Airship Guide

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Originally Posted by Millen1

They did not say the airship rank would go up though with a new set of airship parts and new islands to explore I would think the airship would go up to lvl 60 to 70. This is given they give 1 air frame capacity per level. The other guess is that it remains level 50 but the stats are different on the new part or the have high stats but take up less air frame capacity. Either way I am interested in the changes and I have sent my airship out to sectors 19 to 22 to see if they unlock anything when arriving after the server are back up. I tried this last time in 3.1 and 2 airships oddly found Diadem hard mode when they came back a few hours after servers came back up.

On a side note, the person that was updating the airship worksheet. Are they still here and will they be updating the work sheet or will others?

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Hi Millen, The main people that were updating the spreadsheet have mostly not had time as of late (due to children or work circumstances). The information from the sheet is also somewhat out of date or the past changes to the drops from different sectors was changed in the last series of updates so the information that was there is no longer fully applicable. We talked about creating a new spreadsheet to track only the new data but no one had time to try to sort the information or start a new sheet unfortunately and there wasn't really a good way to sort the information that is in the sheet now :(

Sorry to disappoint, if someone else wants to take up the mantle I'm sure we'd be happy to have fresh volunteers :)

Antique Leather (used in crafting the Expeditioner's Gear) from Sector 20.

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...psriiripax.jpg

Sector 23 unlocked from Sector 19

http://i.imgur.com/VdOcuY4.png

We got a Lump of tincalconite from Sector 07.

Got a Dinosaur fossil from Sector 15/

2x Dinosaur Fossil from sector 15.
https://i.imgur.com/fKTrVLY.jpg

Here are the new parts and their stats (i got pics but I dont care to upload them to a different site then link them here)

Viltgance-type Hull

• rank 50
  components 31
  survelliance 0
  retrival 0
  speed 0
  range +164
  favor -34
  7 airship repair materials <repair cost>
  mats to make (dark chestnut lumber 12, birch lumber 12, cobalt nails 12, ***galvanized garlond steel 6*** -- cassia block 3, adamantite nugget 6, hardsilver ingot 12, wing glue 12 -- darksteel rivets 12, titanium ingot 12, high allagan chimera leather 12, varnish 12)

Viltgance-type Aetherwings

• rank 50
  components 31
  survelliance 0
  retrival -34
  speed +164
  range -34
  favor 0
  7 airship repair materials <repair cost>
  mats to make (cassia block 3, mythrite nugget 12, ***galvanized garlond steel 6***, cobalt rivets 12 -- cobalt rivets 12, adamantite nugget 6, darksteel rivets 6, muthrite ingot 6 -- titanium ingot 12, ***galvanized garlong steel 6***, amphiptere leather 12, farreach canvas 6)

Viltgance-type Forecastle

• rank 50
  components 31
  survelliance +164
  retrival 0
  speed 0
  range 0
  favor +164
  7 airship repair materials <repair cost>
  mats to make (cobalt rivets 12, adamantite nugget 6, mythrite ingot 12, ***galvanized garlong steel 6*** -- darksteel rivets 12, titanium ingot 12, titanium nugget 6, aurum regis nugget 12 -- cassia block 3, darksteel rivet 12, celestine 6, hardsilver ingot 12)

Viltgance-type Aftcastle

• rank 50
  components 31
  survelliance -34
  retrival +164
  speed -34
  range 0
  favor 0
  7 airship repair materials <repair cost>
  mats to make (cobalt rivet 12, adamantite nugget 6, titanium ingot 12, ***galvanized garlong steel 6***, darksteel rivets 12, titanium ingot 12, cobalt joint plate 12, mythrite ingot 12 -- cassia block 3, augus regis nugget 12m high allagan chimera leather 9, farreach canvas 9)

https://i.gyazo.com/35d0412ef291ec1c...035c26cdd0.png

Antique Rugs from Sector 22!

Unlocked sector 24 from 21:

http://i.imgur.com/V0nesP9.png

Confirming sector 24 unlocked from sector 21!
http://puu.sh/nkod9/58bc2a1f3f.jpg

Did anyone fiddle around with new "best in slot" ships using the new parts? :D

is there any change in the amount of surveillance you need for the new sectors?

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Originally Posted by Arcticharm

Sorry to disappoint, if someone else wants to take up the mantle I'm sure we'd be happy to have fresh volunteers :)

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I'd be happy to take up the mantle! I can create a Google docs spreadsheet and make it available for everybody to see and update it with everybody's input. If you don't mind me taking and using what you've started as it's base. Let me know!

I'm not sure what the easiest way to do it is, through the forum our via email. Either way works.

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Originally Posted by ConflictedMind

is there any change in the amount of surveillance you need for the new sectors?

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Not for #24 at least. Imagine not for the others as well.

Our airship brought back Grade V Mind from Sector 21
http://i.imgur.com/pAL4axF.jpg


>>>EDIT: After I had finalized the mission, Sector 23 was discovered<<<

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Originally Posted by IrealiTY

Did anyone fiddle around with new "best in slot" ships using the new parts? :D

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Personally, without an increase in airframe capacity, the new parts don't do much for me. They follow the same cost/upgrade pattern as the previous tiers, and using a single one will cost more than half your airframe capacity. IMO, the only airship design that should consider using one would be a re-design of an airship already using Tatanora class component(s).

(Components listed as: Hull/Rigging/Fore/Aft)
(Stats listed as: Surveillance/Retrieval/Speed/Range/Favor)
So: Frugal Freighter (Invincible/Bronco/Tatanora/Tatanora)(120/140/50/84/136) - Must downgrade a Tatanora to Odyssey in order to upgrade the other Tatanora to Viltgance.

Option 1: Invincible/Bronco/Odyssey/Viltgance - 102/154/46/84/122 - Even slower, more retrieval but less Surveillance and Favor. Maybe good if you want to gather a ton of stuff, but loooong trips.
Option 2: Invincible/Bronco/Viltgance/Odyssey - 138/126/54/84/150 - More Surveillance and Favor, less Retrieval, slightly faster. Maybe better chance for good items, but less items at a time?

Frugal Flier: Enterprise/Bronco/Odyssey/Tatanora (106/140/50/98/118) - Downgrading the hull just puts you in Option 1 of Frugal Freighter modification, so must downgrade the forecastle further.

Enterprise/Bronco/Invincible II/Viltgance - 88/154/46/98/104 - Surveillance below 90 makes this a no-go, imo.

Fortune Seeker: Invincible/Invincible/Tatanora/Odyssey - 124/122/68/80/136 - For the sake of argument, I will assume keeping the Odyssey Aftcastle is desirable. Therefore, one of the hull or rigging must be lowered. Dropping the rigging brings us back to Frugal Flier option 2 again, so we have:

Bronco/Invincible/Viltgance/Odyssey - 138/122/68/66/154 - Great stats for collecting, but with a 66 Range, very limited options for destinations (I think it can still hit everything, and a few 2-sector, but not many). Still might be a good upgrade option.

Eager Explorer: Enterprise/Tatanora/Enterprise/Enterprise - 90/78/132/78/90 - Need to keep the Forecastle or we no longer meet 90 surveilance.

Option 1: Invincible/Viltgance/Enterprise/Enterprise - 90/74/146/60/94 - Faster, slightly less retrieval, can't go as far. As long as it can still reach ever sector (not sure if it can), it fits with the purpose of the Eager Explorer pretty well.
Option 2: Enterprise/Viltgance/Enterprise/Invincible - 94/60/150/74/90 - Even faster, even less retrieval, less range penalty vs option 1. I think this is probably the best thematic upgrade of all the options in this post.

Since the only Tatanora-using airship I use is a Frugal Freighter, for me, Viltgance changes nothing.

Does anyone have any good airship builds that are good for collecting gathering/crafting materia?

I found 1 dinosaur fossil in specter 15.

Dexterity Materia V obtained from sector 20:
http://puu.sh/nlp4K/92539ca667.png

http://i.imgur.com/QNfxGBF.jpg

Piety V from Sector 19.

antique rug from Sector 22

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Originally Posted by Khanscott

http://i.imgur.com/QNfxGBF.jpg

Piety V from Sector 19.

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I can confirm this also.

http://i.imgur.com/GNpmhKF.jpg

Obtained Iron Voyage Spoil from sector 24. Tradable for a Zu mount in Idyllshire.

http://i.imgur.com/tU627bN.png

Det V from Sector 21.

Iron Voyage Spoil and Cassia Logs from sector 24:
http://puu.sh/nm009/541d5b62a5.png

Confirmed: Dinosaur Fossil

http://BoutechCloud.device391685.wd2...058242ef6c5350

Copper spoil from sector 09.
http://i.imgur.com/BMQ7qH1.jpg

Got a Tilcalconite from sector 7:
http://i.imgur.com/BE6URr5.png

A quick question to clarify does 19 unlock Sector 23 again? I know its all RNG but any confirmation would be appreciated. =3

I confirmed that sector 23 is unlock by sector 19, i got it yesterday (after a few tries)

Got a Quicktongue Materia V from Sector 21. Will post up a screen later. Still waiting 6 hours for other airship to come back to see what it entails.

http://i.imgur.com/OMQCOaZ.png

Some music from sector 23

19 unlocks 23 21 unlocks 24

is there a current spreadsheet or doc that shows all this information and is being updated?

I have recently been given responsibility of the airships so am trying to learn what I need to do with them, and have gotten alot of information from this thread, So would like to say thank you :)

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Originally Posted by Dustytome

We got a Lump of tincalconite from Sector 07.

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confirmed, recieved a piece of tincalconite from Sector 7 today

I can confirm savage might materia V from Sector 21 and circle of dinosaur leather from Sector 19 .

Just had an airship Return from Sector 19 and Discovered Sector 23

A new exploratory voyage destination─Sea of Clouds - Sector 23─has been discovered!

Vitality V from Sector 24:
http://i.imgur.com/d6GVeel.png

Also confirming Antique Leather from Sector 20

http://puu.sh/nolfB/32916b79e0.jpg

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Originally Posted by Malakai

Got a Quicktongue Materia V from Sector 21. Will post up a screen later. Still waiting 6 hours for other airship to come back to see what it entails.

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http://i.imgur.com/DcBZLmP.jpg

I can confirm as well.

What stats do you guys have on your ships that are unlocking the new sectors. My voyage log has a message in it that says "Additional anomalies detected. However, current airship condition found insufficient for further exploration."

I'm assuming that means my ships stats aren't high enough. Maybe it means something else like I need to repair the ships ? They were in pretty rough shape after that mission.

Here's my current stats:
Surveillance 100
Retrieval 104
Speed 86
Range 104
Favor 100