Um are we ever gonna get some new ships? Like ever again?
Would really like something new to fly.
Would really like something new to fly.
New Ships When?
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Like what kind of ship?
Possibly. Maybe.
Have you already flown all 38 ships in the game then?
They might have something up their sleeves for Odyssey, but as likely not, since its focused on legs.
Also, now they are adding legs, they know that with each new ship they add they also have to add interiors sooner or later. Every new ship comes with development overhead, not just to create, but support in the future. Paintjobs, ship kits, interiors (eventually?), and bugs, balancing, etc.
Have you already flown all 38 ships in the game then?
They might have something up their sleeves for Odyssey, but as likely not, since its focused on legs.
Also, now they are adding legs, they know that with each new ship they add they also have to add interiors sooner or later. Every new ship comes with development overhead, not just to create, but support in the future. Paintjobs, ship kits, interiors (eventually?), and bugs, balancing, etc.
I hate to be blunt but really?
There are a total of 44 vessels (including SLFs) that can be flown - 38 Ships and 6 Fighters. You are bored with ALL of them?
I've been playing the game for four years now, and I think I've flown a third of the available ships enough to develop an opinion - with a qualification. That qualification is I approach flight in ED like I do in real life - flying something once does not an opinion make. It takes a few dozen hours learning, getting comfortable with and becoming familiar with a new machine to even begin to develop an opinion about that machine. You explore it, develop it, learn its strengths and weaknesses and whether it 'fits your hand' - a term we used in my particular corner of the helicopter community.
With a few thousand hours in JetRangers (RL story here), I learned to really appreciate the smooth, comfortable feel; the patient and trustworthy sense of security the 206 gives a pilot. But when I started in turbines, I couldn't wait to get OUT of the JetRanger - I wanted a cooler bird like the D-type. BUT - I had a job, and that job was to fly a 206B, and after weeks, months, years of pulling pitch on that bird, I began to really love her. There is a reason the JetRanger is the safest, most successful aircraft in the world.
In ED, I was at first doing what I suspect most Commanders do: grinding to get the biggest, best ships in the game: the Corvette, the Annie, the Cutter. Get the biggest SHIP and you won't get killed, right?
I learned how wrong I was when I outfitted a small DBX and aimed her blunt nose into the Black for the first of three VERY long-range deep-space exploration voyages. Big Bad Nasty Warship (So named because she is none of those) has carried me all around the Western arm of the Galaxy; she has taken me to Sag A* and the Xibalba Region - which isn't even a start for some Explorers. BBNW is now one of my most beloved ships because she has been so true and faithful throughout our journeys together.
And - you gotta admit, after weeks in the Black she looks cool as hell!
Nowadays, back in the Bubble I DO have every ship and fighter available - and my choice of ships these days are a bit different from what I would have chosen even two years ago. These days I go with medium ships - my beloved BBNW taught me to appreciate the size. I can field a Corvette and have one totally 5G Engineered - there is NOTHING HMCS Algonquin cannot destroy:
...but these days I'm flying a Krait-II I've fallen in love with; a design I did NOT have any interest in in my early days. "Medium ships just die quicker!" was what I thought, an KEPT thinking that until I decided to outfit a ship for anti-xeno combat in the Pleiades. That ship - a Krait-II - was...adequate, and looked OK.
She had a snazzy paint job at least:
...but didn't fare well against the Thargoids.
But then I began Engineering her, and as I went through Felicity, Todd, Elvira and others, I began to see what this crate could really do.
I had named her both for a Greek philosopher that (I believe) is two scoops short of a box of Raisin Bran, and for her role as an anti-xeno Thargoid-killer.
When I REALLY began to understand what the Krait - I ship I have NEVER liked - could really do, I repainted her and gave her a NEW purpose.
Today, Xeno's Paradox plies the spacelanes, confident in her power.
She may not be the toughest ship out there, but she WILL give the toughest ship a fight. If she is destroyed, the victor will have had to work for it.
I used to HATE the Crate. Now I will fly no other ship for regular duties.
So it's up to YOU, OP. Do you want new ships? Ships you can try, say 'meh' and try another simply because they're not perfect the first time you try to fly one?
I have a better idea - howsabout you learn to appreciate the 44 ships you can fly?
I told you my story - both ED and real life - so that you get an idea of what you're really asking. You're asking for more when you haven't explored even a fraction of what you HAVE.
I mean jeez - some Elite CMDRs return to the freakin' Sidewinder because that basic ship has TONS of potential most Commanders ignore.
It's not about getting more ships. It's about getting more OUT of the ships.
o7!
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Have you killed a Hydra in your Asp Scout?
No. No new ships for you!
No. No new ships for you!
Have you killed a Hydra in your Asp Scout?
No. No new ships for you!
I'd give good odds they have never flown an Asp Scout.
Or a Cobra Mk4
Maybe an exclusive for those who will pre-order Odyssey ?
PantherPantherPantherPanther
Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnther!
FTW!!!Maybe an exclusive for those who will pre-order Odyssey ?
After years of claims, it will perhaps come now ?Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnther!
FTW!!!
When Frontier can think of a way to genuinely differentiate any new ship from the existing ones.
where the cobra? where the grass ? where the rattler ? personelly only play two months ingame and haven't even started much engineering yet! has i started after horizons came out and was lost & confused in some of the new features. eg mining/planets
give the newbies people a chance to catch up before demanding new ships
personelly only play two months ingame and haven't even started much engineering yet! has i started after horizons came out and was lost & confused in some of the new features. eg mining/planetsgive the newbies people a chance to catch up before demanding new ships
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Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnther!
FTW!!!
According to surveys done in the customer base the vast majority wants medium ships, not large. So set your expectations accordingly.
Besides, large ships are boooooooring
Boring to you maybe, I prefer them.
Also: We have 14 small and 15 medium ships so far, but only 9 large, of which 3 are actually mediums restricted to large pads.
Also: The Panther is the last remaining the ship of the old lineup that hasn't been released yet, although has been shown and talked about by FD as far as 6 years ago. It's time.
isn't the new srv going to be the titan? still LOst
Hey, I agree, I'm just saying. Im also saying big ships are sh*. Personal preference, of course. But they're sh*.