The Cobalt was not a great design in the first place either was the Kodiac and personally I quite like the reimaging. I think the Javalins look like a nice modernisation too. The Arkkan looks like a modernised version of the old one, no problems there, apart from the awful unnecessary paint job. The Kol looks awful. The original was one of the best and most iconic designs of a battleship I know of. I disagree with the OP about the Planets. In game It will just look better with m
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I loved the Hard Sci - fi artwork on things such as the research screen, I also loved the ship designs especially the TEC which do appear to have been cartoonised a bit for the sequel. Not everyone wants to play multiplayer all the time.
I'll agree with your criticism on the Kol which just looks much worse in every way than the original. Also the colours and even the faction art are missing the hard sci-fi feeling of the superb artwork in the Original. One thing that I will say is that I really like the redesign of the Kodiak which alongside the Advent attack cruiser always seemed a little bland to me. Yes more wear is needed on all the ships, it's not Homeworld, the war is supposed to have been going on for 3
Yes, of course their should be.
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