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| 10s | for the November expansion we're adding |
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| 13s | in brand new faction pirate destroyers |
| 15s | and faction Pirate Battle cruisers for |
| 18s | both the gas Pirates and for the angel |
| 20s | cartel the gas are getting the Mamba and |
| 24s | the alligator which combine the missile |
| 26s | Firepower of the corx and the Drake |
| 28s | which they're based on with guster's |
| 30s | drone Bas and shield resistance bonuses |
| 33s | for both High DPS and high durability |
| 36s | the angel cartel on the other hand are |
| 38s | getting the Mecha and the kisel both of |
| 41s | which feature High projectile DPS and |
| 44s | falloff bonuses while also having the |
| 47s | high Mobility players would expect from |
| 49s | the angel cartel with the warp speed |
| 52s | bonuses and having top speeds for their |
| 54s | class we decided to pick destroyers and |
| 57s | battle Cruisers this year because there |
| 60s | aren't any pirate destroyers and battle |
| 61s | Cruisers right now and we know players |
| 64s | have been asking for them also it felt |
| 66s | like a great time because last year we |
| 68s | added the Navy destroyers to the game as |
| 71s | well as extended the Navy battle cruiser |
| 73s | lineup and so it just felt like a great |
| 76s | time to do these ships the design and |
| 78s | balance of these ships were very |
| 80s | Heavenly inspired by the existing pirate |
| 82s | ships so for example the alligator which |
| 85s | is the gers battle cruiser is |
| 87s | essentially what happens when you take |
| 89s | the kadari Drake Co and the gers heal a |
| 92s | hole and just merge them together and |
| 95s | that's kind of the approach we went with |
| 96s | all four of them players looking to get |
| 98s | their hands on these brand new ships |
| 100s | will be able to do so by taking part in |
| 103s | the Insurgency content that's coming in |
| 105s | November you'll be able to choose to |
| 108s | align with either the angel cartel or |
| 110s | the Gru's pirates in doing so and |
| 113s | helping them spread the corruption and |
| 114s | Chaos across the battlefield and |
| 116s | capturing objectives for them you'll |
| 118s | earn lty points you can then spend those |
| 121s | loyalty points in their brand new |
| 123s | militia loyalty Point stores which will |
| 125s | have blueprint copies for the brand new |
| 127s | ships in addition to a whole host of |
| 129s | other Co offers for you in the Havoc |
| 132s | expansion we're adding destroyers and |
| 134s | battle cruisers for just the angel |
| 135s | cartel and the grus Pirates but in the |
| 138s | future we definitely want to add |
| 139s | destroyers and battle cruisers for the |
| 141s | seenus dous nation blood Raiders and the |
| 145s | other pirate factions what I think |
| 147s | players will enjoy the most about these |
| 148s | ships though is finally being able to |
| 150s | get a hold of them and fly them in the |
| 152s | game I'm really looking forward to |
| 154s | seeing what kind of creative setups you |
| 156s | can come up with them and where you use |
| 158s | them whether it's in factional Warfare |
| 160s | the abyss killing no SEC players or |
| 163s | maybe even adding these new ships to |
| 165s | your killboard if you're an |
| 166s | anti-pirate in the uprising expansion |
| 169s | and in the verden expansion the art team |
| 171s | did a great job extending and polishing |
| 174s | existing holes like the Navy comron and |
| 176s | the Navy Phoenix but this time the |
| 179s | models are are completely brand new and |
| 181s | I love seeing them and I can't wait for |
| 184s | you to experience them in the game as |
| 186s | well a number of years ago we had |
| 188s | introduced some concept art which |
| 190s | players had seen of an Angel Titan it |
| 192s | was a really cool concept um it was |
| 195s | actually the Angel's logo when viewed |
| 197s | from the top down turned into a ship |
| 200s | effectively uh and people really loved |
| 202s | this it was it was very cool it made a |
| 204s | big splash and boy have we been hearing |
| 207s | about that ever since um so it's about |
| 211s | time that we finally actually made this |
| 213s | thing a reality uh the concept was |
| 215s | Revisited by our art team and they came |
| 217s | out with something just truly fantastic |
| 220s | looking which is now known as the aeriel |
| 223s | which will be coming to you in November |
| 225s | so when we were looking at the angel |
| 227s | Titan design we had these older Concepts |
| 231s | that had been floating around for some |
| 233s | years looked at the base design there |
| 235s | and and saw there was something there to |
| 237s | work with we kind of took another pass |
| 239s | on those did did a few Concepts to |
| 242s | support that idea that was the original |
| 245s | design but modified it to to our kind of |
| 249s | current standards we also looking at the |
| 251s | angel ship design um as a whole kind of |
| 255s | where we want to take that CU we're |
| 257s | creating more than one ship we're |
| 259s | drawing inspiration from uh an animal |
| 262s | skulls insect armor plates and things |
| 265s | like that so when we kind of go through |
| 267s | that process of iterating on the designs |
| 270s | we do paintovers blockouts with 3D |
| 273s | finalize the design and then it's very |
| 275s | much an iterative process of of taking |
| 277s | you to the final piece yeah my part in |
| 281s | in all of this is working with the |
| 283s | artists finalizing the designs nudging |
| 286s | it a bit left and right if you will then |
| 289s | working with the 3D artists as the |
| 292s | project moves uh down into that part of |
| 294s | the pipeline then working with VFX |
| 297s | animation just guiding it in in the the |
| 300s | direction we want to take it yeah I'm |
| 302s | really happy with the updates on the |
| 304s | angel ships and and the Titan especially |
| 306s | people have been waiting for for a long |
| 308s | time and yeah some mean looking machines |
| 311s | coming your way when I first started |
| 314s | taking a look at the design of the |
| 315s | iserial I needed to figure out how to |
| 317s | merge the angel bonuses uh that are very |
| 321s | typical on Angel ships where they |
| 324s | tighten at first glance the angel |
| 326s | bonuses don't really seem like they |
| 327s | would apply well to a Titan uh angel |
| 330s | ships all have a warp speed bonus as |
| 332s | part of a default Rachel trait which you |
| 334s | can find on all Angel ships and Titans |
| 338s | being the largest of the capital ships |
| 340s | are not particularly known for moving |
| 342s | very much so what good is a warp speed |
| 345s | bonus uh and when I started looking at |
| 347s | this I tried to figure out are there |
| 350s | other ways that we could twist this |
| 352s | where we thematically have something |
| 354s | that is reminiscent of a warp speed |
| 356s | bonus but might be a little bit more |
| 358s | useful uh maybe something like jump |
| 360s | range or fuel conservation or something |
| 363s | along those lines and after a lot of |
| 366s | thought I wasn't really satisfied with |
| 367s | any of these answers and so uh when I |
| 370s | was putting together prototype I |
| 372s | actually just put the classic warp speed |
| 374s | bonus on the ship as I thought about it |
| 376s | some more it turns out that this warp |
| 378s | speed bonus actually works really well |
| 380s | for this kind of gameplay it reduces the |
| 384s | uh time for a Titan to get safe um which |
| 386s | gives them just a little bit more of an |
| 388s | edge uh this Hy dunking gameplay also |
| 390s | usually involves a Ragnarok in most |
| 392s | cases um largely because the Ragnarok |
| 395s | has some of the highest Alpha damage in |
| 396s | the game um the large artillery guns can |
| 399s | put out a large heap of damage in just a |
| 401s | single shot kills the Target and warps |
| 404s | away um with this Angel ship as well |
| 407s | Angels often use projectile guns we can |
| 410s | have the same sort of situation and so I |
| 412s | realized what I was designing was really |
| 415s | the peak hyper dunking Titan at this |
| 418s | point um |
| 420s | which I was like all right cool I can I |
| 422s | can roll with that uh the ultimate hyper |
| 425s | dunking Titan let's just lean into that |
| 428s | and I began to tune the stats around |
| 430s | that in particular uh when it came to |
| 432s | tuning the stats I was roughly aiming |
| 434s | for DPS that was just shy of the |
| 436s | vanquisher which is the highest DPS |
| 438s | Titan in the game so it's not quite the |
| 440s | highest damage but it has the highest |
| 443s | Alpha uh so in terms of immediate damage |
| 446s | applied to Target the aerial will be the |
| 449s | Pinnacle over the last couple years the |
| 450s | pirate Titans have had a pretty wide |
| 452s | range of build materials and ways in |
| 454s | which the blueprints are acquired and |
| 456s | how much those blueprints cost with the |
| 458s | introduction of the aerial adding yet |
| 460s | another pirate Titan we wanted to make |
| 462s | sure that we could simplify the field um |
| 465s | partly because it makes balancing for us |
| 467s | easier we can make sure that the Titans |
| 469s | are all comparative to one another |
| 471s | without having to worry so much about |
| 472s | their cost and partly to make sure that |
| 475s | the ships are actually reasonable for |
| 477s | you uh to to acquire in |
| 480s | build in so doing we've brought the |
| 483s | build materials down for all pirate |
| 485s | Titans to the equivalent of a te1 Titan |
| 488s | with this simplification of the build |
| 489s | materials it'll take you just as much |
| 491s | material to build a vanquisher as it |
| 494s | takes to build an arabis or to build a |
| 496s | kodo as it takes to build a leviathan or |
| 500s | in his aiel with the built materials |
| 502s | coming down we wanted to move some of |
| 504s | the cost of that pirate Titan premium |
| 507s | which we still want to keep around these |
| 509s | are |
| 510s | intended to be the the Pinnacle ships uh |
| 513s | in the game we wanted to move some of |
| 515s | that premium to uh the blueprint |
| 518s | acquisition cost so pirate Titan |
| 522s | blueprints have been pretty expensive |
| 524s | for a while as anyone who has attempted |
| 527s | to buy one knows um the only source for |
| 530s | many of the blueprints was coming from |
| 532s | Pirate shipyards uh for example the kodo |
| 535s | or the molok which are only available |
| 537s | from Gus or blood Raiders shipping yards |
| 540s | or for the vanquisher which was |
| 542s | available from the lp store for the |
| 545s | serpentis in the serpentes lp store the |
| 547s | vanquisher was a bit of an outlier again |
| 550s | all of its cost was in its build |
| 552s | materials whereas the lp store side was |
| 555s | relatively cheap uh comparatively |
| 557s | speaking to the other Titans um so we |
| 561s | needed to increase the base cost of the |
| 564s | lp required in order to purchase uh the |
| 567s | blueprint while simultaneously planning |
| 570s | to bring down the build materials having |
| 572s | that upfront premium on our side makes |
| 574s | it a little bit easier for us to adjust |
| 576s | the valuation of the chips without |
| 578s | having to make an adjustment to the |
| 580s | blueprint materials which is a little |
| 582s | bit more impactful uh every time we want |
| 585s | to adjust the position of the ships in |
| 587s | the ecosystem there's been a lot of |
| 589s | Desire from players to finally see an |
| 591s | angel Titan added to the game and we |
| 594s | knew this when we went into the project |
| 596s | and so we've put a lot of love into it |
| 598s | both from the design side and the art |
| 600s | side and we hope you'll love it too we |
| 602s | look forward to seeing them in |
| 611s | space |