Airship Guide

[BonzaiFerroni]

We're having much the same trouble as you. I've been out of it for a few days being sick but I'm gathering all our logs and will input. Like Yarem said, I think it's just harsh RNG and we just gotta keep combating it with more runs to the sectors. Keep after it, you at least have better ship parts than us

Yeah, beyond visiting the right sector no one has found the magic formula for unlocking sectors The surveillance theory seems very unsupported. I tried to be clear in the OP that it is basically no more than superstition at this point, but it might be time to take it out entirely, at least from the sector map.

[Firetta]

I had a heck of a time finding sector 5. The only thing I can say is that it was after sector 02, and I had just upgraded my Aftcastle to Invincible when I finally found it. I had been rocking Invincible/Bronco/Invincible/Bronco for five or so attempts with absolutely no luck until I made that change. It's still probably voodoo, though.

Meanwhile, I've found a new sector on every one of my last voyages (5-8) with the same equippage.

[Waring]

Airship #3 unlocked!

First time exploring sector 14 did it, also have yet to unlock sector 12 on map so all silver sectors are not required.

[Waring]

Also 5 flight credits for 3rd ship

[BonzaiFerroni]

Airship #3 unlocked!

First time exploring sector 14 did it, also have yet to unlock sector 12 on map so all silver sectors are not required.

Wow, awesome! Congratulations!

Edit: I recognize the name from the reddit post for the 2nd airship... you are truly the king of additional airship discovery! \o/

[Waring]

Also here's a thought; based on what our airships have brought back the bronze sectors give III materia, the silver sectors IV materia... maybe the gold sectors give V materia?

[Inzoum]

Alright, further info on airship dismantling:

We've just trashed out Workshop in preparation for tomorrow's move.

So far I can confirm that:

• Dismantling an airship resets its rank to 1 (there is a warning about this in the dismantling dialog)
• All parts are returned to the inventory, they are not destroyed in the process.

What remains to be determined, will know more tomorrow:

• Are unlocked prototypes retained in the Company Crafting Log after moving?
• Are extra airship slots retained after moving?
• Are unlocked skymap sectors retained after moving?

Find out more tomorrow!


On the bright side, if we have to completely entirely start over, we're already sitting on a few materials that will let us unlock prototypes again pronto. Plus, we have all parts all the way up to enterprise, so we won't have to fuss with crafting these all over again.

Note: We did not try destroying the workshop with the airship still stationed. I'm fairly certain this would not have worked, but if anyone else is in our situation, maybe try that first and see if it lets you keep your airship and rank. I doubt it though.

[Arcticharm]

Yeah, beyond visiting the right sector no one has found the magic formula for unlocking sectors The surveillance theory seems very unsupported. I tried to be clear in the OP that it is basically no more than superstition at this point, but it might be time to take it out entirely, at least from the sector map.

Seriously, we just got our ship back again from another solo SC07 run with nothing to show for it. This has got to be our 5th or 6th run to the sector with no sign of SC08. Definitely getting frustrated. We're using a full invincible build and I know a number of people have said they had enterprise parts by now so perhaps it's not safe to scrap the ship stat theory.

[Nyalia]

Seriously, we just got our ship back again from another solo SC07 run with nothing to show for it. This has got to be our 5th or 6th run to the sector with no sign of SC08. Definitely getting frustrated. We're using a full invincible build and I know a number of people have said they had enterprise parts by now so perhaps it's not safe to scrap the ship stat theory.

RNG is massive here. We did a couple solo runs of 07 will full invincible, and just unlocked it. We changed nothing. It's just luck.

I'm getting a bit discouraged by ship stats... I just did a weather vs Favor analysis, and it suggests that there's no correlation. With the two favor stats that we have over 100 data points for, it's exactly 10% no wind, 30% high wind, and 60% turbulence, for both 70 favor and 80 favor. That's across all sectors - the per sector per favor stat breakdown doesn't have enough datapoints, but looks like it'll converge on this 10/30/60 split.

On the "plus" side, I can't find a correlation between weather condition and retrieval rating (normal/high/optimal) either, so... I don't know if weather actually affects anything either.

I think Favor might be the chances of getting a "rare" item, but that's hard to datamine because of the issue mentioned above about how I wasn't clear what the "HQ" column meant, so I don't know how reliable the data is for that


I suppose the next thing to do is to analyze overall sector ratings with stats, or performance, or weather. I just don't know where to start there - there are just so many variables!



I changed the title of the sector unlock cell to be general notes about the run. In addition to unlocks, it would be nice to have the trip times if you know them so I can quickly map out the speed/distance/time formula. I'm curious about it.

Thanks to everyone who contributed for all the data! We have 163 trips logged so far and 26 ships (18 FCs) in our database. Keep it coming!

[ZukoDawg]

Hey mates,

I read through nearly every page and while much is said about sector 8, can someone confirm the following:

We've found sector 7, What I don't know is if we have to "only" travel to sector 7 and no where else in order to unlock 8?

My FC and I have all enterprise parts on hour ship, are rank 27 and have visiting sector 7 every stink'n day I just can't understand being stuck only going to 7 and would love to know if this is indeed the correct path to unlock 8.

Warm regards

-Zuko