Originally by: James Vayne

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Originally by: Sidus Isaacs

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Imo the deign of the NH is nice (not the game mechanic design, that sucks big time).

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To my eye the design of each race's ships makes perfect sense to me.

one one hand you have the caldari: A nation where the elitist rules and the rest are downtrodden, overworked, underpaid and not thanked for it (until the Heth Revolution). For this reason, visually, Caldari ships are never going to be pleasing to the eye because they're the result of apathetic designers and uncaring constructors. The Shipyards and the corporations probably don't care what a ship looks like, as long as it helps toward the task of raking in money. Resources are also tightly controlled. Wasting resources is a waste of money, after all. Why put a 'go faster' stripe on that ship when it's going to cost extra money to pay someone to paint it on and pay for the paint to do it? Or a go faster fin? Etc. Caldari ships are the bare minimum that a ship needs to be to do its job. Creative thinking is discouraged by the elitists.

One the other hand you have the Gallente. A booming federation where the people are, generally, happy and whose resources are not so tightly controlled. People prosper in the Gallente Federation and so they're happier. Design and creative thinking are encouraged and so, generally, their ships reflect this. Especially the Megathron and the Gallente Titan.

Then you have the Amarr. Whose shipbuilding efforts are probably tokens to their service to God from their point of view. For this reason the designers will always come up with exorbitant decoration and form for their ships because their work is viewed as a testament to their service to God. Resources are not an object when you own a large empire and you have many slaves (or a little less than many these days) to acquire them for you.

Then you have the Minmitar. While they're fierce in their efforts to maintain a fleet, resources are also harder to acquire because they, possibly, lack the technology acquire said resources in the same way that the other three races do. To t his end their ships always look a little thrown together, but also reflect their determination to be different. A ship is built to do the best job it possibly can, but also using as little resources as possible.

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Originally by: Ghengis Tia

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Support the "back to black" Nighthawk campaign.

I've named mine "Mangas Coloradas" - Red Sleeves. Once a band of feared Apache Native Americans, the red details on the NH brought that to mind.

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Knowledge is having a forward scout in a roaming op, wisdom is to scout the rear as well.

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Originally by: CCP Tuxford

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Now the op looks like a weirdo that can't read kekekeke!

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Originally by: Ghengis Tia

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Support the "back to black" Nighthawk campaign.

I've named mine "Mangas Coloradas" - Red Sleeves. Once a band of feared Apache Native Americans, the red details on the NH brought that to mind.

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Originally by: Wrayeth

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Edited by: Wrayeth on 06/08/2009 04:15:38
TBH, much as I want a jet-black nighthawk again, I'd rather have them fix the slot layout and grid so that it outperforms the drake.

Nighthawk needs:
+1 mid
-1 low
+15% grid (at least - to make up for the RCU you aren't fitting in that low; I'd prefer a 30% grid boost, but that might be greedy)

If this happens, I'd actually fly my nighthawks more, since I'd be able to tackle without ruining my surivability.
EDIT: Also, highslot target painters, please.

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