Airship Guide

[Nyalia]

So is it now confirmed favor is a better stat than retrieval?

See above - there's no proven (or even suggested) causation between high Favor and better drops. However, there may be some correlation there, because no stat affects the rarity, but higher Retrieval usually means lower Speed and lower Surveillance. Those two are the stats that actually matter. High Survey gives you a better chance to get two chances at an item per sector, and high Speed gives you more chances over time. So, a ship that has low Retrieval has higher of the stats that actually matter. Favor is not one of those. Retrieval doesn't matter because you only get 1 Spoil per hit (unless you get Optimal yield (which gives a chance at 2) and get lucky).

I wish people would stop saying that about Favor without any data to back it up =\ The only thing Favor affects, from my research, is exp gains.

[Resolute_Hunger]

B rank...yet 2 Zu mounts!

[Alistaire]

Is that research pre 3.2? Because something has definitely changed. Easily past the point of calling it "a few bad luck trips". All my ships with the same setup pre-3.2 have been consistently bringing back substantially less stuff.

[AaronHughes]

Thought I'd add another data point.

[Highwilds]

The other sector was 18 and yielded two iron giant cores.

[Almalexia]

Bronco / Invincible / Viltgance / Odyssey
138/122/68/66/154

[IllyriaKnotfred]

Invincible / Bronco / Viltgance / Odyssey
138/122/68/66/154

I'm a little confused ( i may just be dumb ) but when i add those parts together, it does not equal those numbers at all

[Almalexia]

I'm a little confused ( i may just be dumb ) but when i add those parts together, it does not equal those numbers at all

Ah, swapped the hull and rigging. will edit

[AaronHughes]

Nice! First haul of 3 I've seen. How long did the trip take with the bronco sail?