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New dev blog: Ship-troduction: The Caldari Naga

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Lyrrashae
Hellstar Towing and Recovery
#101 - 2011-11-04 16:33:04 UTC
Tlat Ij wrote:
Bonuses to torps, rails and blasters but not cruise missiles? Why do you hate cruise missiles CCP? Sad



Cruise missiles need a little more work than just an RoF bonus, I think...

Ni.
Nathan Jameson
Grumpy Bastards
#102 - 2011-11-04 16:38:55 UTC
That is one god-awful ugly looking ship.

On par for Caldari. Cool

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Moonaura
The Dead Rabbit Society
#103 - 2011-11-04 16:49:25 UTC
Nathan Jameson wrote:
That is one god-awful ugly looking ship.

On par for Caldari. Cool



Beauty as they say, is in the eye of the beholder. I think it is classic EvE ship and very nice, I think they all work great.

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offcopy
OffBeat Creations
#104 - 2011-11-04 16:59:09 UTC
Dr Sodius wrote:
small question:

are the BPO's of the new BC's seeded like all other tech 1 BPO's?



if they are what are you looking at the cost of each bpo being
Dr Cedric
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#105 - 2011-11-04 17:00:22 UTC
This is very exciting...when do we get them on Sisi??

Cedric
Largo Coronet
Perkone
Caldari State
#106 - 2011-11-04 17:15:39 UTC
The last thing your Orca pilot sees: A giant, torp-spitting tuning fork.

Yes, I think I'll focus on this ship and the Tornado come the expansion. The others will be nice, but I have my personal preferences.

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Akrasjel Lanate
Immemorial Coalescence Administration
Immemorial Coalescence
#107 - 2011-11-04 17:27:20 UTC
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Kassasis Dakkstromri
State War Academy
Caldari State
#108 - 2011-11-04 17:31:22 UTC  |  Edited by: Kassasis Dakkstromri
I decided to wait several hours before posting. That way nothing I wrote would be a knee jerk post:

1 - I'm glad to see a Caldari get a multi weapons platform that can be fitted with either launchers or hybrids (maybe both)

2 - I'm really excited at shooting things in the face with T2 Torps!

3 - Like many Caldari ships (excluding the Scorpion) I'm sure the utilitarian design will grow on all of us - loved more for what it can do, and less about how pretty it looks.

4 - I'm just wondering if this is still the race that designed the Scorpion?

5 - Only a cool (limited) transformation animation of some kind would wipe away an pangs of feeling underwhelmed or disappointed.

6 - This thing is DYING to be given a Japanese Anime style MAIN CANNON!!!1111!!!!1 ... Oh yes!

7 - Regardless of the above, I am proud of CCP for sticking to the theme of player designed ships - it will encourage others to step forward with inventive creations that CCP could draw from later.

8 - Did I mention my wonder if this ship is from the same race that designed the Scorpion?


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Buzzmong
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#109 - 2011-11-04 17:49:21 UTC
Baneken wrote:
Buzzmong wrote:
The Naga eh?

Can anyone at CCP enlighten me why they've stepped away from the avian names for Caldari? Especially with Naga being deity-like, surely that would have been a better fit with Gallente?


Because a Naga isn't a god but a legendary serpent from Hindu legends also means 'snake' in hindi and several other local languages.


And my point about it not being avian is nullified how?
Ronen Osden
Ronen's NEW And Improved Mining Services
#110 - 2011-11-04 18:06:31 UTC
Looks kinda like a bifurcated rokh ... I fully intend on flying ALL 4 new ships ... assuming they dont cost 50x their mats.

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killertoaster
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#111 - 2011-11-04 18:13:30 UTC
i think it is unfair that caldary get a baby megatron that was sqeezed by birth and i love the design great job
C4 985
Space Fiber Weavers
#112 - 2011-11-04 18:23:23 UTC
I am dissapointed that the caldari BC is not the 2nd place ship from the contest but i like the choice.

Now, please , just please don't mix up the slots like : 3 turrets and 4 missiles. Please let there be the choice of having a full rack of missiles or turrets. We all know that mixing them is a bad choice.

Otherwise i am glad I renewed my subscription.
Caiman Graystock
Starways Congress
#113 - 2011-11-04 18:36:32 UTC
Hey CCP while you're at it with this ship why not re-balance the Tech II Target Painter so its better than the PWNAGE?
OblivionDawn
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#114 - 2011-11-04 18:47:22 UTC
Huh. Kinda strange looking.

I think I'll get over it though, once I'm delivering TOTALHELLDEATH VIA TORPEDO
Omnium Domitor
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#115 - 2011-11-04 19:19:35 UTC
I know it's still WIP, but the removal of explosion velocity/radius bonus on torps is a big letdown.

Why do we even want large hybrid optimal ranged bonus on Naga, when Rokh already has that and nobody uses it?

Either focus on being a complete missile boat or hybrid turret boat, not a poor mixture of both.
Kaaletram Lothyrawir
Trust Brothers LLC.
The Veyr Collective
#116 - 2011-11-04 19:22:45 UTC
Definitely the ship with the most versatility. Stand back New Eden the new Baton is gonna do some ship slappin' ShockedShockedPirate
Obsidian Hawk
RONA Midgard Academy
#117 - 2011-11-04 19:29:53 UTC
Confirming when these ships hit TQ............ TOTALHELLDEATH will ensue.

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Votive Antiphon
HELLENIC PRODUCTIONS
#118 - 2011-11-04 19:31:02 UTC
I know it's still WIP, but the removal of explosion velocity/radius bonus on torps is a big letdown.

Why do we even want large hybrid optimal range bonus on Naga, when Rokh already has that and nobody uses it?

Either focus on being a complete missile boat or hybrid turret boat, not a poor mixture of both.
Valeos Aeon
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#119 - 2011-11-04 19:34:50 UTC
I'm not sure if i am completely missing the point with the new tier 3 ships, i've tried the Naga on sisi. And its horrible, it looks great, but we are talking about ship bonuses here. Torp's are absolute fail, not enough range, both as sniper and as a torp boat it preforms horribily. The only ships that shine here are the talos, and the tornado, and even the Oracle is a pure powerhouse, shooting with pulse lasers at over 80km. The other tier 3 are perfect for kiting or gank up close. Not so much the Naga because it wont hit much. Would work as a support ship, but the others can work perfect solo and thats the whole issue here. Why fly a naga if you can fly a drake because of the range? Might aswell let it have a cruise bonus instead. I'd love to see 25m3 drone bays on all of them.


Anyways, great job, all of the ships look great so far. And the new nebula's too.


Altaica Amur
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#120 - 2011-11-04 19:42:46 UTC
Omnium Domitor wrote:
I know it's still WIP, but the removal of explosion velocity/radius bonus on torps is a big letdown.

Why do we even want large hybrid optimal ranged bonus on Naga, when Rokh already has that and nobody uses it?

Either focus on being a complete missile boat or hybrid turret boat, not a poor mixture of both.


Honestly I think any hybrid optimal range bonus anywhere is misguided. Sure it's great for rails but no other race is restricted to only using the long range variant of their guns. Turning optimal range bonuses into optimal+falloff bonus on hybrid ships would make blasters on caldari gunboats actually have some unique advantages next to gallente. All that said I think this will still be a fun gunboat to run around in, perhaps a first for Caldari.