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Space camouflage - what's the point?
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Jagga Spikes
Spikes Chop Shop
#41 - 2011-10-31 22:46:40 UTC
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
Tippia wrote:
Because colour schemes make no difference in a world of sensors (which aren't working within the visible light spectrum, or indeed aren't even using light to begin with) so you can paint them any way you like without it making any difference…

…so you go for what looks good and what is traditional instead.

i say we go for what looks good, and make a pirate faction that neon-lines their ships to look like something otu of TRON: Legacy (or the original tron, if your feeling nostalgiac), cause i eman honestly, its nigh-impossible to see something in space visually without already knowing WHERE to look, and having the sun behind you to reflect the light back in your direction, so why dont we have big/flashy overly flamboyant ships instead of either Minmatar Rust, Amarrian bronze/brass, and Caldari Gunmetal?


indeed. if we are supposed to go for what looks good, than lets have what looks real good. camo ain't it.
Burhtun
Burhtun Shipyards
#42 - 2011-10-31 23:59:30 UTC
Not only is space camo stupid, but its random pattern breaks up the forms of the ships and makes them look ugly and hard to "read".

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Dalloway Jones
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#43 - 2011-11-01 00:03:11 UTC
Amarr is the only Navy Faction I would ever fly (well maybe Minmatar too since the camo is subtle). Space camo is currently the worst thing about ship designs at the moment imo.
mkint
#44 - 2011-11-01 00:20:04 UTC
lol @ people who actually think CCP's art team is any good at art. hi res =/= high quality

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Large Collidable Object
morons.
#45 - 2011-11-01 01:06:45 UTC
Hans Jagerblitzen wrote:


To me, “space camouflage” would consist of a black ship painted with pale colored dots. Now, this would be a pain in the butt



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Jenshae Chiroptera
#46 - 2012-01-14 22:47:51 UTC
Still annoying. Totally illogical and the sort of macho thing that is over compensating for something. Straight

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Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
#47 - 2012-01-14 22:55:47 UTC
Meh maybe thats why the special empire issues always have the best paint schemes.

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Jaroslav Unwanted
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#48 - 2012-01-14 23:00:42 UTC
mkint wrote:
lol @ people who actually think CCP's art team is any good at art. hi res =/= high quality


art differs from high quality also .. depend on who look at it..

for me Picasso is garbage .. if i had some of his "art" i would use it to fire the wood / coal Cool
Zimmy Zeta
Perkone
Caldari State
#49 - 2012-01-14 23:06:34 UTC
Space camo would be simply having mirrors attached to the hull that reflect the space around it and have the added benefit of reflecting lazors. . .

But then every ship in eve would look nearly the same ...

I'd like to apologize for the poor quality of the post above and sincerely hope you didn't waste your time reading it. Yes, I do feel bad about it.
mkint
#50 - 2012-01-14 23:09:42 UTC
what's the point? To p!ss people off. Art team might have some technical skills but art director sucks at actual art.

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Mars Theran
Foreign Interloper
#51 - 2012-01-14 23:10:13 UTC
Maybe it's so you can land on planets and hide?
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Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#52 - 2012-01-14 23:14:17 UTC
Hans Jagerblitzen wrote:
Space camouflage - what's the point?


Obviously to make ships look ugly!
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Jenshae Chiroptera
#53 - 2012-01-15 00:29:45 UTC
My cynicism leads me to believe they are putting ugly skins on these ships to motivate people to buy other ones from the Nex store. Creating the market so they are so "successful" What?

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Amarr Empire
#54 - 2012-01-15 01:06:52 UTC
To look cool Cool
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Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
#55 - 2012-01-15 02:07:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Nova Fox
Zimmy Zeta wrote:
Space camo would be simply having mirrors attached to the hull that reflect the space around it and have the added benefit of reflecting lazors. . .

But then every ship in eve would look nearly the same ...


Wouldnt work.

1 you cannot make a mirrior perfect enough to defelct weapons grade lasers, a highly refelctive survace would only provide milliseconds of protection while the holes in the imperfections all mirrors have becomes exploited and blown apart.

2 furthermore highly reflective sensor returns even if they are deflected away from the ship squaking will still lead you to being detected. and you ask why? becuase there is a nice HOLE in my sensor sweep that shouldnt be there.

The way eve handels things is would mean that you're not acutally cloaking you're just fooling the sensors you are not there to the point the system will not call you out on any measue becuase there isnt enough infomration to lock onto let alone to fire at. All ships have this to a degree which is why majority of active electornic foot prints minuts capitol ships are smaller than they are phsycially large. Capitol ships exibit near normal singature reads with signatures much more massive than themselves thanks to all the electronic 'noise' they make.

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HYPE-TRAIN
#56 - 2012-01-15 02:14:03 UTC
Has CCP ever confirmed custom paint jobs
Fawcks
Doomheim
#57 - 2012-01-15 02:16:25 UTC
Hans Jagerblitzen wrote:
So, since lots of stuff is being worked on for ship models, I thought I’d ask a question that’s been bugging me for some time.

Why do the military-grade (fleet issue, navy issue) editions of spaceships have standard woodland / desert camouflage paintjobs? It seems so silly and arbitrary. Why in the world would I have brown and green blotches on my stabber unless I’m flying it through a forest?

To me, “space camouflage” would consist of a black ship painted with pale colored dots. Now, this would be a pain in the butt to actually see, so I’m not asking for that obviously. But the camo blotches we have now – seem so slapped on and out of place. Almost any other cool custom paintjob would work, I just don’t get the camo thing.

Is there something I’m missing? Is there some lore or anything that explains this peculiar design decision when it comes to ship paintjob?

Are we seeing new paintjobs or customization options come winter expansion?

Thanks developers and community alike, appreciate the input…

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J Kunjeh
#58 - 2012-01-15 09:06:22 UTC
I agree, space camo is lame-o. At least make it digital pattern instead of the standard military camo of what, the 1900's? This is the future CCP, get with it!

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Chesh Aideron
Androse Trinket Haus
#59 - 2012-01-15 09:33:55 UTC
It is a Meta 0 cloaking device employed by the Navies. They have since moved on to more suitable technologies.
Kha'Vorn
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#60 - 2012-01-15 11:00:01 UTC
I just want a Roden Shipyards coloured Mega. They are truly awesome looking