EVE General Discussion

The nemesis is leagues sexier.

They all look good. For aesthetics, Amarr get first prize like they do with most of their designs but Gallente actually have a slick ship now too.

Minmatar got their classic, wing and a prayer look but we wouldn't want them any other way.

PICS or you didn't see them

the hound needs to have those solar sails or whatever things back.
the purifier is nice but sorta dull

New Nemesis is awesome. I was disappointed the Manticore kept the silly protrusion which looks out of place now. Much better colors and design overall though. Hound is very average looking and too curvy for my taste, like a shiny, stream-lined brown thing.

While I don't mind them updating Minmatar, (and they should, very much so), the Minmatar ships should retain some angular appearance to them. Streamline and smooth Gallente, Amarr, and even Caldari to some extent, but Minmatar ships should definitely be less focused on the really curvy stuff and more focused on making them appear sturdier and engineered for functionality.

Cleaning up some of those gaping holes like on the Tempest side thing would be nice. Very wierd to have parts of ships that have no structural connection to the rest of the hull. Aside from that, the main thing with Minmatar is the need for better textures and outward appearance of the functional structure. Heavy armor plates with a more seamless, milled appearance if you will.

Textures is definitely a big one, and by my opinion, all Minmatar ships should be Steel-like in appearance rather than some muddy brown like the new textures on the Hound and Rookie ship. There is very little definition with the current scheme, and it is playdough-like in appearance with very little transition between elements, kind of like how many people feel about the Sansha Mothership.

Textural contrast is very important in design as far as I am concerned, and plays an important role in making something desirable or appealing to the average player or person. It doesn't have to be great, like orange on black, but it does have to be there and create definition between elements and geometry. The new V3 textures for Gallente are a good example.

Minmatar colors may be dark orange/ochre nationally speaking put it doesn't mean that their ships have to be one solid splotch of roughly brownish, with some almost brown antennae-like sensor vanes. I assume they're sensory; I don't really know.

Also, Amarr need less gold and filigree. It's way too much for the outside of the ship to be that designed and it actually doesn't seem to translate that well to rendered graphics in most pictures I've seen, and on older ships, personally observed.

The Amarr Strategic Cruisers in the forum background are actually about what I would normally be thinking and seem about right in that render, but if you see them in game, they are essentially gold and shiny and unappealing to me.

Purifier doesn't look too bad, being mostly whitish with little unnecessary detail and filagree if any, provided the examples shown are a real indication of how it will look in game. The hardpoints? on the sides are a bit odd, but should look better when the new missile effects are in game and in use I would think. If they are not launcher hardpoints, then I have to say they are an unusual design choice.

The Nemesis and Purifier look really good.

The Hound has improved, but its still odd :)

Manticore looks improved, but still is seemingly close to its original shape (not that that is a bad thing).


Out of all, i'm happy the Purifier has lost its space-shrimp look.

That's way too advanced for a Minmatar build, so it obviously needs to be re-redesigned.

How about a pile of scafolding welded how it fell with a shipping container glued to one end?... add sci-fi stuff to preferance (solar panels, flashing lights, aerials ect)

Great screenshots, thanks for sharing!