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=Kancolle enhancement project=
=Kancolle enhancement project=
The following list is what I think are good ideas to implement in KC in order to improve the game, while keeping its basic aesthetic, and keeping in mind that it is still a free-to-play game that needs to make money. I absolutely do not want to transform this game into a generic and forgettable Gacha, I just want to imagine how an up-to-date Kancolle can be, with many features that I believe are missing in this 8+ years old game. I also consider that no 3rd party software should be used because if the game is "good enough" or even "perfect", it simply does not need such things (even so I will still use them myself).
The following list is what I think are good ideas to implement in KC in order to improve the game, while keeping its basic aesthetic, and keeping in mind that it is still a free-to-play game that needs to make money. I absolutely do not want to transform this game into a generic and forgettable Gacha, I just want to imagine how an up-to-date Kancolle can be, with many features that I believe are missing in this 11+ years old game. I also consider that no 3rd party software should be used because if the game is "good enough" or even "perfect", it simply does not need such things (even so I will still use them myself).
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**Maybe also give 5-10 slots with a hard quest for each KC anniversary, depending on the recently added ships.
**Maybe also give 5-10 slots with a hard quest for each KC anniversary, depending on the recently added ships.
*Maybe also give some ways to obtain new rings.
*{{color|red|All ships required in quests '''must be''' obtainable at any moment}}, so you are not blocked at some point, praying for the next event (for [[Gotland]], [[Fletcher]], [[Johnston]], [[Samuel B. Roberts]], [[Gambier Bay]], [[Shinshuu Maru]], and [[USN]] SS).
**For instance, rewarding one ring for st-Valentine, after a very hard limited-quest.
**Making them "normal" drop is the best way to fix it,
**Another way to fix it, is to modify those quests, so they can accept the unavailable ship, as well as some other alternative.
*{{color|red|All equipments required in quests '''must be''' obtainable at any moment}}, so you cannot be blocked forever if you lose unique quest equipments (see [[User:Jigaraphale/Sandbox/1|Unobtaiable equipments]]).
**'''{{color|orange|Every piece of equipment must be obtainable}}''' (via craft/Akashi/quest/stock equipment) "at some point", no matter the price, so you can eventually complete the kancodex,
**Newer equipments may eventually become obtainable for all, but only several months/years after introduction, so to maintain the edge for more advanced players,
**"Special/greater/rarer" equipments should be "limited" (not including events/ranking) and harder to obtain, to avoid power creep, as it is already done for some, and still giving a good reason to rank and play in harder modes.
***It is better to have an equipment behind a "Nonaka price" rather than not obtainable at all for no reason.
*Rework all the shop economy! Some items are too expensive (resources, consumables, …), too cheap (dock extensions, rings, …), and/or useless.
*Rework all the shop economy! Some items are too expensive (resources, consumables, …), too cheap (dock extensions, rings, …), and/or useless.
*A '''"quest tree"''', or at least some way to know what we have done and the immediate new quests we can unlock for every quest.
*A '''"quest tree"''', or at least some way to know what we have done and the immediate new quests we can unlock for every quest.
*More info about quest rewards, so we can manage our quests to clear.
*More info about quest rewards, so we can manage our quests to clear.
|-|General content=
|-|General content=
**Fleet compositions,
**Fleet compositions,
**Day and night battle mechanics,
**Day and night battle mechanics,
**Different nodes guide (combat, night, storm, resources, air-raid, air-battle, ambush, refueling, repairing, routing, blue, boss, TP, …),
**Different nodes guide (combat, night, storm, resources, air-raid, air-battle, ambush, refueling, repairing, routing, blue, boss, TP, Sub, ASS, attol, installation …),
**Routing explanations, from LoS to ship restriction, how it works, and how to find it by ourselves,
**Routing explanations, from LoS to ship restriction, how it works, and how to find it by ourselves,
**Airplanes effects, echelons, attack types, synergies, cut-in, slots size, AA resist …
**Airplanes effects, echelons, attack types, synergies, cut-in, slots size, AA resist …
*Event general tuto :
*Event general tuto :
**Difficulties,
**Difficulties, notably limitations,
**Difficulty switch,
**Difficulty switch and resets,
**Locks,
**Locks,
**Historical bonus,
**Historical bonuses,
**Historical attacks and routings (like 2021 spring Drum fleets),
**Historical attacks and routings (like 2021 spring Drum fleets),
**Combined fleets,
**Combined fleets,
**High altitude interception.
**High altitude interception.
*A special guide for each special mechanic (touch & ci) could appear when we unlock it.
*A special guide for each special mechanic (touch & ci) could appear only after we unlocked it.
**For instance, on every Big Seven's Gallery profile, you can find her touch tuto and effects.
**For instance, on every Big Seven's Gallery profile, you can find her touch tuto and effects.
**Some guidelines on the goals of ranking, how it works (reset & ci), and how to get points, are needed !
**Some guidelines on the goals of ranking, how it works (reset & ci), and how to get points, are needed !
*''Use Katori or/and Kashima as the "tuto mascots".
*''Use the {{Class|Katori}} as the "tuto mascots".
**''Give Gotland as the final tuto reward, a nice Easter egg, and fixing her obtainability issue at the same time.
**''Reward Gotland as the final tuto reward, a nice Easter egg, and fixing her obtainability issue at the same time.
|-|Upgrade system=
|-|Upgrade system=
***[[SK Radar]] and [[Type 1 Land-based Attack Aircraft Model 22A]] are among the stupidest.
***[[SK Radar]] and [[Type 1 Land-based Attack Aircraft Model 22A]] are among the stupidest.
**The range of cost is stupidly random, with for a given upgrade price, the guaranteed price range from +50 % to +100 % for no reason.
**The range of cost is stupidly random, with for a given upgrade price, the guaranteed price range from +50 % to +100 % for no reason.
**The fact that you can guaranty a 100% rate, is also a stupid element that has no reason to exist but to trap new players in wasting resources.
***Some standardization would be appreciable.
***Some standardization would be appreciable.
|-|Farming=
|-|Farming=
*Rework the expeditions rewards & length (some are way too useless).
*Rework the expeditions rewards & length (some are way too useless).
**It could be interesting to add special rewards to the "very long" expeditions (18+ h) like rarer consumables (cakes, AS baskets, emergency repairs…), eventually making those expeditions more expensive to run to balance them.
**It could be interesting to add special rewards to the "very long" expeditions (18+ h) like rarer consumables (screws, cakes, AS baskets, emergency repairs…), eventually making those expeditions more expensive to run to balance them.
*'''Morale should come back to 50 when girls rest.
*'''Morale should come back to 50 when girls rest.
*Better sound and music management,
*Better sound and music management,
*In-game dev logs with the possibility to see past patch notes, so we can have a genuine way to see new stuff added for each update, with maybe some announcements on the side using a new kind of board, clearly separating the KC Twitter account from the default changelog/announcement board.
*In-game dev logs with the possibility to see past patch notes, so we can have a genuine way to see new stuff added for each update, with maybe some announcements on the side using a new kind of board, clearly separating the KC Twitter account from the default changelog/announcement board.
|-|Equipement Types=
New equipement classification. Many different types of equipments share a same icon, where it would be more logical and convenient to add some distinctions :
*Separating "high angle guns" depending on if they are DD main, CL main, secondary, or large secondary,
*Separating CL & CA guns,
*Separating turret / submarine / midget-sub torpedoes,
**Reclassing the [[53cm Hull-mount (Oxygen) Torpedoes]] as sub torp,
*Separating dive bombers and fighter bombers, and make USN fighter bombers real ones,
*Combining jets (no need for 2 unique icons),
*Making the night fighter & night attacker icons more distinguishable, and add the the night bomber icon,
*Separating seaplane recons and bombers,
*Separating "AA rocket lauchers" from "AA guns",
*Separating depth-charges racks / depth-charges projectors / ASW mortars,
*Separating DLC / landing Tanks / Armed boats, and making the family/type behaviors more logical & standard,
**Reclassing the [[M4A1 DD]] as an Amphibious Tank and not a landing DLC,
*Redestributing LBAS planes, for bombers, escort-fighter, interceptors, high-altitude interceptors, LBAS recons, ASW bombers, Jets.
**Putting the {{EquipmentLink|Me 163B|Prototype Shuusui|Shuusui|text=Rocket interceptors}} as a proper category,
**Combining land-based bombers/assault/Hayabusa bomber.
Adding a "dual-purpose" nuance could also help for :
*High-angle guns,
*AA / Surface radar,
*Fighter bombers,
*Bomber / ASW plane,
*Small/large/very large equipments (main guns, secondaries, searchlights, radars, sonars, recons, armors…).
|-|Bonus stuff=
|-|Bonus stuff=
''Not really needed, but highly appreciable.
''Not really needed, but highly appreciable.
*New equipement classification. Many different types of equipments share a same icon, where it would be more logical and convenient to add some distinctions :
*Maybe give some ways to obtain new rings.
**For instance, rewarding one ring for st-Valentine, after a very hard limited-quest.
**Redestributing LBAS planes, for bombers, escort-fighter, interceptors, high-altitude interceptors, LBAS recons, ASW bombers,
*Any player-to-player interactions, where players can interact and maybe even play with or against each other.
*Any player-to-player interactions, where players can interact and maybe even play with or against each other.
**Having the possibility to display our port to other players, to share data, or just to flex.
**Having the possibility to display our port to other players, to share data, or just to flex.
Some Bugs and inconsistencies that should have been fixed years ago.
Some Bugs and inconsistencies that should have been fixed years ago.
*Fit bonuses :
*Stats :
**'''{{color|red|Too many fit bonuses just don't work!!!}}
**Fix "broken stats" (FP, LoS, Armor on LB planes, and ASW and Bombing on fighters notably),
**Fix expeditions and especially support expeditions, not counting stats properly,
**Fix any instances where a stat is not counted in formulas where it should be,
**'''Fix fit bonuses !!!''' (infamously the fighter power),
**Harmonization of fit bonus effects, with older ships and equipment,
**Harmonization of fit bonus effects, with older ships and equipment,
**No more hidden fit bonuses, making them visible,
**No more hidden fit bonuses, making them visible,
**No more broken stats,
**No more broken stats,
**More logical "red fit malus", most are not needed at all and can be replaced with some equipment stat tweaks and regular bonus.
**More logical "red fit malus", most are not needed at all and can be replaced with some equipment stat tweaks and regular bonus.
**Ribbons: they are not working as they should, they are lacking a confirmation message to be applied, they cannot be modified without being lost, ...
*[[7-5]] installation node not being a proper one,
*W6 air nodes behaving differently to all other nodes in the game,
*LBAS "F5" bug :
*LBAS "F5" bug :
*Quests messed up: quests order needs to be fixed, by maybe finally recoding quests and using a proper ID system,
*Quests messed up: quests order needs to be fixed, by maybe finally recoding quests and using a proper ID system,
*Equipment preset deployment does not work with currently equipped equipment or on non-RE ships, it should behave like fleet presets,
*Equipment preset deployment does not work with currently equipped equipment or on non-RE ships, it should behave like fleet presets,
*And all dozens of visual bugs...
*And all dozens of visual bugs...
|-|"RNG issue"=
|-|"RNG issue"=
KC is not an RNG-based game and I don't think that RNG is an issue right now in this game, but I think that some things can be improved:
KC is not an RNG-only game and I don't think that RNG is an issue right now in this game, but I think that some things can be improved:
*Drops :
*Drops :
**The drop system does not need anything more, but maybe the idea of a "mercy drop", in order to make doing 435 runs for one particular ship less likely.
**The drop system does not need anything more, but maybe the idea of a "mercy drop", in order to make doing 435 runs for one particular ship less likely.