Quote Originally Posted by Arcticharm View Post
To Nyalia's point I think that the proper way to do the experiment is to send ships with different components to a single sector to see how the retrieval stat works on items gained/quality of items. I also believe that it'll clearly take more than a few flights to really start to get how it works. I would suggest a sector like Sectors 5, 6, or 7 in which an FC could benefit from the deep crystals for FC buffs (you'll find you can never have enough of these) while also determining the question about stats.
I think that's a really good idea! I'd say sector SC05 would be the best candidate, as both "Heat of Battle II" and "Reduced Rates II" require Deep Red Crystals, and I feel like those are among the most common buffs to use. Though, SC06 has Shrub Seedlings and SC07 has grade 3 crafter materia, but I still think SC05 is the best choice of those.