Introduction
File:Kolombangara NASA.jpg
Kolombangara as seen from an overhead view.
The Fall 2015 Event "Charge! Maritime Transport Operation" will be taking place staring November 18th,2015, will be medium-scaled and will feature combined fleets. The Kancolle dev team has hinted the event will be taking place in a "circular island" in the Southern Seas. Within that location, there will be several battles and "transportation operations". The event map will therefore likely be a series of battles that took place at Kolombangara.
If this is true, expect the majority of the events battles to consist of using smaller fleets to perform "Tokyo Express Runs." The dev team have hinted that well trained destoyers and light cruisers to form an elite torpedo squadron will be key to helping you win the event. Since most of the battles at Kolombongara were small engagements, the battles we will likely see during include the Battle of Kula Gulf, The Battle of Kolombangara and the Battle of Vella Gulf. For this reason, admirals are advised to train up their destroyers and light cruisers. Some maps may feature only night battles.
In addition, it has been mentioned that there will be some engagement that will involve larger fleets such as Battleships and Aircraft Carriers during part of the event. These will likely become combined fleet operations.
Update Info
New Ships
- A total of 4 ship girls are confirmed for this event that include:
- Training cruiser Kashima is the E-3 clear reward.
- The Comtiq article in December's magazine mentioned it would be the second ship of the Katori Class training cruisers.
- Arashi was hinted at in an article from Comtique Magazine's September issue. It made mention of a destroyer that worked alongside Kawakaze and engaged in a furious night battle. The Battle of Vella Gulf ties this connection together as both of them sunk during middle of the night.
- November's issue hints that a destroyer that was sunk in the area the event will take place will appear.
- Hagikaze also has been introduced to the game.
- German Aircraft Carrier Graf Zeppelin was hinted at through Comptiq's December issue, where they revealed that a "foreign capital ship" will be appearing.
- It's hinted in the very same magazine, that she will only have a "chance" to appear
- In addition, Mizuho will be a drop.
- Akizuki and Prinz Eugen will be among the drops in this event, making this their first appearance since the Autumn 2014 Event.
New Enemy Vessels
- There are five new enemy vessels:
- Patrol Boat Imp Group
- Submarine Hime
- Light Cruiser Hime
- Destroyer Water Demon
Patch Notes
Mechanics
Participation requirements
- Must have a 75% sortie win ratio.
- Must have 5 empty ship slots for new ships.
- Must have 20 free equipment slots.
Special Mechanics
- The difficulty system first used in Spring 2015 Event returns: you can choose between Operation A (甲, Hard), Operation B (乙, Medium) or Operation C (丙, Easy).
- Choosing A or B requires certain HQ Level (HQ Lv 35 for B / 80 for A in Spring 2015 Event).
- The armor-reducing system of the Summer 2015 Event's final map, where certain nodes had to be killed to reduce boss armor, is likely to return, but in a simplified version.
- According to this tweet, Operation A (甲, Hard) and Operation B (乙, Medium) will require you to have mutiple fleets ready, which suggests fleet locking.
- The initial maps will focus on transport operations (Lighter ships, such as CLs and DDs likely), while the later maps will focus on heavy ships (CVs and BBs).
Event Maps
Quick Info Table
| Classification | Map | Name | Combined Fleet? | Color of Tag | Tag Condition & Deployment Restriction | Difficulty Restrictions | Notes |
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| Main Operation | E-1 | Transport Operation! Clearing the Route | Yes | GREEN | Tagging: Ships not already color-tagged will be tagged with the color associated with the map when deployed. This tag exists on all difficulties and is not reset on remodel, etc. Deployment Restriction: Normal or Hard: Must have either the same-colored tag or no tag. Easy: No restrictions. |
No restrictions. All difficulties OK | |
| E-2 | Battle off the Shore of Korone Haikara Island | No | In order to play these maps on hard, you must complete the previous map on either normal or hard. (e.g., to do E-4 on hard, you must complete E-3 on normal or hard.) |
CL Flagship and DD escorts only | |||
| E-3 | Deploy! Maritime Transportation Fleet | Yes | Up to 2 large ships allowed in the main transport fleet. | ||||
| Extra Operation | E-4 | Western Front! Deploy a Mobile Task Force | Yellow | ||||
| E-5 | Survive! Vanilla Bay Night Battle! | No | Yellow or Green | CL Flagship and DD escorts plus up to 1 cruiser-class ships only |
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See Also
References
Tools
- KanColle Calculator and tools by no1244 (in Japanese)
- Air Superiority Calculator (in Japanese)
- Effective LoS Calculator (in Japanese)
Discussions
- IRC Channel: #kancolle for tactics advice; #Kancollewiki for wiki issues; #Amatsukaze for general socializing
- Talk:Fall 2015 Event
Player Live Streams
- Totaku's Stream Will run daily from 12:30 AM CST - 3:00 AM CST on weekdays, 12:30 AM - 5:00 AM on weekends.
- Twitch and Youtube Shinhwa (Death Usagi)'s Livestream. Unplanned Schedule
- Zak's Twitch Stream. Everyday in the event. 4:00-6:30PM EST
- Hibiki's smokin House Lounge - DS4's event stream. No planned schedule, check fbook or IRC for announcements.
- Remi/Yuto's Stream Probably won't start until Thanksgiving due to school. Join for the usual salt and legendary shit-tier RNG runs.
- DJ's Stream
- HydraGoliath's Stream
- Daikyi's Stream
- Nerfx's Stream
- Somniare's Stream
- Nwrtz's stream
- Zalfier's Stream
- Drantai's Stream
- Pokechu's Stream
- Murasa's Stream
- Wafuu's Stream
- Aquan's Stream
- Observer 39's Stream
- Xiei's Stream
- Chronomeister's Streams
- Jifaru's Stream
- Duckieplucky's Stream
- c0mpl3x1ty's Stream 9PM-12AM EST on Friday only
- Nii-Sama's Stream