After the horrible shitshow that is 8-2 I've come to realise something:
>Despite being level 84, maxed enhanced, purple main gun, torpedo, and purple toolbox (the rest are blues), Sims is goddamn frail (which I've mentioned many, many times) and has already sunk when clearing (but only got a 2 star) in 8-1. If I used the fleet she's in (fleet 2) to beat the boss in 8-2 I would defo get a d rank because everyone in that fleet would sink. Higher priority of needing retrofitted (to hopefully survive better) or paired with another DD (that means I have to level from scratch in earlier worlds or I just slap exp packs on her) so I can make better use of her skill.
>Laffey / Suffolk (although not to the extent of Sims) need to be retrofitted because while they can hold out on their own, they struggled a bit with the boss in 8-2 and both of them sunk for it.
>Long Island, Unicorn and Bogue (the only other CVL I mostly trained) need retrofitted (and better equipment) because they fold like paper at kamikaze botes. But I think that's mostly my fault because I like using CVL's over BB's and if I had 2 BB's / 1 CVL / CV I wouldn't need to worry about kamikaze botes.
>World 8 flooded me with endless amount of red triangle difficulty battles (something like what world 7 did).
That's the end of my rant. I'm gonna have to build up my oil again and maybe try and get better equipment before I even go back to world 8. But I'm defo gonna do some hard mode maps for retrofit equipment because my botes desperately need to be retrofitted and join Shouhou (Leander is the only one who's one step away from becoming a blue).