(02-18-2014, 06:19 AM)aerelm Wrote: [align=justify]Existing Phantom ships are low quality imports and their balance is admittedly somewhat out of whack, and the only reason they didn't really get much attention since 87 has been because the faction was not in use on the offiicial server.
Balance of the phantom ships is fine actually. Most of the Phantoms I knew hated the way the ravensclaw, the most heavily used ship, flew, but I liked it a lot. You can quote stats at me but it just shows you haven't flown it enough to make that judgment call, or know how different it actually flies from just about every other VHF. I never heard any complaints about the other ships, except for the ridiculous shape of the cruiser.
(02-18-2014, 07:18 AM)Echo 7-7 Wrote:
(02-18-2014, 06:51 AM)HuggieSunrise Wrote: ...
When has the mod replaced any imported asset with a recolored original model?
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Never. However, the current policy is to improve model quality, and this certainly an improvement to me.
Put some effort into the replacements if you're going to replace them. You had plenty of time since the Phantoms disbanded to change the ship models, but nothing was changed because "the equipment is used on other servers running this mod". I don't think that's changed, so the reason to change this for, of all things, a retexture of the CTE line, is pretty silly.
There hasn't been an effort to preserve the defining characteristics of the original ships (no, adding black on every other panel doesn't count). Sure, you might be able to replace them because of the general attitude towards the legacy of the old faction, but I think we've all seen enough Eagles to last a lifetime.
