[Azur Lane] Access Mode: GRIDMAN UNIVERSE Rerun!

Sir Carcass

I'm guessing it's just a single increase, so you can't get a bigger bonus by using more?

Ianator

Correct, you only get the bonus once.

Patchnotes for Thursday morning are up. Strangely, Sirius and Matchless are absent from the event lineup.

We're also getting a rerun of Summer Cygnet. And there's a tease on the JP Twitter about an upcoming Essex-class, USS Shangri-la.

TNTrooper

Strangely, Sirius and Matchless are absent from the event lineup.

Surely they can't be Sirius.

Ianator

"Of course I'm Sirius. And don't call me Shirley!"

Ianator

Phew. There's my 10k and a new little dragon carrier in my dock.

I'd like to not do that again, kplzthx.

Orphane

https://twitter.com/AzurLane_EN/status/1098167139469385729

TNTrooper

Poor Matchless even the EN publishers forgot she was in the first Winter's Crown event.

Ianator

Maint. I've updated the OP with the event as CN/JP knows it and will correct it when I wake up.

Sir Carcass

Servers are up.

Edit: Not a bad start. First 10 pull got me a Grenville. Second one got Victorious.

Orphane

Got all the gacha ships in 41 pulls

After my first 10-pull i accidentally did a single pull and got Sirius out of it

I got her again on my 3rd pull and Victorious on the 4th

here's the points for reference:


looks like if you can do it Hard mode is the best source of points since the 3x daily bonus for normal never beats Hard mode gains
level ranges for Normal go from 38-60, Hard is 66-90

Ianator

Second half is now up.

Pulled my Jamaica and only now realized she needs Sheffield to reach her full potential.

Ianator

I was wondering when she'd show up!

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Ianator

Patchnotes are up for CN/JP's next event.

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Co-op Event: Air Raid Drills with Essex will go live February 28 through March 7.
- Players will construct a fleet to challenge USS Essex to a sixty-second battle. Each battle will deplete the Drill Gauge, measuring that server's progress through the event. The event will end when the Drill Gauge reaches 0%.
- Players earn Drill Points according to how much damage they deal to Essex. The more Drill Points earned, the greater the effect on the server Drill Gauge. Including USS Shangri-La or USS Independence in your fleets will also earn greater Drill Points.
- All participating players on the server will earn rewards at certain thresholds of the Drill Gauge. Players will also earn rewards at certain Drill Point milestones.
- Essex's stats will shift as the Drill Gauge depletes, taking less damage from ship weapons (guns and torps) but greater damage from planes.

New and Returning:
- Limited Construction will feature USS Essex (1.8% rate up) and USS Shangri-La (2% rate up).
- USS Independence will be awarded to players who reach personal Drill Point milestones. She will also be obtainable at a later date.
- Other rewards include the unique equipment TBD Devastator (VT-8) and 40mm Bofors (Hazemeyer). This equipment will also return at a later date.

Additional Content:
- Shangri-La's secretary quest, "The Spice of Traveling"
- Limited skins (Feb 28 - March 6): Shangri-La's "Collector of Paradises", Independence's "Welcome to Our Academy"
- Permanent skins: Portland's "School Life with Indy!", Indianapolis' "School Life with My Sister..."
- Voice additions for new ships Grenville, Z35, Kimberley and Hazelwood
- Voice additions for many ship skins plus Hiryuu Retrofit

(patch notes just got amended; post has been edited to match)

Sir Carcass

Any thoughts on either of the guns currently in the Core Exchange? I have enough to get one of them, or I could just save my core data, I guess.

Dracil

381mm is the upgrade for Hood

CorporateLogo

The twin 203mm is good for Atago, Deutschland, and Spee, but the 381mm takes priority over it

TNTrooper

The twin 203 will also eventually be replaced by the one you get through research.

Ianator

March 10 patchnotes. We're getting our Lv110 level cap soon!

Also, March login reward is Hatsuharu.

Ianator

IJN Agano revealed on Twitter. This plus the Lv110 limit boost implies we're about to get World 11 and Mental Units Cognitive Chips with the update after next.

Ianator

Details on CN/JP's next minor event are out. Discord is calling it "Piercing Star of the Arctic Fjord" and will likely tell the story of the 1940 Battle of Narvik due to the three ships they've revealed so far (Z2 Georg Thiele, HMS Hunter and HMS Hardy).

Meanwhile, EN has announced Sendai and I'm almost willing to bet my last fifty gems that Columbia will come soon after. By all accounts, the level cap raise will be a necessity for us to survive. (I've been too busy with events to finish Chapter 8 and the Akashi quest yet, nya~)

Sir Carcass

Winter's Crown is going to be the end of me. I've got everything but Sirius. I just got my 5th Victorious. I've retired 4 Jamaicas. I'm full up on Sheffields. Just give me a Sirius already!

Ianator

Finally got my Sirius last night. Fiji will be the end of me, just like Akatsuki was in Visitors.

Also, we got surprise Vincennes announcement. Prelude Under the Moon soon?

TNTrooper

I hope so. Need to get my cube stockpile back.

Sir Carcass

Finally, got a Sirius on the first draw this morning.

Edit: Looks like the level cap has been raised as my level 100 ships are gaining XP again.

Edit 2: I think that was just a bug, actually.

Ianator

Ships bank their excess earned XP but don't level up until you apply Cognition Chips.

Oh, and Kirishima event coming on the 14th!

TNTrooper

Going by the details page in the dock technically the level cap was raised to 110 and they have being storing exp in the background for awhile. But until they add Cognition Chips you are stuck at 100.

Sir Carcass

TNTrooper wrote: »

Going by the details page in the dock technically the level cap was raised to 110 and they have being storing exp in the background for awhile. But until they add Cognition Chips you are stuck at 100.

What was different for me today was it was actually showing their XP reward under their portraits where usually it just says 0, but not every time.

Ianator

Patchmas letter.

- Kirishima is a one-day login from March 14 through April 3.
- Moonlit Overture (Prelude under the Moonlight) runs March 13-20.
- Chapter 11 is going live. Agano on 11-2, Sendai on 11-3 and Columbia on 11-4.

Also seems like CN and JP are finally getting Chapter 13 as well as Hardmode Chapter 11. Doesn't look like there's going to be another bump to the level limit?

Sir Carcass

Interesting fact: Tirpitz's Lonely Queen of the North skill works with BM ships like Terror and Erebus. I put the three of them in my backline for my trash clearing fleet and so far I'm really happy with the results.

Ianator

Sir Carcass wrote: »

Interesting fact: Tirpitz's Lonely Queen of the North skill works with BM ships like Terror and Erebus. I put the three of them in my backline for my trash clearing fleet and so far I'm really happy with the results.

I think it also works with BBVs as well? So Fusou and Yamashiro Retrofits may have a place in your backline until the Ise and Hyuuga retros come around.

Sir Carcass

I'm woefully behind on retrofits, unfortunately.

Ianator

No pressure. Yamacats are kind of infamous for being on tier charts twice with the BBVs below the BBs because their strengths are so neutered by the Modernize node.

Sir Carcass

If you're (like me) having trouble figuring out how to use the cognitive chips to increase level cap, you go to the ship in your dock and you should see Awakening on their xp bar on the info screen. Just tap that and it will bring up the dialog. Costs are here: https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Dockyard#Cognition_Awaken

I just did it to my retrofitted Ayanami and had enough banked xp to hit her new 105 cap, which is cool because I haven't been using her all that long.

TNTrooper

Got St. Louis from my daily construction so I am down to just Kamikaze. At least till they add the submarines they leaked earlier today.

Ianator

Managed to nab all the Winter's Crown event ships. Viccy, Sirius, Sheff, Gren, Fiji, Jamaica, Matchless and Musketeer.

...I kinda wish I'd gotten Renown from A3 as well. Still don't have her.

Sir Carcass

Ianator wrote: »

...I kinda wish I'd gotten Renown from A3 as well. Still don't have her.

I'm always amazed at how that works. I've been throwing away Renowns, but there are probably ships you throw away that I either haven't gotten or was lucky to get 1.

Ianator

The devs have put out a call for testers. I'm not brave enough to see how well account binding/recovery works though.

In other news, Foxlewd Foxhound Retrofit is inbound. Outside EN, two new drops have been confirmed for Chapter 13: the Farragut-class destroyer USS Dewey and the Essex-class carrier USS Bunker Hill.

Ianator

Yukikaze inbound! Visitors Dyed in Red rerun soon? That would also mean Mogami plus another shot at Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Ise, Hyuuga and Akatsuki for those who missed them before. I'd assume this would be an opportunity to introduce the Ise and Hyuuga BBV retros as well.

EDIT: Yep, Mogami and Mikuma confirmed. There's also additional gameplay additions in the form of an Airspace Control mechanic and Anti-Air, Command and Repair ships in battles.

TNTrooper

https://twitter.com/AzurLane_EN/status/1108065598968344578

Visitors Dyed in Red rerun on Thursday.

Ianator

Patchnotes confirmed Mogami retro too! Hope everyone gets her and Yukikaze. Mikuma and Akatsuki are part of the exchange and I already got the rest the first time 'round.