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new drake + new missiles
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Ripperljohn
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#21 - 2012-05-03 14:33:29 UTC
they put missile launchers on the launchers

Launchception? Straight
marVLs
#22 - 2012-05-03 14:35:31 UTC
Yup drake need redesing, it looks just stupid and soooo lame with those top launchers... i hope CCP will have some time maybe in next few weeks to work on this.
ChromeStriker
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#23 - 2012-05-03 14:44:28 UTC
FYI missiles dont launch from the middle of the ship any more... they come from the launchers (rockets are awesome)

No Worries
Toshiroma McDiesel
Lupus Draconis
The Lost Drone Society
#24 - 2012-05-03 14:50:38 UTC
NickyYo wrote:
hmm looks more like a gank boat and drakes are far from that, they are more of a sit and do **** all and carebear boat..



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Drake - Not just for PVE anymore Pirate

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Heimdallofasgard
Ministry of Furious Retribution
Fraternity.
#25 - 2012-05-03 14:51:41 UTC
"Hey bro we heard you liked launchers so we put launchers on your launchers so you can launch while you launch!"

Perpetuation of a meme? in my EVE?

It's more likely than you think...

I for one approve this.
Benny Ohu
Chaotic Tranquility
#26 - 2012-05-03 15:00:01 UTC
The Eris, Caracal and Tempest also have little missile launchers on the ship, although with Minmatar it's hard to tell.

It'd be nice to have ships like this fire their missiles out of the ship's launchers but it's not exactly high priority.
Zyress
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#27 - 2012-05-03 15:11:51 UTC
If you notice in that first picture those pads aren't launchers they seem to be hardpoints, there are 8 of them and only 7 of them have launchers on them, the last being the utility high I would imagine. Have they made drone range augmentatators or nuet /nos module models to show up there?
Mia Restolo
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#28 - 2012-05-03 15:15:34 UTC
Redundant launcher is redundant... they should consider removing the ship model launcher pods and have the new launcher hard points recessed into the old spots.
Danfen Fenix
#29 - 2012-05-03 15:28:54 UTC
Benny Ohu wrote:
The Eris, Caracal and Tempest also have little missile launchers on the ship, although with Minmatar it's hard to tell.

It'd be nice to have ships like this fire their missiles out of the ship's launchers but it's not exactly high priority.


The rifter also appears to have a couple at the back Smile

Think I also saw something on the Tristan that could pass as one once too, not sure though.
Phiad Aurilen
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#30 - 2012-05-03 15:49:39 UTC
Mmm.. that does look odd. But it does look a damn sight meaner with those new launcher models.

On a side issue about the drake and it's mount points I hope they address the utility slot. As at the moment if I fit a
Salvager I it sits on top near the Drakes rear & only on one side + it hovers (not touching the hull) Roll
Vertisce Soritenshi
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#31 - 2012-05-03 15:56:10 UTC
Oh Jesus Christ! I KNEW this was going to happen! I even made a thread about it asking what they are gonna do with the Drake for the turrets.

****...

Oh well...here's hoping they fix it with a remodel of the Drake soon.

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Vimsy Vortis
Shoulda Checked Local
Break-A-Wish Foundation
#32 - 2012-05-03 16:01:10 UTC
CCP: unrelenting stream of disappointment
Markus Reese
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#33 - 2012-05-03 16:01:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Markus Reese
Well, caldari will need model revisions, that is for sure. Probably tweaked as a continuum of Tier3. Note that only the Heavy missile launchers locate on the "launchers".

At least when I fit, the hams and RFLML fit to the standard turret spots on the top.

Call out to the art department, the OP idea of having the heavy launcher spec points being recessed into the hull would be awesome. Come out of warp and they just have that subtle raise over the hull would be amazing!

To quote Lfod Shi

The ratting itself is PvE. Getting away with it is PvP.
I Love Boobies
All Hail Boobies
#34 - 2012-05-03 16:02:08 UTC
I could swear that was a Minmatar ship...
Pertuabo Enkidgan
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#35 - 2012-05-03 16:03:07 UTC
Looks awesome!

Even if the ship is on horribly low graphical settings

I guess they'll remodel the drake or something.
Ocih
Space Mermaids
#36 - 2012-05-03 16:14:38 UTC
I like the Drake. It looks purposed and very military in design.
CMD Bileena
Torvi Mining and Industrial Inc.
#37 - 2012-05-22 13:02:15 UTC
As I had a quiet afternoon, I figured i'd see if there was a good reason why the drake wasn't remodelled... I'm by no means an expert in 3d modelling, and no nothing of game design...

However as an amature in Blender, I managed to come up with this in about 40min, half of that being the time it took to export textures and stuff....

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56018488/blenderdump/temp/drakeRemodel.png

The quick remodelling did screw up some of the textures, but that was probably me being a noob. I think its safe to say though that a team of professional artists could have spat out something a lot better in the same time... its odd they didn't.
Rovah Guokta
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#38 - 2012-05-22 13:11:39 UTC
CMD Bileena wrote:
As I had a quiet afternoon, I figured i'd see if there was a good reason why the drake wasn't remodelled... I'm by no means an expert in 3d modelling, and no nothing of game design...

However as an amature in Blender, I managed to come up with this in about 40min, half of that being the time it took to export textures and stuff....

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56018488/blenderdump/temp/drakeRemodel.png

The quick remodelling did screw up some of the textures, but that was probably me being a noob. I think its safe to say though that a team of professional artists could have spat out something a lot better in the same time... its odd they didn't.


I'll take two. Looks pretty damn good.
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