaries, with Quint Oxygen Torpedo mount (I tried Hyouteki but no pre-emptive salvo, so switched to Quint Oxy Torpedo instead).
• CAs were pretty basic; 2x 20.3cm, Type 0 Recon Seaplane, and Type 21 Air Radar.
• Fubuki set-up for double attack with Type 22 Surface Radar, while Nagatsuki uses Quint + Quad Oxygen Torpedoes with Searchlight so her cut-in rate becomes 52%...which failed often.

Notes:

• How much the effective LoS requirement for the boss node, anyway? First I went there, I got dead-end. I put another Zuiun 634 (total 2 as above) in Chiyoda. 129 effective LoS, then boss twice. Another dead-end. Boss twice again. After that three times dead-end. WTF? So I switched Kongou-Hiei's Radar to Seaplane (boosted the Recon Plane LoS variable for main fleet to a whopping 71 LoS) and I reached the boss for the remaining sorties. I think my main fleet's total LoS was 161 or something.
• The aircraft setting were Ryuusei Kai - Reppuu - Reppuu - Saiun for all CVs, for 7 boss kills. Combined with Chiyoda's Zuiuns (although I doubt it really matters), I got Air Superiority. Switched each Ryuusei Kai for Type 62 for the last kill, only to witness that it's still Air Parity against the final pattern. I settled for Ryuusei Kai on the largest slot plus two Reppuus, for the final kill.

I hate to admit it but after seeing this map, even though I have what I need, it's my own fleet that is lacking. Nevertheless, I'm gonna try as far as I can.

MI-2

Finished. 22 sorties, 10 boss kills, 1 failed kill, 6 retreat, 5 'accidentally closed the game' retreat (yes, dead-end after sub-node). 60 buckets used, man.

The trolls are back. Goldfishes with Fuck You torpedoes, a dead-end where you can lose hundreds of bauxite without getting anything in return if you survived the goldfishes, and Wo-midways. Screw it.

Using Kinugasa in the main fleet gives me dead-ends. Then I looked my facebook group and saw someone used CVL. Since I've used Shouhou for AL, that leaves me unremodeled Ryuujou-han as my only remaining fast CVL. Oh, did I tell you she is in her base form? But Ryuujou-han brought wonders; basically from my 4th kill to last kill, I reached the boss often. And lose less bauxite, very helpful.

The sub-node made me swap some ships. Yuubari's versatility is helpful here, even though her durability sometimes made me 'hawawawawa' (but then again, those goldfishes made me 'hawawawa' everytime they fired).

Ryuujou, Akagi, Souryuu, Kaga, Kongou, and Hiei, escorted by Yuubari, Fubuki, Hatsuyuki, Kiso, Takao, and Tone. All boss encounters made through eastern route, encircling the boss towards south-east pre-boss. Got redirected twice to the other pre-boss, simply WTF moment.

• Akagi, Kaga, and Souryuu used Ryuusei Kai - Reppuu - Reppuu - Saiun, in that order. Ryuujou used Saiun - Reppuu - Saiun. I guess the fifth Saiun is unnecesary, but whatever. This gives Air Superiority at all nodes, even the boss.
• Kongou and Hiei uses double attack setup with Type 0 Observation Seaplanes, and Type 21/13 Kai Radars. I don't know why, but those Radars seemed to help lessen the compass trolls. I should be grateful, then.
• All escort ship used double attack, and each have High-Angle Guns. Takao and Tone had mandatory Type 3 Shells. Everyone else used Sonar in their third slot. Of course, Yuubari also used a Depth Charge. All hail 4 slots!

141 effective LoS for main fleet, too overboard, I think. But the Air Supremacy/Superiority cuts the bauxite consumption and I thanked Ryuujou-han for making it possible.

Failed to kill the boss' final form once. She murdered Takao in Night Battle, and Kinugasa could only scratch her (80 or so HP remaining, WTF). Swapped Yuubari's place with Takao, and while 'hawawawa' intensified in sub-node, Takao did her job of making the Princess went into Taiha state, so the others can chip her HP low enough for Tone to finish her off (with lucky critical).

MI-3

...can those girls do it?