krait phatom ship kit

boinkaboinka

B
hi good folks,


I like Phantom's personality and the way it behaves but the cockpit is far behind the Lakon ones imo, so the idea would be to use one of the wing parts or one of the bumper parts to somehow alter the front of the ship and remove the forward parts of the wings where the medium hardpoint are placed to make the cockpit view unimpeded by the sides.

pretty please ? :)
 

moorison

M
You mean a subtractive ship kit? I personally don't see that happening, especially because there are hardpoints in these tips, removing these would make a new ship. Ship kits are always without gameplay benefit (size, hitpoints, etc) with the exception of limiting visibility depending on the kit.
 

Psychomorph

Psychomorph
This is something I have an issue with, too. Krait Phantom seems like a good idea for exploration and I would like to get one, but those wing tips are exactly in the way of view that is relevant to be open. It feels like a gunship platform, which is okay for the MkII, but the lighter Phantom should have been a modification, with those wing tips being shortened, the forward thrusters moved more backward as a result and maybe the two hardpoints being smaller or so.

I think about to stay with the ASP Explorer, which is a shame, because I never really wanted a ship in ED up until the Krait was released.


Something like this would have been an idea:

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Sylow

Sylow
Unlikely to happen. It's not that hard to add anything to a ships model. You just attach additional models of the other pieces to it. Removing an existing part, on the other hand, requires to completely rework the model and all existing skins.

Outside of that, while i don't fly the Phantom, i use the MK II a lot. You get used to those big wings on top and after a while it really doesn't affect you any more. Only in combat, when you use an eye tracker, it sometimes would be nice to have a bigger field of vision there.
 

Psychomorph

Psychomorph
Sylow said:
Unlikely to happen. It's not that hard to add anything to a ships model. You just attach additional models of the other pieces to it. Removing an existing part, on the other hand, requires to completely rework the model and all existing skins.
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Of course there is no chance a change in appearance is going to happen. As you say however, what if they pushed the canopy further forward and integrate something in between, like more storage space or so.



Sylow said:
Outside of that, while i don't fly the Phantom, i use the MK II a lot. You get used to those big wings on top and after a while it really doesn't affect you any more. Only in combat, when you use an eye tracker, it sometimes would be nice to have a bigger field of vision there.
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That is the issue. I fly assist off with head tracking. During mining and even general flight I find myself drifting diagonally up/sideways more often than I actually fly facing forward (throttle max and forward facing flight is when I fly in a straight line only), so the position of the wings is almost a no go (blinders effect).

Of course, the solution is simple, choose another ship, but a Lakon-like deLacy ship is all I ever wanted really. :D Now I can't has it. :(
 
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