MadMuppet
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Posted - 2012.05.24 15:36:00 -
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Between the Hound and the Rookie ship rebuilds it is kind of depressing to see the direction the ships are going. They look more like something the World of Warcraft goblins would build.
Microsoft makes sure that you can do a basic function three ways. CCP makes sure that you can only do it one way, even if it means getting rid of the other ways all together. The upside of this is that, if they can simplify the UI enough, they can port it to the PS3 eventually. |
MadMuppet
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Posted - 2012.05.25 23:13:00 -
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MadMuppet wrote:Between the Hound and the Rookie ship rebuilds it is kind of depressing to see the direction the ships are going. They look more like something the World of Warcraft goblins would build.
OK, I need to correct this comment. I just bought a Hound, and it looks better than the screenshots that I saw. However, it is about as 'refined' looking as I think a Minmatar ship should ever be. There is also an interesting look to the hound, from a far it looks rounded, but when you are nose-touchingly close it gets back its edges. If that sounds strange I'll try to explain:
If you look at Russian Mig jet fighters you see aircarft like the Mig-21, Mig 25, Mig-23/27, and Mig 31 all have similar lines. Rounds fuselages and wings and control surfaces with straight lines and dog-tooth edges. The canopies are sunken for speed and the windshields thick and heavily framed. As they were modified and improved over the years they tended to get angles and bulges, but they still looked like Migs.
When they got to the Mig-29 that started to change. There were rounded edges, curved wings, and complex curves in the fuselage. They were far more 'beefy' looking (more Gallente looking). Sure they were still Migs, but they were more refined. Park a modern Mig-29 next to a Mig-21 but remove any indicators that the were both Migs and on observer would probably not thing they were from the same place.
TL:DR Maybe this make more sense in my mind's eye... typing to explain art is like farting to explain taste.
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