Exploratory Mission

I'm hoping by starting this thread we can get some verification from the developers regarding the need for tanks of mission ceruleum. I'm going to assume that what they mean is "Free Company" credits are needed to purchase them, one per person, for a total of 640 per party, 1920 per alliance. Is there going to be some type of increase in FC credits earned to counter the very steep price to do these exploratory missions, or are we just expected to eat the costs until our coffers run dry?

Also, how is duty abandon by players be handled? Because with the 2 hour enter 'cooldown' it will be REALLY annoying if someone starts talking about leaving before the 90 minutes.

1920 credit per run, unless you run 12+ times a day (because multiple groups), isn't that much.

On a bad day I probably gain at least 640 credits on my own. Paying for an entire party.

I thought it was 1 tank per airship(party) used?

To me it sounded like one tank /per airship and if you don't go with an FC you get a "voucher" which I'm assuming is going to be sold in Ishgard for gil.

I imagine one will freely be able to trade these, even if each person had 99 on hand, 7920 FC credits, but at 2hrs a run rotation if say did it 3 times a day for 21 runs a week that's 21, so it would take about a month to use up 99 per person but the reason I say it this way is because if you can trade it/sell it then those with a lot of FC points with nothing to spend them on will most likely try to sell them and if they do getting a hold of 30+ on your own shouldn't be that tough.

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Originally Posted by AskaRay

To me it sounded like one tank /per airship and if you don't go with an FC you get a "voucher" which I'm assuming is going to be sold in Ishgard for gil.

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I read somewhere that it was 700g per person for the airship in Ishguard, just don't remember where.

There are what appear to be two different types of items used. There's the solo Mission Tank Ceruleum "voucher" from Ishgard, then the Tank of Mission Ceruleum for FC airships. It also says "everyone" must have it, so again, verification would be nice beforehand.

This is going to be a major pain. To participate in a FC mission, each player MUST have a Tank of Mission Ceruleum, which can only be purchased using the FC credits. Most FC's restrict who can spend credits. In addition, it will be very difficult to fill out a FC mission through the PF as everyone will need one of these tanks. I would guess that most PF missions would exclude those who don't have their own tanks.

I made a post about this problem after release of the preliminary patch notes.

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Originally Posted by seraseth

I read somewhere that it was 700g per person for the airship in Ishguard, just don't remember where.

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I read the exact same thing. I think it was in the patch notes, but it was also said on Duty Commenced as well that you would need 700 gil to buy a Mission Ceruleum Voucher, which would take you to the Diadem via Ishgard. And I believe that was per person, not just one per party.

As for FC transport to the Diadem, it was one Mission Ceruleum tank per airship. I'm 90% sure.

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Originally Posted by HakuroDK

As for FC transport to the Diadem, it was one Mission Ceruleum tank per airship. I'm 90% sure.

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From the patch notes:

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Free Company Exploratory Missions
When undertaking exploratory missions using a free company airship, players must form a party of at least two people. Players can also form an alliance of up to twenty-four players. There are no role requirements for entering The Diadem as an alliance. Each party or alliance member must have a tank of mission ceruleum in their possession, which can be purchased in exchange for company credits. One tank is required for each mission

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Each person needs a tank of mission ceruleum.

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Originally Posted by Waeksyn

From the patch notes:

Each person needs a tank of mission ceruleum.

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Well that's just silly.

...and SE was worried about people being unhappy with the lockout? Devs should have realized what a problem this will be for small FCs without a huge bank of FC points. We spent a bunch just getting our airships.
and how does it even make sense that everyone would need a tank, not just the party leader?

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Originally Posted by Waeksyn

From the patch notes:

Each person needs a tank of mission ceruleum.

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The big question is whether that's a mistranslation from party LEADER rather than party MEMBER.