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NeX ships (I.E. mostly useless ships)
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tankus2
HeartVenom Inc.
#1 - 2012-02-02 03:39:55 UTC
Straight to business (since I couldn't think of anything witty to say or bash)

twenty-four (24) or so vessels (two of each class and race, so each race gets six (6) ships, two of each class), each ship has a different low-slot arrangement with low cpu and powergrid (if they even have slots!), no mids or highs to prevent expensive tackle ships (as hilarious as that would be). No drones and a cargo hold worthy of their class (500 m^3 max)

these ships would be initially available via the NeX store, but can be resold for Isk either by contracts or the general market.

The only thing that these ships have going for them is that they are purrrdyyy. Like the Apotheosis.

Yes, I know these would be 'gold ships' but they are gold ships that can't really tank for their class (or shouldn't, given that the battleship-sized ship should have a combat t1 frigate's cpu and powergrid) or do anything particularly useful other than float around and maybe get shot by someone whos characterization rhymes with 'glasshole'

Discuss, yays or nays are welcome, and please have some substance to thy posts.

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Daeva Teresa
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2012-02-02 04:00:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Daeva Teresa
Since ship skins will be sold in NeX I really dont see any need for this.

CCP really please dont use Upgraded, Limited, Experimental and Prototype in item names. It sounds like the item is actually worse than basic meta 1 item. Use Calibrated, Enhanced, Optimized and Upgraded. Its really easy to understand that the item is better than meta 1 and its also in alphabetic order.
Galphii
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-02-02 04:09:31 UTC
I think NeX ships are fine, so long as they're not better than current ships. They can be different, certainly, and they would want to be pretty to encourage people to spend $$. Perhaps switching up the bonuses a bit, like, an amarr drone battleship, or a gallente missile boat Cool

"Wow, that internet argument completely changed my fundamental belief system," said no one, ever.
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#4 - 2012-02-02 04:13:33 UTC
Why? Sounds like you want to add NeX ships just for the sake of having them, which is a very bad reason.
Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#5 - 2012-02-02 04:17:37 UTC
since a monocle costs already 70 bucks, i would be probably never able to afford something which can fly - and if i would, i would buy the real space shuttle instead of a few pixels.

how to fix eve: 1) remove ECM 2) rename dampeners to ECM 3) add new anti-drone ewar for caldari 4) give offgrid boosters ongrid combat value
tankus2
HeartVenom Inc.
#6 - 2012-02-02 05:31:03 UTC
Well I'm glad that everyone at least has a reason to shoot this thread down (except Galphii who missed the point, but brought up an interesting point that should be looked at in another thread (IN A NON-GOLDSHIP FORM MIND YOU)) if only to show that we can be civil while saying 'ships for the sake of ships is bad'. Wonder how many people said that about the tier 3 battlecruisers? tier 3 battleships in cheaper battlecruiser form and without the tank? surely you jist.

perhaps the deathblow came from the first reply, where you can reskin your favorite ship for a little AUR (soon, apparently). Still would have been nice to have a ship that didn't have an industry or warfare focus to it that isn't a shuttle. And no, exploration counts as both, strangely enough

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Rune Scorpio
Fixers Corporation
Pillars of Liberty
#7 - 2012-02-02 06:33:17 UTC
No this wont happen. People left eve in droves because of this very idea.