Project; "CopyCatsB-Gone"

[Eppy]

I like some of this model work you've done here - the Scimitar replacement is excellent. My problem is that, frankly, the Mk II fighters exist as an extension of the original mod so that you can use the vanilla fighters - part of the core game, and artwork by the original developers - as a workable part of RP-PvP. I have no problem with making fighters based off of those original designs; that's a great thing, and this mod needs more of it. However, I can't help but feel like replacing the models is soiling the artwork of the original developers. It's like (to use a self-relevant example) when some idiot in the pipe organ business comes along to do work on a 150-year-old instrument built by a long-dead musical genius, rips out the mechanical action (to be replaced with, essentially, a computer) and adds a bunch of useless stops that spoil the tonal composition of the instrument. It's all done in the name of 'progress,' of course, but when dealing with something like these ships, a really unique thing in the video game industry, it's better to leave them untouched, a testament to the ingenuity of the core game (and, as this is the largest modded server and very possibly the largest Freelancer server, period, we are one of, if not the, prime example(s) of Freelancer on teh interwebs today, we are where that game is most prominently displayed).

That said, there's nothing that says they can't be included as new ships. That Scimitar, for instance - add a third fin underneath that thing, lengthen the nose (or even the engine) and you've got yourself a beautiful non-Phantom Slipstream right there. There are certainly some lower-quality player-made Rheinland models out there that could use replacement - develop the Valkyrie model in that direction, perhaps? Nothing anywhere says we can't have two full-powered Civilian Light Fighters - in fact, I'd think that kind of diversity would improve sales. BHG? Jeeze, they're a huge, loose-knit group spread all over the place. Moar Light Fighters, plox. There's room for all kinds of variation here - take it and run with it, just don't replace the original material (MK I fighters, of course, do not count, as they are generally not flown above the L40 mark).

EDIT: Also, I didn't vote, because there is no 'Reactionary Discovery Artist Redneck' option.

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Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen

Which Dreadnought was that?

One of your nine.