I'm guessing that the launched Fighters will be like in CQC where not everything, like Landing Gear, is available so docking at outposts will still be impossible.
The fighters be launched in the main game will be based on the fighters that are already in the main game.
Those fighters do indeed have landing gear. They don't just float inside their mother ship.
Those fighters do indeed have landing gear. They don't just float inside their mother ship.
If we get the imperial fighter, will we get the special modules?
One of the posts by the devs (can't remember which one) stated that 1.5 (The Ships Update) was going to come out alongside of Horizons. They did say, however, that it was part of Horizons. So available to all.
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I hope they dont continue their 'recycling-hulls' strategy, like the diamontback scout/explorer types, federal dropship/assault ship,
and then slap the label 'new' on praticly the same looking ship, with minor cosmetic changes, even the cockpits looks the same on those ships i just mentioned... just one of either ships was enough for me personally.
The clipper is a visual masterpiece, i will never ever sell that ship, i love it!...i can only hope, and dream(i cannot yet afford one anyway) that the upcoming 'cutter' is a trully differrent, but somehow still has the tell-tale empire signature, and just as dazzelingly beautiful, as the clipper, and the courier wich looks great too.
and then slap the label 'new' on praticly the same looking ship, with minor cosmetic changes, even the cockpits looks the same on those ships i just mentioned... just one of either ships was enough for me personally.
The clipper is a visual masterpiece, i will never ever sell that ship, i love it!...i can only hope, and dream(i cannot yet afford one anyway) that the upcoming 'cutter' is a trully differrent, but somehow still has the tell-tale empire signature, and just as dazzelingly beautiful, as the clipper, and the courier wich looks great too.
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While I agree that the DBE and DBS look very similar, I think the individual Federal ships look sufficiently different while still retaining a common manufacturer/brand feeling, what is exactly how it should be, IMO.
Just look at this fantastic ship size comparison chart, created by fellow forum member Janichsan:
it conveys the point I tried to make very well, doesn't it? The hulls of the Federal, Gunship, Dropship and Assault Ship all have pretty unique shapes.
Type 9 is already wider than the Clipper.
My guess is Earl, but could be higher.
I say it will be "Duke", since the Federal Corvette has already been announced as the largest player-controllable Federation ship and I suppose the Cutter will be the Imperial counterpart. Therefore it should be a sufficiently high rank to acquire it.
I can't wait for the Cutter! I just hope it isn't much wider than the Clipper otherwise I may have problems piloting it through the mailbox! And hopefully it will have a better hardpoint configuration than tge Corvette, maybe 1 huge, 3 large and 2 medium?
They also need to sort out a medium Imperial ship!
They also need to sort out a medium Imperial ship!
There is a term called Corvette captain, that as the name implies a captain of a covette class warship.In most cases this rank in modern terms is Lieutenant commander. the 9th rank in the elite system, thus the empire counterpart is count.
So it is more likely to be count, also i don't think Fdev want to lock it behind a crazy rep grind, but instead a hard work rep, as getting to count even in 1.4 rep system is doable without loosing your wits.If it where locked behind duke i even at marquis would need to do over 200 charity missions to get to Duke. i am prepared for Duke grind just in case but anything higher and i will lose my mind.
i wonder if this is the reason for the wait for them to show it?
we know the early concept arts for all the empire ships have that Enterprise like cell engine design, and there are two concepts we have seen of the cutter from the early days
this http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net..._art_01.png/revision/latest?cb=20150720231053
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130720191055/elite-dangerous/images/0/01/Empire_Courier.jpg
dont mind the courier tag on the second one, as the whole naming of the empires ships only got finalized later in the game.
but i do wonder if they decided to give it more of a ship like look with having one long hull like the majestic class interdictor
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It will run OSX Yosemite.
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All we have to do is kill an emperor and wait for the coronation of the new one...
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All we have to do is kill an emperor and wait for the coronation of the new one...
So... do we know anything about this ship yet, anything at all?
We have one, very old concept image; but don't know if it's still valid (some speculated that became the Clipper). It does look a lot like the Clipper, though the nose / canopy seems relatively smaller. But it's hard to judge based on that - given in ED the canopies are misleadingly large. They give the impression the craft is a lot smaller than it is, until you get up close and see the pilot's size dwarfed in that huge cockpit. If the canopy in the Cutter is similarly oversized, then the Cutter would be absolutely massive.
Is it definitely larger than the Clipper? Because the Clipper is one of the largest ships in the game, so it's either going to be a near copy of that, or else it'll need some new way to dock!
It's the ship that most intrigues me (bar the Keelback, which has me wondering..)
We have one, very old concept image; but don't know if it's still valid (some speculated that became the Clipper). It does look a lot like the Clipper, though the nose / canopy seems relatively smaller. But it's hard to judge based on that - given in ED the canopies are misleadingly large. They give the impression the craft is a lot smaller than it is, until you get up close and see the pilot's size dwarfed in that huge cockpit. If the canopy in the Cutter is similarly oversized, then the Cutter would be absolutely massive.
Is it definitely larger than the Clipper? Because the Clipper is one of the largest ships in the game, so it's either going to be a near copy of that, or else it'll need some new way to dock!
It's the ship that most intrigues me (bar the Keelback, which has me wondering..)
I just hope it has a better weapon hardpoint set-up than the Corvette!