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Offline Razor

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Carefull. You should not argue with MY opinion. ;)

 

Offline Su-tehp

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My Advice is don't use it for Inferno. It might work fine for the T-V war project, but it's just too bulky for a post-FS2 game.

The watchword for support ships is not size, but manuverability. Think about it: if you have a slow, highly explosive ship in the area, that is a BAD thing, even if that slow ship rearms you. Big slow support ships are sitting ducks for enemy fighters. Allied Command knows better than to be so waasteful than to risk expensive ammunition and the lives of pilots by having them fly a ship that is so at risk of being blown up by enemy fighters. Not only is the support ship pilot in danger if he flies this thing in a contested area, but the blast radius is likely to damage freindly fighters as well.

My take on this is that this ship would be better for historical campaigns, i.e. Terran-vasudan War era. A big, vulnerable support ship like this could be used to illustrate why the Terrans and Vasudans decided to use smaller, more manuverable support ships: because the big ones kept making big, unhealthy explosions.

Any smart support ship pilot will tell you that manuverability is what keeps him alive. You can't reload if your support ship keeps getting kakked, no matter how much ammo he can carry.
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Offline Woomeister

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Yeah but though it's a larger target it has far superior hull and shields and looks like it can carry bombs needed by the larger bombers, the normals upport ship looks like it can hold 2 bombs for the Notus :D

We'll probably use it, though you can change it back if you want :p

 

Offline Edwin

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I'm arguing.  :D

 
hmmmm...interesting...

Tell me, Woo, do you look through the :v: concept art to get your ideas?

Just wondering...

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Offline Woomeister

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no I look through the concept art to make the concept ships like this one :D

 

Offline CODEDOG ND

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hmmm....honestly...I prefer the older ones to it just because it is kinda low polyish?  Maybe...I have a model of that same support untextured somewhere on my HD, I'll dig it up sometime.
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Personally, I don't like it that much. Looks too bulky - streamline it a bit.
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Offline Stunaep

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I like the bulky feel. It's not supposed to be a damn liner, for pete's sake. And it's biiig.
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Offline Razor

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I'm arguing.  :D


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You aren't anymore. ;) :p :yes:

 

Offline Woomeister

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And it's biiig.


Doesn't look it there though ;)

 

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that dosn't look like anything....
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Offline JC Denton

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Well, one thing I don't like about it is the texturing.  For one, I think they're too dark.  But I don't know if that'd clash with the theme of the rest of the ships.

And then there's that buggered UVmapping on the ammo pods.  Tried resizing the texture file, since remapping doesn't seem to work?
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What is up with all of you people bumping 6 month - year old threads lately?
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Well, one thing I don't like about it is the texturing.  For one, I think they're too dark.  But I don't know if that'd clash with the theme of the rest of the ships.

And then there's that buggered UVmapping on the ammo pods.  Tried resizing the texture file, since remapping doesn't seem to work?


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Offline JC Denton

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well, for some odd reason, it was rather high up on the list for me.  must be because it's a poll, it's automatically stickied or summin'...

But geez, lay off.  I didn't even notice the post dates till now.  :(
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Offline Ashrak

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Originally posted by Woomeister


Doesn't look it there though ;)



what the hell is that under the support ship i mean?????? :eek:
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