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Marc McIntyre Crendraven
Brave Empire Inc.
Brave United
#1 - 2013-11-05 23:14:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Marc McIntyre Crendraven
Ok so the Golem has a model that is obviously based on the Raven but is very different looking in it's own right, however, the Kronos, Vargur, and Paladin are each only slightly different than their tech 1 counterparts(sometimes don't notice the difference other than the coloring) . Are they each going to get another model that is as visually distinct as the golem is from the Raven? It would not make sense that only the Caldari had to go through such extensive design changes to accomodate the bastion module.

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Sir Spottington
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-11-05 23:19:53 UTC
Marc McIntyre Crendraven wrote:
Ok so the Golem has a model that is obviously based on the Raven but is very different looking in it's own right, however, the Kronos, Vargur, and Paladin are each only slightly different than their tech 1 counterparts(sometimes don't notice the difference other than the coloring) . Are they each going to get another model that is as visually distinct as the golem is from the Raven? It would not make sense that only the Caldari had to go through such extensive design changes to accomodate the bastion module.


i was certainly expecting more than a little bit opening up..... oh well, they are fun as **** to fly on the test server, no matter what they look like it will be interesting to see whats done with them on tq.

they should have made a new t2 bs class and made totally new models imo
Marc McIntyre Crendraven
Brave Empire Inc.
Brave United
#3 - 2013-11-05 23:26:09 UTC
Sir Spottington wrote:
Marc McIntyre Crendraven wrote:
Ok so the Golem has a model that is obviously based on the Raven but is very different looking in it's own right, however, the Kronos, Vargur, and Paladin are each only slightly different than their tech 1 counterparts(sometimes don't notice the difference other than the coloring) . Are they each going to get another model that is as visually distinct as the golem is from the Raven? It would not make sense that only the Caldari had to go through such extensive design changes to accomodate the bastion module.


i was certainly expecting more than a little bit opening up..... oh well, they are fun as **** to fly on the test server, no matter what they look like it will be interesting to see whats done with them on tq.

they should have made a new t2 bs class and made totally new models imo


I also was expecting a little more transforming. Also, I am not complaining here as they are indeed fun to fly as you said. But it just seems strange that the golem seems to have gotten a lot more attention.

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Marc McIntyre Crendraven
Brave Empire Inc.
Brave United
#4 - 2013-11-06 01:24:37 UTC
Does anyone else have thought on this?

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Matokin Lemant
#5 - 2013-11-06 03:52:36 UTC
Marc McIntyre Crendraven wrote:
Does anyone else have thought on this?



Hay at least the bastion animation makes sense from a lore standpoint.
Are you asking about the changes to the Golem from a lore standpoint? Or just practical reasoning?

From a lore/RP stand point I came up with this theory in that knowing the Caldari in order to fit the bastion it's my thinking the entire ship had to be redesigned from the ground up, where as other races were just able to incorporate the bastion in there existing hulls with out a total ground up redesign of there marauder hulls.

From a practical standpoint its a bit harder actually....my thinking is that the raven MAY be changed over to the Golem model in due time.

I dont think any of the other races marauders are getting a make over like the Golem since CCP already put the work into each one for there unique bastion effect, it would just be a huge waist of time to do so....but then again it is CCP so anything is possible I guess.

Marc McIntyre Crendraven
Brave Empire Inc.
Brave United
#6 - 2013-11-06 04:19:05 UTC
Matokin Lemant wrote:
Marc McIntyre Crendraven wrote:
Does anyone else have thought on this?



Hay at least the bastion animation makes sense from a lore standpoint.
Are you asking about the changes to the Golem from a lore standpoint? Or just practical reasoning?

From a lore/RP stand point I came up with this theory in that knowing the Caldari in order to fit the bastion it's my thinking the entire ship had to be redesigned from the ground up, where as other races were just able to incorporate the bastion in there existing hulls with out a total ground up redesign of there marauder hulls.

From a practical standpoint its a bit harder actually....my thinking is that the raven MAY be changed over to the Golem model in due time.

I dont think any of the other races marauders are getting a make over like the Golem since CCP already put the work into each one for there unique bastion effect, it would just be a huge waist of time to do so....but then again it is CCP so anything is possible I guess.



I keep thinking that I saw a dev say the kronos and vargur were getting completely new models somewhere but I cannot find it.

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Alvatore DiMarco
Capricious Endeavours Ltd
#7 - 2013-11-06 04:57:44 UTC
The Kronos was the first to get its completely new model. The Vargur was next. After that we got the new Golem model and the Paladin was the last of the four. Even if you don't realize it, all the models are indeed quite different from their T1 counterparts. Compare a preview of each T1 ship with each T2 ship. You will find that each ship has some significant differences from its respective T1 base as well as a few subtle changes as well.