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So I see this Tempest skin is on sisi:
http://i.imgur.com/BugJ7ii.png

This is exactly the same graphicID as the Tempest Tribal Issue.

>>> items.Get("Tempest Justice Edition").graphicID
3205L
>>> items.Get("Tempest Tribal Issue").graphicID
3205L

I get that it's the test server etc bla bla, but all the other new battleship skins seem to have proper new skins as can be seen here:
http://imgur.com/a/mWIrD

Please tell me you are not going to reuse the graphics of a priceless unique ship as a common skin.

Thanks.

Just because that ship has no "Alliance Tournament III" decal on it unlike all the later prize ships, doesn't make it okay to reuse its graphic (or any other event reward's graphic for that matter).

What if everyone's car looked like a Bugatti Veyron? Having a real one wouldn't mean that much anymore. Sure the real one would still have its "stats" but its -looks- would no longer be relevant, and that's the thing that makes people go "oooh would you look at that" when they do finally encounter one on the road.

Can't wait for a pitch black Golem...

Your argument fails, because it is exceptionally unlikely that the aforementioned Tempest will ever again see the outside of a docking ring for as long as EVE exists. As Alvatore said, the one-of-a-kind ships in your collection may as well not exist. And really, the value of that collection is only meaningful to you. It's CCP's game, and your collection is likely only as valuable to them as your ongoing subscription to the game, if even that. And to anyone who isn't you, those ships are only valuable to the thrall-like hordes of gankers that would probably stab each other in real life for a chance at the killmail.

CCP never promised you any sort of exclusivity when you bought your ships and decided to lock them away forever.

However, your argument fails because just a few posts ago you were talking about seeing a Bugatti on the road. You can't argue "but nobody will be impressed when they see a Tribal Tempest" and then when the flaw that nobody will ever see one anyway is pointed out say "well, that argument is invalid because it's my decision how I use my ships".

Nobody's ever going to see a Tribal Tempest, Federate Megathron, State Raven or Imperial Apoc anyway, so who cares if the skins are re-used?

If you want to keep your ships unique (and your keep your special snowflake status intact) you should try going the route that CCP has demonstrated they will respect and Gold Magnate your ships. That is, get them blown to bits.

All that being said, however, it is ultimately CCP's game and they have every right to re-use ship skins if they want. If these ships do come into the game they'll more than likely be behind an Aurum wall and people paying money speaks volumes louder than a microscopic minority protesting.

Asking for special snowflake status doesn't work for anyone else and it shouldn't work for you either.

Oh and by the way: What about all those people with Guristas AT ships? What about the people who will have Victory-Edition Rattlesnakes that look basically like normal rattlesnakes except with a sticker on them? Why aren't you complaining about CCP re-using the Guristas skin for those AT ships instead of giving them a unique Guristas skin? Why are you only complaining about yourself?

The simple fact is that you're upset because something that looks like a Tribal Tempest is being added, not because a Tribal Tempest is being added. You want to be a special snowflake in the most meaningless and petty way possible. Given how long ago AT3 was, most players these days don't even know there is such a thing as a Tribal Tempest.

By the way, how are you "affected", again?

If you want to secure a place in history that someone will care about, Gold Magnate your ships. CCP has proven they'll respect that.

Perhaps you should get the other three owners to post their objections in this thread as well. Maybe the four of you together will be loud enough.

You need one of each. Simple as that.

Cheers for the response :)

To be sure, I have nothing against Entity or his collection. I'm actually quite impressed by it. It represents a phenomenal amount of work tracking things down and a more phenomenal amount of work keeping track of everything.

The only thing I take issue with is "Nobody should have reproductions of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" because I have the original in my private gallery that only I can access."

I don't really have much to offer you on this right now. I personally hope that we can update some of these kinds of things for the Space Object Factory, but there's a lot going on and game features are the priority right now for everyone who's touched it.