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And people have said the Moa currently looks like garbage (looks like a amaar ship and not a caldari one), and that the new blackbird looks perfect.

Can't please everybody.

Hey Sledge thanks for the great work you guys are doing and here are some thoughts.

I am mainly covering My thoughts on Caldari ships.

Over all the more flat colors and less glossy look and work well for the Caldari ships, Adds a more militaristic feel to them.

And for the Skins like the Nugoeihuvi or the Wiyrkomi Ships they actually stand out now unlike the current Wiyrkomi ships where currently the difference is meh..

Dirt/Paint chips/Rust/Worn down On the Caldari ships (Mostly on the Kaalakiota Ships, Widow, Nighthawk Ect.) It Looks nice but I feel it may be a bit much... Ok Its really too much for the Nighthawk and the Widow is REALLY close behind in that aspect.

I say this under the ideas of Caldari ships "the average age of the Caldari ships is considerably less. This is because the Caldari are constantly replacing their oldest ships with newer ones, with better hi-tech equipment."

On that. The Caldari navy ships new Digital skin looks much better, the current one is too Digital if that makes any sense,
But... They look too worn...(Also feel the navy Osprey looks really bad, Sorry)

If you are going to make Caldari ships look worn and run down thats ok, just Don't over kill it and... The Dominix... I hope you would make this Really worn down... like it should be OR... Make it Brown again like it used to be... http://izlin.free.fr/eve/ships/dominix.jpg


Amarr ships.

Most look great, Didn't get a lot of time to get into them all, Redeemer skin does look really low.

Gallente ships.

Lots are too glossy to the point that I feel it sorta ruins the actual texture, Like both the Recons, Only bug on gallente ships I found was the Dominix being clean.


Onyx and Brobird + Varients.

So both Falcon and Rook I think the skins are not finished? I could be wrong but I see some weird spots on them like the Falcons sensor array.

Either way the new skins on them are looking good and the Models, I think it's amazing the new Models look different in some small way, It was kinda boring the only visual difference of getting into a T2 ship from the T1 was the Color so this looks great.

And the Onyx looks Amazing, Both Skin and model +! it has a moving bit! and everyone loves it when something on their ship moves or spins! and It's warp effect is neat how the I guess power cells that are exposed come inside the hull and the warp vents Open/Close on the wings. I hope you guys keep this up with any new ships to do that have T2 variants.

Anyway rambled my thoughts long enough and thank you for this hard work!

PS : Wyvern looks ABSOLUTELY Amazing

EDIT

PS:PS, Nighthawk still looks like crap cause its a Drake >,>

so no tristan hull for the ishkur? .. if not why not?

Don't you put that evil on me.

Really? Well here I am thinking how much better and more high-tech it looks. I guess it's a matter of taste.
Except for your 1 - that didn't even make sense at all - or all the armies in the world are doing it wrong. :D scnr. (we had that already)

What, it's glorious.

Here's my post from the other thread, updated with some further impressions after spending a bit longer and seeing how the visuals looked like in space:



I still think the Gallente shiny plastic look is overdone, especially on Roden, but I will admit that Duvolle is growing on me especially after actually using the ships in space and not just spinning in dock.

Regarding Sansha, I don't mind the new shiny look but I do miss some of the old green undertones that emphasized the ships odd/hostile characteristics.

For Caldari, I think the weathering effect on Kakkliota ships is too much or that at least the brown weathered effect should be changed to a more neutral color. It makes ships like the Nighthawk look abnormally dirty especially against the black background. I do really like the new Caldari Navy digital camo. Always thought the old one looked a little goofy and this one is improved and looks more focused and serious. Ishukone is hit or miss as always. The new Falcon is probably the best executed version of the skin yet, but ships like the eagle are just a mess. Could really use playing with the gradient or something to avoid the solid gold look. Falcon looks nice since it uses the color just as an accent on the tips of its wings which creates a very nice looking effect.

Pretty much everything in Amarr looks beautiful, no complaints there (except the ark color swap)


I don't like the incursus model update much. As other posters have mentioned, there's just something wrong about the proportions and angles that make it uninspiring. Blackbird model is nice, it's very detailed and busy but that's acceptable for an EW cruiser. Only thing I dont like about it is the warp animation,which seems fairly unnecessary; it feels like you guys added it just to have some part of the ship move while in warp. Onyx rendition of the red/black skin is excellent in my opinion, really like how that turned out.

Joking?
It has too many surfaces. Like pile of textures. High-tech-ish but ugly.

And?

Amarr ships look great as a whole,

YOU FINALLY FIXED THE KHANID SHIPS !!!!! =D

all nice and black and silvery sheen to them again i love it.

Gallente looks good too

Caldari ships however are in need of some love, the matte finish defeats the whole purpose of the new reflecting light does it not? especially the Widow and other Kakk ships.

EDIT: forgot to mention some of the pirate ships are a bit meh, especially the gurista's ships, in fact even the navy cald ships seem to have lost thier luster from the new lighting, the camos look washed out and flat, similar to the other cald ships.

I still feel a chameleon style paint would suit sansha ships better than the flat chrome it has now.

Just my 2 isk