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CCP Falcon

Likes received: 13,815

#1 - 2012-11-08 16:48:54 UTC | Edited by: CCP Phantom

With the arrival of EVE Online: Retribution comes an awesome new set of ships for Capsuleers to kill eachother with, as well as the new ORE mining frigate and sweet new salvage drones.

CCP Huskarl, Art Director for EVE Online is here to tell you more about the process behind visualizing new ships, and the process that goes on to make EVE look so awesome.

You can read about it in his newest devblog soon. At present it has been unpublished for further refinements.

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Caldari Provisions Caldari State 118
Azrin Stella Oerndotte Caldari Provisions Caldari State Likes received: 118	#2 - 2012-11-08 16:55:36 UTC \| Edited by: Azrin Stella Oerndotte 1 First! And yes on better lightning! Edit: Must have been happy then when everyone thought the new Caldari destroyer looked like a submarine.

Deep Core Mining Inc. Caldari State 72
Viscount Hood Deep Core Mining Inc. Caldari State Likes received: 72	#3 - 2012-11-08 16:55:52 UTC \| Edited by: Viscount Hood 1 damn - missed 1st, got 2nd P.S. Love the new faction Drake model. Can't wait to try out The CN version!

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Hiram Alexander State Reprisal Likes received: 373	#4 - 2012-11-08 16:57:04 UTC \| Edited by: Hiram Alexander I hear that Tech 3's had finally been V3'd... is it true? Nice blog, btw...! Also, though I'm certainly no miner, are there any plans to let the ORE Frigate artist have their way with the other mining barges...?

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Bariolage Control F9 Likes received: 51	#5 - 2012-11-08 16:57:41 UTC Hooray! Dev blog!

Lightspeed Enterprises Goonswarm Federation 67
Eve Amada Lightspeed Enterprises Goonswarm Federation Likes received: 67	#6 - 2012-11-08 17:00:59 UTC 1st page \o/

Harvey James

The Sengoku Legacy

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#7 - 2012-11-08 17:03:00 UTC

Will the command ships be changed at all?
different hulls for different weapon systems i.e. Nighthawk using drake model
Or perhaps new/heavily modified hulls to give more uniqueness.

T3's need to be versatile so no rigs are necessary ... they should not have OP dps and tank

ABC's should be T2, remove drone assist, separate HAM's and Torps range, -3 HS for droneboats

Nerf web strength, Make the blaster Eagle worth using

Daneel Trevize

Give my 11percent back

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#8 - 2012-11-08 17:05:44 UTC | Edited by: Daneel Trevize

The Mega is a DPS boat, almost always a blaster boat. Especially the varients like the Kronos and Vindicator with their strength but not range bonus to webbing.
Compare these two linked images. Ignore the broken terrible new texture for now (Dev says it's still WIP and texture is broken).

The top front half of the old ship has a single fluid convex curve, it it like a muscle across a shoulder (true to the game's canon of organic racial inspiration) and emphasises the potential power of the highest DPS sub-cap ship in the game. The front then curves down and only forwards to the horns/spikes (giving no quarter, there is it: being close; and being closer/in your face). The rear half is shorter than the front with flowing curves and gives a sense of compactness and up-front focus.

The new model is undeniably bent along the top, and then has frowny eyebrows, a concave face, and just looks sad/depressed about the situation it finds itself in. The back half is now terribly straight lined, long and utterly forgettable.

Never mind that the texture should also invoke organic form and not plate metal, the ship is a fighting bull, not a pathetic rectangle with a melted front like someone's held a burning candle out horizontal and it's weakened itself.

Please try again, or leave it alone, do it justice.

P.S. Your forum doesn't like to leave 2 links with a space inbetween them.
Also why can't we have the lighter/fixed textures & lighting once 50% of models are new, rather than 100%?

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Dztrgovac Likes received: 42	#9 - 2012-11-08 17:09:12 UTC 3 What have you done to the poor Mega! It lost its wings and its elegance of power. :(

Azrin Stella Oerndotte

Caldari Provisions

Caldari State

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#10 - 2012-11-08 17:13:05 UTC

Daneel Trevize wrote:

The new model is undeniably bent along the top, and then has frowny eyebrows, a concave face, and just looks sad/depressed about the situation it finds itself in. The back half is now terribly straight lined, long and utterly forgettable.

Never mind that the texture should also invoke organic form and not plate metal, the ship is a fighting bull, not a pathetic rectangle with a melted front like someone's held a burning candle out horizontal and it's weakened itself.

Yes, it does look like someone smashed the front with a big hammer, however the rest look like it can take much more of a beating.

Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire 15,906
Chribba Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire Likes received: 15,906	#11 - 2012-11-08 17:14:09 UTC 1 Looks neat /c ★★★ Secure 3rd party service ★★★ Visit my in-game channel 'Holy Veldspar' Twitter @ChribbaVeldspar

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Naraish Adarn Alexylva Paradox Likes received: 156	#12 - 2012-11-08 17:14:20 UTC no V3 love for Rokh :( is sad


Bariolage Control F9 Likes received: 51	#13 - 2012-11-08 17:14:27 UTC Also, forgive me if it's common knowledge, but what is mode animation? I could not find it on google.

Subsidy H.R.S. Xagenic Freymvork 427
Nicen Jehr Subsidy H.R.S. Xagenic Freymvork Likes received: 427	#14 - 2012-11-08 17:14:35 UTC 1 F'ing beautiful, all of them. Salvage drone is crazy detailed Little Things to improve ≡⋁≡ \| My Little Things posts

Nagarythe Tinurandir

Einheit X-6

Likes received: 237

#15 - 2012-11-08 17:24:09 UTC

you just gotta love those art guys.
thats how space ships are made :)

a few quick remarks though.

- the difference between kronos and mega ( to be honest i dont see any) isn't as apparent as the difference between vargur and tempest. how come?

- when i checked out hte new minie dessie today on duality i noticed, that the missile launcher distribution is kind of odd. obviously designed hardpoints beeing empty and all. turret/launcher placement may not be part of the art teams job, but there will be some changes still, aren't there?

can't wait to look at them new shinies all day long once they go live :D

Cruor Angelicus 4,316
Xercodo Cruor Angelicus Likes received: 4,316	#16 - 2012-11-08 17:25:34 UTC 1 Naraish Adarn wrote: no V3 love for Rokh :( is sad Rokh was V3ed in Crucible The Drake is a Lie

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Eric Deloitte The Flowing Penguins Likes received: 21	#17 - 2012-11-08 17:27:08 UTC 4 Quote: Like for instance giving Amarr some red iron oxide parts Thieving Bastards

Aperture Harmonics 4,892
Two step Aperture Harmonics Likes received: 4,892	#18 - 2012-11-08 17:28:52 UTC 3 Very cool dev blog, and great to see how your design process works. My only complaint about the new destroyers is how similar the new amarr one looks to the Coercer. Any chance you guys will go back and take a look at it? CSM 7 Secretary CSM 6 Alternate Delegate @two_step_eve on Twitter My Blog

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Todri The Contracted Likes received: 0	#19 - 2012-11-08 17:29:09 UTC How will the new hulls effect the pirate ships? - ie. Is the Vindi all pretty and new too?