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New Launchers and Missile Effects
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Cedo Nulli
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2012-03-23 21:04:44 UTC
Referring to the New launchersBig smile

Long awaited and greeted with much joy !

Throwing my hat in the air and clapping hands in pure joy <3



Keep it up CCP ... these things do matter !!!
OfBalance
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-03-23 21:14:49 UTC
Unironically glad I have a phoenix now.

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ShadowFire15
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-03-23 21:16:44 UTC
it looks so awesome. cant wait til they come out

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Buzzmong
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-03-23 21:45:21 UTC
Jack Miton
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#5 - 2012-03-24 00:27:38 UTC
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Alara IonStorm
#6 - 2012-03-24 01:31:25 UTC
Prophecy with four Launchers on a single side...

Prophetic?
OfBalance
Caldari State
#7 - 2012-03-24 01:38:18 UTC
Alara IonStorm wrote:
Prophecy with four Launchers on a single side...

Prophetic?


~bombardment~
Alara IonStorm
#8 - 2012-03-24 01:44:56 UTC
OfBalance wrote:
Alara IonStorm wrote:
Prophecy with four Launchers on a single side...

Prophetic?


~bombardment~

Do you think the Prophecy will be in that category.

The Maller and Abbadon are already confirmed for Ships of the Line.
OfBalance
Caldari State
#9 - 2012-03-24 01:47:46 UTC  |  Edited by: OfBalance
Alara IonStorm wrote:
OfBalance wrote:
Alara IonStorm wrote:
Prophecy with four Launchers on a single side...

Prophetic?


~bombardment~

Do you think the Prophecy will be in that category.

The Maller and Abbadon are already confirmed for Ships of the Line.


I was under the impression all missile ships (without another obvious role: ie. leadership, ewar) were in that category.
YuuKnow
The Scope
#10 - 2012-03-24 11:57:25 UTC
I hope that they don't make the missiles the stereotypically pointy cones like they showed in the preview. All the traditional aerodynamics don't apply to space, so theire no need for missiles to be sharp-nosed-pointy-cones. They can actually be a little more creative in there missile design and graphics IMHO. Think Homeworld 2. Those missiles were blunt nosed and 6 sided and looked cool in flight.
Cedo Nulli
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#11 - 2012-03-24 13:07:33 UTC
YuuKnow wrote:
I hope that they don't make the missiles the stereotypically pointy cones like they showed in the preview. All the traditional aerodynamics don't apply to space, so theire no need for missiles to be sharp-nosed-pointy-cones. They can actually be a little more creative in there missile design and graphics IMHO. Think Homeworld 2. Those missiles were blunt nosed and 6 sided and looked cool in flight.



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stoicfaux
#12 - 2012-03-24 16:36:27 UTC
YuuKnow wrote:
I hope that they don't make the missiles the stereotypically pointy cones like they showed in the preview. All the traditional aerodynamics don't apply to space, so theire no need for missiles to be sharp-nosed-pointy-cones. They can actually be a little more creative in there missile design and graphics IMHO. Think Homeworld 2. Those missiles were blunt nosed and 6 sided and looked cool in flight.

Aerodynamics might be needed for orbital bombardment in Dust.

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Corina Jarr
en Welle Shipping Inc.
#13 - 2012-03-24 17:38:55 UTC
Alara IonStorm wrote:
OfBalance wrote:
Alara IonStorm wrote:
Prophecy with four Launchers on a single side...

Prophetic?


~bombardment~

Do you think the Prophecy will be in that category.

The Maller and Abbadon are already confirmed for Ships of the Line.

That isn't the Prophecy. Its the Damnation.
Alara IonStorm
#14 - 2012-03-24 17:43:59 UTC
Corina Jarr wrote:

That isn't the Prophecy. Its the Damnation.

Is it?

The skin is different then the current and we haven't seen the V3 Skins for ether the Prophecy or the Damnation.

Do you think this is the new Damnation skin?
Ines Tegator
Serious Business Inc. Ltd. LLC. etc.
#15 - 2012-03-25 06:38:00 UTC
There's 2 things I don't like... the old fashioned smoke trails, and the size of the missiles. Regarding the smoke, really, would anyone in the EVE universe, at the scale of EVE combat, still be using chemical propellants? I doubt it. I want to see plasma and ion trails, pls.

Regarding the size, given the volume of fire in a given battle, I'd always assumed missiles were unusually small, low cost delivery hulks for high tech warheads. You've got to fit 1000's of them in a cargohold after all. On the whole though, I like the new effects. Those things just stick out as not fitting the EVE universe properly.

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Kolya Medz
Kolya Inc.
#16 - 2012-03-26 01:41:31 UTC
These new launchers and missiles look waaaay too "low tech" to me.. they look just like their modern equivalents. The launchers need a somewhat sleeker, and more minimalist shape. (Since they're obviously built by the Caldari.) The missiles themselves should reflect the design of the empire that manufactures it.
Ines Tegator
Serious Business Inc. Ltd. LLC. etc.
#17 - 2012-03-26 02:53:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Ines Tegator
Kolya Medz wrote:
The missiles themselves should reflect the design of the empire that manufactures it.
Indeed. The maller update, new scorpion, and reaper all have problems meshing with their racial style. The new Nemesis does as well, and big time (it looks like a kestrel!). I'd say the art team needs a crash course in EVE lore and tech. Yeah it's all fluff, but it's important fluff because it defines the atmosphere of the universe.

I'd always imagined caldari missiles as sleek, swift things that pop out of tube, spin rapidly to orient to their target, and ignite a high acceleration motor and streak off like a shot. Omnidirectional targeting from a single launch point, high tech, high pace. Pure caldari. The demos they've shown would fit much better on Minmatar ships. Which, to be fair, they were shooting an abbadon so maybe that's what we're seeing.

Overhaul Dscan!
YuuKnow
The Scope
#18 - 2012-03-26 04:25:42 UTC
stoicfaux wrote:
YuuKnow wrote:
I hope that they don't make the missiles the stereotypically pointy cones like they showed in the preview. All the traditional aerodynamics don't apply to space, so theire no need for missiles to be sharp-nosed-pointy-cones. They can actually be a little more creative in there missile design and graphics IMHO. Think Homeworld 2. Those missiles were blunt nosed and 6 sided and looked cool in flight.

Aerodynamics might be needed for orbital bombardment in Dust.



Nah, its the future. All missiles have atmospheric deflection fields for perfect projected aerodynamics. The missiles can be shaped whatever we want.

yk
Headerman
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2012-03-26 04:55:05 UTC
YuuKnow wrote:
I hope that they don't make the missiles the stereotypically pointy cones like they showed in the preview. All the traditional aerodynamics don't apply to space, so theire no need for missiles to be sharp-nosed-pointy-cones. They can actually be a little more creative in there missile design and graphics IMHO. Think Homeworld 2. Those missiles were blunt nosed and 6 sided and looked cool in flight.


Yeah...

... The shape is actually more to do with how the explosive warhead actually works and the guidance systems than aerodynamics.

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Sinigr Shadowsong
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2012-03-26 05:37:03 UTC
Too bad after Drake nerf we won't see those launchers often.
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