How many airtanks and why?

eastofdeath · March 2016

I will start by saying what I use and why.
If I am gathering ore and resources I use 3. This allows me plenty of air as I keep a eye out for bubble producing plants.
If I am exploring a wreak I use 6 and the Rebreather, I have died in hardcore mode getting disoriented when in larger wreaks.

Rainstorm · March 2016

Depending if theyre regular ones or High Capacity ones, i usually got for 2-3 normal ones in earlygame for gathering mats. For exploration of the Wrecks and deep caverns i wait till i have both a Seamoth and High Capacity Airtanks (usually 4) so that my air capacity is well beyond 200 (add to that a rebreather of course).

I may get curious if new Wrecks are added that i havent seen before and go in even if i dont have HC Airtanks ill then go with 6-8 regular ones. So you see i havent answered your poll cuz the number i have on myself varies greatly depending on the situation/reg. or HC tanks

DC_Darkling · March 2016

2 high capacity.
Im usually to lazy to carry more airtanks on wreck dives. But I may consider doing so.
The big wrecks are becoming rather confusing.

rhys_elcins · March 2016

5 lightweights, (and ultraglide fins and a rebreather)
for me it strikes that near-perfect balance between time and speed and carry capacity, especially as I usually do my resource gathering in a cyclops (which still has solar panels on the top)

sabin77 · March 2016

3 heavy tank for more air. I don't care too much about speed.

ADM_Ntek · March 2016

i use 3 HC tanks lots of air and lots of inventory space.

eastofdeath · March 2016

I have yet to find in my current game (build 30600-30640) the High Capacity tanks and I can only dream of a seamoth. I did find the Nuclear Reactor

Ill have to try rhys_elcins build of 5 light and the ultrglide fins.

ChaosKnight626 · March 2016

I primarily use either 2 or 3 normal tanks with a rebreather, mainly cause I haven't gotten the modification station yet, otherwise I'd use HC tanks

zetachron · March 2016

1 HC tank, rebreather, ultraglide fins. Used to start with 1 normal tank and fins. For a short time I use 2 tanks until I get the seamoth tech. Reason is simply having space for fast harvesting and escape.

This might change as right now the fragment tech is a nightmare to find, especially power tech for my bases before my lifepod drifts away like a rocket. This is too stupid.

Sidchicken · March 2016

I usually run with 3 high-capacity tanks... gives 225 seconds of air (usually keep the rebreather equipped as well, unless I need the rad suit), which is usually pretty good for stayin' alive. I really want the dive reel to work properly for exploring wrecks - that would make finding your way out much less painful.

zetachron · March 2016

Sidchicken wrote: »

I usually run with 3 high-capacity tanks... gives 225 seconds of air (usually keep the rebreather equipped as well, unless I need the rad suit), which is usually pretty good for stayin' alive. I really want the dive reel to work properly for exploring wrecks - that would make finding your way out much less painful.

Try brain coral diving.

Bobythebee · March 2016

Always 3 lightweights tanks on my back, with the ultraglide fins (je suis un poisson).

Both on Cyclop and base I got always 2 more tanks for planning long expeditions, I guess I should add a pair of charge fins but, you know, once you got a locker full of High cap batteries, this isn't a problem anymore.

zetachron · March 2016

I only need 10 coral brain beds to dive from the island to the lava castle ... Achievement unlocked: "True Pacifist" - won the game without using tanks.

Myrm · March 2016

6x HC

zetachron · March 2016

eastofdeath wrote: »

I will start by saying what I use and why.
If I am gathering ore and resources I use 3. This allows me plenty of air as I keep a eye out for bubble producing plants.
If I am exploring a wreak I use 6 and the Rebreather, I have died in hardcore mode getting disoriented when in larger wreaks.

There's no option for 0 tanks. It's possible.

OoieGooie · March 2016

Nearly anything can be done with a Seamoth + 1 lightweight tank + glide flippies. You're super fast with lots of bag room.

Exploring tight spaces or confusing areas would require a lot more tanks. Speed vs Time is personal choice. Note speed allows you to avoid nasty monsters. I don't use guns.

Stab, stab.

eastofdeath · March 2016

"There's no option for 0 tanks. It's possible. "
I guess I should have a hardcore 0 option lol

Seamoth is getting hard to find I have explorded about 8 or more wreaks and no luck yet.

Vorg · March 2016

I found the seamoth, but can get the bay to build it, and resources have gone poof, so couldn't build it even if I had the BP

Wheeljack · March 2016

2-3 Normal tanks in the beginning, and then 2-3 HC tanks when I can upgrade them. It really depends on whether I need those extra four spaces for either scavenging or food and water.

Aegil · March 2016

2 HCs but ultra-glide fins. I tried out the Plasteel tanks and felt that I preferred the capacity to the increased speed. As for why only 2, I don't like a lot of back-and-forth when resource gathering.

j0ndav · March 2016

generally i use 2 high capacity becauswe i want more inventory space. If i need to go deeper than an upgraded Seamoth can handle i'll use 3 or 4

eastofdeath · March 2016

I just found th high capacity tanks this morning, I may have to revise and amend my remarks. lol

Jacara · March 2016

I use 2 normally, 3 for wrecks.

Nutrynion · March 2016

3 High Capacity, but also I drive around in the seamoth most of the time. You know you can also breath in the air bubbles that come out of the brain coral, if the situation demands...

Aegil · April 2016

Personally, one of the reasons that I go with High Capacity is that with the ultraglide fins on, I couldn't sense any appreciable speed difference between the HCs and Lightweights.

Icewave · April 2016

i like to use 2 early-game but after i get a seamoth i just use one because they slow you down a lot and it's really annoying

starkaos · April 2016

This was posted on the To Do List of Trello a couple of days ago.

1. Add a paper doll slot for the tank.
2. Change tank code so it doesn't count the number you have, but instead, your O2 and swimming speed are equivalent to the current game with 2 tanks.
3. Change the high-capacity tank to also be slotted into the paper doll.
4. Balance the high-capacity tank to be equivalent to the current game with 2 high-capacity tanks.
5. Change basic tank recipe to 4 titanium and 1 glass.

So this will completely change the number of tanks we use when it is implemented. I am guessing that it will be 105 seconds of oxygen with a regular tank and 165 seconds with a high-capacity tank. This will free up at least 8 slots of inventory or let us bring more air tanks depending on our preference.

zetachron · April 2016

starkaos wrote: »

This was posted on the To Do List of Trello a couple of days ago.

1. Add a paper doll slot for the tank.
2. Change tank code so it doesn't count the number you have, but instead, your O2 and swimming speed are equivalent to the current game with 2 tanks.
3. Change the high-capacity tank to also be slotted into the paper doll.
4. Balance the high-capacity tank to be equivalent to the current game with 2 high-capacity tanks.
5. Change basic tank recipe to 4 titanium and 1 glass.

So this will completely change the number of tanks we use when it is implemented. I am guessing that it will be 105 seconds of oxygen with a regular tank and 165 seconds with a high-capacity tank. This will free up at least 8 slots of inventory or let us bring more air tanks depending on our preference.

That would mean I now have to use the lightweight plasteel tank with ulraglide fins to still allow me extreme fast swimming. But at least we get a slot that makes sense (not like the gloves).

eastofdeath · April 2016

You can see your swimming speed if you hit f1 its about part way down the list.
Swimming on the surface is fastest, I haven't checked it with different tank/fin combos.

starkaos · April 2016

zetachron wrote: »

starkaos wrote: »

This was posted on the To Do List of Trello a couple of days ago.

1. Add a paper doll slot for the tank.
2. Change tank code so it doesn't count the number you have, but instead, your O2 and swimming speed are equivalent to the current game with 2 tanks.
3. Change the high-capacity tank to also be slotted into the paper doll.
4. Balance the high-capacity tank to be equivalent to the current game with 2 high-capacity tanks.
5. Change basic tank recipe to 4 titanium and 1 glass.

So this will completely change the number of tanks we use when it is implemented. I am guessing that it will be 105 seconds of oxygen with a regular tank and 165 seconds with a high-capacity tank. This will free up at least 8 slots of inventory or let us bring more air tanks depending on our preference.

That would mean I now have to use the lightweight plasteel tank with ulraglide fins to still allow me extreme fast swimming. But at least we get a slot that makes sense (not like the gloves).

You don't need to immediately switch to the lightweight plasteel tanks since it will be at least a week or two before it even is available on experimental.

Klinn · April 2016

I'm not sure adding the air tank to the player paper doll is a good idea. As you can see by this poll, different players have different strategies. Switching to a specific, fixed slot will reduce the options we can experiment with.

Maybe a paper doll slot for several common tank options, but the player can still add tanks to their inventory to supplement their oxygen supply?

How many airtanks and why?

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