Summer 2015 Event
Update Info
New Ships
- Teruzuki, the second Akizuki-class destroyer, is speculated to appear, based on the tweet given on July 23, 2015.
- Fleet Oiler Hayasui will be obtainable as a new auxillary ship.
- Given her historical armament, it is possible that she will be able to equip AA guns, Seaplanes and possibly Torpedo Bombers, as she had a small aviation wing of Type 0 Recon Seaplanes and Ryuuseis.
- The Maestrale-class_destroyer Libeccio will be obtainable
- The Shiratsuyu Class wikipedia:Japanese_destroyer_Kawakaze_(1936)destroyer Kawakaze was announced in a tweet.
- Four more ships will be obtainable.
- From interviews held in the June 2015 issue of Comptiq Magazine, Shoukaku and Zuikaku are suspected to receive their Kai Ni during this event.
- This will require an item only obtainable during the event.
- Some believe that the Kai Ni will not happen until after the event is over.
New Equipment
- Judging by incoming pictures, there will be five new pieces of equipment:
- Two torpedo bombers, possibly relating to Murata (a pilot from the Akagi who transfered to Shoukaku)
- a new drum canister of some sort
- a 120mm gun
- Rice balls
Map and theme Speculation
Operation SN was a campaign in which Japan attempted to establish airfields in the southern Solomon Islands, including a seaplane base on Tulagi and an airfield on neighboring Guadalcanal.
On August 7 the Allies launched Operation Watchtower with the intention of capturing these airfields; the airfield on Guadalcanal quickly fell and was renamed Henderson Field.
The IJA was lax in their response at first, believing this to be only a reconnaissance in force; however, Admiral Yamamoto thought otherwise. He sent naval forces to challenge the Americans' sea presence in the region, thus beginning a running siege that would last for five months, with the Americans owning the seas by day and the IJN ferrying in troops under the cover of darkness.
The event will likely emphasize fighting land installations and fending off air raids. The numerous nocturnal encounters in the Guadalcanal campaign suggest night battles will be prevalent.
Mechanics Speculation
The introduction of a new mechanic might be tied to planes as there have been several new articles that mentioned about adjusting the plane mechanics. And since this operation might have a lot to do with fighting installations. They may be tweaking the planes to be able to fight installations in a different way compared to before hand.
As of 8/9, this is believed to be plane leveling: as planes do more damage/shoot down enemies, they shall progressively get better. However, if planes take too many losses, they will be reduced in their effectiveness.
Introduction
The Summer 2015 Event "Counterattack! The Second Operation SN" is slated to start on August 10, 2015, and will last for about 20 days. The event will be based on Operation SN, the Japanese plan to establish air bases in the southern Solomon Islands; however, there was no actual second Operation SN historically.
This will be a large-scale event that will contain combined fleet operations and ship locking mechanics. There will also be a new system introduced into the game that will be equipment related.
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).
- With the exception of E-1, in order to choose Operation A, the previous map must be cleared on A or B.
- A new system will be introduced with the release of this event involving carrier-based planes.
Event Maps
Quick Info Table
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| Main Operation | E-1 | Preparation for Second Operation SN! | No | No restrictions. All difficulties OK | |
| E-2 | Combined Fleet, to the Solomon Sea! | Yes | 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 | Confrontation! Second Southern Pacific Ocean Battle | ||||
| E-4 | Charge into the Strait! Destroy the Enemy Airfield! | ||||
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See Also
References
Japanese Army in World War II, The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942-43, contains information regarding Operation SN and a summary of the plans behind it.
Tools
- KanColle Calculator and tools by no1244 (in Japanese)
- Air Superiority Calculator (in Japanese)
- Effective LoS Calculator (in Japanese)
Discussions
- IRC Channel: #kancolle
- Talk:Summer 2015 Event, no inanity, please. Feel free, however, to report significant branching rules, identify content that is missing, and propose changes to the article's layout. Thank you for your compliance.
Player Live Streams
- http://www.twitch.tv/remi_scarlet Remi's stream. Will be doing all hard front-line on day 1. Hoping to clear entire event in one sitting.
- http://www.twitch.tv/hydragoliath , usually starts around 1PM EST.
- http://www.twitch.tv/bl2w (Zak提督's stream); will be playing every day of the event: from August 10th to August 30th @ 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
- http://www.twitch.tv/yamato_kai2000
- http://www.twitch.tv/hatsushimo
- http://www.twitch.tv/nigamonp