Especially for something like the Albatross or the Deep River, it would be hard to fit them into a 250x250 box without making them appear much smaller than other ships that are actually larger in-game. The challenge with the thumbnail sizes was to be able to convey the relative sizes for the ships while having a much smaller size range to work with (around 100 to 250 pixels, whereas the ship sprites themselves range from 60 to 700 pixels tall). Of course, without the cheater plugin most shipyards will only have a handful of very large ships, so the effect is less noticeable. The difference is that ships are sorted by size, so you end up with lots of very large sprites side by side, whereas outfits are sorted by category. So, the ship sprites are not any bigger than the biggest outfit sprites. Ships are in 250x250 pixel boxes the current Bactrian sprite fills about 40% of that box. In terms of size, the outfit images are arranged in a 180x180 pixel boxes, and the largest ones fill nearly 50% of that box. Perhaps, but that would only really be a hurdle for players seeing the ships from this view for the first time, and seeing as how the ship model would be listed next to the ship, I don't foresee the angled view causing a problem with identifying ships. For some ships, these profiles are considerably different.

I worry that the ships would become hard to recognize, as the 'detail' view is no longer the same image as the 'in-flight' view. I think that either that or having the angled view in the hail panel would be good, as long as there's some way to see the angled view for ships not available in a shipyard.

If we add angled assets, I might consider them in the ship selection view of #3070. If a ship is not already close enough to see on screen, what is the use of knowing the direction its turrets are pointed? The hail panel view also shows the ship's current hardpoints' direction, which otherwise must be viewed in-flight. The direction a ship is pointing can already been seen live under the map when you select a ship, so hailing a ship isn't required to see where it's going. There are a ton of Medium Warships with minimal differences between them-except for the Mule.If I remember, the ship IN that view is rotated the same way as it is in-flight, which has an actual use (not that big) Maybe the real problem is that most of the other Medium Warships are really lackluster for generalist use, and insufficiently differentiated from one another. The casual observer will see an arid, semi. Eastern Montana is a paradox wrapped in an enigma. 01-25-2010, 09:49 PM MTSilvertip : Location: Where the mountains touch the sky. Which one would you choose? It's still no contest for anyone who bothers to compares the numbers. Eastern Montana is one big endless sky, I have seen more in one night here than a lifetime in other states. Lower top speed, acceleration, and turning with stock engines (can easily mitigate with better engines given the greater engine capacity and room for cooling equipment).2 more turret hardpoints (can mount a heavy anti-missile turret + 3 heavy laser turrets!).230 tons more cargo space (can loot Armageddon Cores and other lucrative reactors for big bucks, and turn as much as needed into outfit space).Reduce weapon hardpoints by one gun or one turretĮven with the latest cost adjustment, the Mule is still a far superior choice.the headquarters ship Mount McKinley, flying Admiral Kilands flag. Reduce engine space/make it handle worse The other idea was that the advanced location would be seized, the few available.In the Deep or the Rim where you can easily batch up jobs, it's possible to make a million credits every 5 minutes or so using its enormous cargo hold and passenger capacity.Īll this for under 5M credits? The ship has no real weaknesses… except for its appearance! 🙂 Its turrets waste interceptor-sized craft, the two gun ports can be fitted with large heavy guns or torpedo launchers, and its enormous cargo hold lets you batch up lucrative missions, clean up in the commodities markets, or convert to outfit space to fit huge reactors and cooling systems to support all the heavy armament. These advantages make it practically a no-brainer as an early-to-mid-game ship. Good enough engine space for some Deep Sky engines.Crew complement is low enough to be affordable before you're super rich (and anyway, its cargo and passenger capacities will make you super rich).Has a huge cargo bay and enormous passenger capacity.Can carry 4 turrets and has generous weapon space.

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