Is this how they create panthers, they give birth to little panthers?
I have seen elephant mate, but Panthers could be interesting
How long before Bigmaec becomes a daddy?
New ship: Panther Clipper
- Thread starter Rubbernuke
- Start date
I have seen elephant mate, but Panthers could be interesting
How long before Bigmaec becomes a daddy?
I guess it's kinda of cool we have a ship so big it has it's own moons in orbit around it!
Fitting through a mail slot? No problem! It comes stock with its own can opener!
Fitting through a mail slot? No problem! It comes stock with its own can opener!
Hi All
The question is, was the decision to announce the Panther Clipper as a forthcoming ship having any connection with Colonisation.
I personally think it does, though why it wasn't included in the Colonisation features initial update I haven't a clue why not. You could say that it's a case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted if we look at it this way.
The Corsair's release in this case perhaps should have been 'swapped' for the Panther's recently revealed (theoretical) entrance into the game.?
Was the general concept of a suitable ship for Colonisation trucking actually overlooked I wonder?... and were FD waiting to see how the Colonisation's Beta panned out with ships already in the game first as to whether 'another' ship was needed but with more cargo capacity than the ships we have presently.
The whole game at the moment seems to be still well and truly in the Beta stage, and I'm really not sure whether we'll ever get out of it in the next 6 months or so as with the introduction of both updates (BGS & Colonisation) imho has introduced so many unexpected consequences, bugs and all the other features and content having periods where they stop working as intended.
Anyway, I can see I'm getting off topic, though in a sense it could be seen as it's all connected to some degree.
Okay!
...The Panther's cargo capacity, I'm thinking somewhere around the 2000t mark or perhaps even slightly higher if we include those class 1 and 2 cargo modules.
Anything radically smaller than this (minus 500t or so) wouldn't be logical in the Colonisation sense. As for the ship being used for something else, CG's is one avenue of use with general trading being obviously another aspect of it's usefulness.
Though how would it affect the game in general (without Colonisation being a factor) might not be apparent at the moment, until it enters the game.
It was interesting seeing the bridge concept artwork, maybe we'll at some point actually get a more player interactive npc crew structure as some players are wanting. I'm all for this as I usually play in Solo, but I'd also like this interactivity, if programming of these npc's was carried out in a more complex (not complicated) manner.
To have the animation and interactivity with you 'npc friends' and crew would be a giant step up from the static aspect of the present npc's in some areas of the game.
I mean, we have animated npc's at various space stations we can interact with at the moment so...
The Panther (imagined) in it's present state isn't going to be a combat ship in the true sense imo, but like it's predecessor I'd imagine it's defensive capability would be enormous...(should it be?)...at least in potential shielding and defensive 'technology'. There might be some reasonably large weapons slots, but I have an idea that this might be where the Panther might be weakened. Some players might disagree with me here as they are already probably thinking of this ship in a more combat oriented situation with very large weapons slots being a 'must have'.
Frontier's FE2 Panther was really one of the 'end ships' in that game, only hampered by it's jump distance capacity and perhaps acceleration. In this game unfortunately there is a need for balancing the ships weapons and other criteria, so I think it will be interesting to see how Frontier accomplish this for the final product while still keeping this ships iconic character!
Edit...If you've read this long tome from start to finish I salute you!
...
Jack
The question is, was the decision to announce the Panther Clipper as a forthcoming ship having any connection with Colonisation.
I personally think it does, though why it wasn't included in the Colonisation features initial update I haven't a clue why not. You could say that it's a case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted if we look at it this way.
The Corsair's release in this case perhaps should have been 'swapped' for the Panther's recently revealed (theoretical) entrance into the game.?
Was the general concept of a suitable ship for Colonisation trucking actually overlooked I wonder?... and were FD waiting to see how the Colonisation's Beta panned out with ships already in the game first as to whether 'another' ship was needed but with more cargo capacity than the ships we have presently.
The whole game at the moment seems to be still well and truly in the Beta stage, and I'm really not sure whether we'll ever get out of it in the next 6 months or so as with the introduction of both updates (BGS & Colonisation) imho has introduced so many unexpected consequences, bugs and all the other features and content having periods where they stop working as intended.
Anyway, I can see I'm getting off topic, though in a sense it could be seen as it's all connected to some degree.
Okay!
...The Panther's cargo capacity, I'm thinking somewhere around the 2000t mark or perhaps even slightly higher if we include those class 1 and 2 cargo modules.Anything radically smaller than this (minus 500t or so) wouldn't be logical in the Colonisation sense. As for the ship being used for something else, CG's is one avenue of use with general trading being obviously another aspect of it's usefulness.
Though how would it affect the game in general (without Colonisation being a factor) might not be apparent at the moment, until it enters the game.
It was interesting seeing the bridge concept artwork, maybe we'll at some point actually get a more player interactive npc crew structure as some players are wanting. I'm all for this as I usually play in Solo, but I'd also like this interactivity, if programming of these npc's was carried out in a more complex (not complicated) manner.
To have the animation and interactivity with you 'npc friends' and crew would be a giant step up from the static aspect of the present npc's in some areas of the game.
I mean, we have animated npc's at various space stations we can interact with at the moment so...
The Panther (imagined) in it's present state isn't going to be a combat ship in the true sense imo, but like it's predecessor I'd imagine it's defensive capability would be enormous...(should it be?)...at least in potential shielding and defensive 'technology'. There might be some reasonably large weapons slots, but I have an idea that this might be where the Panther might be weakened. Some players might disagree with me here as they are already probably thinking of this ship in a more combat oriented situation with very large weapons slots being a 'must have'.
Frontier's FE2 Panther was really one of the 'end ships' in that game, only hampered by it's jump distance capacity and perhaps acceleration. In this game unfortunately there is a need for balancing the ships weapons and other criteria, so I think it will be interesting to see how Frontier accomplish this for the final product while still keeping this ships iconic character!
Edit...If you've read this long tome from start to finish I salute you!
...Jack
I am convinced their naming it Mk2 was very deliberate to disconnect from any expectations to conform with historical ideas.
Don't recall that.
Maximum gross mass, yes.
So, according to EDSY my cutter is 2,273.2 tonnes, so I wouldn’t hold my breath for more than around 1,000 cargo capacity.
Last edited:
Being able to gimbal that amount of engine thrust downwards on a planetary surface should hopefully see it reach orbit quite quickly. Well, a lot faster than my Imperial Cutter.
Bigmaec is the daddy.How long before Bigmaec becomes a daddy?
Yeah, and I don't mind that it's going to be slow, just don't make it slide like Cutter.
I worked on flying the Cutter, got to where I could land it on a 1 g planet reasonably well, but it's not fun to fly.
Took out the T-9 last night and really enjoyed it. It's drift is controllable, it bleeds speed fast, you can really have a bit of fun. The Cutters controlability is just too fine an edge, slightly overshoot and there's no way to recover.
Some thing that would make it seem big is if the acceleration to speed was drawn out over several seconds, that would be cool.
Last edited:
Nonsense.
Pain is weakness arriving in the body.
Design wise, I kind of hope that the magic marker squad made the black bits 'separate' (as in it never detaches but is a cargo container in game) so we have the white bits as the actual vehicle- a bit like the Sky Cranes
So although its head canon when it lands the rear detaches rather than everything being a continuous hull.
So although its head canon when it lands the rear detaches rather than everything being a continuous hull.
As someone with a torn meniscus I can testify that it’s caused a lot of weakness!
well if "the potato chonk flying brick"(i say it from a deep love to it) insist it can mass lock a star , dont dare to let it use its "hold my drink" ability
2,100 tons of cargo space + 400 ton hull. But, those 2,100 tons also had to be used for shield generators, drives, weapons and various equipment.
The spoiler on the T-10 has a tendency to get stuck on toaster rack if you come in a bit high...
Look, he's not saying you got a big nose. Maybe implying...
I'll definitely buy the stellar version of that ship...
Not so much if you already have a cutter... If it's nothing more than a SCO optimized version of the Cutter I won't buy it.
You a funny guy... In reality, that "rebalance" takes 2-5 years so don't hold your breath!Thankfully they nerfed my "Trailblazing" station so I won't be needing this.
Brother Sab on his stream reckoned about twice the Type 9 Heavy capacity (as it's about twice the length), so 790 x 2, say 1600 tons cargo capacity allowing for the fact it's all one "hold" not two hulls joined together
It doesn’t seem like it’s anywhere near twice the length..