Airship Guide

[BonzaiFerroni]

Very nicely demonstrated XD Although it may not follow in a logical sense, the higher weight of the final sector might just be a programming shortcut (or even a bug). The voyage rating as a whole doesn't actually seem to be that important, it is the sector ratings that influence exp gains. Maybe this is why they didn't feel the need to make the algorithm as logical as it could be.

Slightly unrelated:
I hadn't mentioned it before but the "low" retrieval ratings are actually something that were added after launch. For the couple months, up until that patch, the lowest you could get was "normal." I saw you mention it before, that you believed you had just missed it, but it actually wasn't there to begin with. All the data gathered before the change will be a tiny bit skewed.

Another possible reason that the final sector rating may have a higher correlation might be if we consider the method of "diminishing ship resources" being used throughout the voyage to be true. If a ship has enough "resources" left over to do well on that last sector then it'd have a positive correlating effect on the overall rating.

Good point!

You guys and this thread and the wealth of information therein are all amazing.

Thank you! I always look forward to checking this thread to see what new things people have discovered \o/