Airship Guide

[Loony_BoB]

I think questions were asked about DoL/DoH materia islands before - I've been farming for DoH materia (13-17) pretty much non-stop with 3x airships (we keep one open for Diadem) and have continued to get only III & IV materia (and rarely at that, grumble grumble RNG) and have not unlocked any new islands.

[Tarusclera]

anyone have the list of the item required for last new project? i try to find out online to start to collect them.. but seems require rly few material.. but some high craft.. it's like that? ty

[Zantitrach]

Cluster from 24 is Deep Green! Not that it's the most exciting thing there, anyways...

Well, I said I'd update the images, I never said I'd do it *right* <.< (fixed, thanks!)

And thanks for the report of Deep-red Clusters. I'll assume Deep-green comes from 24. I wonder if there's a 25 out there for us to find?

He listed above that deep-green come from 24 =P

I think questions were asked about DoL/DoH materia islands before - I've been farming for DoH materia (13-17) pretty much non-stop with 3x airships (we keep one open for Diadem) and have continued to get only III & IV materia (and rarely at that, grumble grumble RNG) and have not unlocked any new islands.

There's no question here.... but I assume its about DoH V materia? I haven't gotten any yet myself.

As someone who just likes to look up builds and send ships out, is there already an updated collector's quartet, factoring in the new Viltgance parts?

Not yet.

[Nyalia]

He listed above that deep-green come from 24 =P

See, the trick is, I don't actually know how to read. I just fake it really well. <.<

[Hanmerreborn]

Anyone else getting far less stuff back from their airships?

I used to get decent amount of dravanian motes and a ton of IV materia prior to the patch.

Since the patch I've only gotten a set of tier 3 gatherer materia (4), and the rest of the runs minus one return of two dinosaur fossils have only brought back the super common materials.

[Alistaire]

Anyone else getting far less stuff back from their airships?

I used to get decent amount of dravanian motes and a ton of IV materia prior to the patch.

Since the patch I've only gotten a set of tier 3 gatherer materia (4), and the rest of the runs minus one return of two dinosaur fossils have only brought back the super common materials.

Yeah, it's been remarkably bad. Just haven't really called it a big enough sample size to chalk it up to anything other than bad luck.

[Hempen_Kecks]

I don't particularly understand the way the loot works with regards to the first thing you find and the second thing you find - if they're different tables or something. But I thought I'd share this result!

[Mjollnir]

I don't particularly understand the way the loot works with regards to the first thing you find and the second thing you find - if they're different tables or something. But I thought I'd share this result!

Well that's an extremely disappointing extraction yield!

[Nyalia]

I don't particularly understand the way the loot works with regards to the first thing you find and the second thing you find - if they're different tables or something. But I thought I'd share this result!

Well, your Mammet filled out that log... Unfortunately for you, I think it's learned sarcasm.


As far as I know, the two drops are calculated independently of each other. My understanding is that the chance of getting a second drop is based only on your Surveillance score, and your chance of getting higher yields is based only on your Retrieval score, and all three checks (1 survey, 2 retrieval) are all independent dice rolls.

But, however it works, I'm fairly certain the cacluation is set up such that you can never get "poor" or "below average" yields from early sectors, and the later the sector, the more Retrieval you need to have the same effect.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

I don't particularly understand the way the loot works with regards to the first thing you find and the second thing you find - if they're different tables or something. But I thought I'd share this result!

Can you post your airship stats pls.

I'm trying to farm zu mounts for my FC and I'm wondering if a high surveillance build is a good idea or not.