Lol, belatkuro got the curse of the Sandy Meme.
I'm also a player over at Global, staying at the Lexington (SEA) server. I do agree that the game is pretty time-consuming, expecting players to spend hours farming for a ton of items and farmable ships, but it is rather forgiving with the drops.
My overall plan is to develop a powerful HMS/Royal Navy fleet, and I already have Hood as one of the main ships for that plan. I also have Takao which, as in Arpeggio, is joining against the commander's story antagonists, the Crimson Axis.
Sadly, I'm running out of time due to exams... bad timing coz there's an ongoing event!