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The new Blackbird/Rook/Falcon model is not properly centered. When you zoom in you're zooming in at an empty area below the ship. It was actually quite disconcerting to fly.

Why were T3s excluded from this did the subsystem variation just cause to many issues and do you plan on updating them to be with the rest in the future?

I spent a bit of time this week going through the various models and I think I found one discrepancy: the lighting. In Phoebe, only a portion of the ship gets a highlight while the rest is shadowed to some extent. On SiSi the whole ship is bathed in light and I think this is what is giving it the 'plastic', washed out and unnatural look.

I implore you: Please put the PBR update off for a release or two.

Apparently the Serpentis and Kaalakiota didn't get the memo that grey is the new black...

When can we expect those privateer clothes? after seeing the concepts for them i bought Aurum for the first time..

My humble thoughts thus far in regards to the ships.

*Minmatar
-Look gorgeous.
-Most of the ships got much needed texture updates and seem new, even though the model is old
-The new color scheme that was evident in the typhoon, stabber, and tornado is now the matari standard and it works.
-Shading is pretty much spot on
10/10

*Caldari
-Again, gorgeous
-Flat colors really bring out the caldair ships look
-The new Camo works much better isnt as...noisy? as the previous camo.
-New blackblird models are amazing, i hope all future re-models are of that standard
-Ishikune watch is bright bright on some ships, but not overly so.
-Nugoeihuvi ships were without a doubt the ugliest color scheme, they now look bad ass
9/10

*Gallente
-Ships are now shiny
-Received some needed texture work in a few places
-Most of the ships have a nice new color standard, but this is lost to the extreme gloss present
() suggestion: matte out the green, leave the chrome and bright metals shiny, but tone them down.
-New colors more fitting for the gallente federation, gone is the tealish blue, in comes the gallente green.
7/10

*Amarr
-Complete over hual of color scheme (previous tan/beige with copper looking gold motifs)
-New look really brings home that regal feel, though even though it is gold, it is pretty bright on a few ships
-Khanid ships look proper now
-Special note on the paladin, the gold is marred and not as bright as the rest of the fleet. this shows the attention to detail the team has, as the murauder is meant to take a beating and the new textures really show that.
9/10

*Angel
-Brighter, reworked camo much more fitting to the ships
-Matted camo design works well
10/10

*guristas
-As with angel, the new camo design looks fantastic
-camo matches the theme of the guristas, and the subtle line work that breaks it up is well done.
10/10

*blood raiders
-New ships have a much darker blood pattern
-Feels like the ships, being amarran, should have kept a brighter blood pattern
8/10

*The legion
-New PBR gives the ships a much needed darker blue
-the ships retain a slight gloss, while keeping the lighting that is nearly the same as the standard server.
9/10

*ore
-While the industrials look amazing, the bowhead especially, the barges look way to clean for what they are.
()Suggestion: Batter up the barges, make them dirty. especially so for the skiff and procuror
9/10

*sansha
-New color scheme of a gun metal grey armor plates with hints of the classic green pearlish of the old model.
-Works very well to bring more detail to light.
-The red glass previously on it is now matted out and brighter
10/10

*serpentis
-New color scheme over hual
-Dark grey with a ghost grey and black tiger stripe camo
-The new scheme is interesting, and makes the models stand out more
10/10

PBR handles shadows and light much more realistically than other types. Unfortunately when converting to PBR, alpha channels and the structure for textures have to be reworked. Preserving the hard highlights required work which will take time and effort. Making the highlights make sense is another matter alltogether.

The more I look at the new incursus the more I like it. Even if it need some tweaking (save the lance?).

The skin looks really nice and clean, especially w/ the PBR - with which the current gallente textures do not work very well (especially t2). This is definitely a step in the right direction.

Now that Caldari has had a makeover, I really hope this sort of look/texture is the basis of (hopefully not too far off) future gallente redesigns.

From the Dev update it looks like PBR is being deployed as is.
So say we all. Have that asbestos suit handy...

Gonna keep asking until we get an answer...

Are you implementing the ability to wear GDN "Nightstalker" goggles "up" on our foreheads, as suggested by this image?

Megathron might need a short trip to the space wash:

http://abload.de/img/2014.12.02.21.54.23r8uk9.png
http://abload.de/img/2014.12.02.21.54.13ooubi.png

This large non-reflective grey area looks like large amounts of unneeded dirt or even more like brown crust, similar to dried poo to be blunt A dark colour in that place is fitting, but it should be somewhat metallic, very dark grey or just black - or you copy the main dark colour of the Quafe Mega to paint that part with. Just not a brown crust please.
Quafe Mega has the same large amount of brown in the same places, though not as visible as on the Mega.


Now apart from it, it needs to be said that the new Mega is an awesome ship and this kind of awesomeness needs to be applied in a similar fashion to 2 of Amarr battleships - Abaddon and Apocalypse.

Mega has a lot of details/elements, a lot of clear lines that invoke an impression of a large scale, properly fitting a battleship sized vessel. Now here is how i see the Abaddon on Singularity currently:
http://abload.de/img/2014.12.02.22.05.05w2ef3.png
http://abload.de/img/2014.12.02.22.07.49haf7f.png
http://abload.de/img/2014.12.02.22.05.20uncuj.png

It lacks details(pixels, pixels everywhere!), it feels flat and the gold looks like it's some sort of a tinfoil or cheap paint sprayed on the hull rather than a proper clear and thick gold plating. Abaddon just doesnt feel like a giant heavily armoured brickship it is on TQ.
Apocalypse is in a better shape, but the fuzzy lines(the thicker ones) on its hull ruin the impression that it is clad in very thick and heavy armour layers. Also, Apocalypse simply feels dirty, which in my opinion is not the proper image for an Amarr ship.

In short: Abaddon needs thick clear gold plating, lots of clear lines giving impressions of armour plates worthy of an armoured space brick and in general a high resolution texture. Apocalypse needs less dirt and clean, straight lines on the hull.

Good example of Amarr ship done right under the new textures: Armageddon - good detail amount, gold plating feels right and clean, armour plates look as such.