Airship Guide

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Originally Posted by Zetsumei_Tsunarashi

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

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That message has nothing to do with your stats. It's just rng.

Slapped-together Viltgance-type Airship photoshop for anyone to see what could have been.

http://puu.sh/nmAEp/ee2ffa66f1.png

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Originally Posted by JungChida

Slapped-together Viltgance-type Airship photoshop for anyone to see what could have been.

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Nice airship, i hope they put glamour on airship so we can do it.

Confirmed: Tincalconite

http://BoutechCloud.device391685.wd2...127a02bc7fb617

Hey gus, my airship gt back from sector 15 today with a dinosaur fossil

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Originally Posted by Taz72

Hey gus, my airship gt back from sector 15 today with a dinosaur fossil

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I already posted that about sector 15 with a picture. It's on page 99 of this forum.

[IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...ship%20log.jpg[/IMG]

Can anyone confirm the changes they made to the recipes in the workshop? They mentioned making changes to the party requirements in the live letter. Do the Aetherial Wheel buffs require a full party to turn them in still? Did they extend that to perhaps the Housing recipes as well?

Aetherial wheel need 4 people (at least) to complete...
Don't have any ideas about the changes to he workshop

Dexterity V materia found in Sector 20

Sector 21 > 19 venture.
got 7 tier V Materia 'o'/

Sector 21:
3x Determination V
1x Spell Speed V

Sector 19:
3x MND V

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

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Originally Posted by ChibiNee

Aetherial wheel need 4 people (at least) to complete...
Don't have any ideas about the changes to he workshop

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Workshop projects always needed 4 people to complete.

found it by sending airship on route 19, 20, 21

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Originally Posted by Xenora

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What kind of Build are you running? Can you post your Parts/Stats? Thats awesome. Guess x3 yeild is the best we can get for Tier V materia with S Rating.

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Originally Posted by Soylent

Workshop projects always needed 4 people to complete.

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Here is the dev post in regards to the Workshop changes.

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Originally Posted by Zhexos

Greetings,

Thanks for all the feedback!

As we've been receiving lots of comments in regards to the number of players that are required for company crafting, the dev. team is currently considering making adjustments to where some of these company crafted items can be handled on your own.

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Originally Posted by PROBOUND

Here is the dev post in regards to the Workshop changes.

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Nothing about that indicates a change has been made.

Do we know if OP plans on updating top post eventually? Last Airship update he was rather on top of adding information to the top post.

Don't mind me, im lazy, I hate sifting through the posts to find what im looking for lol.

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Originally Posted by PROBOUND

What kind of Build are you running? Can you post your Parts/Stats? Thats awesome. Guess x3 yeild is the best we can get for Tier V materia with S Rating.

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The airship which brought back the 7x V materia was using
Hull: Invincible
Rigging: Invincible
Forecastle: Tatanora
Aftcastle: Odyssey

Sector 18 - Strength V

Sadly, both Bonzai and I have been stolen away by out of game stuff. He did give me access to the image files and I do have some time right now to edit things, but not enough time to compile the new data mentioned here and cross-reference it with data posted elsewhere for verification and such. If someone compiles the new data for me in one place (in one post), I'll find the time to edit the images in the OP.

Thanks for the update Nyalia! I hope you're both doing well.

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Originally Posted by Nyalia

If someone compiles the new data for me in one place (in one post), I'll find the time to edit the images in the OP.

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Materials:
Sector 7 -> Tincalconite
Sector 8
Sector 9 -> Copper Voyage Spoil
Sector 10
Sector 11 ->
Sector 12
Sector 13
Sector 14
Sector 15 -> Dino Fossil
Sector 16
Sector 17
Sector 18 -> G4/G5 Materia (STR)
Sector 19 -> G4/G5 Materia (PIE)
Sector 20 -> G4/G5 Materia, Antique Leather, (DEX, Parry)
Sector 21 -> G4/G5 Materia (MND, DET, SS)
Sector 22 -> Anitque Rug
Sector 23 -> Music Sheet
Sector 24 -> Iron Voyage Spoil

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Originally Posted by PROBOUND

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Thank you, that definitely helps, but do you have more details for SC23/SC24? The sectors that unlock them, the surveillance requirement, the common items dropped, the distances from SC23 to every other sector, and from SC24 to every other sector, etc. Has anyone delved into item databases to verify there are no other new items?

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Originally Posted by Soylent

That message has nothing to do with your stats. It's just rng.

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It's confirmed that unlocking new area is 100% pure rng? I was considering changing airship parts to unlock area 24.

Also, anyone know if there's any stats requirement to get the music sheet from area 23?

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Originally Posted by SokiYagami

It's confirmed that unlocking new area is 100% pure rng? I was considering changing airship parts to unlock area 24.

Also, anyone know if there's any stats requirement to get the music sheet from area 23?

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It's all RNG. I spent the last 3 months sending all 4 of my ships to 21 to unlock 22. Juuuust go it a day or two ago. RNG can be evil.

Thanks for the confirmation, guess it's time to kidnap some lalafell for RNJesus's offering then.

It's pure rng XD
Hopefuly not based on ship stat so you can spam the sector with a fast ship
Then hit the new sector with a high collecting ship !

Let's burn some lalafel to RNGesus
Unlocked sec24 yesterday
Hope ships will get the token for the zu !!!

There's no way to confirm anything 100%, but all evidence points to unlocking sectors being pure RNG. If you care far more for the unlock than the loot in the unlocking sector, I recommend using the best rigging you can and worst Aftcastle. Here's possibly the best ship for working toward unlocking sectors 23 and 24 at the same time:

The Ninja Locksmith - maximum speed, minimum surveillance for rank 50 sectors, low range, minimal retrieval

• Hull: Invincible II
• Rigging: Viltgance
• Forecastle: Enterprise
• Aftcastle: Bronco

• Surveillance: 98
• Retrieval: 46
• Speed: 154
• Range: 88
• Favor: 86

That's literally the fastest ship you can make that will be able to hit both sectors (Route: 21 > 19) at once.

Once you unlock one sector, if you like the remaining unlocking sector's loot at all, you can swap to the following for hitting just that sector. It'll go a little slower, but your loot should be much better:

The Lightning Thief - almost maximum speed, moderate surveillance, low retrieval, minimal range

• Hull: Bronco
• Rigging: Viltgance
• Forecastle: Invincible II
• Aftcastle: Enterprise

• Surveillance: 104
• Retrieval: 74
• Speed: 146
• Range: 46
• Favor: 112

The Airship Builder in my sig has been updated to include Viltgance parts. The Airship Builder in the Airship Quick Reference sheet has also been updated. I'm working on updating the item list in the Quick Reference sheet when I have time. I'll do the master log sheet later - I haven't had a chance to open that sheet in many months, so I have no idea if people have still been using it or what people are doing about reporting the new sectors there.

I'll update the images in the OP soon too.

Question - has anyone obtained Grade III materia from sectors SC18+ since 3.2 hit? Also, has anyone tried farming SC17/SC22 for Grade V Crafting/Gathering materia? And, what materia have people found in sectors 11-17 since 3.2? Not the type, the grade. I highly doubt the types have changed, just the grade range.

It used to be Grade II-III for SC1-SC10 and Grade III-IV for SC11-SC22. We need to find the new breakpoints for the grade shift, and what the new ranges are. Is it IV-V, or III-V for the last group? Are Grade II materia still obtainable from early sectors (they were always super rare)?


(EDIT: Also, there is no Mind materia in SC21. The person who reported that misread their report. Their screenshot shows they went 21->19, finding Platinum Ore and Savage Might III in 21. That leaves Mind V and Cassia Logs to have been found in SC19, which is where Mind materia has always been. Also, on that note, I've answered my first question - grade III materia is still obtainable in the same sectors that grade V materia is found)

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Originally Posted by Nyalia

Question - has anyone obtained Grade III materia from sectors SC18+ since 3.2 hit

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Got 9 Grade III MND from sector 19 today.

Well, I sat down and updated everything that I could without doing more research than is in this thread. If someone is interested in doing research elsewhere on the internets, ask around among other FCs who do lots of airship stuff, and so on and let me know what you find, I'd love to have the rest of the info.

One thing that many people don't think is interesting but would really help is the common drops from SC23 and SC24. Does SC23 drop Birch Branches and SC24 drop Dark Chestnut Branches like the pattern suggests? Do they drop Cassia Logs like SC14-SC22? Do they drop Deep Color Clusters like SC11-SC22? What about the materia types in SC23 and SC24? I'm expecting INT, VIT, Heaven's Eye, and Savage Aim, especially if SC14 and SC15 (the latest sectors to have those four) can't drop grade V materia. Each will have a primary (INT/VIT) paired with a secondary (Heaven's Eye/Savage Aim).

(EDIT: Oh, someone reported VIT V from 24. I wonder if that means INT V comes from 23? That'd make 3 sectors with INT IV when most others have only 1, but if not, I dunno where INT V comes from)

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Originally Posted by Nyalia

Question - has anyone obtained Grade III materia from sectors SC18+ since 3.2 hit? Also, has anyone tried farming SC17/SC22 for Grade V Crafting/Gathering materia? And, what materia have people found in sectors 11-17 since 3.2? Not the type, the grade. I highly doubt the types have changed, just the grade range.

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We've gotten Grade III Quicktongue from Sector 21 and Grade III Craftsman's Command from Sector 17 since the patch.

SC23:
- Is a 5-star Sector, requiring Surveillance 90.
- The base distance is 45, and like others takes 13 distance to survey.
- The music contained there is Faded Copy of A World Apart.
- The airship item is Cassia Log.
- The regular item is Ferberite.

If there is materia in 23, I haven't been using high enough stats to bring it back.

SC21 is also spitting out Cassia Log, in addition to the Quicktongue V and Savage Might V. You likely had that, but I didn't see Cassia Log on SC21's table so I thought I'd include it to be sure.

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Originally Posted by Hempen_Kecks

SC23:
- Is a 5-star Sector, requiring Surveillance 90.
- The base distance is 45, and like others takes 13 distance to survey.
- The music contained there is Faded Copy of A World Apart.
- The regular item is Ferberite.

I'll edit this post in about an hour when my ship returns from there again.

SC21 is also spitting out Cassia Log, in addition to the Quicktongue V and Savage Might V. You likely had that, but I didn't see Cassia Log on SC21's table so I thought I'd include it to be sure.

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Thanks! The QR sheet hadn't been updated for 3.1, if that's what you mean. I have since updated it to include everything we currently know.

Wait, seriously, SC23 drops Ferberite and not Birch Branches? That's super weird. That shouldn't drop again until SC25. It's the first time the pattern for the garbage mats, which holds from SC01 to SC22, breaks. Hmm.

Some sector 24 results:
http://i.imgur.com/l9g7V3O.png
http://i.imgur.com/OUmsP7x.png

(Savage Aim III and Dark Chestnut Branch)

Distance from Sector 24 to Home, and Sectors 1-22:
Home: 28
Sector 01: 23
Sector 02: 24
Sector 03: 25
Sector 04: 31
Sector 05: 18
Sector 06: 14
Sector 07: 17
Sector 08: 10
Sector 09: 5
Sector 10: 21
Sector 11: 14
Sector 12: 30
Sector 13: 10
Sector 14: 22
Sector 15: 15
Sector 16: 26
Sector 17: 17
Sector 18: 7
Sector 19: 10
Sector 20: 12
Sector 21: 12
Sector 22: 20

I <3 you, Ilmoran ^.^

I'm not going to put Ferberite down for 23 unless someone confirms it. It'd be so weird for SC23 to break the pattern when SC24 follows it...

Compiling some other sector 24 results from earlier in the thread:
http://puu.sh/nm009/541d5b62a5.png
http://i.imgur.com/d6GVeel.png

Cassia logs (can be seen just below the Iron Voyage Tooltip) and Vitality Grade V.

Glad that Ferberite and Cassia Log from 23 could be confirmed. Took a peek under the hood, so to speak, and there are only 2 new sectors, 23 and 24. Nothing else to be found, yet.

Since Ilmoran presented those distance values for 24, I thought I'd do the same for 23! Now what's the distance between them...?

Distance from Sector 23 to Home, and Sectors 1-22:
Home: 45 (This is just distance -from- Home as well, right?)
Sector 01: 39
Sector 02: 43
Sector 03: 35
Sector 04: 50
Sector 05: 36
Sector 06: 29
Sector 07: 36
Sector 08: 29
Sector 09: 23
Sector 10: 40
Sector 11: 23
Sector 12: 48
Sector 13: 16
Sector 14: 29
Sector 15: 11
Sector 16: 42
Sector 17: 32
Sector 18: 25
Sector 19: 8
Sector 20: 15
Sector 21: 22
Sector 22: 27

Thanks for the distances! But, where's the confirmation of Ferberite?

Fair point! I didn't take a shot of my previous log and didn't get a regular item this time, so I apologize for that. Misread the previous picture showing it as a 23, when it was a 24. I'm a little new to contributing to this thread, though I've been reading it since the start.