Imperial Courier = Awesomeness on toast

[MINDWIPE]

This is probably not news, but I only just noticed the with the Adder, lowering the landing gear causes the winglets to fold up, thanks to the debug camera.
So that leaves the possibility open the Courier will have articulating parts

well i recall in beta 2 seeing a clipper (when first introduced) with its wings folded in to its primary hull when docking) alas a couple of days later i never saw that again (shame really) but i agree the mechanic is in game already but we've not had chance to see it till the debug cam (or you were lucky enough to catch an NPC or player doing that whilst docking

 

[fantodant]

What - They showed RSI with 1 ship? RSI does that on the norm. The community comes up with ships which make it into the game as well.

That aside - Thats is a gorgeous ship. I will be the first to buy it!

I agree that the "showing RSI" thing was a silly statement, but I'm personally really not a fan of their actual ships. Some of them are nice, but most of them look a bit overcomplicated and "terrestrial." They remind me a bit of GI Joe toys.

 

[MINDWIPE]

I agree that the "showing RSI" thing was a silly statement, but I'm personally really not a fan of their actual ships. Some of them are nice, but most of them look a bit overcomplicated and "terrestrial." They remind me a bit of GI Joe toys.

when they Transform into robots BE SCARED!

 

[Rabidweasel]

ok i grant that but the clipper isnt "almost OP" its easily defeated by double chaff as given its hardpoint spacing fixed weapons are pointless (unless your incredible skilled as a pilot and i mean incredibly!) you mainly have to run with gimbled or turrets on her

Yes and if it had tight convergence on all its hardpoints for fixed weapons it would be OP hence almost OP

 

[Sterlino]

the only thing that i don't like is the size of the wings and the nacelles
i post here what also posted on the newsletter thread:

It was a very fast edit but it gives you an idea... the ship, with the right sized wings, is looking good to me.

 

[Surly_Badger]

forgive me if im in error here but did you ever play Elite 2?

Nope, I didn't. And you've got a point - if the courier was a lousy courier in the old game, it should be a lousy courier in this one. Agreed.

When I saw the new art, I made the mistake of thinking it was an entirely new design, not a rehash of the old wireframe design. And surely the ship would not be revised or improved over time or anything like that.

You're right.

 

[CMDR Beltane]

What you dont need another Clipper?

so by your own logic the Federation or the alliance shouldnt have an equivilent? the only problem is new players ot the series have seen only ONE imperial playable ship the clipper and thats technically the crappy one.. with the federation and the alliance being out of balance with the "EXCLUSIVE" ships to those factions to counter the clipper i can in honesty see the angst against the imperial clipper and so forthe.. but to be fair blame FD for not providing an equivilent to the clipper as yet for the federation. and EQUALLY in fairness a good python or vulture or FDL pilot kitted well can dominate a clipper with EASE! (remember the clippers hardpoints)

so forgive me but your argument is mute.. the courier is the pinicle of player imperial ships only slightly second'd by its big brother the Imperial Trader.. when they make a Fed duo equivilant and add a few more regular ships (wich btw is what the alliance use as there never WERE any alliance exclusives so get used to that) then we shall see whats what!

I wasn't asking for any argument - i was asking what the Courier used to be back in the orginal Elite as i never played those! Read my words before telling me my non existing argument is mute. All i said is the >EMPIRE< doesn't need another Clipper (in case the Courier was like it back in the old Elite). That has nothing to do with the Federation, Alliance or any other faction. If it will be different, in any way - its fine, at least for me.

@RabidWeasel: Thanks, that was the answer i was looking for.

 

[Zeeman]

Made me laugh a lot that one! IMO very true.

But is it going to be the fastest ship now? Those engines sure look big for a small ship.

Untill it escapes a Viper - will then be nerfed to mid field..

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well i recall in beta 2 seeing a clipper (when first introduced) with its wings folded in to its primary hull when docking) alas a couple of days later i never saw that again (shame really) but i agree the mechanic is in game already but we've not had chance to see it till the debug cam (or you were lucky enough to catch an NPC or player doing that whilst docking

But we *MUST* see the blast thing lower. Every. Single. Time. When launching...


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[Moahunter]

My guess, looking at this wiki which shows a max cargo of 60 and jump range of about 23 is it will be like a Cobra.

http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_Courier

i think that makes sense, a multi purpose ship that can run missions and similar.

 

[Eloy]

The Imperials are so distressing. Morally, what's worse: Slavery, or ugly ships? It's a difficult choice, and what does that say about us all?

Imperial Slavery is no classic slavery. Read David Brabens comments on that... and in the description of the Empire. That´s why I go for Empire (and Alliance).
The corrup Feds do slavery but they call it different...

DB said also: It´s a fast multrirole ship. But looks a bit smaller than ASP.

 

[Moahunter]

^thats what I think, my bet would be it will be priced about 3m, perhaps faster than cobra, but with some trade off. Another ship for casual players who don't want to trade grind all the way to an Asp or Vulture would be good for the game I think. You could then bounty hunt progressively up to a Vulture. When the Hunter comes it could slot in a few million above the Vulture, maybe around 10m. And, it just makes sense that Imperials would have a small multi role ship, exploring can be left to Lakon.

 

[Vi.king]

While I agree that it looks really nice I dont really like the imperial ship designs. I much more prefere the kind of ship design like the wh40 imperial ships which is more like the federations ship designs. too bad the corvette is not imperial

 

[PsychoFish]

I hope those large engines translate to a large jump range, I'd love to see a new exploratory ship in between the ASP and the Anaconda.

EXACTLY what I hope for!! and it's such a beauty!!

 

[gravityztr]

imperial ships looks good but gotta admit they look stupid with the palette paintjobs on them lol

 

[Lord_Crazy]

EXACTLY what I hope for!! and it's such a beauty!!

Same here!
Problem is it is a small/medium multi-purpose ship, so I don't expect it to be excellent at anything specifically. Jack of all trades, master of none

 

[Ghost1]

it would look good in black with silver-pinstripes


i wish we had the ability to upload some of our own custom designs




Sidenote: do the wings or engines open up?

 

[Aequitatis]

Looks a bit like a Star Trek Runabout or one of the funky shuttles in Voyager.

 

[Iori]

I really hope this ship has a better jump range than the Clipper.

For those who played the old Elite games, was the Courier the fastest ship or close to it?

 

[hunvagy]

Looks a bit like a Star Trek Runabout or one of the funky shuttles in Voyager.

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Valkyrie_class

And yes, it does look like it has trek style nacelles.. and it's sexy

 

[CMDR Reza Malin]

Looks in between Cobra and Asp sized... Kinda hope the hardpoints are all mounted around the nose and not on the pylons.

Pretty sure those are too hardpoint hatches on the pylons.