Submersible Information Thread

[FalconPunchington]

I'd suggest the CUSC build if you're trying to economize. (S = Shark) You can put it together from the parts you already have and it will be capable of bringing back both otters and kamacite.

Ok, so. I see that 130 surv is needed for kamacite and below and 145 for otters. However, just a few posts before said that CCWC (130 surv) is enough to get otters. Am I missing something?

As an answer to my own question. It seems that a fleet will be mostly CCXC (x=anything, really), so dynamic parts will not be a thing like in airships. Anything not that will have too low of retrieval or speed, so it will take forever or not get enough of anything to make the trip worth it, or both.
Is a fleet like this good?:

CCYC
CCWC
CCWC
CUWC

[DrWho2010]

i'm not sure i'm going to bother with trying for any kamacite. just got my 3rd otter to sell mmmm gillll lol

[Fiorinol]

We finally managed to get an otter with a 170 surveillance sub with 105 favor. Now I'm trying to figure out how to upgrade our 3 other subs, because all of them have low stats and keep bringing back garbage that doesn't have much value, which makes sending them out pointless. Our second sub has Syldra-C-C-Shark, which nets us 130 retrieval, but it would need more surveillance.

[yosment]

Do I have to fix the submarines every time before I send them out? Even though they are only used once and have only a little bit worn out. The reason is that even if it is 99% good condition, the mission sometimes still says due to the condition the second roll will not happen. If I have to fix them every single time, then the consumption of the dark matter materials will be very high. Or is the unable to have the second roll due to the condition of the submarines completely RNG?

[AuricSeagard]

Do I have to fix the submarines every time before I send them out? Even though they are only used once and have only a little bit worn out. The reason is that even if it is 99% good condition, the mission sometimes still says due to the condition the second roll will not happen. If I have to fix them every single time, then the consumption of the dark matter materials will be very high. Or is the unable to have the second roll due to the condition of the submarines completely RNG?

The data I collected says that condition of the sub doesn't matter at all. I haven't found anything that players can do to change the number of misses the sub gets on the second anomaly. As far as I can tell it's a flat percentage that depends on the sector, so the message about "sub condition" seems to be meaningless.

If you have a botanist or miner retainer leveled to 50, they can go out and fetch Dark Matter Clusters for you, by the way.

[yosment]

Happy to hear that. Using13 repairing mats each time to send out a sub is not possible for me. Lol

[axemtitanium]

Have any other sectors come back with Colossus Slab or is it just Neolith Island?

[yosment]

Kamacity ore will come eventually but just takes time...

[yosment]

what is the success rate of Abroader Otter for you guys? I sent out my eight subs out 4 times a week for two weeks now, and got 2 so far. so the chance is like 2/64, around 3%. Same impression?

[Norri_Matora]

what is the success rate of Abroader Otter for you guys? I sent out my eight subs out 4 times a week for two weeks now, and got 2 so far. so the chance is like 2/64, around 3%. Same impression?

I think estimates were pointing at a 25% weather chance and a 10% drop chance during that weather. Something like 2.5% overall on the first anomaly, 1.5% on the second anomaly?