Predictions for ship price increases

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So i do this every year and here are my predictions for this year:

Redeemer(this ship has been worked and reworked to many times)
Crucible(all its brothers saw a huge increase)
Endeavor(this ship is far to huge and versatile to not have a price increase and i feel we are going to start seeing stuff on it this year)
Polaris(i think a minor buff on price but nothing to really get up on)
600i(with the touring not being released yet and the discontent behind the 600ie i believe both are going to go up and rework for Explorer version is going to happen. No idea if its this year or next but i definitely feel something will happen eventually)
 

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Endeavor(this ship is far to huge and versatile to not have a price increase and i feel we are going to start seeing stuff on it this year)
This is a weird one as the base is $350, like most old ships, but it does absolutely nothing without modules. A Master Set was $900(?) most recently, making it one of the most expensive "ships".

I doubt we see anything next year. They need a ton of functionality to make it work and there's lower hanging fruit. They've been on record stating it might not release until after the game goes live.
 

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This is a weird one as the base is $350, like most old ships, but it does absolutely nothing without modules. A Master Set was $900(?) most recently, making it one of the most expensive "ships".

I doubt we see anything next year. They need a ton of functionality to make it work and there's lower hanging fruit. They've been on record stating it might not release until after the game goes live.
You have to think about it I beleive the endeavor has some of the most versatile gameplay in the entire game. It's pretty much a do all mobile mini space station. if the reclaimer goes up in price to 300 usd just for salvaging garbage why wouldnt the endeavor? you are not forced to buy all the modules and i am sure we are going to see many more modules in the future or upgrade modules such as a bigger satelite or docking bay etc.
 
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I believe the hull series will get finished next year, and they'll get price increases all around. Hull E and Hull C have already seen some increases, but I think they'll get more. The hull series are going to be more or less the most attractive ships to safe space traders, with none of the cargo capacity sacrificed for anything else.

Hull A has 4 containers in the hologram, it originally was said to have 48 SCUs. These containers seem to be up to twice their own width in length or perhaps 3:2 length:width, and furthermore, the ends seem to have these 4 metal plates that seem like they could be a square meter each. Which could indicate each container is 12 SCU, for a total of 48 SCU. What's more, Nomad has 24 SCU cargo, so for a more dedicated cargo ship of the same size, 48 SCU is quite reasonable.
Hull C has 18*4*2 of containers which appear to be double length, it also seems like there was space for 6*4*2 more containers. Hull C was originally listed as 4608 SCUs. If each double length container was 24 SCUs in size, Hull C would remain at 4608 SCUs.
This would be kinda insane, but I think it would happen. This would make Hull -series THE trading ships, as they were intended.

Btw, once we get these cargo containers, I think Aurora CL and MVUP cargo could each be reworked to carry one. Possibly some other ships too. Don't think they'd see price bumps though. Could be something modest.
 
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I believe the hull series will get finished next year, and they'll get price increases all around.
This one is definitely going to happen. The only thing I could see holding them up is icache. I think we would need that to make it possible for pirates to shoot off and loot the boxes, which would increase pirate gameplay as they'd need to work in teams and coordinate a cargo ship. That Perseus holding 50scu is looking mighty fine, blasting shields down with its S7s and grabbing boxes. Even just one bundle of 48scu of something lame like Titanium would net you a hefty profit since you didn't pay for it.
 

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The Hull D is severely under priced right now. A Capital ship that actually has all capital components for $350.
And with the MSR Warbond giving $40 off combined with the Nomad Warbond, you got a $300 capital ship which holds 10k scu!
 

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Oh right, I just remembered that this quote exists:

“Can the hull ships carry smaller starfighters (packed or configured as cargo) such as the Super Hornet?”
Yes! Spacecraft can be broken down into their component parts for transport, or carried in their completed forms aboard larger Hulls. There is also a ‘midget fighter attachment’ being developed for the Hull E which will allow it to drop and recover escort fighters in exchange for cargo space.
Hull D would appear to be large enough to carry 24 hornets. Now, maybe they have to be boxed, maybe not. But it can carry a ton of vehicles, which would make it rather ideal for moving your operations to another system. Also feel like Hull D might get its own version of this "midget fighter attachment," seen how there is definitely enough room for it. (an ursa is around 60 SCU, snubs are bit larger but only like 100-200 SCU. Compare that to the 20k SCU a Hull D has...)
 
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So i do this every year and here are my predictions for this year:

Redeemer(this ship has been worked and reworked to many times)
Crucible(all its brothers saw a huge increase)
Endeavor(this ship is far to huge and versatile to not have a price increase and i feel we are going to start seeing stuff on it this year)
Polaris(i think a minor buff on price but nothing to really get up on)
600i(with the touring not being released yet and the discontent behind the 600ie i believe both are going to go up and rework for Explorer version is going to happen. No idea if its this year or next but i definitely feel something will happen eventually)
The Endeavor will definitely go up, I foresee it to become a civilian capital and the same price or more than the Kraken. Like Bengal Sized and more modules being added. The ship itself will probably be 725.00 and the modules will add to the total cost. The hanger size is being increased to the size of a large OO pad.
 
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The new text on the Endeavor landing bay. "Intended to support hospital operations, the landing bay has room to support multiple Cutlass Red ambulances and features complete decontamination facilities. "

The current size of the ship compared to the resized cutlass red. You see the discrepancy in size? Multiple cutlass reds in that original size?
 

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I wouldn't be surprised to see several ship prices go up very soon. Raising ship prices to fill under-represented price ranges is a great business strategy for CIG. It opens the door for them to release new lower-priced concepts again, especially 'LTI tokens', that then lead to them earning even more sales from the next generation of cross-chassis-upgrades.
 
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I believe the hull series will get finished next year, and they'll get price increases all around. Hull E and Hull C have already seen some increases, but I think they'll get more. The hull series are going to be more or less the most attractive ships to safe space traders, with none of the cargo capacity sacrificed for anything else.

Hull A has 4 containers in the hologram, it originally was said to have 48 SCUs. These containers seem to be up to twice their own width in length or perhaps 3:2 length:width, and furthermore, the ends seem to have these 4 metal plates that seem like they could be a square meter each. Which could indicate each container is 12 SCU, for a total of 48 SCU. What's more, Nomad has 24 SCU cargo, so for a more dedicated cargo ship of the same size, 48 SCU is quite reasonable.
Hull C has 18*4*2 of containers which appear to be double length, it also seems like there was space for 6*4*2 more containers. Hull C was originally listed as 4608 SCUs. If each double length container was 24 SCUs in size, Hull C would remain at 4608 SCUs.
This would be kinda insane, but I think it would happen. This would make Hull -series THE trading ships, as they were intended.

Btw, once we get these cargo containers, I think Aurora CL and MVUP cargo could each be reworked to carry one. Possibly some other ships too. Don't think they'd see price bumps though. Could be something modest.
I'm in agreeance with that one also i dont think its going to be a huge increase like endeavor but there will probably be 20 usd for the smaller ones 50 for the bigger ones. The big ones i think are going to be a while until they get done but the smaller ones should roll out this year.
 

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I'm with you on the Crucible. I have a CCU laying around for one. I'm hopeful that when repair is on the horizon it will be a great ship to have around when a Vulcan's patch jobs won't suffice.
 

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Literally all of the unreleased ships. I think the 350 usd ships especially will go up to 550 to 650 same as the carrack did, simply because people are willing to pay more if it can be used immediately. BMM will likely make another big jump or two as well.
 
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With the exception of the Hull are, I have all the ships I want, and more than I really need/could use. I am happy with what I have, barring what they release in a few days.

Oh, and I expect 3.12 will have a surprise or two...
 
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