Trying to decide which will be the better option for my FC based on the information out there on exploratory missions. We currently have 2 groups running Alex savage that we'd like to bring into the new mode. And we are aware of the 20 min cooldown on using the airship.

The dilemma is we only have 1 lvl 31 airship currently. Is it better/more important to get to sector 8 and get a 2nd airship up and running or try and push for the 1 airship to get to lvl 50 first so we can do hard mode of these missions? Will the hard mode missions requirement more than just an 8 man party to kill the creatures there (I know this could be speculation but some of this may have been answered during the live letter and I overlooked it)?