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Ajita al Tchar
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-01-27 04:18:01 UTC
... Helios / Imicus. There've been some good ship model changes recently. Raven got a model update. The Maller is now pretty awesome. CCP, please tell me, why would you think it's okay to improve these ships while leaving the Helios in its current state? It was so much better when it was the Maulus model rather than the Imicus. Since the Helios is infinitely more popular than the Keres (and there's nothing you can do about it, seriously), the impact of the extreme fugliness of the model is that much more measurable. Have you SEEN it? It looks like a robot riding a unicycle, or a bucktooth sock monkey leaning on a crutch, or just something that was aborted and rightly so. Sure, there are other ships that have apparently been put together by blind two year olds (yes, I'm looking at the Bantam) but the Helios is actually the kind of ship that you don't really "graduate" from, unless in favor of another less fugly covops. Which would be any other covops.

Fix the Helios, please. Seriously, it's so ugly that I'm glad it's usually invisible when not docked.
Vyl Vit
#2 - 2012-01-27 04:20:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Vyl Vit
WTH is a Helios? Whatever it is, it can wait its turn. The Megathron needs work first. It looks like a ballooned up Nike shoe.

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Renarla
#3 - 2012-01-27 04:21:24 UTC
Vyl Vit wrote:
WTH is a Helios? Whatever it is, it can wait its turn. The Megathron needs work first. It looks like a ballooned up Nike shoe.

On election day, remember who your friends are, then vote for me for CSM!


WHAT. Megathron is and always has been one of my favorite ship models in the game. But yeah, give the Helios and Imicus a new model or at least give the Helios the Maulus hull back.
Ajita al Tchar
Doomheim
#4 - 2012-01-27 04:28:26 UTC
Let's say that many Gallente ships could use some de-fugging. There's so much "ew Minmatar ships are made of rusty cardboard" rhetoric going around that a simple truth remains buried: Gallente ships have some of the ugliest models. Caldari ships look like abstract art, okay, that's pretty bad, but at least they don't look like they have tumors and teeth coming out of every seam.

At least the Mega looks kind of badass, "I'm a battleship, rawr". Compared to, say, the Hyperion which is... lol. A weird sex toy? Something left over after a bunch of sculptors smoked a bucket of crack. I know that RP-wise Gallente are supposed to enjoy the occasional and not so occasional mind-altering substance, but come on.
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#5 - 2012-01-27 04:28:55 UTC
Well at least you can cloak your Helios and not have to look at the thing.

That's about the best I can say for it and I love Gallente ships.

Mr Epeen Cool
Cawfield
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#6 - 2012-01-31 05:06:29 UTC
+1 for you, sir. I concur.

Does anyone else think the maulus looks like a kind of sleeker Slave I?

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MeestaPenni
Mercantile and Stuff
#7 - 2012-01-31 05:12:08 UTC
"Bucktooth Sock Monkeys" would make a great name for a rock band.

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Valentyn3
Deep Core Mining Inc.
#8 - 2012-01-31 05:45:30 UTC
Just as long as ye mighty space dildo never changes.

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Atticus Lowa
Lowa Corp Industries and Security
#9 - 2012-01-31 05:48:51 UTC
Vyl Vit wrote:
WTH is a Helios? Whatever it is, it can wait its turn. The Megathron needs work first. It looks like a ballooned up Nike shoe.

On election day, remember who your friends are, then vote for me for CSM!


a megathron looks like dual-wielded handguns, that just shows the Badassadness of the gallente...
we caldari? we have boring symmetrical ships (for the most part) that while practical lack the ability to hull tank...

and the amarr have a space banana thats fires lazors, which is also silly...

PS: Space Sci-Fi is inherintly silly, ever notice that?
Cebraio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#10 - 2012-01-31 08:42:42 UTC
Renarla wrote:

WHAT. Megathron is and always has been one of my favorite ship models in the game. But yeah, give the Helios and Imicus a new model or at least give the Helios the Maulus hull back.

Indeed! Even when I wasn't playing EVE, whenever I saw a Megathron I so wanted to get into the game again and fly it. It looks awesome!

The Helios really is ugly, but I learned to live with it. Once you get accustomed to it, you may actually begin to like its ugliness.
ACE McFACE
Dirt 'n' Glitter
Local Is Primary
#11 - 2012-01-31 09:43:22 UTC
Vyl Vit wrote:
WTH is a Helios? Whatever it is, it can wait its turn. The Megathron needs work first. It looks like a ballooned up Nike shoe.

On election day, remember who your friends are, then vote for me for CSM!

YOU SIR ARE THE MOST ABHORRENT HUMAN BEING I HAVE EVER COME INTO CONTACT WITH.


Also, the Helios is the reason I can fly an Anathema, although I technically can fly all cov ops

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Solinuas
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2012-01-31 10:07:45 UTC
Erebus, and friction extension for prot, it is literally impossible for me to fly with either, i just cant stand looking at the bloody things
Orion Guardian
#13 - 2012-01-31 10:38:54 UTC
Yeah Gallente ships need work. They are either looking very ugly (Dominix anyone?) or like some kind of weird Sex Toy...its only my opinion though....and change the color kide black/green is SOOOOO 1990er
My Postman
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#14 - 2012-01-31 11:08:56 UTC
When i was (!) flying my helios i was always thinking of a disabled hockey player. I nearly vomited. Since having Minnie frig 5, for obvious reasons i did´nt look at this thing ever again. Not saying that the cheetah is a yummie for the eyes either.

Imo the Thorax is the only gallente ship looking ok. Beside of my space potatoe.
Liam Mirren
#15 - 2012-01-31 11:42:44 UTC
idgi

To me the domi looks fine, the mega is fine, thorax looks decent enough, incursus and tristan look great, vexor's fine. brutix is awesome, so is the myrm. The caps look great (apart from Erebus). The only issue we really have is that they need to swap the maulus and imicus model, that way we can have the old helios back.

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#16 - 2012-01-31 11:43:33 UTC
Vyl Vit wrote:
WTH is a Helios? Whatever it is, it can wait its turn. The Megathron needs work first. It looks like a ballooned up Nike shoe.

On election day, remember who your friends are, then vote for me for CSM!


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McFly
Peanut Factory
#17 - 2012-01-31 12:13:17 UTC
Actually Like The Helios/Imicus Model Crew Checking In.
Jint Hikaru
OffWorld Exploration Inc
#18 - 2012-01-31 12:26:20 UTC
Have to agree,.. i use the Helios a lot for exploration and it is damn awfull looking.

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