Submersible Information Thread

[QueenSophie]

Send to multiple locations and make sure to keep up with repairs if the parts are getting low. I may just be paranoid, but I seem to have horrible drops if any of the parts end up depleted by the end of a voyage.

I don't think the part wear matters at all, in my experience. I have over 30 vessels, and 5 are subs with the good builds for the rare items, and I get Marine Wax Esters, Colossus Slabs, Auriea Polyps, Abyss scrolls etc. whether parts are fulling repaired or depleted after a mission. I dont repair til they are damaged, cause you can send them out as long as they arent damaged, no matter how low the bars are. This way you get your most bang for your buck. I understand what you are saying, but I don't see it reflecting item RNG at all.

[Angevin]

I don't think the part wear matters at all, in my experience. I have over 30 vessels, and 5 are subs with the good builds for the rare items, and I get Marine Wax Esters, Colossus Slabs, Auriea Polyps, Abyss scrolls etc. whether parts are fulling repaired or depleted after a mission. I dont repair til they are damaged, cause you can send them out as long as they arent damaged, no matter how low the bars are. This way you get your most bang for your buck. I understand what you are saying, but I don't see it reflecting item RNG at all.

Can you recommend a good build? Right now I have two rank 30 ships and all 3 tiers of parts built. I'd like to be able to mix and match the parts that I have between the two subs for max benefit until I can build enough optimum build parts. Which leads me to my next question: what is the the current optimum build?

Thanks!

[DrWho2010]

a lot of rare item acquisition is rng dependent on the weather/turbulence conditions when your sub reaches the sector. For example for Colossus Slabs, you hopefully should get one if the report said the seas were clear and calm.

[geekgirl101]

btw I've been trying to conjure up certain builds that don't overlap parts and was wondering what you guys think of these 3:

100,90,30,115,65 (Unkiu, Whale, Shark, Shark)
45,75,125,85,75 (Shark, Shark, Unkiu, Unkiu)
25,140,70,120,100 (Whale ,Unkiu, Whale, Whale)

[Alien_Gamer]

I assume the first stat listed is surveillance? If so the second two set ups may not be worthwhile after the next set of nodes is released. I'm expecting a min surveillance requirement similar to airships.
Surveillance is also your chance of discovering items so a low surveillance seems like it would be self defeating; no point going anywhere if you can't see anything to get.

[StouterTaru]

Low surveillance isn't that bad if you're after the common items. With high retrieval you'll still end up getting two big wads of viviantines or junk materia most of the time.

[geekgirl101]

Yeah that's what I thought too. Unfortunately there's not a lot that can be done about the other 2 builds getting severely nerfed surveillance without going about builds using multiples of the same types of hull/rigging since it gets slashed by shark parts. I may have to give up on the idea of trying to make 3 builds using unique parts for each sub.

[Alien_Gamer]

There's a lot of RNG involved with what the subs/airships bring back, good luck with your ventures.

[Ayaria]

Since weeks i sent my three submersibles to the spot for collussus slab and i get all but not that item. Anyone has similar experience or a tip how to get that?

[Dustytome]

Since weeks i sent my three submersibles to the spot for collussus slab and i get all but not that item. Anyone has similar experience or a tip how to get that?

What parts are you sending them out with? That slab is one of the harder to get items so it could just be rng, but if you've got low surveillance then you're not going to get it at all.