Newbie Question regarding LTI and "Melt Down"

[Lysander]

Hi guys,  please forgive the newbie question(s)... I'd rather look like a fool too you guys than make an expensive silly mistake in game.


Question 1: Life Time Insurance
I recently "upgrade" to the Cutlass Black, but then realized I've only got the 3 month insurance with the upgrade.  I've heard/read a lot about Life Time Insurances (LTI's).  Am I correct in assume these only apply to stand alone purchases and are limited to "special offers"?

When I look at the website new standalone ships all appear to have 6 months insurance rather than 3 or LTI.

 
Question 2: Melt Down
I've read in the SC forums about people melting down assets, which I guess they then use to "rebuild" new assets.  I'm assuming you melt down to or three vessels and then use the "raw material" to build a new ship.  Is this how it works?  and Does it impact your insurance?

I guess I looking if its possible to "upgrade" my 3 month insurance to LTI through melting down my existing (and only) vessel.

Any thoughts or feedback would be most appreciated.

[albert]

Hi Lysander,

So LTI is an over-hyped feature that exists in the SC Universe where you have the right to replace any ship that is destroyed with the same ship you originally owned. This applies to ship only, not guns or other add-ons. It will not allow you to kamikaze your ship continually, there will be a cooldown timer and it will be long enough to discourage intentional destruction. Also insurance will not be a painful thing to maintain so CIG are saying.

If you bought a stand alone ship or package with LTI, any ship you upgrade (read that as pay for a bigger vessel and give CIG more money) to also inherits LTI.

If you have pledged on an LTI ship already, and upgrade to a Cutlass Black, the Cutlass will be LTI as well.

A few guys bought 2 or 3 Herald Info runner ships with LTI with the intention of going up the ladder with it later on and keeping LTI.

If you melt an item, you get the money back that you paid for it as store credit, it is like a pawn shop, you can buy back that item at any time up to the release of the PU I believe. You lose the features of that purchase until you un-melt it s a whole package. The melted package can't be split.

Hope that help, if you need more info, come on the TS server and we can chat (dMw one pw and IP in the forums).

[Lysander]

Thanks for the clarification Bert.
The original package was the Mustang Alpha with 3 month insurance, so my upgraded to Cutlass will also have 3 months insurance.  Guess I just need to be a little careful when the game finally launches.

[albert]

The Cutlass will have the higher of either it's insurance or the Mustang. You could always put a shout out for someone with a Cutlass with LTI on the forums to see if they are selling. Or check a grey market site. There are some very good sites out there for getting hold of ships and packages and very safe transactions.

[Justin Tolerable]

Hey there!

Yeah, LTI is just for collectors really (like me).  I'm sure it'll be nice to have in the game, but as albert said - it's not going to be expensive to insure your ship in game.  One thing to note though - while you can buy back any packages you exchange for store credits (or 'melt'), you can only buy them back with real money.  Store credit can only be used on items from the official shop.

If LTI means a lot to you, then look out for any new cheap concept ships.  New concept ships will always have LTI the first time they go on sale, so you can use those as a base for any upgrades.  That way, you take your cheap LTI ship, add some money with an upgrade, then you have your more expensive LTI ship.

One ship I bought several of for this reason is the P72 Archemedes.  It's a tiny ship, intended to be carried by the Constellation Phoenix.  I already have this as part of my own Constellation, but I use them as an 'LTI token' to upgrade from.

Complicated, I know!  I would be happy to sell you one - I would need to pay £23.40 to get it back, so if you wanted to have it, you can get it from me at cost.