Spring 2016 Event

Introduction

The Spring 2016 Event, "Deployment! Land-based Aerial Division!" is planned to start on May 2nd, 2016. The entire event will be a "What if" Operation that will involve constructing an Airfield Land Base which will be used to launch Land Based Planes. The event is expected to be about 3 weeks in length and will be large scale operation which will consist of 7 stages that will be divided up into 3 different operations, a main operation, a later operation, and an extra operation.

The event plans to introduce the new "Land Based Plane" System which will introduce new Land Based planes such as the Type 1 Land Bomber and the the Type 96 Land Bomber.

In addition, the event will be the first time an event will branch into two separate operations which can be done at the same time once you complete the main operation.

Information

New Ships

A minimum of 5 or more new ships are expected to appear in this event, including the US Battleship Iowa, two ships that are the precursors of the Mutsuki-Class DDs, along with a minimum of two other kanmusus.

New Equipment

Currently from the tweets that have been provided, players will be expected to earn land based attack planes to be used during the event once construction of the installation is completed. These include the Type 1 Land Attacker and the Type 96 Land Attacker.

Completing the Latter Operation will reward you with a new type of "Flying Boat"

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Type 96 Land Attacker
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Type 1 Land Attacker

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).

Event Maps

Quick Info Table

The Upcoming event will feature a new branching mechanic which will allow players to branch off from the main operation once it is complete. This will lead to players being able to access the both the Latter Operation and the Extra Operation. Players will be able to choose which operation they want to play. The following example listed below is a rough speculation and will be changed once the event goes live.

Classification	Map	Combined Fleet?	Color of Tag	Tag Condition & Deployment Restriction	Difficulty Restrictions	Notes
Main Operation	E-1	Yes	BLUE	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		GREEN		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.)
	E-3	Yes	GREEN
	E-4		BLUE
	E-5		ORANGE			Complete Main Operation to unlock
	E-6		YELLOW			Complete Main Operation to unlock
	E-7		Any			Complete Main Operation to unlock

E-1

Securing Control of the Front Lines!

前線制海権を確保せよ！

Information

Boss: Ta-Class Flagship
Kills required:
- 5 on all difficulties
Ships tagged BLUE

Rewards upon clearance: Mamiya
- Clearing on Hard (甲): Irako x2, Battle Rations x2, Daihatsu-class Landing Craft (Type 89 Medium Tanks & Marines)
- Clearing on Medium (乙): Irako x2, Battle Rations x2, Daihatsu-class Landing Craft
- Clearing on Easy (丙): Battle Rations, Daihatsu-class Landing Craft

Branching rules

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Branching Rules
Node	Split	Condition
B	A	Escort fleet contains CLT?
B	D	Escort fleet contains 1CL, 5DD
E	F	Active Branching
E	G	Active Branching
G	H	LoS Check (pass)
G	K	LoS Check (fail)

Tips

Surface Task Force is recommended
2 CVL (Fast), 2 FBB, 2 CA + 1 CL, 5DD is a recommended composition

Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters

Nodes and Enemy Encounters
Node	Pattern	Xp	Node Info	Form	Air
A 前衛水上打撃部隊 I群	Pattern 1	230		40px	AS:35 AS+:69
	Pattern 2	220		40px	AS:35 AS+:69
	Pattern 3	270		40px	AS:35 AS+:69
B 前衛警戒水雷戦隊	Pattern 1	130		40px
	Pattern 2	130		40px
	Pattern 3	150		40px
C 北太平洋潜水艦隊 II群	Pattern 1
C 北太平洋潜水艦隊 II群	Pattern 2
D	Pattern 1	175		40px
D	Pattern 2
E	Pattern 1		Active Branching
F	Pattern 1
G 北太平洋潜水艦隊 I群	Pattern 1	110		40px 40px
G 北太平洋潜水艦隊 I群	Pattern 2	130		40px
H 深海島嶼防衛任務部隊	Pattern 1	300		40px 40px
H 深海島嶼防衛任務部隊	Pattern 2	300		40px	AS:159 AS+:318
I	Pattern 1
J 島嶼防衛艦隊旗艦	Pattern 1	180		40px 40px
J 島嶼防衛艦隊旗艦	Pattern 2 Final Form	200		40px

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Nodes and Enemy Encounters
Node	Pattern	Xp	Node Info	Form	Air
A 前衛水上打撃部隊 I群	Pattern 1
	Pattern 2
	Pattern 3
	Pattern 4
B	Pattern 1
	Pattern 2
	Pattern 3
C	Pattern 1
D	Pattern 1
	Pattern 2
	Pattern 3
E	Pattern 1
F	Pattern 1
	Pattern 2
	Pattern 3
G	Pattern 1
H	Pattern 1
I	Pattern 1
J	Pattern 1
	Pattern 2
	Pattern 3
	Pattern 4

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Nodes and Enemy Encounters
Node	Pattern	Xp	Node Info	Form
A 前衛水上打撃部隊 I群	Pattern 1	150		40px
A 前衛水上打撃部隊 I群	Pattern 2	170		40px
B 前衛警戒水雷戦隊	Pattern 1	60		40px
C 北太平洋潜水艦隊 II群	Pattern 1
D	Pattern 1
E	Pattern 1		Active Branching
F	Pattern 1	100		40px
G 北太平洋潜水艦隊 I群	Pattern 1	70		40px
H 深海島嶼防衛任務部隊	Pattern 1	150		40px
	Pattern 2	150		40px
	Pattern 3	150		40px
I	Pattern 1	100		40px
J 島嶼防衛艦隊旗艦	Pattern 1 Final Form