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I like the new lighting engine and all...

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Jennifer Maxwell
Crimson Serpent Syndicate
#1 - 2015-01-12 11:55:00 UTC
But why did you take away the pretty lights on my Arbitrator? I don't fly many Amarr ships, and the one that I do fly regularly just got a lot uglier.

Also, the Caldari Navy ships are looking rather dull. Is that intended?
Yourmoney Mywallet
Doomheim
#2 - 2015-01-12 13:03:02 UTC
+1 for CN ships looking dull now. Specifically the CNR.
Caviar Liberta
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2015-01-12 15:42:02 UTC
Yourmoney Mywallet wrote:
+1 for CN ships looking dull now. Specifically the CNR.


Something we said in the navy "Haze grey and under way". Its a navy ship so it isn 't meant to look pretty.
Grauth Thorner
Vicious Trading Company
#4 - 2015-01-12 16:00:35 UTC
There might be some changes tomorrow. As stated in this dev post a lot of ships need to be changed graphic-wise.

According to this dev post the Exequror hull has been redesigned and will be released with the Proteus release. In the meantime you can drool over its new design: http://cdn1.eveonline.com/www/newssystem/media/66780/1/ExequrorHullRedesign.jpg

Since not all changes are mentioned in the devblog, some ships that don't need a complete redesign might get some finetuning.

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The Troll Bridge
#5 - 2015-01-12 18:12:41 UTC
While a couple of the ships do look a little dull, and CCP admitted already that the new lighting system did highlight the deficiencies of some older ships and textures, Id say that the majority of the ships look absolutely gorgeous, especially now with the nebulas being light sources.


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Ptraci
3 R Corporation
#6 - 2015-01-12 18:31:36 UTC
1. Make ships look dull
2. Release skins to make ships look more interesting again for a price
3. ???
4. Profit!
CCP Darwin
C C P
C C P Alliance
#7 - 2015-01-12 18:42:20 UTC
Jennifer Maxwell wrote:
But why did you take away the pretty lights on my Arbitrator? I don't fly many Amarr ships, and the one that I do fly regularly just got a lot uglier.

Also, the Caldari Navy ships are looking rather dull. Is that intended?


As indicated in CCP Mankiller's dev blog, we're revisiting ship looks now that physically-based rendering technology is in the game. This should help with dull Caldari ships, among others.

As for the Arbitrator, I'll have a look when I get in the office tomorrow to see if something unintended is going on.

CCP Darwin  •  Senior Software Engineer, Art & Graphics, EVE Online  •  @mark_wilkins
Harvey James
The Sengoku Legacy
#8 - 2015-01-12 18:47:59 UTC
really hoping the thorax gets fixed up .. it must be weighed down by the bug turd it carries around ...
also hoping the pirate ships get unique hulls aswell

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
CCP Darwin
C C P
C C P Alliance
#9 - 2015-01-13 11:12:27 UTC
CCP Darwin wrote:
As for the Arbitrator, I'll have a look when I get in the office tomorrow to see if something unintended is going on.


I have verified that this was a design choice and not a technical issue.

CCP Darwin  •  Senior Software Engineer, Art & Graphics, EVE Online  •  @mark_wilkins
Lugh Crow-Slave
#10 - 2015-01-13 11:22:00 UTC
Caviar Liberta wrote:
Yourmoney Mywallet wrote:
+1 for CN ships looking dull now. Specifically the CNR.


Something we said in the navy "Haze grey and under way". Its a navy ship so it isn 't meant to look pretty.


Wrong its a video game ship and the models are meant to look good

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Barbara Nichole
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#11 - 2015-01-13 11:54:00 UTC
Lugh Crow-Slave wrote:
Caviar Liberta wrote:
Yourmoney Mywallet wrote:
+1 for CN ships looking dull now. Specifically the CNR.


Something we said in the navy "Haze grey and under way". Its a navy ship so it isn 't meant to look pretty.


Wrong its a video game ship and the models are meant to look good

sometimes the intended look for a model is to be so ugly it's endearing... "space potatoes" (dominix) are loved by many players inspite of, or perhap because of, it's ugliness.

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Ruskarn Andedare
Lion Investments
#12 - 2015-01-13 11:59:43 UTC
Grauth Thorner wrote:
According to this dev post the Exequror hull has been redesigned and will be released with the Proteus release. In the meantime you can drool over its new design: http://cdn1.eveonline.com/www/newssystem/media/66780/1/ExequrorHullRedesign.jpg

and, sadly, it looks like we have yet another victim of the symmetrical ships brigade Cry
Harrison Tato
Yamato Holdings
#13 - 2015-01-13 14:51:55 UTC
Ruskarn Andedare wrote:
Grauth Thorner wrote:
According to this dev post the Exequror hull has been redesigned and will be released with the Proteus release. In the meantime you can drool over its new design: http://cdn1.eveonline.com/www/newssystem/media/66780/1/ExequrorHullRedesign.jpg

and, sadly, it looks like we have yet another victim of the symmetrical ships brigade Cry


Thank the gods.
Ruskarn Andedare
Lion Investments
#14 - 2015-01-13 15:16:00 UTC
Harrison Tato wrote:
Ruskarn Andedare wrote:
Grauth Thorner wrote:
According to this dev post the Exequror hull has been redesigned and will be released with the Proteus release. In the meantime you can drool over its new design: http://cdn1.eveonline.com/www/newssystem/media/66780/1/ExequrorHullRedesign.jpg

and, sadly, it looks like we have yet another victim of the symmetrical ships brigade Cry

Thank the gods.

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Jennifer Maxwell
Crimson Serpent Syndicate
#15 - 2015-01-13 20:14:52 UTC
CCP Darwin wrote:
CCP Darwin wrote:
As for the Arbitrator, I'll have a look when I get in the office tomorrow to see if something unintended is going on.


I have verified that this was a design choice and not a technical issue.

Aw. Now it looks all rocky and rough. I mean, I get that having windows everywhere on an armor tanked ship isn't exactly a great idea, but still. I shield tank my Arby.
Jean Luc Lemmont
Carebears on Fire
#16 - 2015-01-13 20:18:10 UTC
I just wish they would turn down the shine on the Ishtar a little bit. It looks like a Christmas bauble at this point.

And lord help you if it catches the sun's reflection and you're not wearing your goggles. I've blinded two clones that way.

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Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#17 - 2015-01-13 20:20:14 UTC
My Arbitrator looks a damn sight better now.

Maybe you need to get your slaves to clean the windows more often, OP

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Jennifer Maxwell
Crimson Serpent Syndicate
#18 - 2015-01-13 20:28:36 UTC
Ramona McCandless wrote:
My Arbitrator looks a damn sight better now.

Maybe you need to get your slaves to clean the windows more often, OP

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Stephan Scarsdale
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#19 - 2015-01-13 21:21:26 UTC
CCP Darwin wrote:
As indicated in CCP Mankiller's dev blog, we're revisiting ship looks now that physically-based rendering technology is in the game.


Can we have a ballpark idea of when we'll be able to see the effects of this?
Provence Tristram
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#20 - 2015-01-13 21:46:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Provence Tristram
Caviar Liberta wrote:
Yourmoney Mywallet wrote:
+1 for CN ships looking dull now. Specifically the CNR.


Something we said in the navy "Haze grey and under way". Its a navy ship so it isn 't meant to look pretty.


It's a video game. Appearances matter.

I can't say I'm a fan of the new lightning in general. Just watching ships exit the station in Jita, the vast majority now appear to have a far more dull sheen, and their lights barely show up. I daresay, based on this small sample alone, that this was a step backwards (particularly for the Caldari, whose vessels used to sparkle with light).
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