Submersible Information Thread

[yosment]

I wanted to ask if a C,U,U,C build has been tested for Otter farming? I have sent these build ones to sector 7 and I can say that 110 favor will do for 2 trys but I'm not sure if 30 retrieval is sufficient.

Someone just advised me the following: "So go for a high surveillance and favor for best results. You won't need to worry about retrieval as all that seems to do is increase the size of the stack of items you get, and rare drops don't stack -- in general you just get one of those at a time no matter how high or low your retrieval is, so you're not going to get a stack of 10 Abroader Otters no matter what. Take enough range to get to your desired sector(s) and consider speed to be your second dump stat after retrieval."

So if you aim at rare items, retrieval might not be helpful. And I am tempted to di C U U S build. But I see your CUUC build's point as well. Using the C instead of S for the bridge can give 110 speed instead of 70 speed from CUUS. And the loss in favor is only 10, 110 for CUUC compared with CUUS' 120.

[T_Moon]

AerisVII
I wanted to ask if a C,U,U,C build has been tested for Otter farming? I have sent these build ones to sector 7 and I can say that 110 favor will do for 2 trys but I'm not sure if 30 retrieval is sufficient.

You may as well try C, U, U, U build then for the hunter boat. It would have a far higher Surveillance at 140, Faster at a speed of 100. I would expect it to be just at 24 hours a mission.

Quantity over Quality considering the Abroder Otter is 1 per trip to best that any one can prove.

[AerisVII]

You may as well try C, U, U, U build then for the hunter boat. It would have a far higher Surveillance at 140, Faster at a speed of 100. I would expect it to be just at 24 hours a mission.

Quantity over Quality considering the Abroder Otter is 1 per trip to best that any one can prove.

C,U,U,U is inferior in every expect lower serveillance, speed, and favor. How can it be better?

[T_Moon]

C,U,U,U is inferior in every expect lower serveillance, speed, and favor. How can it be better?

The three stats that matter when looking for the Otter are a surveillance over 135, Speed as high as possible to minimize trip time, and a high favor which is only 90 on this build so you wont always get a second loot item.
Range doesn't matter so long as its enough to reach Deep Sea Site 7 and Retrieval has no impact as the otter so far has never given more then 1 in a trip.

So yes its a terrible build for normal missions, but if your after only otters then I still stay it would be perfectly fine for the mission and is a very cheep sub to build.

[AerisVII]

The three stats that matter when looking for the Otter are a surveillance over 135, Speed as high as possible to minimize trip time, and a high favor which is only 90 on this build so you wont always get a second loot item.
Range doesn't matter so long as its enough to reach Deep Sea Site 7 and Retrieval has no impact as the otter so far has never given more then 1 in a trip.

So yes its a terrible build for normal missions, but if your after only otters then I still stay it would be perfectly fine for the mission and is a very cheep sub to build.

Your words "The three stats that matter when looking for the Otter are a surveillance over 135, Speed as high as possible to minimize trip time, and a high favor which is only 90" Now tell me how is C,U,U,U stats 140,15,100,95,90 is better than C,U,U,C stats 170,30,110,50,110 for otters?

[Norri_Matora]

Keep in mind that one of the reasons that the CCSyC set is edging out over the rest at the moment is due to the high favor rating that's allowing that second anomaly to spawn, followed by its fairly high Speed. We had an interesting report of the CSySySy hull recently that managed to snag an Otter off of a second anomaly:

Being able to spawn that second anomaly effectively doubles the efficiency of any sub that travels to a specific destination. Considering how fast Kamacite Ore is dropping in value, it's definitely worth spending the money for a single Syldra Bow at this point.

[Norri_Matora]

I wanted to ask if a C,U,U,C build has been tested for Otter farming? I have sent these build ones to sector 7 and I can say that 110 favor will do for 2 trys but I'm not sure if 30 retrieval is sufficient.

The CUUC would be a perfectly reasonable ship to use if you want to farm Deep-Sea Site 7 (W) exclusively. With 110 Favor for double anomalies and a blistering 110 Speed, It'll definitely put that 170 Surveillance to good use during its 1 day, 1 hour, and 36 minute voyage. Considering how cheap the ship costs to produce, a single drop will more than pay for itself.



If you're looking to farm three potentially profitable zones in a 2 day trip, another setup to consider would be the UUUC submarine. Meeting the 145 Surveillance requirement and sitting exactly on the 100 Favor stat, it should (in theory) still spawn double anomalies while farming the following route:

Neolith Island (I) > The Cobalt Shoals (K) > Deep-Sea Site 7 (W)



A similar result can be made with a full Coelacanth CCCC build, but the differences would be negligible. The voyage would take 1 day, 19 hours, and 13 minutes, putting it in the 2 day checkup window.

The viability of these last two ships hinges on whether 100 Favor spawns two anomalies or not.

[Thamorian]

I've been trying to get kamacite but it's been kinda low chance of getting them with stats of 120/105/60/85/85, exploring only the 2 zones confirmed to have them., Should I be focusing on different stats to increase my chances of Kamacite ore?