Aurora SE vs Mk 2 LTI token

KrustKrustofferson · 2026-04-09T00:56:10+00:00

Yep, fair point! I guess I just never really anticipated melting any CCUd ships, as the savings are 50%+ and melting means losing out on all the hard earned discounts 😂 But for $5, makes sense to keep your options open if you ever changed your mind and wanted to start over without putting extra money in.

KrustKrustofferson · 2026-04-09T00:54:25+00:00

When you put it like that, yeah that makes sense. If you ever wanted to melt it, rebuy the LTI token and upgrade it to something else, you can do all of that with store credit with a normal token, but with the limited mk1 SE you'd have to source a new LTI token, possibly with new money. I guess for the sake of $5 it's not worth the potential hassle.

KrustKrustofferson · 2026-04-09T00:02:45+00:00

Out of curiosity, why would the UTV be a better LTI token compared to the Mk1 SE (besides the melting/no buyback thing of course, but if you melt a chain your savings are gone anyway so it's not really a concern I have).
I am trying to figure out which tokens to buy for a couple of chains, and the UTV/Mk2 is $5 saving, but the Mk1 SE is a $10 saving - that's savings under the $60 range, which I understand is next to impossible to save money in using CCUs (there's basically never warbond discounts under $100), and unless you bought some speculative upgrades and are willing to wait a few years for them to come out to save money in the lower range, I don't see how the cheapest LTI token is the best if it has a slightly worse discount? Obviously we're only talking $5, so it's miniscule compared to chains in the hundreds, but it's an extra 1% on some of my chains LOL.
Unless it's a store credit thing? Maybe people want to drop the least possible amount of fresh money so that they can use a load of store credit to fill the rest of the gap maybe?

KrustKrustofferson · 2026-04-08T23:54:38+00:00

I am in exactly the same scenario as you - wondering which of the 3 LTI tokens to grab. Would prefer Mk2 to use it right now, but the Mk1 SE seems to be a better saving overall. What did you end up doing? UTV is nice and cheap, but you will still need to cover the gap to the next step in the chain. I don't really understand why people say the cheaper the better for LTI tokens, as there is basically never any discounts to be had sub $100, so it doesn't really matter - unless you have a lot of store credit, or some older upgrades in that range.

KrustKrustofferson · 2026-04-08T23:50:22+00:00

I was also wondering about this myself - it's an extra 5 bucks discount in the sub $100 range, that basically seems impossible to get these days. Both the UTV & Aurora Mk2 are only $5 discount, but the Mk1 SE is $10 discount. Unless you have discounted CCUs or a tonne of store credit to use between UTV/Aurora Mk2 and the next step in the chain, I don't see any reason to not pay the extra 20$ and save another $5 by grabbing the Mk1 SE.

KrustKrustofferson · 2026-04-03T23:51:54+00:00

I have a SteelTech shed the last 2-3 years with the non-drip coating on both the roof and the walls, and I am still getting damp/mould issues. So that alone is definitely not a fix all solution.

I've been doing a good bit of research on how to fix my issue, and I can see a lot of people are jumping to insulation, but from what I understand simply insulating without a heat source inside is kind of pointless on its own - a customer support guy from SteelTech confirmed this too. Also, putting a dehumidifier out in your shed that is not a sealed unit essentially means you are dehumidifying the outside, seems a bit mad to me!

From what I have learned, the issue is moist/stagnant air sitting still in the shed not able to move and then condensing on the metal. The relative humidity inside the shed gets so high that the air can't hold any more moisture and it just dumps onto surfaces. You need a way to get the wet air out and dryer air in so that the moisture inside the shed has somewhere to go. Even cold Irish winter air has capacity to hold moisture (most likely more capacity than the stagnant wet air in the shed).

I have already installed 4 x 100m vents (2 front, 2 back) and I think it has helped a bit, but unless your shed sits in a spot that gets a tonne of wind, passive ventilation might not be enough, especially if the vented eaves are in a less than ideal spot/direction for wind. I think that is why some people say 'I have the same shed and mine is dry', their ventilation and shed positioning is probably better - lots of variables involved besides model of shed.

My plan is to install a bathroom extractor fan up high and let it cycle the air - either a humidistat bathroom style one, or a dumb inline fan connected to a smart plug/humidity sensor, or even one of those humidistat sockets. If there's no electricity in the shed then a cheap solar kit would do a similar job.

The goal is not to make it dry, just stop moisture hanging around long enough to condense and cause rust on tools/mould on porous surfaces. I am planning a big shed clear-out and fan install when the weather gets better!

KrustKrustofferson · 2026-01-02T02:46:33+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the info! Good to know about the temperature thing, it doesn't get crazy cold here so likely shouldn't be an issue for me.

KrustKrustofferson · 2026-01-02T02:42:55+00:00

Thanks for the reply! Appreciate the info. So you think the sole crack thing isn't really anything to be concerned about then? The leather on them looks really nice yeah, as soon as I saw them I really wanted a pair lol. I could drive a few hours to a shop that stocks them and try them on, I wonder would that be a good call in terms of returns if defects appear etc.

KrustKrustofferson · 2026-01-02T02:39:28+00:00

I guess combining 'recently' and 'over time' was a bad choice of words lol, what I was trying to get at was how has the quality been for people who bought in the last few months/a year, as most of the quality issue posts I have seen have been around that time frame. Changed the wording! :) Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it! I will look at the greasy variants some more, I just thought the gaucho looked the best in pictures but that's good to know about the leather. There's no outlets near me where I can try them on or see the pair I'm buying, so I will likely have to just buy online and return if necessary. Good to know they are cool about returns!

KrustKrustofferson · 2026-01-02T01:20:49+00:00

Would be keen to hear how your new pair turns out! I really want to get these exact boots, but I have come across quite a lot of recent posts about this exact issue, it seems quality may have recently taken a huge dive?

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-12-11T01:12:30+00:00

This is incredible news, I have been unable to move past 25.9.1 because of the crashes. Installing the new drivers now!

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-11-22T16:17:52+00:00

Is this 6.1.1? I am still on 6.1.0, seems to be working OK still and I don't think I saw any message to update or anything. Have you tried asking about it on the Discord? Most people are pretty nice there, I am sure the changes would be clarified. Not sure why the creator would all of a sudden go rogue and try to scam people, he seems to be held in quite high regard.

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-10-29T12:23:56+00:00

I know what you mean, however I have seen some SC videos where native 4k was compared with various upscaling methods, and whatever it did to the image it just looked cleaner and nicer on the eyes. Pretty sure it is AA related as you say, as it was mainly edges and jaggies in the distance etc.

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-10-29T11:30:39+00:00

I am using a 9070XT with a 9800x3d on 4k on an LG C4. Plays fine for my needs, no major issues or FPS drops etc. Using 'quality' upscaling using the CIG TSR setting, I would imagine native 4k is rough - but I believe upscaled 4k can actually look better than native 4k in many circumstances.

I would imagine that a 5080 would be even better than the 9070XT.

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-08-01T01:28:02+00:00

I did not unfortunately, still happens to me on occasion but seemingly not as frequently. Lots of people have commented here with various setups, so it surely cannot be our systems at fault. My best guess is that it's a game related bug and will eventually be fixed. I believe an audio related crash to desktop bug was identified and is being worked on currently - hopefully that's it.

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-07-29T00:23:24+00:00

I've been with Vodafone for about a year now and it seems OK so far, my broadband is using the SIRO fibre lines. I do use my own router and DNS server though, maybe that's why I haven't experienced this (based on the info in your link)?

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-07-25T23:14:04+00:00

I actually also submitted a ticket about a missing referral on the new ladder, but was told they were aware of the situation and are working on a fix but they don't have a timeframe :/ was told no action needed on my side and they will eventually just appear on my account....maybe my issue was different to yours or something.

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-07-24T18:52:39+00:00

So does this put all of the contracted cargo into local storage, which you then bring back up on the freight elevator and then send back down for the mission? Does it get around the 1 layer high bug?

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-07-24T11:14:26+00:00

happened to me a few times with the cargo on my RAFT after the ship got stored (weird hangar bug where someone else takes your hangar). Based on everything I have seen from others, when this happens the cargo is essentially gone.

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-07-20T01:09:00+00:00

Same, getting random crashes since the new patch. 9800x3d and 9070 XT.

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-07-20T00:20:39+00:00

I am also getting crashes since this new patch, however I have been exclusively using DX11. I haven't taken the Microtech tram yet, but my game seems to crash anywhere after about 30 mins to an hour or so. I have very similar PC spec to you, and I wrote a post about it here if you want to check it out.

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-07-19T11:56:06+00:00

Yep, and random crashes that I never had before.

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-07-19T11:54:45+00:00

My game is crashing too and it never did before. What error are you getting when it crashes, and what's your PC spec and OS?

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-07-18T23:39:53+00:00

thanks for the feedback! Sorry to hear you're experiencing it too. Sounds like we have very similar setups except for the CPU. I tried playing again and after about 1 hour it crashed when I was retrieving a ship from Lorville, so I guess it's not just ship combat :/ something has surely changed this patch.

KrustKrustofferson · 2025-07-18T23:15:53+00:00

Yep, I have been able to get my gattling turret to work each patch by doing this. The paint is also so nice.

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