Kantai Collection

Anyone else play it? I recently just got into it after jumping through some hoops from start-up.

In case you don't know what Kancolle is. The game is fully JP, and there's no inherent English translation, but there's interfaces and viewers you can use to play it with ease. It's probably a bit more known about being that one anime about anthropomorphic ship girls.

Ohhh yes, I play this game an awful lot. Hence my boathecker title. Have you decided who best boat is yet, mis?

Thorde wrote

Ohhh yes, I play this game an awful lot. Hence my boathecker title. Have you decided who best boat is yet, mis?

I like to call her 10/10ryuu.

Aaaahaha, clever nickname, I like it. 10ryuu's pretty good ya, can't disagree with that.

Thorde wrote

Aaaahaha, clever nickname, I like it. 10ryuu's pretty good ya, can't disagree with that.

So how far are you into the game? I've only recently started, so I only have CLs and DDs. Hard to get lucky with a drop.

I'm pretty far, I think. Been playing for almost a year, HQ lvl 94.
Ya drops are hard early on, stuff like getting all the kongou class can take a while. Of course, once you get them though, the endless sea of kongous begins.

Thorde wrote

I'm pretty far, I think. Been playing for almost a year, HQ lvl 94.
Ya drops are hard early on, stuff like getting all the kongou class can take a while. Of course, once you get them though, the endless sea of kongous begins.

Whelp, I recently got lucky last night and managed to get Fusou along with a few other Heavy Cruisers. Think I can finally progress now.

Nice! Fusou was my first battleship too. She carried me through all the maps up until like 2-4 or something. Lucky you! Which heavy cruisers did you get?

Thorde wrote

Nice! Fusou was my first battleship too. She carried me through all the maps up until like 2-4 or something. Lucky you! Which heavy cruisers did you get?

Kako, Kinugasa, and Aoba - only using Kako in my main fleet right now, though.

My current fleet is:

Battleships take up a lot of resources, I'm starting to realize.

Also, unrelated Kongou:

Ohh man, those are some solid shipgirls, lucky you. And ya, battleships take a lot more than other stuff. Battleships and carriers will just eat your resources before you realize what's goin on, it's crazy.

Thorde wrote

Not yet it isn't! Life is never complete until you get her to level 99 and hand her your first ring. I'm almost there myself~ Image no longer available

Good luck! God knows how long the marriage flag will take for me.

Thanks! The quests to get the ring and stuff aren't so bad, they're actually super easy. It's just the grind... it's unreal. 97-98 is like 50k xp or something, which is a bunch but yknow it's manageable. Then suddenly it jumps from that, to 150kxp for 98-99...
All I wana do is show Amatsukaze I love her, but it's taking so long 🙁

Thorde wrote

Thanks! The quests to get the ring and stuff aren't so bad, they're actually super easy. It's just the grind... it's unreal. 97-98 is like 50k xp or something, which is a bunch but yknow it's manageable. Then suddenly it jumps from that, to 150kxp for 98-99...
All I wana do is show Amatsukaze I love her, but it's taking so long 🙁

Whelp, looking forward (or not) to that pain once I reach higher levels - Tenryuu isn't even Kai yet...

You'll get her there eventually! Don't worry, once you get access to better maps like 3-2, leveling becomes a gorillion times easier. Do you have 1-5 yet? 1-5 is really good for leveling DDs and CLs as long as youre under HQ lvl 80.

Thorde wrote

You'll get her there eventually! Don't worry, once you get access to better maps like 3-2, leveling becomes a gorillion times easier. Do you have 1-5 yet? 1-5 is really good for leveling DDs and CLs as long as youre under HQ lvl 80.

Yeah, I've been farming 1-5 for quite a bit, up until I can access the other maps.

I have a question though, once my DDs and CLs get to a decent level, should I use them to progress?

I'm pretty sure if you've got fusou, you can progress regardless of your DD and CL levels. The only time DD and CL levels matter is 3-2 I think, since that map, to clear it you can ONLY use DDs. Level doesn't increase much, aside from like evasion and stuff. Kai-ing them on the other hand does improve a whole bunch, so if you're looking for a stopping point, I'd say once they're all Kai'd. Or kai ni'd, depending on who you're leveling and how much time you feel like spending on this.

Got Akatsuki kai'd, think I'll progress once half of the fleet is done.