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This redesign is bad. Anyone who wishes to insurance fraud their chimera to go buy something else, please evemail me your locations

Just going to add my view on it.

Short = I hate the new model it's ugly.

Long = The current model has lots of small detail to it so when you look at the ship even in the viewer it looks big. You can look at and go "that is a big ship".
The new one on the other hand lacks that. I was looking at it in the viewer on the test server and I couldn't tell if I was looking at a carrier or a cruiser.
Another factor is the general shape of the ship. While other ships you have redone played to the old models strengths (Caracal & Cormirant) where there where some and others did not preserve anything due to the terrible model (blackbird & Moa) but the current Chimera is a beautiful ship but it feels as if you have kept none of it and completely overhauled it like the Blackbird and Moa the new model other than general orientation and rough shape pays no homage to the old.
Just look at some of the old lore video's in particular like Day of darkness. While new player would see the old Dominix and then look for it in game they would recognize the new one as the Dominix just updated as it pays homage to the old model.
If a new player where to see Day of darkness would they recognize the new Chimera as a Chimera without seeing the name?
I don't think so.

Just don't go with this model CCP. While all the others you have hit a home run with this one is no good and there was bound to be one or two witch the player base does not like I just hope you listen when this many people are vocal about their distaste for the new model and choose to try again.

1) I love the design and fly one.

2) I've played about 2x as long as you have, and no - aesthetics matters next to 0.

I was hoping for new toothbru- errm I mean Osprey redesign. Oh well, a girl can dream..

Lugh, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We like what we like. I like symmetry, others may not.

And you do know you cannot discuss taste because it would lead to nowhere-land.


I am not pleased with the recent Blackbird hull because I very much liked the older model better. The new Cormorant looks cool but wasn't really in need of a new model, in my opinion.

+1
The rot started when the Rokh was introduced, and it has only been made worse since. While the Caldari have been most impacted by this weak artistic direction, the other races have also suffered.
This systematic destruction of the artistic vision which was once so strong across the game is one of the great tragedies.

I am particularly salty because the cormorant just finished getting "the treatment"; I do sometimes wish they'd stop turning this game into generic-pretty-spaceships-online.

The ones who like the new design, (me and almost everyone I know in game) think you did a fantastic job with the new model. Shield emitters are my favorite part. I'd love to see some warping or networked sensor array animations attached to carriers next. Caldari aren't about big spooky ships they are about sleek hulls and cutting edge shield technology. I am hoping the Phoenix gets the same weight trimmed and falls in like just like the Chimera.