' Wrote:I'm all for a new Renzu shipline, especially if there is a Liner in it, but I don't like the idea of another free-to-use Gunboat.
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>.> You're against some diversity for indies? They will finally have to chose between 2 gunboats and you don't like it? This new gunSHIP will be loved by indies that want to have a GB without being affiliated with ANY faction/house or whatever. Things that the Kusari Explorer wasn't able to offer.
I like it and I really like the fact that it will be a Gunship, not a Gunboat.
- the ships appear to be a bit too low on meshed detail - and the "primitive shapes" shine through sort of.
- the gunboat especially appears to be a cylinder that is squeezed at both ends - but keeps the cylinder shape.
- the general design of the fighters is good - they look "just kusari enough" while also looking generic
- i m not 100% sure, but they don t look too similar to the liner - do they? ( please post your renzu liner again )
- all in all, the ships are good, but a little too simple for my taste.
in general:
- renzu is generic ( free for all ) and there are no plans to change that.
- renzu is not "owned" by anyone in a sense that they can restrict its usage. ( at least not at that time )
- if renzu became "the new generic line" - we could restrict zoner stuff a little more ( a good thing ) and beef them up, since they became factionized as opposed to generic.
suggestion:
- moving the canopy of the fighters more to the tip might improve their look as not looking like an odd 20th century jet
- for some reason - the vertical backfin of the fighters doesn t look too good, can t tell why - but maybe you can experiment with it a little.
Just to clarify something Jinx said for everyone. Renzu is a civilian line, there will be no restrictions on who can buy them, just like the Eagle, Roc or any other Sirius wide civilian ship, they are open to anyone who can use the ship class by their ID.
That will not change so long as I have a say in the matter.
' Wrote:>.> You're against some diversity for indies? They will finally have to chose between 2 gunboats and you don't like it? This new gunSHIP will be loved by indies that want to have a GB without being affiliated with ANY faction/house or whatever. Things that the Kusari Explorer wasn't able to offer.
I like it and I really like the fact that it will be a Gunship, not a Gunboat.
I never spoke of indies. You think that giving a new gunboat (or gunship for that matters) to Pirate-IDed characters is good ? Fine, we'll see. I still can see some issues with Pirates overusing it.