Ships: Nostalgia or New?

[Geers]

I'm just curious as to whether players would prefer FD continue and stay with only ships that appeared in the original games or make completely new ones that look different from the usual "cheese wedge with dimensional modification xyz".

 

[Togg]

where is the Both option?

 

[Lodorenos]

New game, some new ships would be nice. It's 3300 now, the time period would make sense to have new ships.

 

[thorn-]

Computational power had a lot to do with why the old ships were shaped the way they were. Its fine for a few of them to hearken back to that old style, but I certainly hope that the next 15 ships will not all look like the cheese wedge.

Although it was just concept art, I was rather disappointed to see the fer de lance look exactly like a cheese wedge with Viper thrusters on the back.

 

[Vasious]

where is the Both option?

You can select both in the poll.


I think we are getting a nice re imaged nostalgic set of ships for my tastes.

 

[anikaiful]

I'm just curious as to whether players would prefer FD continue and stay with only ships that appeared in the original games or make completely new ones that look different from the usual "cheese wedge with dimensional modification xyz".

It's been Lore-wise hundreds of years from since the times of earlier games. So, new designs, new manufactures - yes please, en masse. But also, keep to the old and trusty ones (like with ED's Cobra which is updated version of the old Cobra, etc).

 

[Geers]

Computational power had a lot to do with why the old ships were shaped the way they were. Its fine for a few of them to hearken back to that old style, but I certainly hope that the next 15 ships will not all look like the cheese wedge.

Yes I know, but it's not the 1980s anymore. But currently the ships have about as much variety as coins, I want to see something circular or spherical like those big droid ships in the Star Wars prequels or the Millenium Falcon.

 

[Dabba]

Both, with a focus on the ships from the lore first.

 

[Geers]

Both, with a focus on the ships from the lore first.

Not even if a space winnebago was planned as one of the new-new ships?

 

[Dabba]

Not even if a space winnebago was planned as one of the new-new ships?

Wow you really know how to talk to a mawg....

Ok Winnebago with wings first, then lore ships, then more new ships!

 

[thorn-]

Isn't that the T7?

 

[anikaiful]

Isn't that the T7?

T7's the old VW

 

[Mikalus]

T7's the old VW

This made me laugh!

 

[Dabba]

Isn't that the T7?

Yeah the T7 does bear a remarkable resemblance, they just need to release a paint job for it.

 

[Geers]

Am I the only one who wants a UFO-style ship? Wouldn't it be fun to be a "saucer man from Mars"?

 

[GrimThara]

I think there needs to be a balance.

As said by others, give us the old classics in retro format but also make us some entirely new ships that have a new and more advanced visual style.

 

[SpySat1]

I choose... Both.

 

[anikaiful]

Am I the only one who wants a UFO-style ship? Wouldn't it be fun to be a "saucer man from Mars"?

Only if you'll agree to play Thargoid

 

[DCello]

New ships, for crying out loud.

Oh, and the Millennium Falcon.

 

[Stressfest]

And a Firefly... mmhmm, yes please