Translation of the title:
ILW = Invictus Launch Week
2953 = 2023
WB = Warbond
CCU = Cross Chassis Upgrade
watch = keep a beady eye on
What are WB CCUs?
They're how CIG does discounts. They require new money (so no store credit) but you can get $5, $10, $15, $20 or more knocked off the price of a regular CCU.
"$5 dollars? Why bother" I hear you ask.
Well the cool thing about these is that you can combine the discounts if you can fit multiple WB CCUs in the same CCU chain. It's basically make your own discount. Now, you have to pay at least $5 for a CCU, so the smallest WB CCU you can buy is a $10 CCU discounted to $5, or a 50% discount. Not too shabby.
The thing to keep in mind here, is to always select the ship closest in value to the WB CCU discount point. So for example, let's say Arrow ($75 melt value normally) has a $5 discount WB CCU on it. You can't pick 325A to Arrow CCU, as that'd be $0 CCU and CIG doesn't do those. For obvious reasons. Instead, you could, and probably should, pick 315p ($65 melt value) for a $5 off, and pay $5 at 50% discount. Of course you could pick 300i ($60 melt), possibly because you own a 300i, and pay $10 at 33% discount. But you really shouldn't. This is for two reasons. Firstly, because WB CCUs are new money, so you'd have to put in $10 new money, when you could've just used $5 store credit for 300i to 315p and then used $5 fresh money for 315p to Arrow. Secondly, and more importantly, the smaller CCUs you use the better chances you have to fit some new future CCUs into the chain. Thirdly, specific to this and some other cases, 315p is permanently available. So even if you don't have store credits right now, you can get that normal 300i to 315p CCU whenever.
"Okey, but it's still just $5 dollars, like what are you going to do, keep doing this for years and, then what, get ships for next to nothing?"
Yes. Absolutely yes. This really is "build your own discount." If you have the patience to do this over several sale events, you can get something like my $155 Banu Merchantman CCU chain. That's quite a steal. Or if you got more money than patience, you can do this over like one event and walk away with perhaps a 30% total discount depending on the target ship and your luck. That's not bad either.
"But isn't the goal to support the development! Why not just pay the full price of ships?"
Well, if you get a ship for 50% off, you still got the option to buy a second ship also for 50% off. You'll still fund with the same amount, only you got twice the amount of ships now. Cool, right?
For historical data, see
ILW 2952 https://testsquadron.com/threads/friendly-reminder-that-warbond-ccus-are-a-thing.19713/
IAE 2952 https://testsquadron.com/threads/iae-2952-wb-ccu-watch.20063/
ILW 2953 https://testsquadron.com/threads/ilw-2953-wb-ccu-watch.20422/
Alien Week 2953 https://testsquadron.com/threads/alienweek-warbond-ccus.20484/
"Didn't you just copy-paste this info blurt from your previous post?"
Shhh! You're not supposed to notice! This is just for new members anyhow, if you've already been around ILW or IAE, why are you here reading 'information for new members' in the first place?
ILW = Invictus Launch Week
2953 = 2023
WB = Warbond
CCU = Cross Chassis Upgrade
watch = keep a beady eye on
What are WB CCUs?
They're how CIG does discounts. They require new money (so no store credit) but you can get $5, $10, $15, $20 or more knocked off the price of a regular CCU.
"$5 dollars? Why bother" I hear you ask.
Well the cool thing about these is that you can combine the discounts if you can fit multiple WB CCUs in the same CCU chain. It's basically make your own discount. Now, you have to pay at least $5 for a CCU, so the smallest WB CCU you can buy is a $10 CCU discounted to $5, or a 50% discount. Not too shabby.
The thing to keep in mind here, is to always select the ship closest in value to the WB CCU discount point. So for example, let's say Arrow ($75 melt value normally) has a $5 discount WB CCU on it. You can't pick 325A to Arrow CCU, as that'd be $0 CCU and CIG doesn't do those. For obvious reasons. Instead, you could, and probably should, pick 315p ($65 melt value) for a $5 off, and pay $5 at 50% discount. Of course you could pick 300i ($60 melt), possibly because you own a 300i, and pay $10 at 33% discount. But you really shouldn't. This is for two reasons. Firstly, because WB CCUs are new money, so you'd have to put in $10 new money, when you could've just used $5 store credit for 300i to 315p and then used $5 fresh money for 315p to Arrow. Secondly, and more importantly, the smaller CCUs you use the better chances you have to fit some new future CCUs into the chain. Thirdly, specific to this and some other cases, 315p is permanently available. So even if you don't have store credits right now, you can get that normal 300i to 315p CCU whenever.
"Okey, but it's still just $5 dollars, like what are you going to do, keep doing this for years and, then what, get ships for next to nothing?"
Yes. Absolutely yes. This really is "build your own discount." If you have the patience to do this over several sale events, you can get something like my $155 Banu Merchantman CCU chain. That's quite a steal. Or if you got more money than patience, you can do this over like one event and walk away with perhaps a 30% total discount depending on the target ship and your luck. That's not bad either.
"But isn't the goal to support the development! Why not just pay the full price of ships?"
Well, if you get a ship for 50% off, you still got the option to buy a second ship also for 50% off. You'll still fund with the same amount, only you got twice the amount of ships now. Cool, right?
For historical data, see
ILW 2952 https://testsquadron.com/threads/friendly-reminder-that-warbond-ccus-are-a-thing.19713/
IAE 2952 https://testsquadron.com/threads/iae-2952-wb-ccu-watch.20063/
ILW 2953 https://testsquadron.com/threads/ilw-2953-wb-ccu-watch.20422/
Alien Week 2953 https://testsquadron.com/threads/alienweek-warbond-ccus.20484/
"Didn't you just copy-paste this info blurt from your previous post?"
Shhh! You're not supposed to notice! This is just for new members anyhow, if you've already been around ILW or IAE, why are you here reading 'information for new members' in the first place?
NOTE! Unlike previous year, the finale will have new WB CCU offers every day this time!
Thanks @Ploeperpengel for pointing that out.
Yes, I will once again spam the forums with notifications about Warbond discounts.
It has started, so prepare your wallets!
| Todays Ship(s) | Warbond CCU Price | Normal price | Permanently available starting point | Closest available starting point |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Razor LX | $140 | $150 | ||
| Prowler | $410 | $440 | ||
| Hammerhead | $675 | $725 | ||
| Merchantman | $600 | $650 | ||
| Orion | $575 | $650 | ||
| Polaris | $700 | $750 | ||
| Vulture | $160 | $175 | ||
| Corsair | $230 | $250 | ||
| Redeemer | $310 | $330 | ||
| 600i Explorer | $445 | $475 | ||
| SRV (Flight ready) | $150 | $165 | Ballista $140 | Razor $145 |
| A1 Spirit (Still from flight ready sale) | $175 | $200 | Prospector $155 | Sabre, Khartu-Al $170 |
| C1 (Flight ready) | $110 | $125 | Gladius $90 | Hawk, M50, Storm AA $100 |
So seems like 3 of the 4 finale day 1 ships will stick around, while finale 2 day ships got fully replaced by finale day 3 ships. I see no rhyme nor reason here.
| Date | Ship | Warbond CCU Price | Normal price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17th | A1 Spirit (Still from flight ready sale) | $175 | $200 |
| SAN'TOK.YĀI | $205 | $220 | |
| 18th | Sabre | $160 | $170 |
| 19th | MSR | $240 | $260 |
| C1 (Flight ready) | $110 | $125 | |
| 20th | 400i | $230 | $250 |
| 21st | Vulture | $150 | $175 |
| 22nd | MOLE | $295 | $315 |
| SRV (Flight ready) | $150 | $165 | |
| 23rd | Carrack | $560 | $600 |
| 24th | Prospector | $145 | $155 |
| 25th | Constellation Taurus | $185 | $200 |
| 26th (BIS) | Vulture | $160 | $175 |
| Corsair | $230 | $250 | |
| Redeemer | $310 | $330 | |
| 600i Explorer | $445 | $475 | |
| 27th (Finale) | 350R | $115 | $125 |
| Merchantman | $600 | $650 | |
| Orion | $575 | $650 | |
| Polaris | $700 | $750 | |
| 28th (Finale day 2) | Scorpius | $230 | $240 |
| Valkyrie | $350 | $375 | |
| (BIS, flight ready ships, BMM, Orion, Polaris continue on sale. 350R flew away) | |||
| 29th (Finale day 3) | Razor LX | $140 | $150 |
| Prowler | $410 | $440 | |
| Hammerhead | $675 | $725 | |
| (BIS, flight ready ships, BMM, Orion, Polaris continue. Scorpius, Valkyrie flew away) |
(Also, @Brictoria you in this year?
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