Post IAE Fleet Pics

[Richard Bong]

Well, I've spent my budget for the year. Here is my post IAE fleet pic.
Two things changed. My MSR became a Redeemer and I closed out my Zeus MkII MR chain.
Given the second IAE video, the Eclipse is likely, in the future, to become a Hammerhead. The ridiculous number of bugs and general performance has me seriously thinking about turning my F7C MkII back into a Sabre. And, so far, I'm not impressed by the Zeus Mk II ES (the loaner for the MR) and that may, or may not wind up as something else, time will tell.
What is yours?

 

[Dirtbag_Leader]

Well, I managed to keep my spending down to $50 total this year for a few WB CCUs, but pairing those with some existing ones and a LOT of other CCU melting/swapping, I've got things pretty well situated now and I only need $100 for some old LTI buyback tokens to make the full fleet look like this:

The only slight question is the Odyssey, which could potentially be a Perseus, Odyssey, or A2, but other than that I'm pretty happy. Got Vanguard, 'Deemer, and Polaris w/fighters for fighting, Arrastra for mining, BMM for shipping, Carrack & 600iE for exploring, MR, MSR, and Phoenix for Daily Driver duties, and the modular Galaxy for 'else.' I think this lets me cover most of the bases other than salvage, and is also a nice mix of solo/small crew/medium crew options.

 

[Blind Owl]

Well IAE and CCU sales ain't done yet, so my fleet changes haven't happened yet, lol. But when they do, I reckon I'll upgrade my MSR to a Pally and my Defender to a SLMAX.

 

[Mudhawk]

Thank you guys for making me NOT feel like the only easily fooled nerd with bad spending habits.
That being said, here comes the family picture:

I got an Update Ironclad -> Hercules M2 -> Ironclad Assault on my hands. Gotta wait until the Ironclad drops. Then we'll see. But as long as she doesn't completely disappoint that ticket is gonna get redeemed. Even if it's simply because of those beautiful Test colors...

 

[Richard Bong]

Well, I managed to keep my spending down to $50 total this year for a few WB CCUs, but pairing those with some existing ones and a LOT of other CCU melting/swapping, I've got things pretty well situated now and I only need $100 for some old LTI buyback tokens to make the full fleet look like this:
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The only slight question is the Odyssey, which could potentially be a Perseus, Odyssey, or A2, but other than that I'm pretty happy. Got Vanguard, 'Deemer, and Polaris w/fighters for fighting, Arrastra for mining, BMM for shipping, Carrack & 600iE for exploring, MR, MSR, and Phoenix for Daily Driver duties, and the modular Galaxy for 'else.' I think this lets me cover most of the bases other than salvage, and is also a nice mix of solo/small crew/medium crew options.

I walked away with $60, which is $10 more than I should have spent, and $50 more than I would have spent if I hadn't decided to try to play, and discovered how much I hate the cargo loop they envision, especially trying to load the MSR.

 

[BUTUZ]

Didn't spend anything - I am immune to CIG's toxic girlfriend vibes now.

 

[Blind Owl]

I have bought every single WB CCU they offered since IAE launched, hahaha. Because why not?

 

[LurchLord]

New money spend: Zero €$, no new money 'till Pyro plus 1 year
Store credit spend: quite a few €$

As originally planned, the C8R is now the Medical Turtle
Also as planned, made the F7C into a F7C-R (Mk II , but that's not on the Hangar Viewer Thingie yet)
Not quite as planned, I took the Corsair out of my fleet (that part was planned, I got an Aquila and don't need more explorers) and turned it into a Paladin (I like the idea of a gunship and I want one)

 

[wmk]

I didn't spend a penny
I melted some stuff, as usual, and applied some old CCUs, incl. the one I got from my old buddy @Blind Owl ; )

I still have M2 to Odyssey CCU. I ran out of store credits, but if it turns out that Odyssey is cooler than Polaris as a long-range ship capable of transporting small ship in the hangar and heavy vehicle in the cargo hold, I will melt my Polaris, build the MISC exploration ship, and use store credits to purchase additional small specialized spacecraft, land claims, etc.

 

[Duckforceone]

Haven't spent anything, but have been working on re-organizing my fleet and melting stuff and consolidating.

So this is what i'm currently either have or am working towards (waiting for it to be on store)

Gameplay loop is mining, cargo running, base building.

 

[Duckforceone]

btw anyone have any ccu's that downgrade from merchantman into the 550 dollar range? and are they even tradable?

reason is i have merchantman, but there aren't really any ships i want above that range.... but i can still save a bunch if i can get a bit lower. (can downgrade to carrack but that's not low enough to get arrastra cheap - unless it goes up in price )