Light weight vs Ultra capacity tank, which is better?

[[BRE] Vauquelin]

Which one would I choose, what are the differences? Right now Ultra high capacity tank seems like the way to go. What are your thoughts?

[kwong20287]

More air and more weight vs high capacity tank air and less weight? I would choose the former. I keep the other in a locker just in case.

[[BRE] Vauquelin]

Does weight have a huge impact on your swimming speed?

[ImHelping]

Lightweight tank used to be a complete ****ing joke with only the default amount of air.

Now at least, it's a matter of taste since it's still the amount of a high capacity. It has an impact but not HUGE impact, it's more so you don't feel as sluggish once you put on the reinforced dive suit (Also, seaglide ignores your weight anyways).

If you want to bring a spare tank though (some of us like actually swimming longer in the Scuba game, go figure), lightweight. Because they made the ultra capacity tank a fat 3x3 inventory object.

In live at least, it's barley worth it since ultra is only +20 more seconds of air compared to lightweight. Though if I recall right, they made the Ultra actually live up to it's name in Experiemental, where it has almost as much air as I used to bring stacking a fat stack multiple tanks in my inventory so I could take my sweet time in degrasi sea base.

[kwong20287]

Originally posted by McFlurry:

Does weight have a huge impact on your swimming speed?

I use the seaside which I think has a constant speed regardless of weight. But if without, not that big of an impact unless maybe in wrecks.

[Cougarific]

Yes weight affects your swim speed. Someone did some testing recently (but *before* the most recent tank changes so not sure if this still holds) and in terms of time underwater vs. distance traveled the Hi-Cap tanks seemed like the better choice overall.

You could swap them out situationally (Hi-Cap for general exploration including wrecks, Lightweight for gathering materials), but I doubt anyone would go to all that trouble for the modest improvements you'd see using one or the other.

[ImHelping]

Originally posted by Cougarific:

Yes weight affects your swim speed. Someone did some testing recently (but *before* the most recent tank changes so not sure if this still holds) and in terms of time underwater vs. distance traveled the Hi-Cap tanks seemed like the better choice overall.

You could swap them out situationally (Hi-Cap for general exploration including wrecks, Lightweight for gathering materials), but I doubt anyone would go to all that trouble for the modest improvements you'd see using one or the other.

I'm assuming you mean the ultra tank. Because now the lightweight tank has the same air time as the Hi-Cap, instead of the old useless default time on lightweights.

As well, the Ultra tank is still a bit of a waste in the Live build, where it's only 20 more seconds than the Hi-Cap/Lightweight. Rather than doubled in buggy as hell Experimental. So unless they are playing experimental, might as well go with the lightweight.

Particularly for any hot swap antics as Ultra is a needlessly huge 3x3 size in the inventory grid, while the other tanks are still 2x3.