Cap ships are pretty difficult to control in the current framework. That's why we're waiting until the new UI is in place and we can do more of a "navigation" type interface. Basically, flying a Nemesis class ship just puts your "pilot view" in the center of the ship, and you have no idea how far the bow is in front of you, or how far the stern is behind you. Flying near a station or asteroids is pretty tough. Trust me, I want to put big ships in the game as soon as possible, I've been waiting for longer than anyone :). But I don't want it to suck and be stupid. So, we're remedying that.

When I used to do it, I'd use shift-{ command to select myself, and use the 3D outline to guide myself through obstacles.

ah yes, thats good thinking ctish

Sneaky....

I like it!

And actually, you can see the effect on the moth... I've taken screen shots of a Cent basically "parked" right in front of the viewscreen... but the "moth's" POV doesn't even "see" the Cent...

*Drum roll*

Tuesday is drawing to an end. My heart is pumping really really fast in anticipation!

Nemesis class ship just puts your "pilot view" in the center of the ship, and you have no idea how far the bow is in front of you

Pff. Navigate holding "i"...

:-)

loool
i mean that is good that it is so hard to fly capships :)

It should be a hard task :)

/me thinks Incarnate is purposely ignoring his other post

I'm trying to finish the screenie thing and post it, and avoid the messageboard until I do ;).

Hmm. It's been 4 minutes and you haven't posted. So where are my screenies?

I'm currently looking at them in photoshop. NYAH NYAH NYAH!@#

Seven minutes, this is clearly unacceptable! I demand perfection and nothing less. In fact, I want more than perfection!

Now eight minutes? Who do these Guild Software people think they are, anyway?

WOOHOOO! That's awesome!

Edit. Got some issues with some spots, but hey. I'll take it. :P

Time for me to step it up a bit...

Really sweet design.

Just made a newspost about it as well.

Some bits and pieces will probably be tweaked a little, but overall I think it's a cool design. It'll fit well for a destroyer sized light escort vessel (compared to the massive scale of the Nemesis class cruisers). It does not have a docking bay.

Droolin' droolin' droolin'...
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:D AWESOME.

Wow, nifty looking. Any chance we could get some tidbits about it's capabilities?