ILW 2954 WB CCU watch

[FZD]

Here's the link to the previous years thread(s) for more information.

Also check Brictoria's more detailed lists below.

Finale:

Date	Ship	Warbond CCU Price	Normal price
27th, 28th	Constellation Aquila	$290	$315
27th, 28th	Vanguard Harbinger	$270	$290
27th, 28th	Valkyrie	$350	$375
27th, 28th	Carrack	$560	$600
27th, 28th	Caterpillar	$300	$330
27th, 28th	Cutlass Black	$100	$110
Note! New:
27th, 28th	Ares Inferno	$235	$250
27th, 28th	Perseus	$615	$675
Note! Added 2nd day of finale!
28th	Vulcan	$185	$200
28th	Terrapin	$200	$220

Todays Ship(s)	Warbond CCU Price	Normal price	Permanently available starting point	Closest available starting point
See "Finale" above
Sabre Firebird	$170	$185	Prospector $155	SRV, Gladiator $165
Retaliator	$160	$175	Prospector $155	Razor EX, Prospector $155

Date	Ship	Warbond CCU Price	Normal price
17th	Polaris	$700	$750 (for now)
18th	Constellation Aquila	$290	$315
19th	Starfarer Gemini	$320	$340
20th	C1 Spirit	$115	$125
21st	Gladius Valiant	$100	$110
22nd	Vanguard Harbinger	$270	$290
23rd	Valkyrie	$350	$375
24th	Carrack	$560	$600
25th	Caterpillar	$300	$330
26th	Cutlass Black	$100	$110

Few chain starter ideas thanks to @Richard Bong

Ship	WB Price	Normal
Mirai Pulse (LTI)	$25	$30
Argo MPUV Tractor (LTI)	$35	$40
Ursa Medivac (LTI)	$55	$60

@Brictoria wanna make those more detailed lists again? EDIT: See them below. Collaboration ftw!

 

[Richard Bong]

There we are. :)

Thanks

 

[Richard Bong]

Now I need something cheap between the Dragonfly Black and the Hawk. Maybe save me another $10.
I if I have to pay full price for the Dragonfly to Hawk piece, my Zeus MkII Mr is $130.

 

[Brictoria]

@Brictoria wanna make those more detailed lists again?

I'm sure that i can arrange something...

Date	Ship	Normal ship price	CCU ship price	Saving	Cheapest CCU starting option	Minimum Cost CCU	Maximum CCU Discount
17th	Polaris	$750	$700	$50	$675 (Concept) Perseus $600 (Limited) Carrack $315 (permanent) Constellation Aquila, Mole	$25 (Concept) $100 (Limited) $385 (permanent)	66% (Concept) 33% (Limited) 11% (Permanent)
18th and Finale	Constellation Aquila	$315	$290	$25	$275 (Concept) Apollo Medivac $275 (Limited) Blade, Vanguard Sentinel $240 (permanent) Constellation Andromeda	$15 (Concept) $15 (Limited) $50 (permanent)	63% (Concept) 63% (Limited) 33% (Permanent)
19th	Starfarer Gemini	$340	$320	$20	$315 (permanent) Constellation Aquila, Mole	$5 (permanent)	80% (Permanent)
20th	C1 Spirit	$125	$115	$10	$110 (Limited) Buccaneer, Gladius Valiant $110 (permanent) Centurion, Cutlass Black, Freelancer	$5 (Limited) $5 (permanent)	67% (Limited) 67% (Permanent)
21st and continuing	Sabre Firebird	$185	$170	$15	$165 (Limited) Razor EX, Gladiator, SRV $155 (permanent) Prospector	$5 (Limited) $15 (permanent)	75% (Limited) 50% (Permanent)
21st and continuing	Retaliator	$175	$160	$15	$155 (permanent) Prospector	$5 (permanent)	75% (Permanent)
21st	Gladius Valiant	$110	$100	$10	$95 (Limited) Reliant Mako $90 (permanent) Gladius, Hull A	$5 (Limited) $10 (permanent)	67% (Limited) 50% (Permanent)
22nd and Finale	Vanguard Harbinger	$290	$270	$20	$260 (Limited) Mercury Star Runner, Vanguard Warden $240 (permanent) Constellation Andromeda	$10 (Limited) $30 (permanent)	67% (Limited) 40% (Permanent)
23rd and Finale	Valkyrie	$375	$350	$25	$340 (Limited) Starfarer Gemini $315 (permanent) Constellation Aquila, Mole	$10 (Limited) $35 (permanent)	71% (Limited) 42% (Permanent)
24th and Finale	Carrack	$600	$560	$40	$550 (Concept) Hull D $520 (Limited) M2 Hercules $315 (permanent) Constellation Aquila, Mole	$10 (Concept) $40 (Limited) $245 (permanent)	80% (Concept) 50% (Limited) 14% (Permanent)
25th and Finale	Caterpillar	$330	$300	$30	$290 (Limited) Vanguard Harbinger $240 (permanent) Constellation Andromeda	$10 (Limited) $60 (permanent)	75% (Limited) 33% (Permanent)
26th and Finale	Cutlass Black	$110	$100	$10	$95 (Limited) Reliant Mako $90 (permanent) Gladius, Hull A	$5 (Limited) $10 (permanent)	67% (Limited) 50% (Permanent)
Finale	Ares Inferno	$250	$235	$15	$230 (Limited) Scorpius Antares $200 (permanent) Constellation Taurus	$5 (Limited) $35 (permanent)	75% (Limited) 30% (Permanent)
Finale	Perseus	$675	$615	$60	$600 (Limited) Carrack $315 (permanent) Constellation Aquila, Mole	$15 (Limited) $300 (permanent)	80% (Limited) 17% (Permanent)
Finale (Last day)	Terrapin	$220	$200	$20	$190 (Concept) Zeus Mk II MR $185 (Limited) Sabre Comet, Sabre Firebird $175 (permanent) Vulture	$10 (Concept) $15 (Limited) $25 (permanent)	67% (Concept) 57% (Limited) 44% (Permanent)
Finale (Last day)	Vulcan	$200	$185	$15	$180 (Discontinued) F7C-M Super Hornet Mk I $175 (Limited) Cutlass Blue, F7C Hornet Mk II, Freelancer MIS, Retaliator $175 (permanent) Vulture	$5 (Discontinued) $10 (Limited) $10 (permanent)	75% (Discontinued) 60% (Limited) 60% (Permanent)

 

[Brictoria]

Notes:
Day 1: If wishing to avoid CCU's from concept ships, I'd skip the Polaris WB offering and instead pick up a $25 Hammerhead - Polaris CCU (credits or cash) instead. The Hammerhead gets semi-regular $50 saving CCU's which combine to bring the total from the Polaris to the Carrack to the same cost as today's WB CCU, but allow for the possibility of other ships releasing inside the Carrack - Hammerhead window with WB CCU's that provide better savings.

 

[Richard Bong]

The Pulse (25 gets you 30), MPUV Tractor (35 gets you 40) and Nursa (55 gets you 60) are all LTI and start your chain with a $5 savings. Unfortunately, for me, there is no savings CCUing to the Nursa. :)

 

[Sintha]

No referral bonus this year?

 

[makute]

No referral bonus this year?

Nope.

 

[Richard Bong]

Nothing that helps me, so far.
They are definitely pushing people toward the Polaris though.

 

[Talonsbane]

I'm hoping that they'll bring back all of the daily WB sales during the finale.

 

[FZD]

C1 spirit is a pretty nice WB CCU for most CCU chains, what with the low price point and a relatively large discount. Yes I know, there have been some better offers, but doesn't mean this isn't nice one. Well, unless you stocked like 5 of these before the flight ready bump.

 

[Brictoria]

C1 spirit is a pretty nice WB CCU for most CCU chains, what with the low price point and a relatively large discount. Yes I know, there have been some better offers, but doesn't mean this isn't nice one. Well, unless you stocked like 5 of these before the flight ready bump.

As long as you grabbed them after the Cutlass Black had its price bump - I should probably replace that one as it's a $10 (credit, fortunately) CCU to save $5, instead of $5 (WB) to save $10.

 

[Richard Bong]

C1 spirit is a pretty nice WB CCU for most CCU chains, what with the low price point and a relatively large discount. Yes I know, there have been some better offers, but doesn't mean this isn't nice one. Well, unless you stocked like 5 of these before the flight ready bump.

In that space I have a Hawk to F-7C MKI. Ten bucks got me 25. Come on CIG, just a little cheaper. :)

 

[Brictoria]

In that space I have a Hawk to F-7C MKI. Ten bucks got me 25. Come on CIG, just a little cheaper. :)

Depending on how quickly you want to apply the CCU's:
Grabbing a $5 CCU to the Ranger TR (If using a Pulse as an LTI token) could be beneficial long term (I don't believe work has started on the Ranger line, so it may not increase in value for some time).
Grabbing a $5 CCU to the G12a may be useful in the not too distant future, given work has been done on the G12's recently.

There's also the Apollo's, which I believe may also arrive in the next 12 months, from what I recall in past SCL\ISC videos, as well as the Legionnaire.

For reference (from 1:00:42) on ships in production\to go into production from this time last year:

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Looking at this thread I think we must surely have some of the most brilliant minds of the 'Verse on this forum.

 

[Richard Bong]

Depending on how quickly you want to apply the CCU's:
Grabbing a $5 CCU to the Ranger TR (If using a Pulse as an LTI token) could be beneficial long term (I don't believe work has started on the Ranger line, so it may not increase in value for some time).
Grabbing a $5 CCU to the G12a may be useful in the not too distant future, given work has been done on the G12's recently.

There's also the Apollo's, which I believe may also arrive in the next 12 months, from what I recall in past SCL\ISC videos, as well as the Legionnaire.

For reference (from 1:00:42) on ships in production\to go into production from this time last year:

All great points. In my case I'm missing two pieces. F7C to Cutlass Red, and Dragonfly Black to Hawk. That gives me an LTI Zeus Mk II MR for a total spend of $140 or less.
Thanks to these threads my LTI Tali Bomber came in at $205 and my F7C MkII came in at $135.

 

[Sintha]

Hi Folks,

More of a PSA then anything, i wanted to mention that the retaliator base and the retaliator bomber have now gone and are not able to be CCU'd either to or from. They have been replaced by 'the Retaliator' at $175. So if you have any of the old CCU's for the 'base' or 'bomber' version don't melt as you cant get them back.

Thanks

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Hi Folks,

More of a PSA then anything, i wanted to mention that the retaliator base and the retaliator bomber have now gone and are not able to be CCU'd either to or from. They have been replaced by 'the Retaliator' at $175. So if you have any of the old CCU's for the 'base' or 'bomber' version don't melt as you cant get them back.

Thanks

I don't have them but that's excellent info to know, thank you.

 

[Talonsbane]

Yeah, there's also an issue with having 1 of each included in a single pack. I just learned about this screw up of theirs & I'll be having to contact them to get it sorted out & fixed.

 

[Brictoria]

PSA: For those who want an F7C Mk1 or any of its variants, they appear to be in preparation for removal from sale (in game and for cash/credit) following ILW... Stock up while you can (ships and CCU's).
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/19936-Hornet-Mk-I

Important detail - If you have CCU's from an F7C Mk1 (or variant), ensure you collect the cheapest option to that variant if you don't have any that link to it, otherwise the CCU may become unusable.

I wonder how long until we're buried under the release of equivalent Mk2 variants?

PSA 2: The Drake Ironclad concept is due for release on the 25th (Drake defencecon day 1) - As a concept, there will almost certainly not be a WB (discount) CCU, but grabbing a standard (or more) CCU with credit may be a worthwhile move... At a guess it'll be around the $400-$500 range (Between Caterpillar and Hull C based on ISC) and appears to be in development (not just concept art).