EVE General Discussion

Never understood the will to create unsymmetrical hulls. Never saw anything like that in any sci-fi movies / series / shows / whatever. A ship must look like a ship, despite the universe being frictionless.

Little differences we can handle. But a wing at the port side and nothing at starboard? Don't make me wrong here, I'm not telling what I like or not but what it looks like the best engineering course of action.

Ships with sides / parts / fins missing may let us think that the particular faction hadn't the budget necessary to build it. And the most ridiculous of all are ships with a lot of different engine exhausts. The hulls being all crippled I can understand, but the engine must be fine tuned even at the trash-flying matar.

And only once I saw / heard a wacko CCP Rise telling at a live AT that a ship that looks like a trash can and another one that's unsymmetrical are cool. But he doesn't count.

Love CCP, love EVE, love the ships and before anyone start booing me, I AM NOT SPEAKING ILL OF EVE OR CCP. I love them.

Here are my thoughts about the top list:

Hall of Fame

1. Widow - looking like a ship and being bad ass. What else to ask
2. Moa - sleek as it needed to fly intra-atmosphere if needed
3. Manticore - looks like it has 3 bridges
4. Dramiel - sexy as hell, looks like to be razor sharp and a physical weapon for bumping (go PL)
5. Nyx - remembering Stargate Atlantis anyone... maybe it has a huge laser bow weapon
6. Machariel - i could live at one of these
7. Crow - the son of widow. or daughter, it depends at anybody's primary language.
8. Mordus Line - all bumping-slicing efficient ships
9. Stratios - looks like a beacon of hope. then starts pumping drones and wreaking havoc :D
10. Typhoon - a micro stargate within the bow... communications array...

Hall of Shame

1. Imicus - may look like anything but a ship
2. Bantam - hey, an idea! let's assemble a ship with whatever spare parts we can find lol
3. Blackbird - spare parts with a bloated axis 101
4. Dominix - hey, at least it can fly intra-atmosphere better, the round edges will cut the wind good
5. Aeon - at least is symmetrical
6. Barghest - much like an upgraded and reinforced Nyx
7. Gallente Haulers - I want sooo bad to use bad words, but I'll restrain myself
8. Nestor - another beacon of hope with out-of-the-box tech that a mere immortal capsuleer won't understand
9. Rupture - what the hell is the bridge doing down there
10. Revenant - hey ho let's go (to the toilet please)

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It took me 10 minutes to write this, so enjoy and no booing. I'm impartial as it can be.

Best is Wyvern, hands down.
Worst is Brutix.

I can't really say why

but Dominix is on my hot list

Ishtar's smile lights my fire

Cyclone to me looks like scolex - google it, very illustrative

For myself, the Garmur and the new Blackbird look the best :)

The celestis (and t2 variants) are the worst. I think unfortunately the 'ugliest ship' list would be composed disporportionately of gallente ships vs. other races.

The Oracle, catching the right amount of light, seems to give me a chub.

space pancake doesn't even come close to the Still-A-Caldari-High-As-F***-Abomination that is the Bantam.

Well, the Falcon is MOSTLY symmetrical. But your sentiment is valid: don't f--k with the Millennium Falcon.

For me it's the humble velator.

excellent bit of design and the best rookie frig if you have good drone skills.

Best: Oracle, Navitas, Tristan, Maulus.

Worst: I have to agree that it's the Imicus. It looks like they started with a hull, bent it by accident, then welded on the left side of a Catalyst to balance the center of thrust.