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xxx_buckshot
Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:33 am
#66
Thunderheart wrote:
The_Shruberer wrote:So you guys still keeping quiet on how to actually obtain the firespray?yep =P
nda is up right? just checking
pretty sure (at least a good guess) when you reverse engineer ship loot, every so often a kuat schematic fragment disc pops out (labeled x/8) get all 8 and you have a kse firespray schematic? ...just a guess as i only have a couple of the fragments from test.
Anthemion
Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:46 am
#67
Thunderheart wrote:
Rypht wrote:TH, could you please please, suggest to the people doing your JTL web pages, to include labeled pictures of the variants of the privateer ships? I.E. Scyk (Light Hut Fighter, Style 1 vs Style 2). Unless you guys make it so that the shipwright blueprints actually look like the ship they represent, there is currently ZERO point of reference for people preparing to purchase ships when JTL goes live. At the very least please make it so shipwrights can point people to the website for reference.I will look into getting this added.
Thanks TH! That would be an excellent addition!
Oh, BTW, it would be killer if this could be worked into other professins too
(customer) Dude, whats the difference between a style 1, floorplan 2 and a style 2, floorplan 1 small house?...
(his pal) I don't know man.
(customer) Um... Ok, which one's cheaper?
Nouveau
Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:55 am
#68
Thunderheart wrote:
Rypht wrote:
TH, could you please please, suggest to the people doing your JTL web pages, to include labeled pictures of the variants of the privateer ships?I.E. Scyk (Light Hut Fighter, Style 1vs Style 2).Unless you guys make it so that the shipwright blueprints actually look like the ship they represent, there is currentlyZERO point of reference for people preparing to purchase ships when JTL goes live. At the very least please make it so shipwrights can point people to the website forreference.
I will look into getting this added.
Shipwrights have been asking to see chassis in the tool and vendor window for weeks. This is the closest we've had to a response on it.
PLEASE GET THIS PUSHED THROUGH TH!
HimFan
Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:47 pm
#69
Thunderheart wrote:
The_Shruberer wrote:
So you guys still keeping quiet on how to actually obtain the firespray?
yep =P
Well... I can answer that. When you reverse engineer a ship part, theres a % chance that you will get a disk from the RE. There are 8 of these disk you need to get together in order to a schematic. The schematic only makes about 8-10 of these ships. So Boba Fett wanta-bes better start saving now because these things are going to be hard to find.
K1k1nth3m0uff
Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:19 pm
#70
Night4554 wrote:
"This is seen by most in the industry as a blatant attempt by KSE marketing to ride on the coat-tails of the reputation developed by the sole surviving original prototype Firespray and its pilot, a bounty hunter named Boba Fett'.""
Nice try, but if you read the books, Boba's was Custom Made for him, it's not a Prototype. Isn't there a database at Lucasfilm with this stuff?
/sigh
bobas
K1k1nth3m0uff
Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:22 pm
#71
Night4554 wrote:
"This is seen by most in the industry as a blatant attempt by KSE marketing to ride on the coat-tails of the reputation developed by the sole surviving original prototype Firespray and its pilot, a bounty hunter named Boba Fett'.""
Nice try, but if you read the books, Boba's was Custom Made for him, it's not a Prototype. Isn't there a database at Lucasfilm with this stuff?
/sigh
bobas ship wasnt custom made for HIM, it may have been a custom for jango fett, seeing as it was jangos ship to begin with. Boba just pained it green, along with the so called "last suit" of mandalorian armor
K1k1nth3m0uff
Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:26 pm
#72
rofl, srry, my comp was being stupid and confusing....made me post the same thing over and over and over again, lol, not the first time this has happened
AdianWard
Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:37 pm
#73
Seshemw wrote:
SodakOwii wrote:
Night4554 wrote:
"This is seen by most in the industry as a blatant attempt by KSE marketing to ride on the coat-tails of the reputation developed by the sole surviving original prototype Firespray and its pilot, a bounty hunter named Boba Fett'.""
Nice try, but if you read the books, Boba's was Custom Made for him, it's not a Prototype. Isn't there a database at Lucasfilm with this stuff?
They are staying true to the Bounty Hunter game. Jango Fett stole his KSE Firespray "Slave One" from a penal colony on an asteroid and shortly thereafter blew up the Hanger in which the other Prototypes were housed.
If that's the case, why are there SO MANY bloody NPC firesprays darting about?
I'm sorry, all of the database info (and RPGs) released that mention the firespray don't talk about it like it was a single run of prototypes, all but one of which was destroyed.
I don't know why i'm trying to rationalize this, but, here we go:
It's not hard to figure that there might have been a small run of prototypes for this Firespray, Jango Fett decided to blow the others away so he'd just have his. A legend rose up around Boba Fett because he's part of the good trilogy about him having destroyed the other prototypes. Right? Okay, that explains Slave-1.
KSE, like any company with any sort of intelligence whatsoever, decided to KEEP THE BLUEPRINTS and schematics for creating the ship and, when business assets allowed, decided to start building some more prototypes for a new line of firesprays- The fett family doesn't own the name or patent to: "Firespray," KSE does, right? So, they build some new prototypes, think they can make some money and start selling them around. Simple. That might explain why this Firespray has some significant differences from the antiquated prototype that Boba has to spend extra time and money and effort to keep updated.
Dunno, just me looking at it from a business perspective!
(also, i don't particularly have much interest in what Lucas has decided to add or subtract from his series. He didn't Direct the best 2 movies in the series and only co-wrote the scripts. And, as much as i worship him for bringing Star Wars to life, i'm gonna leave it at this: HAN SHOT FIRST)
Spiike_Spiegel
Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:20 pm
#74
nice, only hope is, is that the firespray is HARD to get hard being an understatement
gunwadger
Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:26 pm
#75
wait....cant normal shipwrights make firesprays ? i have money just not luck....
TarkanArrant
Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:26 pm
#76
Nice ships, I am just wandering why they didn't put the Imperial shuttle that Han used for the battle for Endor, I would have loved to see that there, but other then that I like the new ships they are putting in, and I'm happy to see that nuetrual's actualy get something good.(Also if you guys don't know it yet the Firespray is a nuet ship)
GrungeMonkey
Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:21 am
#77
I've got mixed feelings about these ships... One the one hand, great a Firespray and a Two-seater Y-Wing: excellent. When I look at the others we have, I can't help but feel that I've been short changed. Even with the Y-Wing to a point.
The Firespray: no arguments, excellent. Top job.
TWO SEATERS
Y-Wing: Yes, the Y-Wing is a great addition as a two-seater. No arguments. I really don't think it consituted a separate ship. The original Y-Wing should just have said "also comes in two-seater variety". It's like being told that there are two mystery types of car in the lot. A red porsche and a black porsche. Although, maybe a porsche isn't the most apt metaphot.
The TIE Opressor(aka: Oh damn, we need a two-seater Imp ship... We'll make one up): Why? I can really start and end there. But I won't. What happened to the Assault Gunboat? Missile Gunboat? Those are a couple of previously created ships that you could have stretched the definition on, rather than dumping a whole new ship into the fray...
What was wrong with having non-specific ships like IRDs andSkiprays? A bit of variety and autheticity... Yes, the Y-Wing is authentic but we had it already!
TRANSPORTS
*wiping tears from his eyes after hours of uncontrollable sobbing*
What happened?? What the heck are these things? Maybe I'm wrong, maybe these ships did exist previouslyor are evolutions of ships that exist (the Decimator doesn't look 1,000,000 miles from the Sith Infiltrator). Wouldn't it have been better to lead with amedium Transport like the Wild Karrde model? What about the Muurian? I was holding out for a Muurian from day 1! And just what happened to the Lambda shuttles?
I was thinking about rushing to buy JTL when it was released but I might just sit and wait to see if any extra ships are due in... If anyone is taking votes mine is for the Muurian Transport. They rock.
TaleranSerin
Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:32 pm
#78
Yeag but under the master pilots of all three is says firespray certification.