Ships & Modules

I wanted to voice this prior to the Dominix redesign going live rather than afterwards, which, let's face it, is an exercise in futility (and maybe this is, too, but I am at least trying to get out in front of the thing). The Dominix redesign as seen at Fanfest is an abortion. It's non-starter. It takes one of the most iconic models in EVE -- a 'soft but tough' looking ship that was all curves, contours and bulges -- and turns it into a bullet-nosed, overly-industrial wreck. It, frankly, looks like it was put together by someone who hates the ship.

The lovely thing about the current Dominix is the degree to which it is somewhat unassuming. It could easily be rebranded as a 'space cruise ship' as a vessel of war. It's all lights, windows, grace and finesse. The suggested design throws all this out the window: it's thinner and armored, attempting to sleek-and-slim-out something that was naturally voluminous. The space buffalo; the space shoe... the Domi wasn't easily pidgeonholed -- it was it's own thing. The redesign seems to fall somewhere between a Brutix, a Navitas (looking far too much like this frigate than anything else), and a Vexor, sacrificing uniqueness for homogeneity. It's the slash-and-burn Exequror on a much larger scale.

This isn't a case of the Moa redesign -- where the model was almost universally panned as one of EVE's worst, and a complete, top-to-bottom reimagining was widely-lauded -- nor is it another Apocalypse, with a beloved hull that retained all of its original majesty, albeit in a somewhat bulked-up form.

The suggested Dominix changes run counter to both: they take a model that most of its pilots flat out love and attempts to significantly change it. Instead of a visual buff; instead of retaining what made the thing great, it's all out the window -- it's a downgrade; a net loss. It tries to turn a big fat lineman into a lithe and muscular wide receiver, but falls so deeply between those two stools that the result is lesser than either. Not enough of the former is retained, and not enough of the latter gained, so the result is weaker model overall.

The current Dominix is one of EVE's best models. It may not fit into your own, personal perspective of perfection, but for a lot of us, it is precisely that. A Dominix visual upgrade should follow in the footsteps of the Scorpion; of the Apocalypse; of the Maller -- taking something that was already strong and making it even stronger. It should not, however, twist and corrupt and bastardize a beloved ship into something only in the vaguest sense resembling its former glory. If you follow through with the redesign as suggested, you will take 'ugly and loved' and turn it into 'too ugly to fly.' I hope the difference is obvious.

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All of the redesigned Gallente ships have been crap. Why change the pattern now?

Gee, you think? You think it was me expressing my opinion? And not, you know, someone else's opinion? My goodness, you must be a wizard. What sorcery did it take to unlock that sealed door, Gandalf?

Incidentally, I have always thought that the colors of the four races were supposed to evoke four metals: gold (Amarr), silver (Caldari), bronze (Gallente), and iron (Minmatar). I would suggest to the CCP designers that, in remodeling the Gallente ships, they make them a little less green and a little more metallic. The green should be subtle, in the way the light shines off the metal or something, rather than looking like a coat of paint on the ships.

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ive been teetering on training this ship for a long time, and wont because the current model makes my eyes hate their ability to see.

that being said, they change the model and i will finally train gallente bs.

Oh come on. It's not like an Inner Zone Shipping Imicus.

New domi looks less potato. Peeled from bottom.

I don't like it too, looks like flea with stick now.

there will be always people not happy whit ship redesign (for example i hate the new tempest and stabber hulls), thats why i keep saying CCP should keep both old and new models, ship already assembled before design update should use the old model ship made after the redesign should use the new one

My big issue is the new ship looks like its supposed to be somewhat faster and more agile, but the dominix is not.