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9 years ago

May 3, 2016, 7:22:03 PM

Eji1700 wrote:
They look beautiful, and I'd love to see more races and ships finally revealed, but PLEASE put a station or an asteroid or a red rubber ball or SOMETHING in the background for a sense of scale. I've no idea how much bigger a dreadnought is supposed to be right now, and it sorta kills some of the vibe.

+1 to this.

Though, for a rough sense of the size of a dreadnaught as compared to say, a corvette, perhaps the weapon ports (what I assume are the circular slots in ships) give something of a clue. If the ports are kind of standard in size, a corvette would appear to be maybe the length of 2-3 of the first 4 ports at the front of the dreadnaught.

Also, looking at the top of the Sophon battleship, I have to ask: Will that ship be able to mount some kind of massive cannon on top of it? Pls say yes. :)

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9 years ago

May 14, 2016, 9:43:34 PM

Wow, these ships are looking awesome!

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9 years ago

May 13, 2016, 4:23:57 PM

DarkHerumor wrote:
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All praise Amplitude! Thank you :D

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9 years ago

May 13, 2016, 3:47:17 PM

SireTriste wrote:
I really like seing the different ships (in 3D! that's awesome!), but I wish we could have a way to scale their size. It would be great ;)

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9 years ago

May 12, 2016, 3:37:17 PM

Frogsquadron wrote:
I'll help you out: This picture is a close-up.

What do you mean, that isn't helpful at all? :p

Not at all - that's actually very interesting. If it is a robotic face then perhaps this will be the mechanoid major faction for the base game (I'm not expecting the Sowers or Automatons back as major factions in the initial release). Or perhaps it's a militaristic biological race that wears helmets? Or maybe I just need to wait for more hints. :p

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9 years ago

May 11, 2016, 4:35:57 PM

Frogsquadron wrote:
I'll help you out: This picture is a close-up.

What do you mean, that isn't helpful at all? :p

You mean the quantum frog? Because that really doesn't look that close!

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9 years ago

May 11, 2016, 12:34:36 PM

I'll help you out: This picture is a close-up.

What do you mean, that isn't helpful at all? :p

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9 years ago

May 6, 2016, 4:32:00 PM

I'm really excited for the next major faction reveal seeing as it looks as though it'll be a totally new one. I can't tell whether the blurred picture on the wiki is meant to be a figure standing in front of a glowing blue screen/window, or a very zoomed-in image of a robotic face with six glowing blue eyes. Also, with all the new trade mechanics in the game I wonder whether we may end up seeing the Dust Collective as a major faction at some point.

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9 years ago

May 4, 2016, 9:29:06 PM

What Endless game can exist without the Vaulters? Right! No one!

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9 years ago

May 4, 2016, 3:39:11 PM

Frogsquadron wrote:
Before putting out a new faction's ships, we would reveal that faction first. ;)

He said we need to reveal them. Vaulters confirmed.

Sorry, I'm a Valve fan.

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9 years ago

May 4, 2016, 12:26:22 PM

Before putting out a new faction's ships, we would reveal that faction first. ;)

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9 years ago

May 4, 2016, 11:11:45 AM

Really good looking ships. Now we need the Mezari/Vaulters ships. They were my favorite faction in both ES and EL. In EL they were the most technologically advanced faction and in ES they were the good looking scientists (I'm not a big fan of Sophons rounded spaceships). I hope to see them again in ES2 in a better shape.

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9 years ago

May 4, 2016, 10:16:46 AM

You can sort of use turret shafts as a scale, considering they remain the same size across ships. We'll look into making it better, possibly with a 3D grid or some kind of scale. :)

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9 years ago

Apr 29, 2016, 2:33:38 PM

http://wiki.endless-space.com/factions/sophons

And they are absolutely gorgeous!

I always appreciated the fact that they looked so much like mathematical symbols and am now wondering where did the concept artist get the idea?

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9 years ago

May 3, 2016, 3:35:15 PM

olgiwolgibolgi wrote:
Beautiful ships - most of them. The corvette looks like a bicycle seat. I think the destroyer needs to be redone. Since its design is similar to the Progenitors from HW2 the ears lookalike wings are very unpleasent to look at. Else I do not undestand the purpose of the moving parts like spoilers at the rear or the back and forth moving cockpits. I rather appreciate rotating turrets, opening and closing hangar bays, extending wing parts, charging super weapons animations, ...

Really? I love the new designs for them, there's more visual differentiation this time around. It's not "smooth blob" and "slightly bigger smooth blob".

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9 years ago

May 3, 2016, 7:16:43 AM

Beautiful ships - most of them. The corvette looks like a bicycle seat. I think the destroyer needs to be redone. Since its design is similar to the Progenitors from HW2 the ears lookalike wings are very unpleasent to look at. Else I do not undestand the purpose of the moving parts like spoilers at the rear or the back and forth moving cockpits. I rather appreciate rotating turrets, opening and closing hangar bays, extending wing parts, charging super weapons animations, ...

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9 years ago

Apr 30, 2016, 12:45:55 PM

I've no idea how much bigger a dreadnought is supposed to be right now, and it sorta kills some of the vibe.

Amen.

Maybe a little Sophon doing a spacewalk and repairing would be great or a red line representing a meter?

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9 years ago

Apr 30, 2016, 9:09:20 AM

They look beautiful, and I'd love to see more races and ships finally revealed, but PLEASE put a station or an asteroid or a red rubber ball or SOMETHING in the background for a sense of scale. I've no idea how much bigger a dreadnought is supposed to be right now, and it sorta kills some of the vibe.

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9 years ago

Apr 30, 2016, 1:08:24 AM

Gwydden wrote:
I imagine they'll serve the same role as the EL leaders. They will star in the questline and be the face of their faction, in both the diplomacy and selection screens.

Yeah - this seems likely. The player just acts as a kind of invisible 'guiding force' that determines the path of their faction and the leaders are their figurehead.

The leader image for the Sophons used on the diplomacy screen in ES1 also depicted three individuals, so the triumvirate was already a part of their lore even then.

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9 years ago

Apr 29, 2016, 10:43:11 PM

HiveAscension wrote:
Is there room for an administrative AI network or a special project director in your heart instead of emperor? That is how I rationalized ES1 when I was playing them

I suspect the triumvirate is just going to be lore and not in game heroes as the heroes on the wiki seem to have no connection.

I imagine they'll serve the same role as the EL leaders. They will star in the questline and be the face of their faction, in both the diplomacy and selection screens.

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9 years ago

Apr 29, 2016, 10:36:21 PM

But now I wonder, if Sophons are ruled by a triumvirate, who are we supposed to play? It feels like there's no room for an emperor...

Is there room for an administrative AI network or a special project director in your heart instead of emperor? That is how I rationalized ES1 when I was playing them

I suspect the triumvirate is just going to be lore and not in game heroes as the heroes on the wiki seem to have no connection.

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9 years ago

Apr 29, 2016, 9:57:06 PM

Awesome ships :)

But now I wonder, if Sophons are ruled by a triumvirate, who are we supposed to play? It feels like there's no room for an emperor...

I also wonder how the members of the triumvirate are elected (if they are supposed to be elected), and if they are available as ingame heroes, or if they're going to have an impact on Sophon gameplay. Or is it just about lore?

EDIT : I really like seing the different ships (in 3D! that's awesome!), but I wish we could have a way to scale their size. It would be great ;)

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9 years ago

Apr 29, 2016, 5:10:23 PM

Perhaps we'll get the remaining Craver ships and homeworld next?

perhaps this and a new race but that is just my greed talking

I really like the fact that there is movement to the models it makes the ships feel more alive so to speak.

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9 years ago

Apr 29, 2016, 5:00:47 PM

Ridiculi wrote:
There are have also been updated images for both Sophon and Craver pages!

The section on the Sophon leadership is also new. Quite a nice update really. Perhaps we'll get the remaining Craver ships and homeworld next?

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9 years ago

Apr 29, 2016, 4:39:39 PM

There are have also been updated images for both Sophon and Craver pages!

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9 years ago

Apr 29, 2016, 4:38:07 PM

Yey - Updates! :D

I got a weird lighting glitch for the Battleship class the first time I used the 3D view though. It seems to have fixed itself after I refreshed the page, but I thought I should probably mention it anyway. Not sure where the best place to report it would be really.

The designs are great though - quite different to how they were in ES1 but still capturing the character of the Sophons. The moving parts are certainly quite a striking addition.

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