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Anybody know what happened to the new Fanfest Dominix model shown
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Tennej
LoTax POCO Company of HiSEC
#1 - 2014-07-29 08:55:44 UTC
http://www.evemanufacturing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dominix-fanfest-redesign.png


Got really excited when I saw this but 2 patches later its nowhere to be seen.

You Miners think you have it so damn tough.  When I first started playing we didnt even have mining lasers.  You had to fly close to an asteroid.....pop a hatch and gnaw at it with your teeth.   - Bitter Vet
Arline Kley
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#2 - 2014-07-29 09:03:55 UTC
It can take many months for them to get the thing from concept to reality, especially when they have to redo textures, make sure they fit the model correctly, and then make sure that the model doesn't have any weird and wonderful spots where the geometry is screwed up so that a missile looks like it misses but passes through the 2.5m hole into the warp drive..

"For it was said they had become like those peculiar demons, which dwell in matter but in whom no light may be found." - Father Grigori, Ravens 3:57
Rowells
Blackwater USA Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#3 - 2014-07-29 09:08:22 UTC
the potatoes are still undercooked. They had to put them back in the oven for a little longer.
Derrick Miles
Death Rabbit Ky Oneida
#4 - 2014-07-29 09:12:39 UTC
Arline Kley wrote:
It can take many months for them to get the thing from concept to reality, especially when they have to redo textures, make sure they fit the model correctly, and then make sure that the model doesn't have any weird and wonderful spots where the geometry is screwed up so that a missile looks like it misses but passes through the 2.5m hole into the warp drive..

It doesn't take quite that long to make and polish a 3d model, especially not when you have specialized concept artists, modelers, texture artists, animators, and qa people involved. The physics mesh that determines where missiles hit and whatnot is typically a lower resolution mesh overlaid on top of the base mesh and doesn't take very long to make. My guess is that the whole dev team has been focusing on Crius lately, and now are mostly on vacation, so the new ship models have been somewhat delayed.
Schmata Bastanold
In Boobiez We Trust
#5 - 2014-07-29 09:15:26 UTC
Arline Kley wrote:
It can take many months for them to get the thing from concept to reality, especially when they have to redo textures, make sure they fit the model correctly, and then make sure that the model doesn't have any weird and wonderful spots where the geometry is screwed up so that a missile looks like it misses but passes through the 2.5m hole into the warp drive..


And I recall Art session at last Fanfest where they said: art department is not always a bottleneck of art changes getting into game. C'mon, how incompetent you think those art guys are to not being able to produce proper 3d model of a ship within few months period? I suspect obstacle is somewhere else, maybe there's simply nobody who cares enough to flip that one id field in that one record in database?

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Arla Sarain
#6 - 2014-07-29 09:17:36 UTC
Same thing that happened to the Atron redesign...





I don't actually know what happened to them.
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#7 - 2014-07-29 09:18:40 UTC
Splicing a potato and a bulldog is a delicate procedure. Sure, it looks easy on paper, but getting a viable hybrid is a entirely different story.

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Effect One
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#8 - 2014-07-29 10:18:29 UTC
I got excited reading your post until I clicked on the link and saw that it still looks like a regular Dominix.

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Tennej
LoTax POCO Company of HiSEC
#9 - 2014-07-29 10:22:50 UTC
Effect One wrote:
I got excited reading your post until I clicked on the link and saw that it still looks like a regular Dominix.



You think? I looked at it and thought BIG Battle Vexor with a warp spool. Not great but much better than current.

You Miners think you have it so damn tough.  When I first started playing we didnt even have mining lasers.  You had to fly close to an asteroid.....pop a hatch and gnaw at it with your teeth.   - Bitter Vet
Ruskarn Andedare
Lion Investments
#10 - 2014-07-29 10:48:48 UTC
Tennej wrote:
http://www.evemanufacturing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dominix-fanfest-redesign.png

Got really excited when I saw this but 2 patches later its nowhere to be seen.


Maybe somebody realised it was an abomination as shown and requires the addition of a little LEGO man in lights before it can be released.
Garia666
CyberShield Inc
HYDRA RELOADED
#11 - 2014-07-29 11:02:24 UTC
isn't that the old design?
Mari Camos
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2014-07-29 11:06:17 UTC
Tennej wrote:
Effect One wrote:
I got excited reading your post until I clicked on the link and saw that it still looks like a regular Dominix.



You think? I looked at it and thought BIG Battle Vexor with a warp spool. Not great but much better than current.


Agree. Less potatoish now and more in line with Vexor hull. Better, but still not good, the same as mostly all Gallente ships. They look like frozen pukes, strange butt plugs and potatoes.

Let the lager decide what is wrong, what is right.
Ruskarn Andedare
Lion Investments
#13 - 2014-07-29 11:19:03 UTC
Mari Camos wrote:
Tennej wrote:
Effect One wrote:
I got excited reading your post until I clicked on the link and saw that it still looks like a regular Dominix.



You think? I looked at it and thought BIG Battle Vexor with a warp spool. Not great but much better than current.


Agree. Less potatoish now and more in line with Vexor hull. Better, but still not good, the same as mostly all Gallente ships. They look like frozen pukes, strange butt plugs and potatoes.


Are you sad that Gallente get all the good designs?

Unfortunately CCP do have a habit of replacing perfectly suitable ship designs with more currently fashionable ones.
Akrasjel Lanate
Immemorial Coalescence Administration
Immemorial Coalescence
#14 - 2014-07-29 13:12:47 UTC
Soon(TM)

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Citizen of Solitude
RAIN Arthie
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2014-07-29 13:29:39 UTC
Tennej wrote:
http://www.evemanufacturing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dominix-fanfest-redesign.png


Got really excited when I saw this but 2 patches later its nowhere to be seen.


As a potato flyer, this looks really exciting.
Hicksimus
Torgue
#16 - 2014-07-29 13:34:39 UTC
I want my Vexor Mongoloid Issue nao!

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Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
#17 - 2014-07-29 13:57:02 UTC
Meh at most.....wait da minute 8 hard points, changed my mind it is awesome.

You choke behind a smile a fake behind the fear

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Rayo Atra
Guardians of the Volatile Wine
#18 - 2014-07-29 14:01:31 UTC
A Fresh tater is quite welcome and also sexy.

I cant wait for a new navy Camo-Spud.



Dat Vintage warp spool

Tell you what I do like though: A killer. A dyed-in-the-wool killer. Cold-blooded, clean, methodical and thorough.

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Regan Rotineque
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2014-07-29 15:40:49 UTC
let me translate

CCP said "Ohhh look new DOMI"

what this really means:

Soon™
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#20 - 2014-07-29 15:44:59 UTC
Tennej wrote:
http://www.evemanufacturing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dominix-fanfest-redesign.png


Got really excited when I saw this but 2 patches later its nowhere to be seen.



Wasn't there some major freakout with everybody flapping their hands screaming "don't touch it!!"?

Bring back DEEEEP Space!
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