To be fair, I think it might look a bit ridiculous if you stretched it 60 meters lengthwise.
New ship: Panther Clipper
- Thread starter Rubbernuke
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Just why does it rise when deploying the SRV ? That creates an unneccessary drop height for the SRV, and the ramp hangs in the air. That makes no sense, please fix !
MLF: "Yo mamma"
I made this concept of the Panther Clipper Mk II XL. It's longer yet more elegant. The original looks like a bullfrog. The XL has more the shape of a panther.
Maybe it is just an upscaled version of the Panther Kitten (the cutest, smallest, ship never released) and the designers forgot about the lift needed on that tiny ship?
Most probably due to the fact the bottom is huge and the SRV needs space to not get constantly stuck getting to the SRV bay. The default height is likely set by the large landing pad having a max height.
Obviously that's clear proof that we'll get new and bigger SRVs in the fall update!
With tank tracks!Obviously that's clear proof that we'll get new and bigger SRVs in the fall update!
And a big 120mm cannon!
Tracked you say?
Here's a sneak peak and totally not some old concept art
And one with wheels:
How does the ship handle heat, does it run cool or does it overheat easily?
Hopefully it's not a hot monster like the T-8. Can fry an egg on the dashboard every time I boost or hyperspace.
Literally every ship in the game does that, for clearance purposes driving underneath the hull. The “unnecessary drop height” in no way interferes with deploying or boarding. SRVs can also board ships that are hovering which they do sometimes when there’s no good place to land. No other ship has adjustable articulating ramps or landing legs, so if you land on irregular ground…they all look like that.
Thus we see the difference between complaining about screenshots and actually playing the game at some point in the last several years.
Ghost Giraffe loaded up a couple of guass cannons at Cmdr Mechams prompting and he felt that it was close to the Kraits heat loading. So pretty good for what that's worth, likely much better than the T-9.
Plus there’s a class 8 power plant slot. You can put full grade 5 Low Emissions/Monstered on that and likely have plenty of power to spare.
I have found that the biggest factor in ship heat comes from the ratio of FSD and thrusters to the power plant. By far the hottest running ships are those where both FSD and thrusters are one size larger than the powerplant.
cannot understand that - my T8 runs at around 43%, boost 51%. SCO-Boost continuesly from 0 to 4200 ~ 135 k lsec ~80% and back to 43% in around 5-6 sec.
And yes, it has G5 dirty drives
The trailers didn't provide any real scale, seeing it in comparison to the T9 on a youtube video certainly makes it look as if it shrunk in the wash... Hence its capacity, I guess.
Oh well, maybe the Panther XL will appear later and compensate for its little sister?