[terran_emperor]

3 2 things

Sorry if these have been explained already...

1) Lucifer using ?Red Beams
But it bugs me that the Lucifer is using the Red Beams (Can't remember the size)
Why not use the Port's SSL Beams? and will this be changed in future updates?

2) The Wipe effect
In this Squence... at 1:18-1:23, when the Commorant explodes, it appears to "wipe away"...I'm assuming this has something to do with the engine, so...well, I'll deal with it

Those are pretty much the only issue I've had with ALL of Blue Planet...

----not an issue...so to speak----
3) The Major problem that I had was that BP became TOO awesome for my poor graphics card and had to replace it!
...How's that for a review..."Blue Planet - So awsome, it killed my graphics card"

[General Battuta]

Our view is that the orange SSL-style beams are inconsistent with what we see of Shivan weapons in FS2. We'd like to keep the red theme across everything.

The Karuna is going to get debris so it will not 'wipe away' any more.

[terran_emperor]

Ah so...

1) Artistic Choice...In that case I understand and don't mind

2) WIP to be fixed in future updates...that makes sense

Thanks for indulging me, General...

[T-LoW]

I still don't like the red beams on the Lucifer. There was only one of that ship in canon. So it's possible that it was a prototype with some different kind of beam-weapon. I mean c'mon it's one of the Luci's main hallmark. Those red beams look just too "just another destroyer meh"-thingy.

[Pred the Penguin]

Whatever the beam color, the Lucifer will always have a special place among players I believe.

Hairs on my back really spiked when I saw that damn ship again first time playing BP.

Plus red cool...

[MatthTheGeek]

It's a mod. Everyone can mod. Just go change them yourself. Problem solved.

[Snail]

This question might already be answered, but in the alt universe did the Shivans have beams from the get-go, or did the beam-equipped ships and Saths only come about later?

[MatthTheGeek]

Given what we see in the records of the destruction of Earth, I'd say the second solution. All those Cains and Lilith obviously didn't have beams in that cutscene, only the Lucy had.

[Dragon]

In fact, I'd like to see a Lucifer using original (hack-ish) SSL beams upgraded to Mediavps quality. They had a very threatening feel to them, something missing from most beam weapons.
I think it uses fire-beam SEXP at some point though, so unless we get "fire-turret" SEXP, normal beams will have to do (BP1 most likely won't be updated for some time anyway, but an optional TBM to change appearance of it's beams could be a good idea).
Maybe someday I'll do something like that, but I'm busy with other things (mostly RL).