The „special Mantis CCU“, what are the mechanics behind it?

[ColonelWolf]

Hey fellow TESTies,

since I have kindly been outfitted with a UEE 2948 Explorer Package by a fellow TESTie I melted my original pledge and jumped on the said „Special Mantis CCU“. With it you are able to CCU any Aurora (no other ship!) to a LTI Mantis for a good price, warbond only though. Nice undersuit and helmet comes with that, too.

CCUs from there are currently only possible to the two new Vanguards and the Defender.

BUT! When you look at the Mantis it shows „Insurance: 6 Months Insurance, Life Time Insurance“. If you purchase one of the possible further CCUs and want to apply it, it shows the Mantis crossed out in red and the dropdown menu let’s you select... the Aurora

So to me there is a chance to lose the LTI in one of the available further CCUs from that „Special Mantis CCU“. I have a Mantis to Harbinger CCU sitting there now and won’t apply it until I get clarification from support (yeah, ticket opened...) about how the insurance will behave upon CCU. Clearly, in this case the usual insurance carry-over MAY not apply.

Anyone else have an idea on that? Is there precedence to this kind of a „special CCU“?

 

[Printimus]

Hey fellow TESTies,

since I have kindly been outfitted with a UEE 2948 Explorer Package by a fellow TESTie I melted my original pledge and jumped on the said „Special Mantis CCU“. With it you are able to CCU any Aurora to a LTI Mantis for a good price, warbond only though. Nice undersuite and helmet comes with that, too.

CCUs from there are currently only possible to the two new Vanguards and the Defender.

BUT! When you look at the Mantis it shows „Insurance: 6 Months Insurance, Life Time Insurance“. If you purchase one of the possible further CCUs and want to apply it, it shows the Mantis crossed out in red and the dropdown menu let’s you select... the Aurora

So to me there is a chance to lose the LTI in one of the available further CCUs from that „Special Mantis CCU“. I have a Mantis to Harbinger CCU sitting there now and won’t apply it until I get clarification from support (yeah, ticket opened...) about how the insurance will behave upon CCU. Clearly, in this case the usual insurance carry-over MAY not apply.

Anyone else have an idea on that? Is there precedence to this kind of a „special CCU“?

If you get the special "Aurora CCU to Mantis", you get LTI because mantis is a newly concepted ship and this is the concept sale. It's a bug that the 6 month insurance is still on there.

This is my personal Aurora to Mantis CCU that I applied. LTI is in effect, even if insurance (be it 6 months or LTI) doesnt really matter all that much.

 

[ColonelWolf]

If you get the special "Aurora CCU to Mantis", you get LTI because mantis is a newly concepted ship and this is the concept sale.

All understood, but the interesting part is: Where does it go from there? If you, like me, tried the Mantis and were „Meh...“

 

[Printimus]

All understood, but the interesting part is: Where does it go from there? If you, like me, tried the Mantis and were „Meh...“

Pretty sure that LTI sticks once its applied. So if apply CCU from aurora to Mantis, then later mantis to another ship, LTI stays attached.

 

[PeppaPigKilla]

All understood, but the interesting part is: Where does it go from there? If you, like me, tried the Mantis and were „Meh...“

It stays I went LTI prospector to LTI cat to LTI reclaimer. Then melted back to prospector. LTI carries all the way

 

[ColonelWolf]

It stays I went LTI prospector to LTI cat to LTI reclaimer. Then melted back to prospector. LTI carries all the way

Yeah, that’s for the „usual“ stuff. It may be different in this case. We can only be sure if someone went from 6 month Aurora to LTI „special CCU“ Mantis to one of the then three available CCUs.
If you could CCU to all and any normally available ships from that special CCU I wouldn’t be so suspecting. But the mere fact of the limited CCU availabilities and the strange description and dropdown option, as mentioned in the OP, leads me to suspect a hidden bomb...

 

[PeppaPigKilla]

I see, hopefully someone can confirm before the staff reply

 

[ColonelWolf]

Pretty sure that LTI sticks once its applied. So if apply CCU from aurora to Mantis, then later mantis to another ship, LTI stays attached.

„Pretty sure“ leaves a chance of „Ah crap, THAT didn’t work...“. That doesn’t mix well with my military upbringing

 

[ColonelWolf]

I see, hopefully someone can confirm before the staff reply

Well, I just thought I cast the net out and see if there’s one in the 18k who knows already...
If not we‘ll know for sure once support replies, and I‘ll let y‘all know.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

„Pretty sure“ leaves a chance of „Ah crap, THAT didn’t work...“. That doesn’t mix well with my military upbringing

Welcome to TEST, home of "I wonder what this button does"

The LTI attatches to the base package so as far as we can tell it stays on if you CCU away from the Mantits, assuming there are any CCUs from the Mantits to any other ship.

Thanks for contating support, will be interesting to get the official word on it - it's easy to observe and assume.

 

[marcsand2]

Why would you buy an Aurora to Mantis CCU, The Mantis comes with LTI if you buy it Warbond. The difference between a Aurora to Mantis CCU or an Warbond Mantis will be small, since Warbond is cheaper then non-Warbond and the Aurora is cheap

 

[ColonelWolf]

Why would you buy an Aurora to Mantis CCU, The Mantis comes with LTI if you buy it Warbond. The difference between a Aurora to Mantis CCU or an Warbond Mantis will be small, since Warbond is cheaper then non-Warbond and the Aurora is cheap

It was cheaper than the normal warbond and you could use store credit to buy the Aurora

 

[marcsand2]

It was cheaper than the normal warbond and you could use store credit to buy the Aurora

fair enough, but a warbond LTI, if you don't like the Mantis, would be a good not-cheap LTI token

 

[Deroth]

I could see people wanting to apply the Mantis CCU to their 'SQ42/Starter Pack' Aurora so that all their ships are LTI and they retain all the benefits of that package.

 

[Printimus]

„Pretty sure“ leaves a chance of „Ah crap, THAT didn’t work...“. That doesn’t mix well with my military upbringing

This is a new feature. Im knowledgable in the topic, but not an expert as I do not work for CIG.

 

[ColonelWolf]

This is a new feature. Im knowledgable in the topic, but not an expert as I do not work for CIG.

No worries, I‘ve only been active in SC for a tiny bit now and putting together the puzzle of sales, releases, buybacks, warbond, CCUs and all that good stuff I came to realize that this is, well, a special case. I didn‘t mean to offend you by pointing out my logic, accept my sincere apologies if I worded that in a way that could be misinterpreted! I‘m doing ok in English, but it‘s not my mother tongue after all, so sometimes I may not get the underlying vibe of a sentence or phrase I may use.

 

[ColonelWolf]

fair enough, but a warbond LTI, if you don't like the Mantis, would be a good not-cheap LTI token

Shit hits the fan I‘ll just melt it all and call it a lesson learned LOL

 

[Printimus]

No worries, I‘ve only been active in SC for a tiny bit now and putting together the puzzle of sales, releases, buybacks, warbond, CCUs and all that good stuff I came to realize that this is, well, a special case. I didn‘t mean to offend you by pointing out my logic, accept my sincere apologies if I worded that in a way that could be misinterpreted! I‘m doing ok in English, but it‘s not my mother tongue after all, so sometimes I may not get the underlying vibe of a sentence or phrase I may use.

no offense taken. Here to help any way i can.

 

[ColonelWolf]

Ahhh, fellow TESTies, here comes absolution from the clergy, riddle solved:

PeTong (Cloud Imperium Games)

Oct 14, 14:13 CDT

Hey MajorWolf‍!

It will carry over the insurance from the Mantis :)

As for the name that appears, that is the name of the package and as it was originally an Aurora CL, that is why it's showing that as the option!
Best Regards
PeTong
RSI Player Relations

 

[PeppaPigKilla]

Ah I was just coming here to post this

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/dhx2gf View: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/dhx2gf/lti_acquired_from_the_ship_upgrades_aurora_ln_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf