I have been taking a survey of how many pilots wish we had Gutamaya and or federation style carrier skins for interior and exterior. so far every pilot i ask would like to have a carrier that looks like a giant corvette and or Gutamaya styled look. What are your thoughts on this matter? Also pilots have suggested that the npcs in the carrier be dressed to match the new carrier skins. I would pay up to 50.00 for each. Please post thoughts below about getting a more faction orientated skin. currently they are all alliance looking skins made by larkon lol.
Gutamaya carrier interior and exterior skins.
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New layouts and skins would be good, and not an unrealistic request in the current era of development.
Always thought the lack of options for carriers was odd, considering the amount of players that have one. Current CG even seems intended to create more carrier owners.
What put me off buying any of the existing layouts were the wings. Why do fleet carriers have wings? New layouts could work like ship kits for a more customized look, which would also encourage buying more than one.
Always thought the lack of options for carriers was odd, considering the amount of players that have one. Current CG even seems intended to create more carrier owners.
What put me off buying any of the existing layouts were the wings. Why do fleet carriers have wings? New layouts could work like ship kits for a more customized look, which would also encourage buying more than one.
The biggest obstacle to major customisation is the need for the central hull of an FC to remain standardised.
Every FC is, essentially, a large central "brick" housing the landing pads with different noses, tails and some sticky-outy bits at the sides and underneath.
I suppose you could, theoretically, create a large cosmetic structure around that central "brick", to emulate the look of a fed' or 'imp capital ship but that'd be a lot of real-estate to use for something cosmetic and it might create issues related to NPCs being able to navigate around it.
Right now, all the FCs are fairly similar proportions so FDev can easily create exclusion zones and landing corridors so that NPCs can land on them without crashing into them.
If they were dressed up to look very different to each other they'd probably need to revise all the AI related to how NPCs navigate around FCs to suit individual types of FC.
Also, and probably most importantly, from an in-universe perspective FC's aren't Imperial or Federal ships.
They're built and leased by the Brewer Corporation so I guess their external and interior design is consistent with Brewer design philosopy.
Every FC is, essentially, a large central "brick" housing the landing pads with different noses, tails and some sticky-outy bits at the sides and underneath.
I suppose you could, theoretically, create a large cosmetic structure around that central "brick", to emulate the look of a fed' or 'imp capital ship but that'd be a lot of real-estate to use for something cosmetic and it might create issues related to NPCs being able to navigate around it.
Right now, all the FCs are fairly similar proportions so FDev can easily create exclusion zones and landing corridors so that NPCs can land on them without crashing into them.
If they were dressed up to look very different to each other they'd probably need to revise all the AI related to how NPCs navigate around FCs to suit individual types of FC.
Also, and probably most importantly, from an in-universe perspective FC's aren't Imperial or Federal ships.
They're built and leased by the Brewer Corporation so I guess their external and interior design is consistent with Brewer design philosopy.
I'd love my FC to have a Raider kit to go with its corroded PJ. Giant spikes, preferably with Gutamaya & Fed ships impaled on them for added flavour.
Have a FC look like anything than a flying brick (with spikes)? Not me!
Have a FC look like anything than a flying brick (with spikes)? Not me!
Ages ago I bought the "Raider" ship-kit for the Anaconda.
I never had any intention of using the rather silly spiky bits but I really wanted the "Corroded" paintjobs.
I've always thought of Annies as "old" ships so I wanted mine to look the part.
Alas, in-game the Corroded paintjobs don't really look great.
There's little in the way of accurate or detailed texturing, with the result that the paint just looks mottled or spotty.
It looks more like "brown cammo" than corrosion.
It occurs to me that FDev could do with adding another layer to ship surfaces;- something that adds bent/damaged panels, dents, burn marks, scrapes, patches etc and then also applies a "distressed" texture to any of the regular paintjobs applied.
So, erm, yeah.
Wouldn't mind if the interior/exterior of my FC looked a bit like that.
Trouble (again)is, in-universe, we're all leasing our FCs from the Brewer Corporation and we're paying ~Cr10m per week for maintenance so I guess they aren't going to want people welding honking great lumps of iron to the hull and then skewering wrecked ships on them or allow the interiors to fall into disrepair.
The conda has a really cool damage model. Is that what you’re describing?
I find the current FC designs to pale in comparison of the Majestic and Farragut...
Can we get to "buy" a capital ship, once we reach the highest imperial/federal rank, at an insane cost/upkeep of 50 billions/50 millions?
Then you can summon it at CZ 's PCZ's on demand (which would cost tritium and potentially credits to repair afterwards)?
Can we get to "buy" a capital ship, once we reach the highest imperial/federal rank, at an insane cost/upkeep of 50 billions/50 millions?
Then you can summon it at CZ 's PCZ's on demand (which would cost tritium and potentially credits to repair afterwards)?
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Yes! Waiting for that for a long time and have my ARX ready.
A proper Imperial style for FC and crew would be awesome! Something like this, if possible:
Oh, I so want to see rubberbanding on a couple of FC's (EDIT: I mean, player owned cap ships)!!!If you think SLFs cause issues with the instancing, imagine everyone summoning capital ships!
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Wood panelling!
There's an unrealized Robert Palmer music video somewhere....