[Discussion] Different ship appearances on galaxy map would be nice

omegadk1

Newcomer

13 years ago

Jul 12, 2012, 12:34:22 AM

Why do we not get to see the different ship appearances. No matter what ship is moving around, it always looks the same.

liquidGG

Newcomer

liquidGG

Newcomer

13 years ago

Jul 12, 2012, 5:29:36 AM

I guess you are talking about the galaxy map. I personally think this is fine, even though i would like more ship designs and even colours on your ships in combat

Mavcu

Newcomer

Mavcu

Newcomer

13 years ago

Jul 12, 2012, 8:30:21 AM

liquidGG wrote:
I guess you are talking about the galaxy map. I personally think this is fine, even though i would like more ship designs and even colours on your ships in combat

I'm in for that.

RipvanHahl

Newcomer

RipvanHahl

Newcomer

9 700g2g pts

13 years ago

Jul 12, 2012, 9:28:14 AM

I would also like to see your modules visible in space combat

DrwHem

Newcomer

DrwHem

Newcomer

12 800g2g pts

13 years ago

Jul 13, 2012, 3:29:40 AM

it sounds like your talking about the ship designer in galactic civilizations 2. that was the main reason i bought that game. it was such an awesome feature.

i dont HATE having only 1 model per ship class but i use a few different models of corvette and destroyer so they get mixed up on the battle-view but i guess its no big deal.

Igncom1

Craver

Infantry win firefights. Tanks win battles. Artillery win wars.

Igncom1

Craver

11 400g2g pts

13 years ago

Jul 13, 2012, 3:31:27 AM

The model is fine, but additional little turrets on my ships indicating it has weapons (And little things like this) would make it feel a little more unique.

DrwHem

Newcomer

DrwHem

Newcomer

12 800g2g pts

13 years ago

Jul 13, 2012, 3:41:16 AM

it was obviously done for simplicity. they would have to model in all the different options somehow. all the ships just shoot out of that grate-like part of them. some of the ships have it in weird locations tho. the pilgrim dreadnought shoots out of the very rear of the ship...and its a long ship so it has to expose 5/6 of its length before u get to its weaponry.

Igncom1

Craver

Infantry win firefights. Tanks win battles. Artillery win wars.

Igncom1

Craver

11 400g2g pts

13 years ago

Jul 13, 2012, 3:44:15 AM

DrwHem wrote:
it was obviously done for simplicity. they would have to model in all the different options somehow. all the ships just shoot out of that grate-like part of them. some of the ships have it in weird locations tho. the pilgrim dreadnought shoots out of the very rear of the ship...and its a long ship so it has to expose 5/6 of its length before u get to its weaponry.

Im sure they have weapon ports all down the ship.

bobarabara

Newcomer

bobarabara

Newcomer

13 years ago

Jul 13, 2012, 3:54:52 AM

Yeah I'd really like to be able to distinguish different ships builds that have the same hull type, the ships are definitely assigned during combat- I can tell which ship is the one that only shoots missiles and which one only shoots beams, I dont see why adding different color options would be so difficult

RipvanHahl

Newcomer

RipvanHahl

Newcomer

9 700g2g pts

13 years ago

Jul 13, 2012, 9:06:31 AM

Also the different types of weapons already fires from a specific area of the ship, so why not simply put a turret on that section?

Igncom1

Craver

Infantry win firefights. Tanks win battles. Artillery win wars.

Igncom1

Craver

11 400g2g pts

13 years ago

Jul 13, 2012, 1:00:14 PM

RipvanHahl wrote:
Also the different types of weapons already fires from a specific area of the ship, so why not simply put a turret on that section?

I agree, but at the moment i think they fire from fire ports.

Armid

Newcomer

Armid

Newcomer

13 years ago

Jul 13, 2012, 1:33:09 PM

Well, adding turrets and all that would kind of ruin the design Ampli created for their ships. They really went for the "ship of the line" look, with cannons and weapons hidden inside the ship. You can see in combat little holes where the bullets/beams/missiles are coming from, it's all managed internally.

A lot of people seem to dislike that design choice, but I personally LOVE the **** out of it. They managed to give a sci-fi 4X game a 1700-type of battle in space and I commend the devs for that. All I need now is abordage options, but I guess that's asking too much!

MODNosferatiel

Informer

"God's in his heaven, all's right with the world." Nerv Motto, Neon Genesis Evangelion

MODNosferatiel

Informer

47 300g2g pts

13 years ago

Jul 13, 2012, 8:51:46 PM

Edited the title.

Havoc

Newcomer

Havoc

Newcomer

500g2g pts

13 years ago

Jul 13, 2012, 9:23:14 PM

Armid wrote:

A lot of people seem to dislike that design choice, but I personally LOVE the **** out of it. They managed to give a sci-fi 4X game a 1700-type of battle in space and I commend the devs for that. All I need now is abordage options, but I guess that's asking too much!

I totally agree with you. Love the Ship of Line battlestyle in space. Yeah and boarding could be a nice option, maybe for super close range combat.

DrwHem

Newcomer

DrwHem

Newcomer

12 800g2g pts

13 years ago

Jul 14, 2012, 4:40:46 AM

plus if there was boarding then you could maybe make use of those +invasion mods on your ship for something other than taking over planets faster.

Click here to login

Comment

Characters : 0