If there's anything I should be salty about... I wasn't the first to finish E-5 :(

Fighting against that 0.66% in hopes of meeting Roma. So far, no fruit. 

And so continues my trip to E4.

For every attempt I make at E-4, for every excellent preformance by the girls that grants a swift and shiny S-Rank victory that doesn't bring Zep into my sight...

I have ordered a special project be carried out by Akashi and R&D to make explosive shells out of the salt. I think this might have been a mistake, as we now have enough salt ordinance to bury Japan completely and make a land connection to China purely out of salt.

Five to six days of constant failure rewarded for outstanding preformance, and nothing to show for it but salt bullets.

Reserving salt list because i just want somewhere to rant:

1. PT Imps why do you monsters refuse to die?

2. Farming for Akizuki and Prinz really drove me insane. 2/3 of my resources were depleted on farming alone. Took 100+ tries for Akizuki and 95 tries for Prinz. May not be as many times as some of you, but probably above average.

3. Failed to get A class medal due to time constraints caused by real life commitments, although my fleet was fully capable of clearing everything in Hard mode...Also cleared E3 in Medium and E4 in Easy mode to give myself more time to finish E5 and return to E4 to farm Graf later, so I missed out on the German Reppuu and Type 4 Sonar.

4, THE TRANSPORT COMBINED FLEET IS THE WORST THING IN THIS ENTIRE EVENT. The main fleet is as good as useless, even when equipped with guns and radars. I think only Tone/Chikuma in the main fleet ever did anything, but if Tsu-class decides to shoot down their seaplane bombers they couldn't double attack either. Actually ugh I hate this fleet so much because you are basically sending in small fragile ships to be eaten alive by huge ships, while being unable to do anything. Abukuma kai2 is your best bet at having some pre-emptive torpedo, devs why did u discriminate against CLTs again?

Sanity bar non-existent, exploded long ago. This FarmColle event made me more annoyed than Summer 2015, even when I was better equipped in terms of ships, equipment and resources.

getting through E-3 Hard was a challenge. farming Ms. Graf Zeppelin is tedious -.- I mean c'mo~n daylight S and you give me blue-rarity drops?!

seriously, this is absolutely rediculous... over a week and a half of consistant S-rank runs, and still no coffee... I wasn't counting, ;cuz I wasnt expecting it to take this long, but I'm surely into the triple digits for runs GAAAH

I was going to attempt Arashi, but she's only another DD (even if her ASW is good, I have plenty) I at least cleared E-5 Easy just to get the mission done (and at least have one Hayami Saori ship)

Reserving for inevitable salt.

Getting taiha'd in node D of E-2. 

THOSE IMPS

>been grinding E-4 as much as possible but enough because stuck in conscript army

>meanwhile friend still in school gets Eugen in 4 runs

>got a compensation Akitsumaru yesterday, friend gets a U-511

>Germans remain elusive

>resources running low

>3 S ranks in a row without a drop

>"sup just got a Akizuki"

Been through some shit while training irl but here there's nothing you can do. Effort, passion, mental or physical strength, technique, none of that matters in this game. Only RNG and the pain and suffering it brings.

Farming for salt, woohoo! Mostly it's due to me not having much time because of work, but RNG is also being mean.

>E3: S-rank rate too bloody low, hate Transport Escort combined fleet with a burning passion. First fleet can't hit anything despite sparkling and sticking +accuracy equipments on them, and the second fleet is the AV Hime's punching bag. Taiha, taiha everywhere. I have given up. Maybe a few more runs just to say I've tried. But that's it. Akizuki, I really would like you to join my fleet, but if you don't do that quickly I don't have the time or energy to search for you while my fleet gets taiha'd every run.

>E4: I chose to move on to E5 without Prinz. Will come back later when I find the strength but not the hope. Maya-sama is now lv 98, and everyone else save for the interchangeable Maruyu is over level 80. Yippee.

>E5: Couldn't find the strength to farm for Arashi just yet. No notable drops.

That's it so far. Worn out by real life and RNG's cruelty. Well, to be fair RNG isn't cruel all the time, as Graf Zeppelin, Kazagumo, and Asashimo proves. At least I won't end the event empty-handed.

E-1 is like your average EO map but slightly harder. Nothing much to say.

E-2, albeit being a bit harder than E-1 (duh) isn't that much of a fuss either.

E-3 is one of those maps that advise you to have a certain ship to get a better chance but you can brute-force it anyway.

E-4 is like a hallway with spikes, traps, and all sorts of things that will ensure your misery, ending in an indestructible wall with a locked door that you don't have the key to.

Metaphors aside, I'm stumped on how to deal with this map's Last Dance. Every single time I tried to do it ends up with SS Hime not even getting shouha after day battle (even with Green T), while her and her escort Senkan Sexy gets at least one girl per fleet to taiha and some to chuuha. Some may think, "E-4 is GG EZ you just had to debuff". Here's the thing:

• The debuff doesn't work on STF.
• I don't have any of the ships required.

[sighs]

I don't even care about pudding, coffee, or any other drops. I'm at <10k fuel left and all I want is to finish these two maps and get out of this event. My SAN bar is probably at chuuha by now.

Post-event Edit:

Well that went more well off than expected. Managed to pull off a miracle and get to node J without an Italian ship, reduce Dyson-chan into a non-factor in day battle, then proceed to finish off the Submarine Princess, concluding the perpetually salt-producing brick wall that is E-4.

E-5 isn't that bad as E-4 but had its moments. And by moments it always has something to do with the slippery-as-prison-soap PT Imp Packs, especially at Last Dance. Last Dance sorties usually go like this:

>Node G - Perfect S

>Node J - Perfect S

>Node L starts

>Random imp cuts in and Taihas random DD

It went for several sorties until someone suggested me to use SparkleColle™ to get better runs. So I stopped being lazy for a while and I did. And it worked so well I got an S on it (and a Fusou, WTF).

My only gripe now about this event is not getting my third redhead.

My post for this Event so far...

- I have to agree with Ocean Sushi, E-3 is a new kind of Hell. Don't have AkitsuMaru ? Screwed ! And even with her, you don't like Yasen node with Imps ? Okay, take the North with node D where 2 Ri-class Flagship will torpe'd yours girls like they are Lv 1. Oh and even if your Escort Fleet survive, BOOM, they can Taiha 1 girl in the Main fleet, DD or CAV, doesn't matter. You made this far with barely survive ? Here, AV Hime in ATK formation + Tsu-class for killing your remaining planes. Boss Support help you ? Yeah but AV Hime can rekt 4 girls in Day Battle, 5 if Yasen, she's a pain in the back to sink even when she's alone and your ships don't trigger Cut-In. Also cost between 6 and 10 bucket / sortie.

Sorry Akizuki, you will have to wait until Next Event.

- E4... That E4 map... Let's speak about that. First, let's forget Prinz Eugen, the conditions are too insane for her to drop. And I don't like Graf Zeppelin that much because I know I will not use her for a looong time. I still want Kiyoshimo because I can't access 4-5 for now so...

117 runs so far. One hundred seventeen sorties ! Guess what ? Kiyoshimo never appear once ! Only 2 Hayashimo & 1 Akigumo showed up. Even Graf Zeppelin showed up at round 76. In the last 4 runs, I've get Taiha in preboss nodes and only get A-Rank at the boss (When you see Sendai Lv94 @ Type 3 Depth Charge + Type 4 SONAR + Type 3 SONAR miss TWICE SS Hime, you know that RNG want to make me suffer).

My girls have enough of this situation. They know that I really want Kiyoshimo and they continue to do it because we are kind to each other, but it's getting ridiculous by now. I mentionned Sendai missing to hit SS Hime but on the other hand I've seen Yuudachi & Akatsuki who only  have ASW equipement on them deal 150+ damage to BB Hime or BWS in Yasen, more than 7 times.

Currently, SANity was thrown away, I'll continue to rekt those abyssal backs of BWS and BB Hime without thinking of anything else until I get my pocket BB.

- Oh yeah, I'm doing Easy by the way and...

- This is my 2nd Event.

- Yeah, I did the Summer Event with weaks Kanmusus and no reliable equipements, going to E6 without any Kai ni or Yasen equipement, finally get to E7 where BWS never let me see AA Hime and were farming was, if not easily short, FUN ! I remember those countless runs into Summer E2 in order to find Harusame, I'll remember those good battles with CL Oni in order to find Zuihou. I'll even Remember those runs on E4 with Airfield Hime where I only failed to find Kiyoshimo because of Computer Hazard (But managed to get Umikaze before my computed died). I'll remember my miraculous Last Kill on E4 and that epic Last Kill on E6.

And now this Fall Event ? Boring to clear, frustrating to clear in E3, and absolutely NOT FUN AT ALL to farm even with better Kanmusus and equipements than Summer Event. Highlight facts ? 2nd Umikaze drop in one of the fews S-Rank I get on E3 during the Clear and... Yeah, double combo drop on Last Dance E5 : get both Arashi AND Hagikaze at the same time, but after a very anticlimatic battle with DD Water Oni.

Kiyoshimo will be the ray of sunlight in those foggy and depressings days. I won't give up. I WON'T GIVE UP ! No matter how many Goya, Iku and BB I'll drop at E4, I will push it until the very end !