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Please explain your choice to change the navy comet?
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Max Von Sydow
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#21 - 2011-11-04 14:18:57 UTC
Black Dranzer wrote:
They're probably unifying all the textures and shaders on the ships so that, when the time comes, they can simply create generic texture files and slot them in to reskin ships.

In other words, you'll be able to have the comet skin on ALL your ships.

For a price.


or maybe the guys in the art department are smoking Psychoactive toads while brainstorming.
Black Dranzer
#22 - 2011-11-04 14:21:29 UTC
Max Von Sydow wrote:
or maybe the guys in the art department are smoking Psychoactive toads while brainstorming.

CCP are high, or CCP likes money.

Which do you think is more likely?

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Ilfort
Invidia.
#23 - 2011-11-04 14:31:00 UTC
Black Dranzer wrote:
Max Von Sydow wrote:
or maybe the guys in the art department are smoking Psychoactive toads while brainstorming.

CCP are high, or CCP likes money.

Which do you think is more likely?


I... Don't know.
Jason Marshall
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#24 - 2011-11-04 14:31:36 UTC
Id like an honest answer. If its preperation for nex crap ohwell there goes a favorite ship. But I just want to know why.
Black Dranzer
#25 - 2011-11-04 14:33:25 UTC
Jason Marshall wrote:
Id like an honest answer. If its preperation for nex crap ohwell there goes a favorite ship. But I just want to know why.

I assure you it is. One of the main reasons they're doing this is to allow custom skins and decals on ships. This is why there's a gold scorpion but not a gold anything else; The scorpion is made with the new texture files.

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Selar Nox
#26 - 2011-11-04 14:36:14 UTC
Skin change probably linked to this "bug"

At least I hope so...
Destru Kaneda
Arzad Police Department
#27 - 2011-11-04 14:38:17 UTC
Old Comet was proper ultraviolence. This one is not.

I like it best when the beats are naked.
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#28 - 2011-11-04 14:40:28 UTC
Jason Marshall wrote:
Id like an honest answer. If its preperation for nex crap ohwell there goes a favorite ship. But I just want to know why.


We know that all ships are being redone in V3, and one of it's main purposes it to facilitate custom skins and logo's.

Unfortunately the Navy color scheme is that ugly camo, so I suppose it should have had that all along.

On the bright side it looks like you will be able to change it soon.

Custom skins will likely cost more, one way or another.

Whether Custom Skins are available through the NeX or not really doesn't matter, you'll still be able to obtain them with ISK.

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Black Dranzer
#29 - 2011-11-04 14:41:05 UTC
Selar Nox wrote:
Skin change probably linked to this "bug"

At least I hope so...

Nah. The gallente navy skin is that green and black camo effect. All Gallente navy ships get that now. I don't much care for the whole camo = navy thing, but meh.

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Mr Kidd
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#30 - 2011-11-04 14:41:35 UTC
Selar Nox wrote:
Skin change probably linked to this "bug"

At least I hope so...


I'd say it's a mix up of textures after reading that thread. So, relax. You'll be able to correct the texturing via the NeX soon enough.

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Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#31 - 2011-11-04 14:45:02 UTC
The camo issue might be moot if they implement custom skins.


But the light? Where's the light? No more space Daleks?


Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Andrea Griffin
#32 - 2011-11-04 14:46:44 UTC
The blinking light was one of the hallmarks of this ship. It is part of what really defined the hull and the design. It was like flying a little police frigate. Tons of fun in lowsec:

BEE-OOO! BEE-OOO! BEE-OOO! Space Police Here! We need to investigate your cargo hold!

Return the light or else! OvO

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Buzzmong
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#33 - 2011-11-04 14:47:33 UTC
I do hope this is a bug.

The Comet currently looks pretty awesome. The Gal Navy space camo is horrible.
SilentSkills
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#34 - 2011-11-04 14:50:12 UTC
this is madness!
Solanar Starjumper
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#35 - 2011-11-04 14:52:48 UTC
Mr Kidd wrote:
Selar Nox wrote:
Skin change probably linked to this "bug"

At least I hope so...


I'd say it's a mix up of textures after reading that thread. So, relax. You'll be able to correct the texturing via the NeX soon enough.


Seems unlikely. Its a Navy ship, and the space camo is the Navy skin. They meant to do this, no matter how badly it sucks.
Black Dranzer
#36 - 2011-11-04 14:55:18 UTC
To be fair, I think the problem is less "The comet got screwed over", and more "Space camo looks like ass". The Navy ships SHOULD have unified skins. But space camo looks remarkably stupid.

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Dirk Magnum
Spearhead Endeavors
#37 - 2011-11-04 14:56:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Dirk Magnum
Hate, hate, hated that light. If they changed it so you could only see it blink when viewing the ship from a front angle that'd be one thing, but crap was it annoying otherwise.

But overall they need to bring BACK the space camo that they abandoned. Guristas ship skins actually looked better in Classic, as did some of the Caldari skins.

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Lord Ryan
True Xero
#38 - 2011-11-04 15:10:32 UTC
will be suiciding comets at jita 4-4 undock. More to come after these maessage...................................

Do not assume anything above this line was typed by me. Nerf the Truth, it's inconvenient.
Yarton Killmore
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
#39 - 2011-11-04 15:23:54 UTC
I love it....

really though why do people moan soo much about the look of ships??? im never zoomed in close enough to see it...

Twisted
Max Von Sydow
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#40 - 2011-11-04 15:35:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Max Von Sydow
rather than making the navy comet look like it's horrifyingly fugly brethren, can't they make the other fed navy ships look like the navy comet? imagine a megathron, black and white with blinking police lights.

Edit: And oh god, they're making the caldari navy ships look better! RACISM CCP! THIS IS BLATANT ANTI GALLENTE RACISM!

Edit 2: tahy're actually making the gallente navy ships look slight better as well, though it's still racism I tell ya.

Edit 3. I take back everything, the V3 textures are making my eyes cry tears of joy.