EVE General Discussion

My personal frustration has always, always, been with the pirate faction ships that are not unique when the faction has demonstrated unique hulls.

For example, Guristas has no unique hull, so it doesn't bother me.

But Blood Raiders having the Cruor, Ashimmu but no unique Bhaalgorn?
Serpentis have the Daredevil, but no unique Vigilant or Vindicator?

To be fair on the Serpentis line.. the Daredevil isn't supposed to actually be Serpentis, but Angel (more accurately Guardian Angel, hence the look, and until recently the ship had the Minm thumbnail background), where as the Vigilant and Vindi are Serpentis.

I for one don't mind having a mashup.. But I'd like to see MORE of them.. And more unique hulls in general. I mean give the Guristas some unique hulls. Angels have loads, give us more, and no I don't include the AT Prize ships since there's only a handful. There are lots of factions with additional unique hulls, Sansha have another fighter on the background image of the forums alone.. and a Dram for some reason o_0 lol Hell more faction ships in general would be nice.

Interbus Freighter.
Serpentis Blockaid Runner/DST/Industrial (immune to Customs Cargo Scans.. for running drugs..)
Guristas Carrier
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Also I'd like to at least see some minor changes in the Faction ships. Something to keep them out of the ordinary. Gila would look best with the Onyx pods since both are missile boats, and the Onyx looks so sexy exposing launchers like that :) Give other tweaks to the other ones like the Vindi and Vigilant hulls.. I mean the Phobos has a changed Thorax hull, could do something just a little different, but still true to the original hull. Doesn't need to be huge... Just along the same lines as what you have been doing with the other remodels.. giving the T2 Versions tweaks, well do the same to the Faction ones too.




Anyway, as for the Domi model.. I posted this in another thread and got some feedback. Other updated models, and new modes (like the new T3's, and new NPC's) have put the Domi on the backburner, but it's not forgotten. I also can't wait to see it, that new one is so sexy.

Don't make new models, give us HD textures of the existing models.
If that isn't an option (why, wouldn't it be?) give us more Battleships, ones that would be actually useful in PVP.
Specilised ships, like a frig/dezzie that can defned against bombs/missiles, or an AoE cloaking ship, think Homeworld.

The rumor is that HD textures have been around for a looooong time (at least three years...?).

They have not been released because they would mandate a discreet graphics card, and that would suddenly put lots of subscribers in the position of either shelling out money to upgrade their PC... or not playing Eve.

This is LESS of an issue, imo, with the introduction of the unlimited skill queue.

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Lots of LEDs, size doesn't matter!

Unique, but still true to their origin.

Phobos, the Moa and Blackbird Lines, the Bombers are all great examples of that to different degrees. Minor changes for the first 3.. the Last one are dramatic changes, but you can still see the T1 Hulls influence in the T2 version. It's what I love about them. Marauders are also another great example of different but not being totally new.

And that holds true with Faction too. Gotta keep them true to their origins. Angels aren't just some renegade Minm.. Unlike the Guistas which for the most part are. Serpentis are mostly Gal, but they outsource some of their defense work to the Angel Cartel. Sansha are their own weirdness. Bloodraiders I like being a mashup of unique hulls, AND repurposed Amarr hulls. But even with the ones that should and do use Navy hulls, we should still get something a little different beyond just paint. Likewise the Navy Versions. They don't need to be huge. The difference, at least before the Marauder rebalance, between a Mega and a Kronos, was a Bridge. (I think they didn't really change the model during the rebalance, but I'm not logged in to check lol). The difference between a Thorax and a Phobos is a few pods on the Phobos that remind me of an Interdictor-Class Star Destroyed.
I mean Navy ships, at least the Armor once, seems to be simple.. they have a much higher base EHP.. so, make the armor look a little more pronounced.


Anyway Hope to see them, for now I'm content to wait. I like the redesignes we've been given so far, and can't wait for the new Domi when it finally shows up lol. Brutix after that plz, god it's Ugly, both by design and just showing it's age. Osprey too.

Also, I would love to see more small variation between T2 and T1 hulls. Like the current tend is going with.


As for completely redone models. Osprey I feel needs some love. I would also like to old Flat Black Vindi rather then the weird camo look it is now. Vindi would also be a neat ship to rework. I think the Rupture could use some touch ups but nothing major. Anything to make the Vaga look even more dragon like would be a +1 from me. I would like to see the Worm/Gila/Rattle with there own hulls. Also give some more energy like effects on ship models. Like an energy spine on a Vagabond would be awesome in my humble opinion.

More moving parts on ships is another awesome thing to have, The warp animation are bad ass.

Chimera There is a certain amount of grace and elegance with this ship. I think it still harolds in the beauty of the galleons of the old days, and yet still maintain a certain amount of intimidation. The larger the ship the more detail would be require, as it is, I'd like it about 14 plus inches long. Paintable, maybe a pattern sceem for painting the ship in its battlecolors. A few slide decals for some extra touchs. Maybe a plastic film to insert as a "window" on the ships pilot house. And, of course, all kinds of antennas and stuff poking outta everywhere.

make Tech 2 ships physically different from T1 again maybe? there's currently so few ships with extra physical features to tell between them and their T1 base hulls, it's ridiculous.

Drifter battleship for me please.

EDIT: Also asking people on the forums for ships ideas do you really think you will reach the major slice of players that actually play game and matter?

Why doesn't CCP has a communications department and send an evemail to every pilot with news like this?