Should there be more unique ships?

[Omi]

I'm not a fan of the unique ships thing, given that the three you've mentioned aren't even flown any more (as far as I know anyway - maybe the Persephone is still around?)

The models could probably be used for better ship niches in the mod, IMO. There are plenty of factions without caps that could get them from a few of these models, with a bit of tweaking and actual balancing etc etc.

That said, if there ever was new unique one-character-only ships being introduced, I think it should be up to a community-wide vote rather than just some admin/other committee deciding that they think X person deserves it for Y character or whatever.
Furthermore, the damn models should be reused. It seems a real waste to have the Necrosis and (don't bite me for mentioning this) the Phantom shipline completely out of the mod just because "they don't fit anymore" or whatever other BS excuse was given for that. The Necrosis looks like a reasonably cool battlecruiserish model that could be repurposed for any number of factions, and the Phantom stuff could be reworked as special forces/Order stuff, I dunno.

Point is, I think the idea is nice in a perfect world, but given how the unique ships we have right now are doing, I don't see it working out.

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