[Graham]

I've been wanting to put my modelling to the test, and was wondering what you guys would think of this; basically, a Corvette-class ship designed to fight in a 'wolfpack' group, basically like a small capship with very high speed and maneuverability, but weak shields and armour. We seem to have plenty of capships and fighters, but nothing to bridge the gap. I can't help but visualise 3 Corvettes flying in tight formation towards a Shivan capship, before letting off a barrage of missiles and streaking away.

I suppose it could possibly be made player-controllable, but I would need to find a tutorial for that. I think a bigger ship than a bomber would be fun to use from time to time!

If you've played Mass Effect, that game kind of inspired this idea, so you may see where I'm coming from.

I just would like to know what you guys would like before I start modelling

Cheers, Graham.

[Nuke]

thats sorta what this is

which was meant to fly as part of a battlegroup lead by its more heavily armed sister class

[TrashMan]

I've been wanting to put my modelling to the test, and was wondering what you guys would think of this; basically, a Corvette-class ship designed to fight in a 'wolfpack' group, basically like a small capship with very high speed and maneuverability, but weak shields and armour. We seem to have plenty of capships and fighters, but nothing to bridge the gap. I can't help but visualise 3 Corvettes flying in tight formation towards a Shivan capship, before letting off a barrage of missiles and streaking away.

I suppose it could possibly be made player-controllable, but I would need to find a tutorial for that. I think a bigger ship than a bomber would be fun to use from time to time!

If you've played Mass Effect, that game kind of inspired this idea, so you may see where I'm coming from.

I just would like to know what you guys would like before I start modelling

Cheers, Graham.

What do you mean there aren't any corvettes/frigates?  I alone made 4-5 of those.

[Col. Fishguts]

He seem's to be talking more along the lines of a gunship class.

[Graham]

Basically something with maybe 5-10 crew, bigger than a bomber by a bit, but for working in groups. A kind of strike flight? Hard to explain

[TrashMan]

He seem's to be talking more along the lines of a gunship class.

I have one of those too

2 if you count the old Barracuda..and the Armageddon is so large it can pass off as a gunship easily.

[Nuke]

me as well

[TrashMan]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a long thread about gunships about a week ago?

[Nuke]

yea

i think this games been out long enough that every kind of ship imaginable has been done already.

[Hellstryker]

He means corvette as its used in homeworld, AKA what a corvette actually is rather than the massive frigates just CALLED corvettes in freespace.

[Nuke]

well this isnt homeworld is it

[TrashMan]

He means corvette as its used in homeworld, AKA what a corvette actually is rather than the massive frigates just CALLED corvettes in freespace.

Iceni is a frigate and is bigger than a corvette

*yeah, I know what you were trying to say, I just luv messing with peoples headz*

[Hades]

The corvette in Homeworld 1-2 is just like a gunship.
The end.

[TrashMan]

IIRC, a crovette in HW didn't really have any anti-cap weapons worthy of mention. IT was an escort craft designed to shoot down fighters

[Mad Bomber]

yea

i think this games been out long enough that every kind of ship imaginable has been done already.

Not quite. There still isn't a Terran corvette with a fighterbay that isn't SOC or horrendously expensive-looking.

Or a Vasudan medical ship.

[Hades]

IIRC, a crovette in HW didn't really have any anti-cap weapons worthy of mention. IT was an escort craft designed to shoot down fighters

Who said gunhips are anti-capship only?

[Nuke]

yea

i think this games been out long enough that every kind of ship imaginable has been done already.

Not quite. There still isn't a Terran corvette with a fighterbay that isn't SOC or horrendously expensive-looking.

or is there 
muhahahaha!

Or a Vasudan medical ship.

vasudans are expected to fight to the death

[Hellstryker]

We should model a shivan science vessel for laughs 

[AllStarZ]

IIRC, a crovette in HW didn't really have any anti-cap weapons worthy of mention. IT was an escort craft designed to shoot down fighters

Dunno, Pulsars were pretty useful against Heavy Missile Frigates and Ion Frigates.

[Nuke]

We should model a shivan science vessel for laughs 

what do you think a sathanas is, an overgrown destroyer?