I have been doing a lot of research and also doing my CCU chain. I am using Polaris as a target to build the CCU chain. Using Mule as basis or Herald here is what I have found:
In a way, yes. If you're doing a chain you want to effect immediately, it's certainly better. But if you're doing a long term chain, you could get Mule -> X1 Force (at the next IWL, I figure this'll go up $5 at a later date, when X1 Force becomes flight ready. A gamble's a gamble though). Then grab a Avenger Stalker -> 325A (So if X1 DOES go up in price, you can still get a CCU TO Stalker from it, to complete that bit of the chain). And throw in a Herald as well. Then, next IWL we might see a ship at around $100ish get a $10 WB discount and if you're really lucky, another $10 WB discount at $120ish (probably at a date later than that though). So there's up to $35 potential discount on a chain up to $120ish if you go from the Mule. But again, that's bit of a gamble, and you'll be waiting to apply that CCU chain for years. So if you want something a bit more immediate, Legionnaire is better (and the best possible difference is just $15 anyhow). But if you like to bonsai the best possible discount, I'd go with the Mule.
600i isn't a military ship per se, it's a luxury explorer / touring ship that just happens to have a lot of firepower. It'll be available at IAE, that's closer to xmas.
Perfect. I will use Polaris as the ultimate goal. There are so many options in the middle that I can change the target without losing too much.
I just used a Nomad warbond CCU just two minutes ago....Now I have Retaliator bomber...MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Added for Alien week:
| Date | Ship | CCU Price | Cheapest option | Minimum cost | Maximum discount | Saving | Final Price |
| Alien Week | Defender | 200 | $195 (Limited) Hurricane $190 (Permanent) Constellation Taurus | $5 Permanent $10 Permanent | 80% Limited 67% Permanent | $20 | 220 |
| Alien Week | Prowler | 410 | $400 (Limited) C2 Hercules, Reclaimer $315 (Permanent) Mole | $10 Limited $95 Permanent | 75% Limited 24% Permanent | $30 | 440 |
| Alien Week | Merchantman | 550 | $520 (Limited) M2 Hercules $315 (Permanent)Mole | $30 Limited $235 Permanent | 62% Limited 18% Permanent | $50 | 600 |
Holy carp, what'd you do? Did you start from like a referral Glaive or something?@FZD
Wwwheeelppp !!!
Now that's optimization, BMM for 40$
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(Not mines, took the picture from Pipeline)
That's not mine :) (see text under the picture^^)Holy carp, what'd you do? Did you start from like a referral Glaive or something?
Ohh, missed that bit. Hmm, it has got to be some referral reward used as a starting point... like, even if he used a PTV as a starting point, that'd be $15. Leaving $25 for CCUs, which is 5x$5 CCUs. Even if it was to concept BMM at $250, he'd need to get like $45 discount on every single CCU. That's not possible, you'd actually just have like Hull B and Taurus that come close to that over that stretch. So must've been like a referral Gladius at least.
I would remove the PTV scenario for PTV as token, as you can not upgrade a PTV.
Ohh, I didn't know that about packages, not really paid attention to that. So it could be literally pretty much anything upgraded to BMM... Hmm. Well, in that case, the $75 one is much more impressive, though, again, could be upgraded from a referral reward.
