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Luke Pubcrawler
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Posted - 2007.09.04 08:23:00 -
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Is appearance a major factor in how people choose ships ? Are there ships you simply refuse to fly because of the way they look.
In my case the answer is yes - I could find a use for an exequeror but just won't, ever. The frankly silly appearnaces of Gallente frigates drove me early on to fly Amarr or Caldari.
So compared to a ships attributes how much does appearance matter - if CCP introduced your perfect ship but it gave it looks only a mother could love would you fly it ?
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Wintermoon
Arctic Productions
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Posted - 2007.09.04 08:33:00 -
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It matters to me near 100%
Which is why I only fly gallente and have only ever done so. I am contemplating training amarr now though, since there is very little left for me to train in gallente ships and the amarr ships have the shiny factor.
As always, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 
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Manus Stuprare
Slug Storm Squadron
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Posted - 2007.09.04 10:37:00 -
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Edited by: Manus Stuprare on 04/09/2007 10:37:09
It used to matter to me a lot more than it does now, I've been forced to compromise my sense of aesthetics in order to be effective. I remember early on thinking I'd never be seen dead in a Dominix, but then I fell in love with drones so the Domi was something I just had to train for. I'm sure I'd enjoy flying them (and many other ships) a lot more if they weren't so ugly though.
One thing that really bugs me is the number of graphical flaws that seem to be a result of sheer carelessness. Off the top of my head I can think of missing textures on the Arbitrator line, the extra boosters on the Sacrilege not lining up right, one of the fins on the Malediction being bent.. there are many others. I'm sure it'd be trivial for CCP to fix em but nobody there has ever bothered :(
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Mary Makepeace
Caldari
Neh'bu Kau Beh'Hude
Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2007.09.04 10:53:00 -
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not at all, otherwise i wouldn't fly Caldari.
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Ice Globe
Infinitus Odium
The Church.
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Posted - 2007.09.04 11:04:00 -
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The main reason I chose Amarr race was the fact that most ships had blue contrails 
I'm just glad I don't fly ugly Caldari and Minmatar
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Acinonyx Jubatus
Minmatar
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.09.04 11:07:00 -
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Edited by: Acinonyx Jubatus on 04/09/2007 11:09:55
If it were for say, frigs and such, for a performance reason or soemthing... not really, but if it's nice looking that's a bonus.
Oh maybe I should add that I like the chaotic look of some minmatar ships, like the rupture/muninn... something just seems powerful from the muninn's look, some ships in general I don't really like... exequror for example, but what other T1 cruiser gets a bonus to remote reps?
If it's a capital ship I'd be partially the same, first I'd consider what I want to stare at because spending all that training for something you don't like the look for just for a lil bonus or something... is "eh" unless you want it for that reason. But performance would still come into play.
Like um, how to word this...
If it meant an extra month or so to sit in a Naglfar properly(Projectile + citadel) because I wanna stick with minmatar ships and like the way it looks despite the worse tank and self defense, sure I'd take it over say... a Moros, even though the Moros is much better in performance all around. Drones, better tank, bit less time to get into as it only needs Hybrids, etc.
Just an example. <3 the Hel, and speaking of Hel, shame on Stradivarious for popping the bestower I bumped 224km(took an hour +) to a pos with an incursus I hijacked from a fix member. 
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max scrotes
Gallente
The Fated
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.09.04 11:17:00 -
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in my younger days i specificly trained for amarr af's as i wanted to fly the vengeance ( spinners ftw ! ) but now it doesn't matter what the ship looks like. performance and role is more important than looks, even if it does look like a giant metal turd.
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Parfait M
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Posted - 2007.09.04 11:17:00 -
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Generally I find that ships that are the sexiest are also very effective. (Crusader, Taranis, Huginn, Vaga, here's lookin' at you  )
Yes I said Huginn, I love that raggedy-ass shopping cart. 
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sov68n
Caldari
RABBLE-RABBLE
Knights Of the Southerncross
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Posted - 2007.09.04 11:39:00 -
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I choose function over form every time. If a ship is good or excellent at what I need/want to accomplish, I don't care what it looks like.
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Kavol Valarius
Amarr
Unity of Honor
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Posted - 2007.09.04 11:44:00 -
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It matters to me a lot. That's why I'm excited over the upcoming texture and model upgrades.
The 90's textures were really starting to bug me.
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Terianna Eri
Amarr
STK Scientific
M. PIRE
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Posted - 2007.09.04 11:54:00 -
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80-90% tbh
I think the only ship I've ever flown that I thought was downright ugly was the harbinger... and i've flown a ferox and moa.
I trained minmatar just to fly the hurricane because it's one of the most awesome-looking ffs, and i'm avoiding training command ships because there aren't any that I like (phophecy hull is too fat, and cyclone hull is like a Gilette V)
I mean.. I'm flying a maelstrom right now, to run lvl4s in, simply because i hate the raven and the maelstrom looks EPIC.
One of EVE's strongest points is the amazing graphics and i'd hate to spoil that by flying a ship that i can't bear to look at.
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VicturusTeSaluto
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Posted - 2007.09.04 11:59:00 -
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Edited by: VicturusTeSaluto on 04/09/2007 11:59:04
Somewhat... It was fun to kill people in a ship with a phallus on the end(Incursus)... I love the look of the Myrm and it helped me pick that ship before I really knew how good it was.
I won't fly the Dominix because it looks like something that you'd find in a toilet bowl. Though I might fly one eventually once I have nothing else to do.
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atrophocy
Last Serenity
The Sundering
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Posted - 2007.09.04 12:09:00 -
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 Originally by: VicturusTeSaluto
I won't fly the Dominix because it looks like something that you'd find in a toilet bowl. Though I might fly one eventually once I have nothing else to do.
aww. i used to think it looked rather obscene, but once you've flown it for a while, well, i actually quite like the way it looks now  it does look like a whale, but a sexy one
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Lisento Slaven
Amarr
Vendetta Underground
Rule of Three
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Posted - 2007.09.04 12:21:00 -
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I refuse to fly the prophecy (and it's command ship counterparts) simply because it looks like a dead chicken corpse.
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Terianna Eri
Amarr
STK Scientific
M. PIRE
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Posted - 2007.09.04 12:34:00 -
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Originally by: Lisento Slaven
I refuse to fly the prophecy (and it's command ship counterparts) simply because it looks like a dead chicken corpse.
hear hear!
it'd look pretty good though if it were half as tall, and maybe a little bit longer.
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Rollotamasi
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Posted - 2007.09.04 12:35:00 -
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It used to matter to me a lot but not so much anymore. Well, It still matters but I have come to the point where I can't really LET it matter if I want to be effective. For instance, I refused to fly a myrmidon for a while but then came to the conclusion that the ship itself was just to good to not fly. I still can't wait to fly a megathron partially because I love the way it looks.
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Luke Pubcrawler
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Posted - 2007.09.04 12:38:00 -
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It's amazing just how much variety there is in peoples tastes, and tolerances for staring at an eyesore for hours on end.
I loath the Incursus family and the silly probe thing on the nose, and the Rifter,vagabond/stabber are too junkshop like for credibility. Yet other folks like them, whilst I think the Prophecy is pretty sweet looking and my favourite mini frigates are the breacher and probe.
I dont mind ugly - Phoon, Dominix, Osprey and Raven are fine, but stupid looking is a problem. This is why I will only fly a Moa, Exequeror or Maller at gunpoint (although the slightly modified and black Sacrilege is nice).
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Terianna Eri
Amarr
STK Scientific
M. PIRE
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Posted - 2007.09.04 12:39:00 -
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Originally by: Luke Pubcrawler
It's amazing just how much variety there is in peoples tastes, and tolerances for staring at an eyesore for hours on end.
I loath the Incursus family and the silly probe thing on the nose, and the Rifter,vagabond/stabber are too junkshop like for credibility. Yet other folks like them, whilst I think the Prophecy is pretty sweet looking and my favourite mini frigates are the breacher and probe.
I dont mind ugly - Phoon, Dominix, Osprey and Raven are fine, but stupid looking is a problem. This is why I will only fly a Moa, Exequeror or Maller at gunpoint (although the slightly modified and black Sacrilege is nice).
You think the osprey is better looking than the moa?
... interesting...
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Sokratesz
Paradox v2.0
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.09.04 12:47:00 -
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Hmz lets see..I havent really chosen or dismissed a ship based on appearence yet its ofc. more satisfying to fly ones that you like.
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Tactus
the Organ Grinder and Company
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Posted - 2007.09.04 12:53:00 -
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see sig.
also
.: gallente textures are all crap
.: blackbird and raven hulls make me cry inside and out
.: i will always love the eagle like the girl next door
.: prorator is the sexiest amarr ship
.: when they switch over to the new gfx engine, i'm holding a candlelight vigil for the asymmetrical ferox
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Luke Pubcrawler
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Posted - 2007.09.04 13:01:00 -
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Originally by: Terianna Eri
You think the osprey is better looking than the moa?
... interesting...
I think somethings I have scraped off the bottom of my shoe are better looking than the Moa. The Osprey is truly ugly I know but in a functional, industrial sort of way and it is not embarassing to fly. The Moa on the other hand looks like nothing - except possibly a dinosaur about to relieve itself on a lampost.
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Cpt Branko
The Bloody Red
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Posted - 2007.09.04 13:26:00 -
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It matters to me. I hated the looks of most Gallente frigs when I started out, so I was messing around with all races frigs to try them out and see what I liked best (except Amarr). I stumbled across the Rifter, and, well, fell in love with both the looks, flying style, preformance and autocannons. Been flying Minmatar ever since, but unfortunately the best looking ships are the Rifter (and the T2 variants, the Jaguar and the Wolf), the Hurricane (I love the looks of the thing. Maybe someday there'll be a jet-black T2 version of the Hurricane with 7-8 AC mounts and a falloff bonus. Hopefully coinciding with me training Minmatar Cruiser V and Battlecruisers V, heh heh), and the Typhoon/Maelstorm are also very nice.
Cyclone is decent, as well as the Stabber (which takes a while to get used to) and the Rupture (which is ugly, but has a sort of charm. It does look like a old pirate ship, in a way.) Tempests I can't really stand. I've actually bought both minmatar interceptors, undocked in them, docked back, repackaged them, and sold them back. Just couldn't stand the look of them, they look dreadful.
If I wanted to fly an Inty, i'd definitely train for a Malediction.
Originally by: Tsanse Kinske
The second you start equating time spent playing a game with lost time and money is the second you need to ask yourself "Why am I playing?". Seriously |
Sevis
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Posted - 2007.09.04 14:41:00 -
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I am PVE mission runner that almost never PVPs. Nevertheless, I spent the time to learn interdictors just so I could fly a Heretic.
I use it to salvage. :(
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Endo Dy
Gallente
Enrave
Knights Of the Southerncross
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Posted - 2007.09.04 14:44:00 -
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Originally by: sov68n
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I choose function over form every time. If a ship is good or excellent at what I need/want to accomplish, I don't care what it looks like.
/signed. Advantage of being Gallente; excellent ships with good looks
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MITSUK0
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Posted - 2007.09.04 15:15:00 -
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Hehe well I do not fly just one race but typically if I can fly a good looking ship without losing toooo much performance I will, Ares > crow 
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Shiken Kan
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Posted - 2007.09.04 15:15:00 -
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i need to like the ships i fly, then i think about a setup for em.
unfortunately my daredevil, while pvp capable now, has become so expensive that i don't dare to actually use it for pvp (until i get richer that is )
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Borasao
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Posted - 2007.09.04 15:19:00 -
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Since I don't stare at my ship when I play (too many other things to look at... like what's on the overview), I don't care what it looks like. I'm usually zoomed out pretty far from it anyway.
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Ze4K DK
Gallente
Viper Squad
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.09.04 16:05:00 -
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I believe that looks matter... for about 3 seconds... Then you start to go on with what you were about to do... kill people or do missions or whatever...
The looks of the explosions that you make other peoples ships turn into on the other hand is very important... Right now i'm in the testing phase... Which means i'm trying to blow up every ship i can to find out what ship makes teh sexiehzt explosion... 
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Kelbesque Crystalis
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.09.04 16:22:00 -
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I was at a toss up between a Hurricane and a Cyclone for my next major ship. While there are some good logical reasons to go Rupture-> Hurricane skill set wise, I can't say the looks on the Hurricane didn't influence me.
As much as people hate on Minmatar ships for the looks, I really dislike the Caldari style.
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Sharupak
Minmatar
Knights Of the Black Sun
Rule of Three
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Posted - 2007.09.04 17:13:00 -
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Most Minmatar ships are pretty ugly, but it fits so well with the background. Like American muscle cars vs. European agility and eligance. So when I fly minnie ships, to me they are supposed to be mean and ugly lookin. So actually, I think minmatars have the best looking ships.
However, regardless of that, matars have the best looking BS (maelstrom) and the best looking frigate (Rifter)
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