EVE General Discussion

Awesome... +1, and about frakking time, too.

The current/soon to be EXTINCT Moa hull... makes my eyes bleed.

DEAR GOD!!!!!

What is this symmetry you speak of....????

Good. Every single ship in the game should be symmetrical, and getting rid of the most blatantly fugly asymmetrical model is a great start. Symmetry is just more pleasing to the eye. I'd rather all the ships look sexy and resemble what the new Condor and Moa look like then them representing some kind of ugly "design aesthetic".

I respect your point of view, but EVE has always been characterised by unusual, not necessarily symmetrical designs, and that makes them unique. Most space games have very generic symmetrical designs, and some of the new designs -Condor, Moa- might look too generic; I mean, they don't look that EVE-like anymore. I'm not saying they're horrible and should never be implemented -I just had a look at them in SiSi and look nice- but I think keeping their assymetry while making a new model wouldn't hurt: imagine the new Moa only having a left "briefcase" or the new Condor only having a right engines-wing, or the new Crucifier having its left wing on top like the old one; new models, but still recognizable.

Moreover, not all EVE asymmetrical ships are that horrible: Omen, Aeon, Atron, Catalyst, the new Tempest... Those ships are unique because of the assymetry; can you imagine a symmetrical Aeon?

There are also ships so ridiculously assymetrical you love them precisely because of that: for example, the Blackbird. I bet it's one of the most unusual sci-fi ship design ever. If it gets remodeled to be symmetrical too... it might lose what makes it unique. Sure, new models with better textures and more polygons are great, but in my opinion they're are not that nice when the ships lose their "identity".

Also, a spaceship does not need to be symmetrical. We could argue about propulsion torques, but these ships already turn without visible manouver engines, so we could say they're advanced enough to use other methods to remain oriented (perhaps local space warping?).

However, we can discuss and argue a lot about ship designs, because this is a very subjective matter. You say symmetry is more pleasant to the eye; I say assymetry is more interesting.

Wow! Well I think that that is an awesome ship, I will now buy it, instead of the ugly ducklings ng I never wanted.

There is Functional looking asymmetry, good looking asymmetry, ugly and unneeded asymmetry and then you had to Moa, happy to see it gone.

When I first saw the new moa I thought it looked like a baby leviathan.

Actually would have prefered it if they treated the new hulls the same way they dealt with the strealth bombers. Keep the t1 versions on the older hulls but give the t2 versions the new ones. I do agree the new hulls look pretty generic. I think the stealth bomber remodelling was more to my taste. The manticore is just nice.

I liked most of the older designs better. Different people have different aesthetic preferences. The new Moa looks pretty lackluster and uninspired, to me. I liked the old one much better. And as far as losing the old designs goes, that is the last straw for me.

I want the ability to buy them back. That way, the people who like the new ships can have them. And I can have my insane Gila-Chicken back. Right now on SiSi my Gila is spewing venom all over itself because it HATES ITSELF!

If anyone else wants to help me save the old designs I've got a thread for that.

New Moa as some angles looks like a Firefly :)