Posted - 2006.04.13 03:15:00 - [152]

 

Originally by: MrFu

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I suddenly feel the urge to self destruct my tempest,hit my head against a wall and wake up tomorrow and find out al was a dream,and all my skills are at gallente or something

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I feel your pain.

Posted - 2006.04.13 05:29:00 - [154]

 

I think the caldari one is going to be along the lines of how the cormorant, ferox and phoenix look, long and stalky but not too asymetric. We already have the scorp and raven being extremly asymetric so I can easily see the new ship being more like a flying brick.

Posted - 2006.04.13 06:02:00 - [156]

 

I looked though the book. I have actually seen the Mim Dread in game and it looks very much like the artwork.

Posted - 2006.04.13 07:44:00 - [158]

 

Everyone keeps saying the minni one doesn't look crappy enough. Since the crappiness of minni ships comes from low resources of recently being oppressed, I would think enough time has passed and the empire has grown enough that a "NEW" Battleship would appear nicer than the others.

I dunno...

Posted - 2006.04.13 08:05:00 - [160]

 

Originally by: Hayabusa Fury

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Everyone keeps saying the minni one doesn't look crappy enough. Since the crappiness of minni ships comes from low resources of recently being oppressed, I would think enough time has passed and the empire has grown enough that a "NEW" Battleship would appear nicer than the others.

I dunno...

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I like the idea of the ship... but the fins are just a bit too much. It looks like a doberman in space.

Posted - 2006.04.13 09:20:00 - [162]

 

Originally by: Corphus

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here somert i made while supposed to be workin : Annihilation Tier 3 BS

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those bonuses are sacriledge

Posted - 2006.04.13 10:21:00 - [164]

 

Originally by: Zyrla Bladestorm

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The Minmatar are described in the chronicles somewhere (can never find it when I want to post referencing it :P) as being a race just starting to reach for the stars, but exhibiting the best engineering skills seen in the eve galaxy.

They were then reduced practically to rubble by the amarr (who also took a lot of the population for there slave labour) the result was the early minmatar ship designs being made from whatever low-tech parts the matari could scrounge together or build.
It has now been, reportedly over a century since the minmatar rebel forces (combined with the amarr empires defeat at the hands of the jovian directorate) forced the amarr to retreat from what is now known as minmatar space and the matari were able to start rebuilding.

In short, it makes sense that newer ship designs should be a lot cleaner and built in a more orderly fashion, note that they still can't afford to splash out on fancy exteriors, massively thick armour plate and so on .. I personally feel that the new battleship fits fine with all this.

As to what it actually looks like, I think its a bit hard to tell from that picture.

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i totally agree, the new BS is the next step in the evolution of Minmatar design and construction, better designed, better built and still showing its Minnie heritage, i love it.

Posted - 2006.04.13 22:11:00 - [166]

 

Edited by: Litus Arowar on 13/04/2006 22:13:10
Corphus, the only reason I'm so against that set of stats is cause such ships exist already... the vengeance and the malediction (AF and inty) most notably... the malediction is useful cause it's the 3-slot inty for amarr, but the vengeance is a paperweight...

now, granted, the speed and agility of your design is a bonus, and it could be effective in combat with short range ammo in the lasers and 4 torp launchers, but generally speaking a split shield/armour design means a ship can do neither tank well... this means that even if your damage is outstanding (especially if your damage is outstanding actually) you'll be called primary and your tank will be tested before your damage really starts to shine

Posted - 2006.04.14 10:26:00 - [168]

 

The amarrian one looks sweet as hell. It looks more like a really functional and brutally powerful warship than a symbol of imperial might. It also looks more high-tech, as befits a ship that is presumably a far more recent design than the geddon and the apoc.

Likewise, I love the look of the minmatar ship - it looks sleek and dangerous, like some kind of enormous multi-finned space shark. I'm also loving how it looks that little bit more professionally done than other Minnie ships - as if the Republic's finally got some kind of a centralised and dedicated ship design board set up, and are looking to create something that, despite beind all modern and high-tech, still looks undeniably Minmatar.

Not so keen on the gallente one, but then, I never have like the gallente look quite as much (except in space stations). I reckon it'd look better without the disk in the middle, but with the engines rising out of low-slung blisters on the hull instead.

When do we get to see the Caldari concept? That's the one I'm most interested in.

Posted - 2006.04.14 14:20:00 - [170]

 

Wow Corphus, I really like the look of that concept. Has a somewhat streamlined look to it but retains the ruggedness of the minmatar ship design. Reminds me of the Matari Carrier and to a lesser extent the cyclone. With anyluck all future Matari ships will follow this design style. Good work man, that ship looks hot

Posted - 2006.04.14 15:14:00 - [172]

 

Originally by: Corphus

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ok since work is so boring and the boss isnt around me presses the ms paint activation icon once again ...

i know that ccp will most likely think im an idiot but if the minmatar get one of those ill train minmatar bs to 5 for sure

imo matari ships should look somert like this !

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That reminds me of the Battlecruiser from Starcraft.

Posted - 2006.04.14 21:27:00 - [174]

 

I love the new designs. It will definantly be breath of fresh air seeing more than just the raven and the 3-4 other usual battleships ingame.

I hate to judge the artwork especially since I am no where near able to design something as fancy or originaly as these works of art. In my opinion the gallente BS looks a little bland and/or is missing something. Also I quite dislike the huge fins/solar panels on the minmatar tier 3 battleship. Besides that, they are excellent. The designs surpassed all my hopes for all the new Battleships. Lets just hope the tier 2 battlecruisers and the caldari battleship looks just as great.

Btw I don't see whats all the fuss about the amarr Battleship looking like a freighter and about all the exposed hull.

Posted - 2006.04.14 21:52:00 - [176]

 

Amarr: It really is a nice design, though very much like a hotdog.

Minmatar: I love it, I love my bellicose to death and this thing really is what I have always believed the belli shouldve looked like.

Gallente: Very nice, organic feel to it. It remind me alot of some kind of interstellar research vessel, but thats just me. And don't touch that ring! It's the best part of that ship.

Posted - 2006.04.18 12:56:00 - [178]

 

Amarr looks kind of like something i saw in starwars - Hmmm.

Posted - 2006.04.18 14:51:00 - [180]

 

Originally by: Synapse Archae

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I think I'm the only one who doesnt think the amarr one looks amarrian. Amarr ships have always been totally covered in that nice gold armor plating. This one looks like somone gave an apoc to the minmatars, so they just stripped the armor off one of their stations, cut the apoc in 5 pieces and glued them onto the station.

Honestly, more gold armor for the amarr one.

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You need to expose the power system to space to vent heat from 8 Tacks with 3 Faction Heatsinks while Armor Tanking like a terror. Or do you want to become an boiled egg inside your pod?