So CCP posted a pic of the Megathron redesign on facebook, what is different on this one compared to old?

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/200886_10151190189914394_1480317101_o.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/omjmW.jpg

this is the differences updates, pretty significant

OK, thats a neat comparison

moves me onto the obvious question...why?

clearly this is a massive change and a huge improvment, but will the new mega navy paint job look like it just flew through a jungle?

Camo is here to stay. It will be used to better market paint changes using $AUR$ if you don't want ugly camo.

... are those Sansha spikes at the front?

Thank god CCP are addressing the real issues that face EVE players today.

Antenna like a ton of other ships have...

Looks good.

I was afraid the CCP art team had forgotten how to model ships after the new Minnie destroyer.

Would've preferred the Domi to get a redesign since the Mega was always visually appealing, at least to me.

So CCP posted a pic of the Megathron redesign on facebook, what is different on this one compared to old?

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/200886_10151190189914394_1480317101_o.jpg

Thank god CCP are addressing the real issues that face EVE players today.

Thank god CCP are addressing the real issues that face EVE players today.

Would've preferred the Domi to get a redesign since the Mega was always visually appealing, at least to me.

Thank god CCP are addressing the real issues that face EVE players today.

Because the art department are all programers...

Yes, CCP, get those artists working coding changes ASAP!

Put the accountants and GMs on it too. Hell, get the night janitor involved as well.

oh my ******* god damn ccp is more than one person, they can do multiple ******* things.

get this through your head you fucksticks.

And which one of you three logged onto EVE last, saw a Megthron/Vindicator and went "Jesus christ that ship is ugly, it needs a redesign" and which of you went "Oh, it's a Megathron"?

They could spend their time doing something useful, like drawing a magnificent portrait of myself to hang in my Captain's Quarters.

They could spend their time doing something useful, like drawing a magnificent portrait of myself to hang in my Captain's Quarters.

Its not about pretty/ugly, thats a matter of personal opinion. I bet that CCP have a list of outdated models that they take care of in the right order.

Then if they are updating models based off a spreadsheet instead of what EVE players think looks bad then my original comment stands

It looks to me like a sleek redesign.... kind of like the new old porche for next year.....

Begs the question tho.... why is CCP fixing stuff that wasn't broke.....

And which one of you three logged onto EVE last, saw a Megthron/Vindicator and went "Jesus christ that ship is ugly, it needs a redesign" and which of you went "Oh, it's a Megathron"?

They could spend their time doing something useful, like drawing a magnificent portrait of myself to hang in my Captain's Quarters.

So CCP posted a pic of the Megathron redesign on facebook, what is different on this one compared to old?

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/200886_10151190189914394_1480317101_o.jpg

Here's a WAG:

It's prep work for the tessellation upgrades. There are flaws in the original model which meant that it wouldn't work. So they reworked the base model, the bump maps and the textures.


That is a WAG though.

What is a WAG?

What is a WAG?

What is a WAG?

Look, it shouldn't be in any way able to be confused for frowning and it certainly shouldn't get a fat arse/gut.

It's the blaster gunboat, looking up at it from your hanger it should be a wall or cliff of as much firepower as is possible to cram into a 'economical' battleship design as possible. There is no excess size or mass to the design, except where it would allow moar damage, thus the front end is a chiseled wedge or pair of horns. If it doesn't look like it could be agile enough to turn and bring a fearsome gundeck to bear on you/sink it's teeth into you should you stray too close, you're doing it wrong.

And while it may be organic it's also a space ship, if the more minor thrusters need to be somewhat away from the main bulk to function efficiently, they're fine being in thin nacelles rather than absorbed into an amorphous blob of a main hull. Equally the underslung drone bay is perfectly fine as is.
Extra parts should look like limbs/organs rather than cancers.

And it certainly shouldn't have bloody sansha/caldari spikes.

In short CCP, bin this bad idea and do some proper work on the caldari hulls. Or a possibly more lightweight dominix, not a fatter Mega.

http://i.imgur.com/sgapA.jpg

Forgive the lack of real effort; I used Paint, and it really doesn't do much. I'd extend that Bridge tower back and down from there, and off the rear of the model as it is now. Sort of a sloping, bridge section with probably a galley looking out off the back.

Here's a few red lines to help; sorry, not much of an artist anymore.

http://i.imgur.com/Lwekf.jpg

The redesign is nice. Though I will agree with the previous sentiment that the Megathron has been streamlined a bit too much.

My biggest gripe though is the eighth hardpoint. I'd have liked to have seen the structure on which the seventh hardpoint is placed to have been expanded just enough to fit the eighth hardpoint. I think the visual of a 4-2-2 clustered setup is pretty cool. It looks more focused, you know?

How about 5-3?

Fapfapfap.

It's the blaster gunboat, looking up at it from your hanger it should be a wall or cliff of as much firepower as is possible to cram into a 'economical' battleship design as possible.

And while it may be organic it's also a space ship, if the more minor thrusters need to be somewhat away from the main bulk to function efficiently, they're fine being in thin nacelles rather than absorbed into an amorphous blob of a main hull. Equally the underslung drone bay is perfectly fine as is.
Extra parts should look like limbs/organs rather than cancers or bits being tucked in. It need pull its elbows in for no one.

noes noes and double noes to that crap organic thing

Megathron has never been a good looking ship for me. I don't understand what people see in it. That's just me.

Bring black vindicator back pleeeease

Would've preferred the Domi to get a redesign since the Mega was always visually appealing, at least to me.

I was trying to justify how the current rear limbs of the mega are fine being more concave than convex, and protruding rather then bulbous.

As for Gal being organically styled, if you didn't know this I've got news for you:
Navitas - it was a straight-up fish
Proteus - hammerhead shark/whale/sea dragon
Thorax - **** & ball(s)
Vexor - crustacean
Brutix - look at those flowing shapes, dat chin

oh my ******* god damn ccp is more than one person, they can do multiple ******* things.

get this through your head you fucksticks.

Too much pod racer look. And CCP needs to be more practical about its placement of hardpoints. They seem to have this liking for old school pirate broadside salvos. "Arrrr matey knock your wheels off and aim ye cannon to gut her in the bilge..."

oh my ******* god damn ccp is more than one person, they can do multiple ******* things.

get this through your head you fucksticks.

Would've preferred the Domi to get a redesign since the Mega was always visually appealing, at least to me.

What I really like about the new Megathron is how all the added detail to the skin adds to the sense of scale. It just looks and feels more like a BIG ship now

What I really like about the new Megathron is how all the added detail to the skin adds to the sense of scale. It just looks and feels more like a BIG ship now

What I really like about the new Megathron is how all the added detail to the skin adds to the sense of scale. It just looks and feels more like a BIG ship now

What I really like about the new Megathron is how all the added detail to the skin adds to the sense of scale. It just looks and feels more like a BIG ship now

What I really like about the new Megathron is how all the added detail to the skin adds to the sense of scale. It just looks and feels more like a BIG ship now