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[Proposal] Change V3 color schemes and paintjobs (aka NO MORE CAMO)
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Reiisha
#1 - 2012-07-24 05:51:10 UTC
Recently CCP seems to have taken a liking to slapping a camo paint job on every single ship, using the V3 update as an excuse. Thing is, camo in space does not make sense. It's not necessary for one and it makes your ship look... Well, ridiculously bad in most cases. The new angel update ferments this.


Adding to that, the V3 updates have been paired with a ridiculous darkening of colors - Amarr ships first and foremost. EVE is a dark game overall, making all the ships appear nearly completely black doesn't help - Conversely, originally very dark ships were brightened up and given a camo job, like the Navy Megathron and the Machariel - What is the reasoning behind this?


Give us back the proper color schemes! Give us back our golden fleet, our black navy mega, our silver cruor!

If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all...
Crimsonjade
Reikoku
Plug N Play
#2 - 2012-07-24 06:00:59 UTC
Reiisha wrote:
Recently CCP seems to have taken a liking to slapping a camo paint job on every single ship, using the V3 update as an excuse. Thing is, camo in space does not make sense. It's not necessary for one and it makes your ship look... Well, ridiculously bad in most cases. The new angel update ferments this.


Adding to that, the V3 updates have been paired with a ridiculous darkening of colors - Amarr ships first and foremost. EVE is a dark game overall, making all the ships appear nearly completely black doesn't help - Conversely, originally very dark ships were brightened up and given a camo job, like the Navy Megathron and the Machariel - What is the reasoning behind this?


Give us back the proper color schemes! Give us back our golden fleet, our black navy mega, our silver cruor!


O that Black Navy Mega. man that was a cool looking ship. now meh
Bane Nucleus
Dark Venture Corporation
Kitchen Sinkhole
#3 - 2012-07-26 00:29:50 UTC
You are forgetting the most important one....the Navy Comet. It has been slaughtered Sad

No trolling please
Reiisha
#4 - 2012-07-26 00:42:58 UTC
Bane Nucleus wrote:
You are forgetting the most important one....the Navy Comet. It has been slaughtered Sad


I'll be honest, i just listed the ones from the top of my head....

A lot of V3 ships just look... not good ;p

If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all...
Corina Jarr
en Welle Shipping Inc.
#5 - 2012-07-26 03:20:12 UTC
Just my opinion....

Amarr ships need to get their luster back. They are too dull looking, like someone took the gold and let it oxidize.

Minmatar ships need to be darkened. They (in general) look washed out, like someone left them in the sun too long.


I have no issue with camo. Especially if it matches with the units in Dust (showing a link of tradition rather than attempting to hide via a paint job).
Some ships look better with it than others.

The Serpentis and Blood ships have what I consider perfect camo. It looks nice, and not so camo like (though it uses a camo pattern).
The Angel stuff is ok. Would have preferred that CCP went the route of the Dram rather than the Mach. But I can live either way.
The Digi camo of the Caldari is... interesting. At least it is different.
The Gallente camo is ok. I don't like it, but at least its limited to the Navy ships.
Reiisha
#6 - 2012-07-26 04:01:45 UTC
Thing is though that the camo obscures the ship shapes and detail. It detracts from the overall design of a ship, rather than add to it, especially in a game where camouflage is not necessary or even warranted - You don't want to obscure the ships. There's a fine line between realism and believability, in a game such as EVE one should not cross over to the first imho.

If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all...
Morgan North
Dark-Rising
Wrecking Machine.
#7 - 2012-07-26 09:16:09 UTC
I like camo.

Thats about it. :)

I'm waiting for the whole optional paintjobs to start allowing people different coloured ships, which will hopefully mitigate this whole "no camo in space" issue.
Tomytronic
Perkone
Caldari State
#8 - 2012-07-26 11:49:53 UTC
Why would you need camouflage in space? There is no 'realism' or 'believably' argument here; camo paint-jobs on spaceships are a logical cul-de-sac - do they hide you from the overview?

The camo look of the new ships can't be argued from that perspective and instead has to be seen from an "is this cool" vantage point and this is subjective as all hell. For every person who likes the look there'll be one who doesn't so it's a zero-sum equation. And hence, this entire discussion is moot.