Proto Research Tier Guide

Cyber's personal top 5 picks for research projects.

1: The holy trinity: (D-0xx Series, H-085 Series, and Q-0xx-UL Series)
	D-0xx Series and H-085 Series cost 5k coins and 5 cubes, but are worth it due to the large volume of rewards in a very short period of time. #1 picks
	Q-0xx-UL Series take 20 T3 plates instead of cubes, but don't give ship BPs. Still take these since they only take 30 mins to do and give a lot of EQ BPs for a good price. Treat it like an extra reset.

2: D-4xx Series:
	Kinda long, but still good rewards for 8k coins. Will give at least 2 of the advertised ship BP, and some other gold EQ BPs as well.

3: B-3xx Series:
	These ones are probably better than the D-4xx in terms of rewards and timing, but require you to clear 3 maps of Chapter 11, which depending on your fleet strength and threat level could take quite a bit of oil. If you're already doing Columbia or Sendai farming this one will be better than D-4xx.

4: D-3xx Series:
	These are probably your most consistent projects. They give up to 5 ship bps, and float around 3 for most people. They'll only give about 1-2 of the advertised ship, so you can take even if you're gunning for a different one.

5: G-412 Series:
	Incredibly cheap and fast, you at least won't feel bad if you get this one, but you won't feel excited. Gives at least 1 PR BP and sometimes 2. Not a high chance for PR EQ BPs though.


Cyber’s Full Notes on Researches

Notes
My thoughts on these are from entirely user generated data. Most projects will have a sample size of 2-3 unless it’s a D series, and some will only be 1-2. All observations are evaluated from a Ship BP standpoint unless explicitly stated. Once I get more data I’ll get a formal tier guide up and running so if you want that be sure to send me your research rewards!

B Series:
B-6xx Series: Weak rewards for what its worth. Save the oil for something else
B-1-2xx Series: Ditto to above. Probably will be slightly better
B-3xx Series: At around 0.5 PR BPs an hour for both ships and EQ, this one is pretty good. I’d take this over most blue/purple D series and G series projects. Newer Players will have trouble clearing W11 though so be warned

C Series
C-153 Series: Very little data so far, but it looks like it’s not even guaranteed to get a PR BP for ships. This is probably always going to be the worst option.
C-185 Series: At 0.125 ship BPs per hour, this one lags behind the D series and G series alternatives in terms of efficiency. I’d say it’s fine if you’re not going to be around for 8 hours and a bit broke, but I think I’d prefer a G-412 for 1.5k coins which also gives 1-2 ship BPs but in 1/8th of the time.
C-083 Series: This one seems even worse than the C-185, since the rewards are just barely increased but the time is extended by 4 hours. If you somehow sleep for 12 hours or are going away for a while, this is fine but otherwise not recommended.

D series
D-7xx Series: The D series begin to give at least 1 guaranteed ship bp of the one they advertise, at a cost of coins. The D-7xx Series are actually quite good on paper, with an average of 3 BPs per run of 2.5 hours. Do not that usually 2 of the 3 ship BP drops will be the advertised ship, so I only advise taking this one if it’s for a ship you want. They only give about 1 EQ BP as well.
D-3xx Series: These ones seem to have a bit more variance as they can range from 1-5 ship BPs for 5 hours. Not as good as the D-7xxs, but still better than anything in the C series. This one you can probably take even if you don’t want the ship it’s advertising.
D-4xx Series: Now we’re talking. 4-6 BPs at 8 hours is starting to get pretty good. Not that great in the PR EQ department, but they seem to give a boatload of non PR EQ BPs. Do note that at least 2 of them will be of the advertised ship, but you’re still getting 2 other ship BPs at least and the bonus will give 2 of the advertised ship instead of one. I’d take it regardless of whether or not I’m farming for the advertised ship. Definitely take unless you find a god project.
D-0xx Series: This is one of the projects types which I’m going to call “god projects.” First off, they’re 30 mins, so they fire off super fast and you can start up a new one pretty quickly. Second, they give 6-8 ship BPs, which is way, way more than previous projects. They also have double chance for bonus drops, and like the D-4xx series they’ll drop 2 BPs instead of one. Only downside is that they need 5 cubes in addition to the 5k coins and don’t give any PR EQ BPs. Unless you’re literally in single digit cubes or you have every ship at Dev 30. I’d say they are the #1 pick.

E Series
E-031 Series: Although 8 pieces of of gear isn't a lot, the 2 hours you will have wasted on this one makes this pretty bad.
E-315 Series: Higher chance of getting at least 1 PR BP, but still not 100%
E-1xx Series: **Caution. These do not give fully built equipment,** only a few BPs of the advertised equip. Otherwise these actually give quite a good amount of PR EQ BPs (4-6), and you might as well take them if you don't have any better D series or G series.

G Series
G-412 Series: Your bread and butter project. Utterly bland and boring, but sometimes you just don’t have anything better and you’re out of refreshes. 1.5 hours later you get your 1-2 ship BPs and maybe an EQ BP so you can spin the wheel again.
G-236 Series: I did have some data for these, but they were lost in the great reordering and frankly they weren’t that much better than the G-412 series rewards. Again, these are pretty boring, I’d take an off ship D series over these, unlike the G-412
G-531 Series: Bang on average. 0.5 ship BPs per hour, pretty much the same with eqs, 4 hours timer. I’m always happy to see these. Really the only downside is the 6k coin price tag if you’re not doing so hot on coins. Otherwise this will probably be the best purple project you get most of the time.

H Series
H-387 Series: Cubes man. Just can’t seem to have enough. These are pretty good, 2 ship bps per hours is already ahead of the pack, but the real question is if it’s worth the cubes, since this is worth 1 build in heavy/special and 1 build in light. All of the H series also seem to not give any EQ BPs, but you’ll always need ship BPs cuz 343 for dev 30. You’ll see these a lot, but it’s up to your cube reserves if you take them.
H-339 Series: Honestly same thing with the H-387. Double cubes for double time and double rewards, it’s about the same rate overall. Again, they’re great if you’re good on cubes but EN has a lot of events stacked up and you don’t want to miss any of those juicy limited ships.
H-207 Series: This is where I start to get a little skeptical. Although my current data states these give me around 5 ship bps, some have reported as low as 2-3 ship BPs. 10 cubes is a lot, and for if you only get 2 Ship BPs then it’s going to feel really bad. Skip unless you’re swimming in cubes like Scrooge McDuck
H-085 Series: God project numero dos (#2). Pretty much exactly the same as the D-0xx Series except you aren’t guaranteed any ship BPs, but you’ll probably get 1 of each anyways. Same deal, take this unless you’re hyper low on cubes or have all the ships Dev 30.

Q Series
Q-3xx Series: Now that I've gotten enough data on these, I have concluded that these are the worst research project. On average you'll only get some blue and purple EQ BPs, and maybe a couple hundred coins. Sure it only takes T1 plates, but I'd honestly spend an hour farming coins than taking this piece of junk. You can pick this one if you want to use it as a 1 hour long reset, but 1 hour is too long for me.
Q-2xx Series: Really similar to the Q-3xx, except they take T2 plates and are twice as long. I’d rank them about the same as their 1 hour buddy except for Q-202. Of note, they seem to give at least 1 Gold EQ BP, but it's still not great for 2 hours. Go make some +6 toolboxes instead.
Q-0xx-MI Series: Now these are taking T3 plates. Don’t have any data myself But I assume they’ll give better rewards than the blue ones. Definitely consider if they’re something like AA gun plates or torpedo plates, but these don’t rank as high as the Q-3xxs or the Q-2xxs for me.
Q-0xx-UL Series: The 3rd god project is great, except that it doesn’t drop ship BPs. But at 30 mins, and not requiring a single cube, this one is still more than worth it. Take it over pretty much anything.

T series
T-018 Series: It looks like these will give around 1 PR EQ BP, but the fact that these are 3 hours long makes them not worth
T-384 Series: Like the T-018 Series, but the timer is an extra hour longer. Not good for anything
T-249 Series: 6 hours for 1 PR EQ BP and 1 Non PR EQ BP is just not a good rate. Pass