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Ill just say it. Envoy ships look weird...

Ill just say it. Envoy ships look weird...

I really dont want to hurt any designers feelings since Ive loved your ship and station designs up till now and it didnt bother me so much at first since I was just exited to start the beta, but im not that impressed with the envoy ship designs...

1. TEC- As has been mentioned it looks too much like the constructor which is bad in two ways: confusion and being a design that just doesnt say diplomatic cruiser. I know It needs to be a bit industrial looking to look TEC but you were a little too successfull on that front.

2.Advent- Looks like Santa's intergalatic delivery ship. The general design looks cool but the corners curling up and ending at little balls makes It look a little rediculouse. It does make me think that its undermining planets by dropping presents, which is an amusing enough thought.

3. Vasari- The one I have the least complaints about as it generaly looks ok but it has some aestetic issues. For one its boxy design makes it look like a model that belongs in the origional half life where they couldnt have too many polygons. two, this sharp cornered design looks very un-vasari as tipicaly the body shape of vasari ships and stations have been sleek eliptical shapes with pointy things comming out of corners. 

 

As I said non of this is meant as insult just simply critique (the Advent one is really the only one that bothers me while im playing) and we will have to see from other responses as to whether im totaly off base with them.

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Reply #26 Top

My only beef is how boring the TEC Envoy ship is.  Sorry!!  Hopefully it'll get a revamp.

Reply #27 Top

TEC - It's OK. Could possibly be improved by shortening the legs to that of the first engines.

Advent - I'm sorry, but it really does look like Aladdin's Lamp or a christmas sleigh. Please remove the jingle bells and add engines!

Vasari - Generally OK. The top block part doesn't fit the theme very well and looks like it can press my clothes. Chunking it off and bringing it to a point or another forward claw would help much.

Reply #28 Top

They are preety nice... although... idk...

The TEC one does look exceptionally unimaginative. (and not like a retro fit like most every other tec thing)

The Vasari one looks... rather nice actually.

THe advent one looks like a sex toy... (then again... a good portion of the advent stuff looks likes shiney, metal, nvm...)

Reply #29 Top

lol

Reply #30 Top

The TEC one does look exceptionally unimaginative. (and not like a retro fit like most every other tec thing)
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I don't think it is a retrofit. I think their envoy was purpose built, like the Kol. It was first built 15 (20? I don't remember exactly) years after the war started; I think that is ample time to design a new ship.

Plus, who wants to show up to a diplomatic envoy in an ancient re-fit piece of sh!t? It's like showing up for a meeting with the President of the United States on a tandem bike:P It doesn't exactly send the message you want it to.

THe advent one looks like a sex toy... (then again... a good portion of the advent stuff looks likes shiney, metal, nvm...)
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Wasn't there a thread about what the Advent ships look like a while ago...X|