Why are new ships coming out of concept sale and going into production (Ex: the Reliant, Prowler, Herald, and maybe the Buccaneer) instead of moving onto ships that already had concept sales years ago? (Ex: Merchantman, Redeemer, Reclaimer)asked by Ethnine
TL;DRNewer ships come first because the concept-to-production pipeline and manufacturer style kits are ready; older concepts like the Banu Merchantman must wait until their race's aesthetic is built properly, and all are scheduled.
Well there's a whole bunch of reasons for that. A major one is that we kind of now have this pipeline down where the concept artists are in sync with the tech designers and everyone else and a ship can very seamless can go from one to the other, to the other and come out the other end. Which you're seeing a lot with some of the smaller ships: The Sabre was finished very quickly, the Buccaneer is going to go right into active development I believe, that's the schedule as of today, that may change tomorrow.Another big aspect is the kits and the style sheets they built for the different manufactures. You probably noticed that when we did 2.0, you saw a lot of Aegis and MISC ships because those are the ships that have their pipelines pretty much completed and now you're seeing a whole bunch of Drake ships. We're finishing up the Herald, we're doing the Buccaneer, working on the Caterpillar. There's rhyme behind it, I know people are like "We want to see the Banu Merchantman now, we want to see the Banu Merchantman now", I want to see the Banu Merchantman now, but we need to take time to build the Banu aesthetic, we need to do it right rather than right now.So the other ships time will come, they're all scheduled out on the production pipeline now. I will also mention now that Prowler was one of the ones mentioned as going into production. We're still in concept on that one, it'll be a bit longer for exactly the same reason until you see it. We need to build the Tevarin race first and we want to do that right.