Thrawn's Revenge

Imperial Civil War [Empire at War] => Discussion, Suggestions & Feedback => Topic started by: yutpaeksi on July 08, 2013, 09:46:10 PM

Title: New EotH Ships (Moved from Beta Discussion)
Post by: yutpaeksi on July 08, 2013, 09:46:10 PM
Just booted up patch 1.5, Survival Mode EotH...

And I just wanted to say, I LOVE THE BU'DIRECH and how you start with one and two vigilances. The consistency in design elements make the three ship line just look...fantastic. Great job guys, just...beautiful.
Title: Re: New EotH Ships (Moved from Beta Discussion)
Post by: Corey on July 08, 2013, 10:01:36 PM
Glad you like it. This unit has been nebulously in the works for a few years as the "thing that's bigger than a Kariek and the lack of which means the Kariek has to be OP" so I'm glad to finally have it ingame.

Once it's in Ascendancy we can finally put out the second faction profile, too.
Title: Re: New EotH Ships (Moved from Beta Discussion)
Post by: Settra on July 08, 2013, 10:10:01 PM
Once it's in Ascendancy we can finally put out the second faction profile, too.

I know I'm just 1 more compliment to the design, but I also really love the Bu'Direch, Vigilance, and what I have seen of the new Massissas (from Kalo's stream). Out of them all the Bu'Direch is definitely my favorite (the little logo on the side is a wonderful touch). Also, cannot wait for another faction profile, those are awesome.
Title: Re: New EotH Ships (Moved from Beta Discussion)
Post by: Corey on July 08, 2013, 10:20:16 PM
Slevered's really been great in helping round out the EotH. The Visvia, Vigilance, Bu'direch and Massias designs were all him and I think the first three have been three of my best skins, personally. He's also got two more EotH designs in the pipeline, the Feltat Transportwhich is done and being skinned by Kalo at the moment since he finished the Massias (I'm rigging it tonight), and the Gilzean Cruiser which is more of an Ascendancy unit.

He's also been going through and optimizing some models and re-uving them while I reskin, which you guys should be seeing more results of as the beta goes on. The Lancer's already in from that, with the Assault Frigate, Bothan Asault Cruiser and Clawcraft on the way. All of these models have had their poly counts dropped to about 1/3rd to 1/4th of their previous poly counts, mostly through cleanup of unnecessary or poorly formed polygons, and at the same time making them look better (hopefully, you guys can judge the outcomes as they happen, starting with the Lancer which you have now).
Title: Re: New EotH Ships (Moved from Beta Discussion)
Post by: Lord Xizer on July 08, 2013, 11:15:22 PM
The EotH is a true achievement as almost all their ships have had to come from scratch to such creative yet balanced units