Ok, so I just bought the one for the Python, and I'd like to give a heads-up to those who're planning to do the same:
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Elite Dangerous | Industrial Sale | Introducing the 'Hazard Pack'
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Yes luckily as my Krait core miner and T9 have the Chromed paint job and the new parts blend in nicely.Wow, wow... kits change and adapt colour to your base livery?!?
Here's a new kit tried with recent gold CG award skin and it turned black! I thought kits come in a few fixed colours.
So, does the kit take livery base colour or...?
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The new ship kits look amazing @sallymorganmoore ! Definitely perfect stuff for mining vessels, and my heavy trader T9 is absolutely getting some Big Rig floodlights pronto!
If we're passing on feedback, my one request is that if there's a second wave of these, can the Keelback be included? The T6 kit also looks awesome, but I (and hopefully many others) use the Keelback as a dedicated core mining rig and salvager. It'd look fantastic in this treatment as long as the side nacelles are still given space to rotate.
But that Cobra, though.
The Keelback is my go-to ship for tramp steamer / industrial miner / jack of all trades. It'd look awesome with this kit.
I definitely need this for my T-9.
And I really hope T-10 gets this kit too!
And I really hope T-10 gets this kit too!
@sallymorganmoore
Hello Sally,
I wonder if you could relay this feedback to the appropriate designers for me. Includes pics. \o/
A few observations regarding the Krait MkII hazard ship kit...
1, The only criticism of the Krait which has been noted over the years is of the two lights shining in your face from the cockpit cage(**). Whether this has ever been picked up by the design team who knows?
However this now is a minor point compared to how the new ship kit reflects and directs light into your face. It's very distracting.
2, there may be something wrong with how the ship kit is affecting light.. appears to be overlaying mining affect onto the rear of the ship kit bars. see the centre of this pic below.
3, I'm not observing ANY extra light illuminating the asteroids from the spots ? Was under the impression that the extra spot lights were indeed going to do this?
4. According to this thread, the cockpit cage is directly interfering with the two forward hardpoints.
forums.frontier.co.uk
Summary..,
Visually very nice, technically bad.
Many thanks. \o/
Flimley
(**)
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/krait-mk2-cockpit-lighting-is-broken.585795/
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/goddam-bright-cockpit-lighting.584403/
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...-these-stupid-lights-on-the-krait-lol.590125/
Hello Sally,
I wonder if you could relay this feedback to the appropriate designers for me. Includes pics. \o/
A few observations regarding the Krait MkII hazard ship kit...
1, The only criticism of the Krait which has been noted over the years is of the two lights shining in your face from the cockpit cage(**). Whether this has ever been picked up by the design team who knows?
However this now is a minor point compared to how the new ship kit reflects and directs light into your face. It's very distracting.
2, there may be something wrong with how the ship kit is affecting light.. appears to be overlaying mining affect onto the rear of the ship kit bars. see the centre of this pic below.
3, I'm not observing ANY extra light illuminating the asteroids from the spots ? Was under the impression that the extra spot lights were indeed going to do this?
4. According to this thread, the cockpit cage is directly interfering with the two forward hardpoints.
Ship Kits Blocking Hardpoints
This bug has been around since the launch of Odyssey, effectively making some of the paid-for ship kits pay-to-lose to use. My original reported issue expired, and the only other one on this I could find was marked as a duplicate of an issue that while had to do with ship kits, was not the same...
Summary..,
Visually very nice, technically bad.
Many thanks. \o/
Flimley
(**)
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/krait-mk2-cockpit-lighting-is-broken.585795/
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/goddam-bright-cockpit-lighting.584403/
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...-these-stupid-lights-on-the-krait-lol.590125/
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Yep, ship kits do that.Wow, wow... kits change and adapt colour to your base livery?!?
Here's a new kit tried with recent gold CG award skin and it turned black! I thought kits come in a few fixed colours.
So, does the kit take livery base colour or...?
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Also thanks for not breaking the cockpit view of the T9 like seen above with the Python and Krait.
But there aren't any ship kits for the type-7, and none are promised in the post. Will there be a Hazard Pack for the t7?
I actually dont mind the industrial looking view from the Krait, it fits in with its purpose - exploding rocks
Come on Fdev, lets have the same kit for the T10 and i will spare you the christmas wish list this year!
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See, here's the thing for me. While I like the look of these things and all, I've never been a fan of buying bundles from which I might only use a few components. Let me buy individual components of such bundles and we're on to a winner for mine - at least that way I'll buy items I will use and not waste some of the arx on things that will just sit in my livery options never to see the light of some star or other.....
Inevitabre!
sallymorganmoore
Senior Community Manager : Elite Dangerous
You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, Commander, I’m very sorry about that.
Lots of ships and me tripping over the Types.
None promised in the post because it’s sadly just a mishap on my part.
Absolutely sharing with the team how eager you all are for more on other ships though! o7
Sorry about that!
Fixing the post now o7
I must admit, my first thought after seeing these ship kits was jungle jims in space.
Looking nice I do have to say. I think the name plate on the Python could do with a little look at though.
Love my hazardous Python!
So in other words, the outcry over "shift in policy" and "paying for in-game functionality" by some of the folks on this thread were unfounded, and it's cosmetic-only after all. Thank you for checking on that.
Hooray for Flimley!
@sallymorganmoore if you could pass along to the devs, I'd REALLY like a hazard kit for the Corvette (it's my primary mining ship.)