DUST Search - Dropship Future design

Kaeru Nayiri wrote:

Pokey Dravon wrote:

Current plan for HAVs is to rework and balance them so they work properly. Phase 2 of that initiative is to introduce faux racial variants that use the Caldari and Gallente models but have them behave and fit like Minmatar and Amarr HAVs would. So ideally they'll be exactly as the Amarr or Minmatar versions would be, except for the model will be a rusty Gunnlogi or a gold Madrugar.

I expect once the HAVs are done we'll start taking a look at LAVs and Dropships, and it is likeley that a similar philosophy will be applied to get racial variants.

If/When the actual 3D models are done, they can be inserted then, but we'll get a working variant done first.

Also sorry for cutting you off mid sentence the other day, I accidentally left the squad but had to go so I couldn't jump back in. I'll be taking you up on your offer soon to do some research....gotta get my recording equipment out first.

No problem Pokey !

And just to clarify: I realize we will use placeholders and the simple -idea- of new 3D models for our stuff is not even on the map. But I also know that sometimes things get work done on them long before we hear about it, so I just felt like getting this idea off my chest. Until then, I am fully expecting a rusty Myron and gold plated Grimsnes.

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Kaeru Nayiri Ready to Play 464	Posted - 2015.02.06 21:54:00 - [1] - Quote Whenever we get around to making models for future dropships, can we design one that puts both turrets on the same side? Perhaps for the assymetrical Minmatar dropship? This is just an idea I had that might hopefully make Rattati's big board of things, nothing more. It would make having two gunners -really- fun and rewarding. Thanks for reading !
Pokey Dravon OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 4780	Posted - 2015.02.06 22:01:00 - [2] - Quote Current plan for HAVs is to rework and balance them so they work properly. Phase 2 of that initiative is to introduce faux racial variants that use the Caldari and Gallente models but have them behave and fit like Minmatar and Amarr HAVs would. So ideally they'll be exactly as the Amarr or Minmatar versions would be, except for the model will be a rusty Gunnlogi or a gold Madrugar. I expect once the HAVs are done we'll start taking a look at LAVs and Dropships, and it is likeley that a similar philosophy will be applied to get racial variants. If/When the actual 3D models are done, they can be inserted then, but we'll get a working variant done first. Also sorry for cutting you off mid sentence the other day, I accidentally left the squad but had to go so I couldn't jump back in. I'll be taking you up on your offer soon to do some research....gotta get my recording equipment out first. "That little s**t Pokey..." --CCP Rattati, Biomassed Episode 032 Dust514 // Podcast www.biomassed.net
Kaeru Nayiri Ready to Play 465	Posted - 2015.02.06 22:07:00 - [3] - Quote Pokey Dravon wrote: Current plan for HAVs is to rework and balance them so they work properly. Phase 2 of that initiative is to introduce faux racial variants that use the Caldari and Gallente models but have them behave and fit like Minmatar and Amarr HAVs would. So ideally they'll be exactly as the Amarr or Minmatar versions would be, except for the model will be a rusty Gunnlogi or a gold Madrugar. I expect once the HAVs are done we'll start taking a look at LAVs and Dropships, and it is likeley that a similar philosophy will be applied to get racial variants. If/When the actual 3D models are done, they can be inserted then, but we'll get a working variant done first. Also sorry for cutting you off mid sentence the other day, I accidentally left the squad but had to go so I couldn't jump back in. I'll be taking you up on your offer soon to do some research....gotta get my recording equipment out first. No problem Pokey ! And just to clarify: I realize we will use placeholders and the simple -idea- of new 3D models for our stuff is not even on the map. But I also know that sometimes things get work done on them long before we hear about it, so I just felt like getting this idea off my chest. Until then, I am fully expecting a rusty Myron and gold plated Grimsnes.
Pokey Dravon OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 4780	Posted - 2015.02.06 22:12:00 - [4] - Quote Kaeru Nayiri wrote: Pokey Dravon wrote: Current plan for HAVs is to rework and balance them so they work properly. Phase 2 of that initiative is to introduce faux racial variants that use the Caldari and Gallente models but have them behave and fit like Minmatar and Amarr HAVs would. So ideally they'll be exactly as the Amarr or Minmatar versions would be, except for the model will be a rusty Gunnlogi or a gold Madrugar. I expect once the HAVs are done we'll start taking a look at LAVs and Dropships, and it is likeley that a similar philosophy will be applied to get racial variants. If/When the actual 3D models are done, they can be inserted then, but we'll get a working variant done first. Also sorry for cutting you off mid sentence the other day, I accidentally left the squad but had to go so I couldn't jump back in. I'll be taking you up on your offer soon to do some research....gotta get my recording equipment out first. No problem Pokey ! And just to clarify: I realize we will use placeholders and the simple -idea- of new 3D models for our stuff is not even on the map. But I also know that sometimes things get work done on them long before we hear about it, so I just felt like getting this idea off my chest. Until then, I am fully expecting a rusty Myron and gold plated Grimsnes. Yeah I mean who knows if it'll ever happen, I've been surprised before ;) But at the very least if we can get them behaving like they should aside from the cosmetics? I'll be satisfied with that for now. "That little s**t Pokey..." --CCP Rattati, Biomassed Episode 032 Dust514 // Podcast www.biomassed.net
CELESTA AUNGM Kang Lo Directorate Gallente Federation 402	Posted - 2015.02.07 06:05:00 - [5] - Quote GÇª. Well, OkayGÇª here's the effective bad news (and I'm not trying to troll and burst your hopes,GÇª): Regardless of the path and enthusiastic signs Dust has been showing us in 2015, it was admitted about a year ago that we should not look forward to "NEW" vehicles of any kind being introduced into the game---the 'designing' or conceptual part of their staff/resources just doesn't exist anymore for Dust. I'm not being a naysayer or doom-cryer, CCP did let us know this quite honestly. But, here's the other news, and it's also very true and very good: There have been four specific racial Dropships already designed for the game LONG AGO. Just like the LAVs, (and some multi-command vehicles hardly ever discussed anymore), the Dropships themselves are fully designed and formed---just not released into the gameplay like the Gallente and Caldari ones. I have seen the convention-mugshots of them online (though it sometimes takes DAYS of searching to locate them nowadays). They are splendid to look at! The orientation and mindset of the Min and Amar versions are WAY different from the mindset that the Gal/Cald use regarding stacking the passengers----I could swear the Min version looks like the riders are forced to stand up like coats in a closet, with no protection! But it is not easy to tell where the turrets (and what type of turret) go on these unique-shaped dropships. Classic-sensibility would say they would have to be placed balanced-on-each-side, but if you see the pictures of these dropships, you'd have to decide where the turret has been designed to be. The important thing is, they have ALREADY BEEN designed. It's just a matter of feeling ready to script their performance profiles, and insert them into the game. Cross your fingers that one day it will happen. Because these Dropships look so racially-sexy and different from what we're used to using now. Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne... No story can have life without writers and publishers.
Breakin Stuff Goonfeet Special Planetary Emergency Response Group 7005	Posted - 2015.02.07 16:16:00 - [6] - Quote If that's true then hellz yeah. But I doubt those shells are optimized for DUST. :10bux: says they're optimized for Legion. AV
CELESTA AUNGM Kang Lo Directorate Gallente Federation 406	Posted - 2015.02.08 05:14:00 - [7] - Quote Breakin Stuff wrote: If that's true then hellz yeah. But I doubt those shells are optimized for DUST. :10bux: says they're optimized for Legion. HaGÇª Breakin, you might be right. Legion may be the receiver of these designs. By the way, thanks to another cool poster in this forum, I found one (yuck, only one) of those famous images. http://i.imgur.com/xSxlftZ.png Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne... No story can have life without writers and publishers.
Breakin Stuff Goonfeet Special Planetary Emergency Response Group 7019	Posted - 2015.02.08 11:38:00 - [8] - Quote CELESTA AUNGM wrote: Breakin Stuff wrote: If that's true then hellz yeah. But I doubt those shells are optimized for DUST. :10bux: says they're optimized for Legion. HaGÇª Breakin, you might be right. Legion may be the receiver of these designs. By the way, thanks to another cool poster in this forum, I found one (yuck, only one) of those famous images. http://i.imgur.com/xSxlftZ.png oh those be concept art sprites. the 3d models aren't finished for any of that crap. It was put on hold when marketing decided "EVERYONE WORK ON LEGION NOW!" AV
Lightning35 Delta514 48TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCE 177	Posted - 2015.02.08 14:25:00 - [9] - Quote You know how awesome that would be? That would be an ac-130 circling an objective, shooting missles at it the while time=ƒÿü 48th Special Operations Force. "As a team or alone, I dominate the battlefield."


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