A year after Elite Dangerous has released, the Anaconda has very few options when it comes to paint jobs; the default, gold and midnight. A very large percentage of the up-and-coming Distant Worlds expedition members will be flying Anacondas, and given how big this endeavor is going to be, it would be really nice if Frontier could support us by releasing some texture packs for this ship, allowing us to have a lot more diversity and make better screenshots and videos along the way - and an expedition of this size can attract attention and new customers. Even just the usual vibrant, tactical and military packs would be great - and as someone who works as a 3d artist in the industry, I can make a pretty educated guess even without seeing how the ship model is set up and say that just solid color changes aren't much of a problem to do, even with the conda's damage model in place. I'm fairly sure that the work hours invested for a texture artist to get this done would pay themselves out pretty quickly just from the Distant Worlds players, let alone the rest of the customization options-starved player base.
Now, I can make a guess on why we haven't seen too many skins for the 'conda so far: when I first bought it, the quality of it's textures wasn't anywhere near to that of the other ships; we're talking uvw-problems, messy greebles, the forward lights were a blurry mess, etc. I heard it was one of the first ships they did and the texture job was old, and I can understand them wanting to fix that first before releasing too many paint jobs for it (an excuse that does wear extremely thin after a year has passed, however). With the latest update the textures for the Anaconda were improved, so it's high time we got some customization options for this end-game ship. A lot of us don't like gold, and for exploration, a black ship against the black of space doesn't necessarily make for great screenshots. If a Sidewinder, a starter ship that most players don't spend much time in before graduating to something better, can have 20 entries in the store, and the Anaconda, an end-game ship, has 1, then we have a contrast here that needs fixing.
In short, giving us more customization options before the year is out would really show support for some of Elite's most dedicated and loyal players - the explorers. So, chime in here if you want more Anaconda skins; let's make ourselves heard
Now, I can make a guess on why we haven't seen too many skins for the 'conda so far: when I first bought it, the quality of it's textures wasn't anywhere near to that of the other ships; we're talking uvw-problems, messy greebles, the forward lights were a blurry mess, etc. I heard it was one of the first ships they did and the texture job was old, and I can understand them wanting to fix that first before releasing too many paint jobs for it (an excuse that does wear extremely thin after a year has passed, however). With the latest update the textures for the Anaconda were improved, so it's high time we got some customization options for this end-game ship. A lot of us don't like gold, and for exploration, a black ship against the black of space doesn't necessarily make for great screenshots. If a Sidewinder, a starter ship that most players don't spend much time in before graduating to something better, can have 20 entries in the store, and the Anaconda, an end-game ship, has 1, then we have a contrast here that needs fixing.
In short, giving us more customization options before the year is out would really show support for some of Elite's most dedicated and loyal players - the explorers. So, chime in here if you want more Anaconda skins; let's make ourselves heard
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