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
1.
Summer Event 2015: "Counter attack! The 2nd SN operation" has started and will last for twenty days.
2.
Main part of the "Counter attack! The 2nd SN operation" event consists of four maps:
E-1 "Preparation, the 2nd SN Operation!"
E-2 "Combined Fleet, to the Solomon Sea!"
E-3 "Charge! The 2nd South Pacific Battles"
E-4 "To the Strait! Destroy the Enemy Airfield!"
3.
Clearing the main part will award you with the following new ships:
Clearing E-2 will award DD "Kawakaze"
Clearing E-4 will award seaplane-carrying oiler "Hayasui"
4.
E-2 and E-3 requires Combined Fleet.
The first fleet is the main and the second is the supporting fleet; you can drag the icon from 2 to 1 to create the Combined Fleet.
5.
Item rewards 1/3
E-3 will award you with the new plane "Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (Murada squadron)"; finishing a quest will allow it to receive a plane upgrade.
6.
Item rewards 2/3
Clearing the areas will award you with items and consumables including "Reinforcement Expansions", "Battle Rations", "On-Sea Resuppliers"
7.
Item awards 3/3
Choosing different difficulties will reward different amounts of items:
You can get "Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (Murada squadron)" on all difficulties.
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.
The Air Reconnaissance system introduced in 6-3 makes a reappearance in E-5, utilizing your recon planes equipped to your ships to gain more resources after winning at the boss node.
The final boss of E-7 has been reported with multiple different armor values, and a default armor value that is incredibly high. Current theories report that winning sorties at the X nodes on E-3 and E-7 may be the key to lowering the boss armor and finishing the event.
Event Maps
Quick Info Table
Classification
Map
Name
Combined Fleet?
Color of Tag
Tag Condition & Deployment Restriction
Difficulty Restrictions
Notes
Main Operation
E-1
Preparation for Second Operation SN!
No
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
Combined Fleet, to the Solomon Sea!
Yes
BLUE
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
Yes
GREEN
Requires E-2 completion and Quests SN01, SN02, and SN03 completion to unlock
E-4
Charge into the Strait! Destroy the Enemy Airfield!
No
YELLOW
Extra Operation
E-5
Hard Battle! Fleet Deployed to the West
No
ORANGE
E-6
Counterattack! Enter the FS Region
Yes
GREEN
E-7
Operation FS
No tag
Deployment Restriction: Normal or Hard:Cannot have the ORANGE tag. Easy: No restrictions.
Kikuzuki in fleet, or random with B if no SS or CV
F
If fleet doesn't pass LoS Check (higher priority than the rest)
Tips
South route seems to have success with 2CL 4DD
If going north, 1CL 2CVL 3DD seems to work. Note however that you go through a sub node and preboss has a Ri-class CA so this might not be worth the shiplocks.
Since the tagging is shared with E-2, it may be worthwhile to use BBV / CAV / AV in the fleet, as the A - D - Z route has no enemy air power and this can guarantee air superiority.
Node B is a submarine node; it will not consume ammo.
Going south route with a Surface Task Force will conserve bauxite but cost more ammo and fuel. There is no enemy air power, but there are a few ships with decent anti-air capability.
Having a BBV or CAV is reccomended to gain air superiority. Adding in a single CVL full of bombers and a Saiun may also be advantageous.
Going north route with a Carrier Task Force will conserve a bit more fuel but has much higher bauxite costs. There are three aerial battles. Nodes F and H have fs kai Wo-class with takoyakis.
In order to unlock E3 you have to get the sortie quest for clearing E2, hand it in, grab the new equipment quest and scrap 5 equipments, hand it in, then grab the new sortie quest and sink 6 subs. Handing in the third quest will unlock E3 as a completion reward
Nodes D and E are aerial combat nodes.
Carrier Task Force must be used, as Surface Task Force seems to end up at X.
One can use no more than 1 CLT and 2 CVs to avoid being sent to an additional aerial combat node.
Consider fitting AP shells on your battleships for the boss node.
Node C is considered much better with the CTF.
380-390 AS is required AT boss node on Hard to get AS. Expected to be about 100 or 150 lower for normal.
Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters
Nodes and Enemy Encounters
Node
Pattern
Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters
Nodes and Enemy Encounters
Node
Pattern
Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters
Nodes and Enemy Encounters
Node
Pattern
E-4
Charge into the Strait! Destroy the Enemy Airfield!
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Next week will start our "Summer 2015 event [Counterattack! The 2nd Operation SN]," and will be a large scale event. There will be a total of 7 maps. For the admirals who are not ready, please be sure to finish your regular maps, including worlds 2 through 4.
For the "Summer 2015 event [Counterattack! The 2nd Operation SN]," these are the first 4 upcoming maps:
Map 1 [Prepare for deployment, the 2nd Operation SN!]
Map 2 [Combined Fleet, to the seas of Solomon!]
Map 3 [Attack! Second Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands]
Map 4 [Charge into the strait! Destroy the enemy airfield!]
By clearing the first half of "Summer 2015 event [Counterattack! The 2nd Operation SN]," we will be introducing a new ship type, an auxiliary ship. This ship has never actually entered combat in the old days, but we will be adding her, and she too has a unique feature in game...please stay tuned!
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