CCU Game Tutorial - Upgrading Ships In Star Citizen

[@Vitonezz]

Best way to save money is buying the 40 USD starter pack and nothing else.

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Many people do this, I know quite a few myself. Nothing wrong with this approach of course.

[@Addias342]

That is the best way for CIG to go bankrupt

[@DrShwaggins]

@@Addias342 If the base game sells make you bankrupt you should consider lower your company spendings

[@attckcat]

Thanks for the guide! This is a really nice way to save money on the bigger ships!

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

[@sYd6point7]

thanks this was great!
I feel so low, I had no idea the LTI carried upwards on the CCU

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Thanks for the comment. Better late than never on learning that stuff and now you know for next time. Most my pledged ships have LTI because of this and I saved money in the process. I don't fear wipes anymore, I encourage them for clean servers.

[@gametouchcontroller730]

My ccu game is just to buy the closest ccu to the thing I want. But those days are long over, no more money for cig until bugs are fixed.

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

I totally get it man! Hope you are well and buying the next thing closest makes sense.

[@jrddoubleu514]

Best way to save money is to use your credit to buy CCUs, melt them, and then sell them on the gm. Take the change, and then use it to buy what you want, for 'free'.
This is how you 'cash out'.

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

You can certainly do that and it works, but not everyone wants to get that involved with buying a ship they want. Great way to make side money for sure though.

[@KapitanObvious]

For everyone who played EVE Online should know how often and easy you could lose your ship.
Its cool play a game that you like.
Ofc starter pack its good.
But what if you not mega PvPer and PvEr and want just play on relax mode.
LTI will give you a bit easier mode.
Ofc after all upgrades of any ship LTI will be much worse that upgraded.
But lets say if some ships will be hunted. And they will be. Its cool not to waste 30-50kk of game money.
Easpecially when you easning them like 10-100k per hours depends of your gameplay.
I dont think that 30-50kk will be easy to get.
That will be (I think similar) to EVE Online as to easrn on dread or cap ship. You dont want loost that ship easy and randowly.
Also I think most explorers ships are gream as LTI.
Any. Fighers, Carriers, Explorations. Even pirates(any ships for pirats). All of them are high risk to die.

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Good details and insight here. Thanks for the comment and I think the idea of not needing to grind after a wipe is why most are pledging ships. Nice to have something you know will never disappear.

[@karmacappa]

K1ng exercising his NPR voice. Looking forward to a documentary on the best places to eat and steal ore in Klescher!

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Not a bad idea! The food there is not as bad as it looks lmao

[@hobbolord]

first

[@ViniciusConsorte]

You dont save buying what you dont need, you trow less money in the garbage.
You save more buying nothing.
- Julius

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Interesting outlook!

[@ViniciusConsorte]

@@K1ng_ChAo5 Dont get me wrong, ive spent a lot in SC, and the CCU game you explained is amazing, it was just a joke.
Also i always advise ppl to not jump into the same rabbit hole were into and never find a way out.

[@jrddoubleu514]

You can also make money, if you use your noggin and are as ethically bankrupt as CIG's marketing team.

[@variant78]

Thank you for this, it clears up so much confusion, just a quick question how do you make a chain up to the limited hull ships like the Kraken or Javelin?

[@Korxax]

You can't. Those ships do not allow you to upgrade to them. You have to buy them individually unfortunately. Typically you can't upgrade to ships that are over $1000.

[@variant78]

@@Korxax Awww thanks, appreciate it 🙏

[@jrddoubleu514]

Sell your CCUs for cash on th GM.
Take the change. Accumulate until you can afford.
You can't CCU, but you can use credit and CCUs to get it.
It's how I got mine.
It's technically free.

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Thanks for the comment and question. Looks like everyone got you taken care of. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask or join our Discord.

[@Kosty19]

Next to SC and SQ42 the CCU-Game is the third game played in the SC universe. 😀 To make it really worth for bigger ships You need to collect Warbond-CCUs for 1-2 years. And then the IAE in november is the time and opportunity to put it all together. Because during that time all ships are available to buy.

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Yeah that is the best way to do it. Great info and solid comment!

[@dreamm1989]

It’s not about tool, it's about the logic why and how CCUs can get you designated ship with big discounts. I’d just figured out how it works and just do it in Excel, much better to manage your CCU chains

[@honey-fe6pj]

Does doing it via Excel save any extra over the CCU Game app? I do find i need to play around with the CCU Game to ensure it gives me both the cheapest and most sensible route to discounts but i have saved a ton using it :)

[@Swill880]

@@honey-fe6pjI e played around with the app and I may be mistaken, but it doesn’t do a sufficient job predicting future CCUs. And it definitely doesn’t predict price changes. So I’ve found that getting a list of ships with the current price, warbond price based on past offerings, and whether it’s a concept or not helps me establish the longest and most cost effective chains. I’m not usually in it to get a ship over one event. I focus on the year ton2 year game

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Yes, many people now playing SC aren't even sure what a chain is at this point and CCU Game does a great job for choosing options and making selections so people can see how they work. Keeping it simple and fast for the people that don't have that kind of time for creating spread sheets is also very key to most people.

[@fearstreak7462]

Since i havent bought the game before, i will always have to buy a game package to get a license, before i can CCU chain for stand alone ships right?
Then for the purpose of future CCU chaining, is right now the best time for me to buy a starter pack? Am i correct in thinking that the WB for the Invictus Avenger Titan costs me 55$ while the CCU value of just the ship is 60$? (Meaning im not paying extra just for access to the game and my 55$ translates to 60$ worth of potential CCU Chaining, right?)
In other words, can i expect there to warbonds that will also give me access to the game; while also potentially offering more value for CCU chaining?
edit: nvm i asked on the SC discord, someone answered that the nomad warbond while being more expensive, disconds the CCU value of the nomad more than the avenger titan WB

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

That is correct. If the Titan is normally $60 and right now you can get it for $55 than you are saving $5 and the value when upgrading will be a $60 value. Right now the Titan also comes with the special paint so there is a small extra value to that as well. If you upgrade with the Titan to another ship, you will keep that paint.

[@Ambassador_Kobi]

You are missing the point of that you should accumulate Warbond + speculative CCU's as much as possible, before executing those chains. You left all possible Warbond CCU's that will come later this Invictus sale on the table. Actually it seems you are just starting out with CCU chaining with the amount of LTI tokens and the little amount of eligible ships to melt.

[@gami2406]

Could you explain a bit more. I'm willing to learn but can't find anything online. What do you mean by accumulating Warbonds and speculative CCUs ?

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

This was to be as basic as possible and a more in depth video may be done later down the road. Since I stream on Twitch, many people didn't even seem to know the basics of the chains and I heard people just going out and spending hundreds without even trying to make a chain. This here will help save even $10 if they can. Thanks for the comment and yes, you are completely right about the warbonds!

[@ArcaneDgR]

o7 ... awesome information

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Thank you Arcane!

[@eduardogarciatorres2165]

Bro, that thumbnail is fire

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Thank you! I KNOW a guy lol

[@eduardogarciatorres2165]

@@K1ng_ChAo5 you lucky man

[@gametouchcontroller730]

Lol

[@shiftmcgee]

I learn like ah soooo much you know?

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Glad to hear it!

[@WolfofnoStreet]

Remember: The best way of saving money is not giving it to CIG.
Stop paying to have less things to do in a game.

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Thanks for the comment! Some people want to support the game and make sure the CIG teams are paid to finally finish this epic game that has been ALPHA for sooo long and we are very close to that now since SQ42 teams have been moved around.

[@WolfofnoStreet]

@@K1ng_ChAo5 nerd

[@WarAuthority]

@@WolfofnoStreet Imagine people having disposable incomes to do whatever they want.

[@DerKilianist]

How is the aquila worth 115 bucks more than the taurus? These prices man

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

The Taurus doesn't come with any extra items while the Aguila comes with a snub fighter and an Ursa.

[@carstenschops7797]

Save big bucks - by not buying anything :P Anything can be bought in game eventually.
But yeah, savings ARE possible. Just look at my $120 Banu Merchantman. Seriously. Long live the now extinct $0 CCUs.

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Boom! Nicely done there. For me, buying the ships on pledge is so I always have something after a full wipe and we lose our non pledged items in our hangar or to lock in a price for a concept ship like you did because those concepts will go up in price over time until they are full released.

[@Korxax]

I still have a bunch of them. My best is the Vanguard Warden at $260 to the BMM. Then chain together as many things as possible to get to the Warden and yeah, save a ton. Got my BMM, Persius and Polaris this way. I just use a spreadsheet, but the app looks cool.

[@RicoZaid_]

Music off.

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

May do that on the next one

[@RicoZaid_]

@@K1ng_ChAo5 just here to hear your voice ✅

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

@@RicoZaid_ awesome!

[@eddyrocksteady1157]

Simultaneously logging in to both accounts? Oh hell no. I can just imagine ships disappearing all of a sudden in ‘mysterious’ circumstances lol, being gifted out of your account…….no no no thank you.

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

Actually that is not possible. Your pledged ships from RSI cannot be lost unless you gift them to someone and enter your RSI password and enter an email for that gift to be sent to so that is not actually possible and its completely safe. Never heard of anything being lost from anyone. Its simply to sink your hangar to CCU Game so its just trading the hangar data and that is it.

[@ajooser]

what the f is ccu chaining

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

It is when you start with a base ship or first ship and than upgrade that ship to something with a higher value and sometimes you can do it where you can save money by getting certain ships while they are on sale.

[@Kosty19]

Its the third game played in the SC universe. 😀 You accumulate warbond ccus with discounts to get a bigger ship with a cheaper price at the end.

[@Anomyos]

CCU game is just a trick for you to spend more money into the game.
One of the oldest tricks in the book.

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

It's a trick to prevent CIG from getting full price on a ship.

[@Anomyos]

@@K1ng_ChAo5 Are you familiar with the blackfriday?

[@GeneElder.R27]

Best way to save money on star citizen ships is not to buy any.

[@K1ng_ChAo5]

That is simply true lol