Fresh Blood Demoness
Just when i think my Iron Blood quest is coming to an end, Azur Lane goes and adds another ship for me to snatch up. It looks like, with the coming update, we’re getting a brand new KMS Priority Ship and, on top of that, she’s a Prinz! The newest update is giving us a Shinano rerun, not my ever illusive Inverted Orthant, which is dope on it’s own. I am disappoint about the lack of Orthant but cool. Now, i already murdered that Dreamwakers's run initially so i don’t need to do it again. I’m going to, mostly because I'm curious how the first UR rerun is going to play out and i want more rainbow Blueprints. The rerun is nice but the other aspects of the update are absolutely intriguing. I am absolutely enamored with the new Research Queuing. This sh*t is amazing! You can load up to five separate Research projects at once, each time refreshing the available projects. That means you can get up to six refreshes in a day instead of the old, single, option. They all complete in the allotted time selected, in the order that they were set up, but that sh*t will go a long way to unlocking these new Blueprints for Priority Five. Which is the one aspect I am most hype for; We got Priority Five ships, boys!
I heard rumors of a new PR season a few weeks back but paid it no mind because there wasn’t a KMS ship in that roster. Imagine my surprise when an Iron Blood was dropped in this new update. Plymouth, a Decisive ship, is available for Royal Navy construction which is pretty chill. I mean, it’s not like they aren't already lousy with PR ships, and one of the only few Decisive options in Drake. Plymouth gives the Royal Navy to Decisive options, tying them with Iron Blood. Iris Libre gets to add to their PR spoils with Brest, another Decisive option. So far, they only have two PR options in Champagne and Saint Louis. Adding Brest really bolsters that French dock. Surprisingly, and very much welcome, is the fact that Dragon Empery and Northern Parliament finally get PR options! Harbin is the Empery ship and a very necessary one. Not only will she be the single Empery Priority option, but Harbin is the only Super Rare equivalent for the whole Chinese dock. It’s so weird there is an entire fleet with absolutely no SR option available. Northern Parliament fared much better in that regard, even netting a proper Ultra Rare ship in Kronshtadt (a rerun that i will partake in because i passed on the initial gambit) but they don’t have a Carrier. Until now. Chkalov is not only their first Construction option but she's a whole ass Carrier and you know how much i love them plane boats! But, all this Priority goodness aside, you know it’s KMS or bust for me. The Manjuu gods didn't disappoint, gifting me another delicious option in Prinz Rupprecht!
I have a soft spot for my Prinz girls. Obviously, Eugen is love. She’s the reason i even started playing this game but Adalbert has fast become a favorite and Heinrich is one of two reasons why i f*cking NEED that Orthant rerun. The other is Strasser but that’s more because of my insatiable Carrier lust than anything. The KMS Prirotiy ships have all been absolute winners. Roon, Mainz, Odin, Friedrich, Aegir, and August all find themselves under heavy in my various Fleets so, obviously, i have a mighty need for Prinz Rupprecht. I am a little bummed she isn’t a Carrier, i kind of always am because of the aforementioned Carrier lust, but Rupprecht is a Battlecruiser. Iron Blood isn’t short on Battleships at all. I mean, Ulrich, Bismarck, and Fried are all primed for battle. We also just recently got Seyditz, Lutzow, and Thuringen in the Rondo at Rainbow's End. KMS is lousy for Battleships and, while i am a little disappointed Rupprecht isn’t a Carrier, i am happy she’s a goddamn powerhouse. Anytime i can add to my Main KMS fleet, i am on board. Plus, she looks like Elizabeth Bathory from Fate/Grand Order. All gushing aside, i am not looking forward to accumulating that two million experience. That sh*t is always a goddamn slog, man.
