Whaleship is still very do-able. I'm not a good example, but I only lost maybe 10~15% of my HP. I would imagine most can do W6-5 will probably 30% or so hp left. Well, as long as they are not a fairly new player.

Whaleship RNG too stronk. You can lose one run and finish the next at 50%.

New whale missions still easy enough to clear, 6-5 comes close but with that new break mechanic it's not terrible.

Originally Posted by Zandel

New whale missions still easy enough to clear, 6-5 comes close but with that new break mechanic it's not terrible.

Pretty much this. If it's too hard for some, then that's a prime indicator that you need to improve your girls; level, evo/bloom, equipment, affection/2nd affection, ampies. Don't forget about the new Promotion skills (1st turn ATK up is by far the best choice, a tanky unit with Taunt (and some form of Evade) can help ensure your stronger units don't die first).

Oh, and 6-5 is not advisable to just hit Start and ignore; make use of your Solar Blasts (try and reserve for the Ancient Pest exclusively since it adds a lot to the faint meter). Have one girl in the crew who can spawn solar shrine nodes on the map (Strawberry Candle, Nigella); having another who spawns healing nodes (Chocolate Cosmos, Lantana) can help (though usually it seems like 1-2 nodes spawn after the mid-boss Pest).

I lost on whale boat mission 6-5...

I was literally 1 hit away from victory...

Welp. There goes the rest of my motivation for the rest of the day. DX

I don't lose a single girl to the deck battles and start each ship battle with a solar blast, yet failure is still possible. My teams aren't that imbalanced. Being doable doesn't mean it's not harder than it was designed to be.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I don't lose a single girl to the deck battles and start each ship battle with a solar blast, yet failure is still possible. My teams aren't that imbalanced. Being doable doesn't mean it's not harder than it was designed to be.

Oh, no question that there is a significant jump in difficulty from 5-5 to 6-5. In fact, while I haven't failed 6-5 yet, I've been farming 5-5 this evening since the reward difference is only 20 medals and I don't have to pay attention at all while earning a mix of manyus for my new girls.