Ship submissions notice

[tazuras]

Although I am not sure if this is the appropriate forum I just wanted to make a comment / observation:

The dev team has worked very hard in past releases to remove import ships from the game, especially those that are most obviously imports such as the Charon, the Arwing and... I know there are a lot more, but I just cant think of them at the moment. Regardless, in my opinion, the Homeworld ships are a big issue when it comes to imports as well as when it comes to overall quality of models in the mod. Although these ships are not the most recognizable in terms of instantly knowing where they came from, it is quite clear from their style that they do not belong in this mod. The other issue with them is their extremely poor quality in terms of texture and polygon count.

Personally, I think they drag the quality of the whole mod down. High quality ships and models is one of the things this mod does so well and having those other ships mixed in.... it almost dispels that. Considering all these ships are for low levels as well, meaning people use them before they have the opportunity to use other quality models, it might discourage new players. Heck, one of them is even acquired with a restart command.

What really bothers me this round is that replacement models were made for many of these ships (by Jinx), and at this point they are not slated to be included. I accept the fact that there is probably a reason for this. I dont think that the community is necessarily owed an explanation or that one should be provided. I do think that the priority given to replacing those models is inappropriately low.

On and even more personal note, I think im just very frustrated and disappointed. I have always felt very strongly that the Homeworld ships needed to be replaced and for the first time it looked like it was going to happen, and with awesome models even. Now it just feels like the rug has been ripped out from under me, the wind has been removed from my sails, the golden goose has laid a poo stained egg, etc.

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