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Illiana ShadowGlade
BlackStar Military Corp
#1 - 2016-11-17 15:48:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Illiana ShadowGlade
Or are the number of Amarr skins starting to get annoying? Amarr easily has double the number of skins than just about any other faction in the game. And the skins for the other factions are.... lacking. I'd love a better skin for just about every Caldari ship that isn't just flat grey with a [insert color] strip on a wing tip.


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Memphis Baas
#2 - 2016-11-17 15:52:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Memphis Baas
Caldari don't care about looks, they only care about functionality. Minmatar can't afford skins ;-) .

Amarr, on the other hand, have to "dress" appropriately for their Dear Leader and their empire.

I'd expect all Amarr skins to be fully serious, I'd expect only the Gallente to get ridiculous color skins / Hello Kitty / Angry Birds / etc.
Yarosara Ruil
#3 - 2016-11-17 15:52:41 UTC
What we need is more Guristas SKINS, a fault that's been slowly corrected over the past years.
Gadget Helmsdottir
Gadget's Workshop
#4 - 2016-11-17 15:55:25 UTC
Caldari just need sterile, but functional, gunmetal grey.
Minmatar just need good ol' rust.
Gallante will eventually block out multiple suns with their fashion... but only if you buy it this week. Gotta stay current to be chic.

--Gadget

Work smarter, not harder. --Scrooge McDuck, an eminent old-Earth economist

Given an hour to save New Eden, how would respected scientist, Albertus Eisenstein compose his thoughts? "Fifty-five minutes to define the problem; save the galaxy in five."
Shae Tadaruwa
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#5 - 2016-11-17 15:56:50 UTC
Amarr need all the help they can get.

If you're going to fly crap ships, you may as well look good doing so.

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Illiana ShadowGlade
BlackStar Military Corp
#6 - 2016-11-17 15:58:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Illiana ShadowGlade
For the Caldari I could see some fractal military style patterns for their ships honestly.

Gallente skins aren't much better imho. I like the police skins and the Quafe skins, because they actually noticeably change the color of the ship.

I agree with Minmatar though, those ships are just junk to begin with. xP
Jenn aSide
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#7 - 2016-11-17 16:10:37 UTC
I'm with the OP. Too many Amarr skins, almost no skins at all for my pirate ships. CCP please correct.
Gadget Helmsdottir
Gadget's Workshop
#8 - 2016-11-17 16:14:38 UTC  |  Edited by: Gadget Helmsdottir
My new toon is Caldari, and with the slash of AUR costs for SKINs, I'm keeping my new alt's ships in colors.
I am digging the the Blue Tiger SKIN on Caldari ships. The Sunset one is nice, but I've always like blue over red. The seabeast green SKIN is far too dark. Someone forgot to put a light coat of primer on first.

I took a look at some of the Minnie ships with Blue Tiger... Yuck. You can barely tell the SKIN's active.

Quote:
If you're going to fly crap ships, you may as well look good doing so.


Exactly.
Style is Everything!

--Gadget, still waiting for dark purple and gold SKINs

Work smarter, not harder. --Scrooge McDuck, an eminent old-Earth economist

Given an hour to save New Eden, how would respected scientist, Albertus Eisenstein compose his thoughts? "Fifty-five minutes to define the problem; save the galaxy in five."
Lady Ayeipsia
BlueWaffe
#9 - 2016-11-17 16:22:42 UTC
I just want my hello kitty kestrel!

That said, give it time. The last 2 events with skin rewards focused on the Amarr ships (purity of throne and blood raider). Prior to that we had the serpentis which gave us a bunch of gal skins. My guess... Angels/Minmitar around Valentine's day or mid winter.
Gadget Helmsdottir
Gadget's Workshop
#10 - 2016-11-17 16:29:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Gadget Helmsdottir
Dear Amarr Empresses,

Stop Dying.

We are tired of mourning/celebratory colors on your ships.
Stick with gold.

Kthnxbai,

--Immortal Gadget

Work smarter, not harder. --Scrooge McDuck, an eminent old-Earth economist

Given an hour to save New Eden, how would respected scientist, Albertus Eisenstein compose his thoughts? "Fifty-five minutes to define the problem; save the galaxy in five."
John WarpingSlow
#11 - 2016-11-17 17:16:14 UTC
( •_•)

So what you're saying is...

( •_•)>⌐■-■

The Amarr have more skin in the game.

(⌐■_■)

YYYYYYYEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
Bronson Hughes
The Knights of the Blessed Mother of Acceleration
#12 - 2016-11-17 17:20:24 UTC
Amarr Victor.

John WarpingSlow wrote:
( •_•)

So what you're saying is...

( •_•)>⌐■-■

The Amarr have more skin in the game.

(⌐■_■)

YYYYYYYEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH


Winning post right there sir.

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Iria Ahrens
Space Perverts and Forum Pirates
#13 - 2016-11-17 17:23:40 UTC
I just want a khanid skin. When one finally comes out, i'll buy that one.

My choice of pronouns is based on your avatar. Even if I know what is behind the avatar.
Lasisha Mishi
A Blessed Bean
Pandemic Horde
#14 - 2016-11-17 17:44:11 UTC
Memphis Baas wrote:
Caldari don't care about looks, they only care about functionality. Minmatar can't afford skins ;-) .

Amarr, on the other hand, have to "dress" appropriately for their Dear Leader and their empire.

I'd expect all Amarr skins to be fully serious, I'd expect only the Gallente to get ridiculous color skins / Hello Kitty / Angry Birds / etc.

caldari could use skins to show what mega corp they belong to (which are really competitive and like to stand apart.)

or what caldari navy fleets (operating in different areas of space, from slightly blue tint for caldari center, slightly green tint for gallente border, and slightly brown tint in minmatar)

or what black ops unit (see Golem skin Kaalakiota)

and thats to say nothing about Caldari Pirates and Renegade Factions who, while tending to still be professional, like to stand apart from Caldari and show it.




Caldari are militaristic, this doesn't mean they don't care for appearence, if anything this means they care for it ALOT more. but rather than random colors, they go for sensible color schemes based on mission, system, ship's role, and rank.

heck just look at the USA Tank Core, they paint Abram tanks with the field of combat they going to.

even the Imperial Japanese Navy did this when they moved for alaska.
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#15 - 2016-11-17 17:57:46 UTC
John WarpingSlow wrote:
( •_•)

So what you're saying is...

( •_•)>⌐■-■

The Amarr have more skin in the game.

(⌐■_■)

YYYYYYYEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH


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(@_ಠ) 🍷
damn good stuff sir

Murderers of Negotiable Motivations

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Sobaan Tali
Caldari Quick Reaction Force
#16 - 2016-11-17 21:25:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Sobaan Tali
Not really going to matter much I don't think with what CCP announced and showed us with respects to SKINs at Fan Fest. From the sound of it, and considering it looked like every SKIN and its mom on NES has dropped heavily in price recently, CCP might be gearing up to gutting most of the ones that are available (at least from NES, not from game) and making SKINs that will span multiple races and factions and have way more intricate designs.

Supposedly, the Star Captain SKIN for instance, or what ever it's called, for the Confessor will be later slated for several ships that are not Amarr. I could be wrong on that, but they did show us what the SKIN looked like on the Confessor...Big smile

...then proceeded to show us a Domi and Macharial with it applied too! Shocked

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"----in' A, right?"

"Trouble is, those things cost like a million and a half each."

"----, you pay me half that and I'll hump in some c4 and blow the ---- out of it my own damn self."
Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
EDENCOM DEFENSIVE INITIATIVE
#17 - 2016-11-17 21:41:17 UTC
I am still awaiting alliance SKIN creator. With universal colour scheme that could be applied to any ship in that alliance.

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Neadayan Drakhon
Heuristic Industrial And Development
AddictClan
#18 - 2016-11-17 22:01:24 UTC
Gadget Helmsdottir wrote:
Caldari just need sterile, but functional, gunmetal grey.


This is why I want the Cold Iron skins for Caldari, a proper dark grey; or the Umbral skin (currently only for the Nyx) would work too, its darker.
Thomas Lot
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#19 - 2016-11-17 22:02:09 UTC
We Caldari care not for the look of the exterior of the ships. Function above style! As long as the missiles fly true and the other guy goes boom, we are happy. The Isk must flow.
Neadayan Drakhon
Heuristic Industrial And Development
AddictClan
#20 - 2016-11-17 22:13:34 UTC
Admittedly I have Raata Sunset skins for a couple of my ships, but I never wash them P
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