3.18 WarBond CCU's and other items

[Brictoria]

Starting with the CCU's:

Ship	Normal ship price	CCU ship price	Saving	Cheapest CCU starting option	Minimum Cost CCU	Maximum CCU Discount
Freelancer MAX (Subscriber only)	$150	$140	$10	$135 (Limited) - Cutlass Red $135 (Permanent) -Freelancer DUR	$5 (Limited) $5 (Permanent)	66% (Limited) 66% (Permanent)
Vulture	$175	$150	$25	$145 (Limited) - Razor $140 (Permanent) - F7C-R Hornet tracker	$5 (Limited) $10 (Permanent)	83% (Limited) 71% (Permanent)
Scorpius Antares	$230	$210	$20	$200 (Concept) - Vulcan $195 (Limited) - Hurricane [2], F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker [3] $190 (Permanent) - Constellation Taurus	$10 (Concept) $15 (Limited) $20 (Permanent)	66% (Concept) 57% (Limited) 50% (Permanent)

[1] Concept ships will increase in price in the future, which may impact the long-term value of a CCU starting from them.
[2] CIG have stated the Hurricane will increase in price at 3.18. While the new price is not known, it may impact the long-term value of a CCU starting from them.
[3] F7C-M Super Hornet Heartseeker is rarely on sale - Valentine's day sale (1 week), and possibly at IAE.

Ships released:

Ship	Warbond price	Standard price	Notes
Vulture	$150	$175
Scorpius Antares	$210	$230
Scorpius Antares plus Tiburon Paint	$210		Concierge only, includes "Tiburon" paint
Paint - Scorpius Tiburon Paint		$11	Concierge only.

Packs (Vulture):

Pack Name	Ships Included	Pack contents cost	Warbond Price (insurance)	Credit Price (insurance)	Savings	Notes
Vulture & Cutlass Pack	Vulture ($175) Cutlass Black ($100)	$275	$235 (6 Months)	$260 (6 Months)	14.5% (WB) 5.5% (Credit)
Salvage & Hauling Pack	Vulture ($175) Freelancer MAX ($150) Prospector ($155) Mule ($45)	$525	$445 (6 Months)	$500 (6 Months)	15.2% (WB) 4.8% (Credit)
Drake Flyables Pack 2953	Buccaneer ($110) Caterpillar ($330) Corsair ($215) Cutlass Black ($100) Cutlass Blue ($175) Cutlass Red ($135) Cutlass Steel ($235) Cutter ($45) Dragonfly Black ($40) Herald ($85) Mule ($45) Vulture ($175)	$1690	$1450 (LTI)	$1625 (LTI)	14.2% (WB) 3.8% (Credit)	Concierge only.

Packs (Scorpius Antares):

Pack Name	Ships Included	Pack contents cost	Warbond Price (insurance)	Credit Price (insurance)	Savings	Notes
Scorpius Double Sting Pack	Scorpius ($240) Scorpius Antares ($230)	$470	$400 (LTI)	$440 (6 Months)	14.9% (WB) 6.4% (Credit)
RSI Flyables Pack 2953	Scorpius ($240) Scorpius Antares ($230) Aurora CL ($45) Aurora ES ($20) Aurora LN ($40) Aurora LX ($35) Aurora MR ($30) Constellation Andromeda ($240) Constellation Aquila ($310) Constellation Phoenix ($350) Constellation Taurus ($190) Mantis ($150) URSA Rover ($50)	$1930	$1650 (LTI)	$1825 (LTI)	14.5% (WB) 5.4% (Credit)	Concierge only.

 

[Brictoria]

Added ship and pack details.

 

[Drowez]

Great write up, thanks for your time and effort.

 

[FZD]

I must say, that Vulture flight ready price bump could not be more optimal. A huge increase of $35 and it delivers Vulture just $5 away from the F7C-M Super Hornet, which has been offered on WB CCU so many times that I'm certain most of CCU gamers have one or two in chains.
Not to mention the bump far exceeds my expectations, something to do with the inflation, maybe?
Come to think of it, $140 in 2018 when Vulture was introduced, would be $167 today, making this actually an $8 price bump in real terms.

 

[vahadar]

Verrry nice price jump for the Vulture !

And as FZD mentionned, perfectly optimal for the Super Hornet, if you could secured old Hurricane warbond CCUs (Super Hornet to Hurricane for 5$) ! Just need to wait for the annouced Hurricane price jump which has NOT yet happened unlike announced for 3.18.

With the warbond Vultures proposed in May 2022 (from Ghost/RAFT for 5$), that would at least make with a vulture warbond ccu + hurricane warbond ccu a 45$ save + the hurricane price jump, for just15$ (from F7C Ghost/RAFT to Hurricane)

 

[Brictoria]

I wasn't anticipating such a jump on the Vulture, as 10-15% has been the "traditional" increase on release - I'd love to know how they decided on the price for this, when it is comparable to the Prospector for gameplay, less profitable, and requires more action from the pilot.

It will also be interesting to see how the Hurricane's price goes as having refreshed my CCU chains I now have a load of $5 "Cutlass Blue - Constellation Taurus", and associated "Constellation Taurus to Hurricane" CCU's which were no longer required in the chains... I'm guessing the Cutlass Blue ones will have to go to my re-sale pile.

I also now wish I'd grabbed some more Vultures at IAE to store in buyback - even with local taxes, the spare one I have there is still cheaper than new from CIG.